The Foreign Minister will lead a broad political delegation on a four-country tour of the Pacific later this week. The group will visit Fiji🇫🇯, Republic of the Marshall Islands 🇲🇭, the Federated States of Micronesia 🇫🇲, and Palau 🇵🇼. beehive.govt.nz/release/deputy…

📣 NZ will support good governance and quality audit activities in the North Pacific. “Promoting good governance and strong institutions is an important part of our development programme in the Pacific,” Mr Peters says. “We are pleased to be providing $16.4 million in support

The New Zealand delegation’s trip to the North Pacific is coming to an end. “These face-to-face connections express our deep commitment to all our Pacific partners and are the only way we can truly understand the issues that matter to them,” Mr Peters says. Thank you to the

The Minister with Mike Ketchen, New Zealand’s Ambassador to the Republic of Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Palau. Ambassador Ketchen’s New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade team organised the New Zealand delegation’s visit to the North Pacific this week. 🇳🇿 🤝 🇲🇭 🇫🇲 🇵🇼

NZ has this morning voted in favour of a United Nations General Assembly resolution affirming the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on Israel’s unlawful presence in the occupied Palestinian Territory. The resolution, though imperfect, sets out the international

Glad to host Australia & Fiji trade ministers in Rotorua for a trilateral dialogue. Fiji’s participation in the Closer Economic Relations dialogue is historic. We discussed how to support businesses to further increase trade, including through CER, PACER Plus & the WTO 🇫🇯🇳🇿🇦🇺🤝

The Minister of Foreign Affairs welcomed the announcement today of Sir Jerry Mateparae as an independent moderator to work with the Government of Papua New Guinea and the Autonomous Bougainville Government. Press release 👇 beehive.govt.nz/release/sir-je…

At a time when the world faces acute security challenges, talking to one another has never been more important. Expelling Ambassadors, or declaring diplomats persona non grata, is precisely the wrong direction to go in. New Zealand supports the role of António Guterres, as UN

New Zealand and Fiji’s partnership is going from strength to strength. Great to catch up with Prime Minister Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka before he celebrates Fiji National Day tomorrow in Manukau.

1/4It was a great pleasure meeting Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Auckland earlier this evening. We had a brief meeting, reaffirming Fiji and New Zealand’s strong bilateral relations.

Today the Minister joined 10 other Foreign Ministers to condemn North Korea’s deployment of troops to Russia. New Zealand stands in solidarity with our partners threatened by North Korea and Russia’s actions. See our statement here ➡️ mfat.govt.nz/dprk-troops-to…

The Minister was pleased to farewell Sarah Ireland & James Munro today, who will be (respectively) New Zealand’s next Ambassador to Mexico and Consul-General in Sydney. 🇲🇽 🤝 🇳🇿 🇦🇺 🤝 🇳🇿 New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade

New Zealand is deeply concerned about the significant earthquake in Vanuatu, and the damage it has caused. Our thoughts are with the people and authorities of Vanuatu. We are monitoring the developing situation closely, and are in contact with the New Zealand High

NEWS📢 We are providing assistance to Vanuatu following Wednesday’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake and are establishing an air bridge taking emergency workers, equipment and supplies to Port Vila. #Force4NZ nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

Have a glorious Christmas and holiday break, if you're lucky enough to get one Feels woefully inadequate to say this, but I'm keeping Vanuatu fixed in my mind as the year winds down Appeals here. Do the right thing if you can: unicef.org.nz/appeals/vanuat… savethechildren.org.au/our-stories/va…

A second New Zealand Government flight repatriated 80 people from Port Vila today.   101 New Zealanders have now returned home safely this week. 60 foreign nationals - from 🇦🇺 🇧🇪 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇮🇹 🇯🇵 🇵🇱 🇼🇸 🇸🇬 🇸🇧 🇪🇸 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 - have also been helped to evacuate.   New Zealand

Great work NZ Defence Force New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade and all other NZ agencies who work together to support New Zealanders, our Pacific neighbours, anyone needing our help.

As Christmas approaches, New Zealand continues to work to support Vanuatu’s earthquake recovery. New Zealand has: -provided $3.2 million of total humanitarian support, including relief supplies; -deployed Fire and Emergency New Zealand Urban Search & Rescue teams, and disaster response

We are saddened to learn of the death of Sir Julius Chan, the second Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. Sir Julius leaves a legacy as one of Papua New Guinea’s founders. We send our condolences to the Government and peoples of Papua New Guinea - and especially to the people

The Minister with the President of France Emmanuel Macron & the Climate Change & Environment Minister of Vanuatu, Ralph Regenvanu. New Zealand was pleased to join with France & Vanuatu as France announced its intent to join a NZ-led renewable energy project on Efate and Tanna in