Saturday, July 27, 2024

Pacific Roundup

Indonesian Foreign Minister headed to NZ

Long-serving Indonesian Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi, is set to visit New Zealand next week. Foreign Minister, Winston Peters said Minister Marsudi’s visit was timely, reflecting the...

Researchers find NZ’s flightless birds retreating to moa refuges

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA An international research team has found New Zealand’s endangered flightless birds are seeking refuge in the locations where six species of moa last...

NZ bushwalker dies in fall on Tasmanian mountain

Tasmanian Police have confirmed the death of a man while bushwalking at Eastern Arthur Range in Tasmania’s Southwest. Inspector Colin Riley said police believe the...

Former PM to travel to Viet Nam as special envoy

Former Deputy Prime Minister, Sir Don McKinnon, will travel to Viet Nam this week as a Special Envoy of the Government, Foreign Minister, Winston...

FM to attend ASEAN meetings in Laos

Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, will travel to Laos this week to participate in a series of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-led Ministerial meetings...

Sustainable Pacific fisheries net $50m in NZ support

The Government has committed nearly $50 million to a package supporting sustainable Pacific fisheries development over the next four years. Foreign Minister Winston Peters and...

Minister headed to Adelaide space forum

Minister for Space and Science, Innovation and Technology, Judith Collins, will travel to Adelaide tomorrow for space and science engagements, including speaking at the...

Australian Navy fires strike missile

AUSTRALIAN The Royal Australian Navy is claiming a major milestone in the integration of its enhanced lethality strike capabilities into the surface combatant with the...

Australian study to change approach to DV perpetrators

AUSTRALIA The Australian Government says new research will inform approaches to intervening with domestic violence offenders who are at high-risk of perpetrating intimate partner homicide. The Targeting...

Fisheries Minister bound for Solomon Islands

Oceans and Fisheries Minister, Shane Jones, is travelling to the Solomon Islands tomorrow for meetings with his counterparts from around the Pacific supporting collective...

Visit strengthens NZ’s bond with Japan

Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, will today return from Japan, where he attended the Japan-Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM10), hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Mr...

FM visit strengthens ties with Korea

Deputy Prime Minister, Winston Peters has met with Korean Foreign Minister, Cho Tae-yul, National Security Adviser, Chang Ho-Jin, and Commander of United Nations Command,...

PM chairs Indo-Pacific Four meeting

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon today chaired a meeting of the Indo-Pacific Four (IP4) countries – Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea and New Zealand. The...

Studies unravel climate impacts on Antarctic Ice Sheet

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA New Monash University research has untangled the influence of regional climate drivers, including the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation...

NZ to align with Australian clean car import standard

The Government has announced it will align New Zealand's Clean Car Importer Standard with Australia in order to provide the vehicle import market with...