The secretaries-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner New Komeito agreed Wednesday that a Cabinet decision to enable Japan to exercise collective self-defense right is hard to come before the current Diet session which ends Sunday, local media reported.
The New Zealand government on Friday expressed "deep concern" over the recent violence and serious deterioration of security in northwest Iraq, which has been overrun by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
New Zealand's sharemarket regulator has fined dairy giant Fonterra 150,000 NZ dollars (130, 028 U.S. dollars) plus costs for failing to inform investors immediately of the botulism scare in August last year.
New Zealand's sharemarket regulator has fined dairy giant Fonterra 150,000 NZ dollars (130, 028 U.S. dollars) plus costs for failing to inform investors immediately of the botulism scare in August last year.
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced a statewide initiative to combat the rise of heroin use, as heroin sales and related heroin drug overdoses have become a widespread problem across the state.
New Zealand and the United States on Thursday signed a controversial agreement aimed at fighting tax evasion, but critics fear it could undermine the rights of New Zealand taxpayers.
New Zealand's tourism sector saw guest nights at commercial accommodation hit new highs in April, with overseas visitors returning in greater numbers to earthquake-battered parts of the South Island, the government statistics agency announce Wednesday.
The New Zealand government on Tuesday welcomed an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report that said the country's annual economic growth is expected to peak at 3. 5 percent next year and to remain at least 2.5 percent in the foreseeable future.
The New Zealand government on Thursday announced a package totaling 1.25 million NZ dollars (1. 05 million U.S. dollars) to help the tourism sector and support renewable energy in the tiny Pacific island nation of Niue.
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its small ruling partner the New Komeito Party are at odds on a government proposal issued Tuesday that seeks to allow the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to support Japan's allies in combat zone.
The New Zealand government is to give Samoa 1 million NZ dollars (845,023 U.S. dollars) to help the Pacific island nation's tourism sector which contributes almost a quarter of its gross domestic product, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said Tuesday.
The New Zealand government is to give Samoa 1 million NZ dollars (845,023 U.S. dollars) to help the Pacific island nation's tourism sector which contributes almost a quarter of its gross domestic product, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said Tuesday.
The hacking of a New Zealand government research institution's supercomputer has brought home the country's vulnerability to global cyber-security threats, an expert said Monday.
New Zealand has more threatened seabird species than anywhere else in the world and planned deepwater oil and gas drilling could drive them to extinction, a leading conservation group warned Monday.
A complete ban on shark finning - - catching sharks solely for their fins -- in New Zealand waters could be brought forward by two years, the New Zealand government announced Thursday.
New Zealand had its highest monthly net gain -- more arrivals than departures -- of migrants in more than a decade in April, fueling concerns over the country' s already overheated housing market.
New Zealand and Denmark have signed a film and television co-production agreement, New Zealand Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Chris Finlayson announced Tuesday.
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