Israel has told the New Zealand government that it will not accept New Zealand's new ambassador because the ambassador was also accredited to the Palestinian Authority, according to reports on Monday.
About 2,000 leading scientists and researchers will arrive in New Zealand over this week for a series of major meetings that will set the global science and research agenda, Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce said Monday.
New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser will be seeking to advance his government's free trade agenda at a series of key Asia-Pacific regional meetings this week.
Plans by a forestry cooperative to harvest a "wall of wood" have sparked fresh fears in the run-up to next month's election that New Zealand's productive assets are being taken over by foreign interests.
Government agencies in New Zealand and Japan are seeking to strengthen joint research into " functional foods" with government funding, New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) announced Friday.
The growth in New Zealand's services sector accelerated last month, according to the latest performance of services index (PSI) out Monday.
The government on Friday told New Zealand's adventure tourism operators that a deadline to comply with new safety regulations was "non-negotiable" as it moves to clean up the industry's reputation.
A slump in global dairy prices could threaten the pace of New Zealand's economic recovery, as farmers at the center of the country's pillar industry strive to pay down debt on diminishing incomes, commentators warned Wednesday.
New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully on Wednesday welcomed a Malaysian government announcement that the diplomat accused of sex attack on a young woman would be returned to New Zealand to face prosecution.
The New Zealand government on Wednesday strengthened oversight of its spy agencies with the appointment of the first-ever deputy Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security in the wake of revelations of illegal spying on New Zealanders.
New Zealand Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman on Friday hailed the first berthing in three decades of a New Zealand navy vessel for a major military exercise at the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor as a sign of warming bilateral ties.
New Zealand's commitment to human rights was questioned Friday with news that the government had rejected 34 of 155 recommendations made by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
The government on Friday told New Zealand's adventure tourism operators that a deadline to comply with new safety regulations was "non-negotiable" as it moves to clean up the industry's reputation.
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 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.
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