The Government unveiled its new “Sporting Diplomacy” programme for the Pacific yesterday and quite possibly not a moment too soon.
While the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Murray McCully were busy …
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark made no progress in Monday’s Security Council straw poll to select the next United Nations Secretary General
She got six “encourage” votes; eight “discourage”…
The Middle East showpiece peace plan much promoted last year by Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, appears to have been blocked by the United States.
The plan was to have been a centre-piece of New Zealand…
New Zealand yesterday found itself at the centre of an international crisis yesterday but was powerless to do anything.
And as a consequence the Prime Minister may find himself also rendered impotent when h…
Though Helen Clark’s campaign to become UN Secretary General looks to have stalled, New Zealand’s bigger mission in New York, to make something of its time on the UN Security Council may have delivered m…