Press Releases
Cook Islands Visit
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Foreign Minister Murray McCully will travel to the Cook Islands today to meet with the Prime Minister and Cabinet members, and to conduct discussions regarding the Pacific Forum Leaders' meeting to be held in Rarotonga in August of this year.... [Read More]
Escalating violence in Syria
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Foreign Minister Murray McCully has condemned the escalating violence in Syria and described the killing of 50 citizens in Homs by regime forces yesterday as “reprehensible.”... [Read More]
Russian Foreign Minister visit
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov will arrive in Auckland next Monday (30 January) for a two day visit to New Zealand, Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully announced today.... [Read More]
NZ support following Fiji floods
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Foreign Minister Murray McCully has announced that New Zealand will make an initial $350,000 available to support the response to the floods in Fiji. ... [Read More]
African Union Summit
Sunday, 22 January 2012
Foreign Minister Murray McCully will next week visit Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend the 20th Session of the African Union Executive Council on 25-26 January.... [Read More]
McCully to visit Solomon Islands
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Foreign Minister Murray McCully will travel to the Solomon Islands today to meet with the Prime Minister and Cabinet members, and to visit key aid projects.... [Read More]
Ambassador to Japan
Monday, 19 December 2011
New Zealand’s next Ambassador to Japan will be career diplomat Mark Sinclair, Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully announced today. ... [Read More]
International statement on whaling
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
The Governments of Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United States jointly condemn any actions that imperil human life in the Southern Ocean.... [Read More]
Tonga audit finds no evidence of fraud
Friday, 2 December 2011
An independent audit into the financial management of the Constitutional and Electoral Reform programme in Tonga has found no evidence of fraud, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today.... [Read More]
McCully attends East Asia Summit
Friday, 18 November 2011
Foreign Minister Murray McCully is representing New Zealand at the 6th East Asia Summit (EAS), being held in Bali, Indonesia, on November 18th-19th.... [Read More]
New Ambassador to Turkey
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
New Zealand’s new Ambassador to Turkey will be career diplomat, Taha Macpherson, Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully announced today. ... [Read More]
NZ and EU Framework Agreement
Friday, 28 October 2011
NZ Foreign Minister Murray McCully and EU High Representative/Vice President of the European Commission Catherine Ashton yesterday held bilateral talks in Perth. Catherine Ashton agreed to seek a Framework Agreement to upgrade the relationship.... [Read More]
Earthquake contribution to Turkey
Friday, 28 October 2011
Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, has announced New Zealand will provide $250,000 to support the Turkish Red Crescent’s humanitarian response to the devastating quake in the Van Province of Turkey.... [Read More]
McCully at CHOGM
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully leaves today to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth.... [Read More]