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New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has raised Wellington’s “grave concerns” over remarks by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar...

New Zealand has joined twenty-one other countries in condemning what Western governments describe as an Iranian-backed campaign targeting Jewish...

New Zealand has imposed travel bans on three Israeli settlers accused of involvement in violence and settlement expansion in...

Newly released government papers show that New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) urged the Government to...

In a wide-ranging ministerial statement to the New Zealand Parliament, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has reiterated the country’s support...

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has issued a stark warning to Kiwis in Israel and Iran, urging them...

The New Zealand Government has imposed targeted sanctions on two Israeli cabinet ministers, sparking a diplomatic clash with the...

New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has set off a frenzy for likening the previous government's power-sharing policies...

In one day, New Zealand has banned entry to Israeli settlers who have committed violent attacks and have proscribed...

New Zealand Labour has labelled Israel's attacks in Gaza as genocide in a parliamentary debate that ended with unanimous...

New Zealand National Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson and foreign minister in the recently defeated government Gerry Brownlee says reports that an Iranian diplomat delivered what was effectively a hate speech at an Auckland mosque in June raises questions as to why Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters hasn’t already required the withdrawal of the diplomat’s credentials and his removal from the country.

Last week New Zealand’s new Prime Minister-elect, Jacinda Ardern, and New Zealand First leader and Deputy Prime Minister-elect, and likely Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, signed a coalition agreement, which revealed the full extent of the policy wins obtained by New Zealand First in return for enabling the Labour Party to form a government.

Well the outcome  of the coalition talks wasn't as I advocated back on September 27 but we have an interesting situation now that the cabinet is known. In particular the four ministers and one under-secretary allocated to New Zealand First....writes John McCormick.