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12 October 2008

Pushing our prams but not our barrow

In any of the generously equipped playgrounds spread up and down Manhattan you'll see a line up of shiny New Zealand technology, much preferred to what the Americans make themselves. | Read more

08 October 2008

New Zealand troops join US soldiers in training

Troops from Canterbury's Burnham Military Camp are training with United States troops "for the first time in decades" at a hi-tech combat centre in Germany. | Read more

30 September 2008

The Global Food Challenge - leveraging the opportunities in New Zealand

Speech by the Hon Phil Goff to the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council | Read more

21 September 2008

Phil Goff to attend meetings in New York and Washington DC

Trade and Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Phil Goff leaves today for a seven-day trip to New York and Washington DC. | Read more

30 August 2008

US economic growth beats all expectations

The United States economy shifted to a higher gear in the northern spring, growing at its fastest pace in nearly a year as exports grew and tax rebates spurred shoppers at home. | Read more

18 August 2008

Scholarly duo selected for US research

Two leading New Zealand research scholars have been selected as Fulbright New Zealand Senior Scholars for 2009, allowing them to conduct research vital to New Zealand's economy and education sector at top American universities. | Read more

29 July 2008

US and New Zealand launch renewable energy partnership

At an event in Nassau, Bahamas, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Andy Karsner and New Zealand's Ambassador to the U.S. Roy Ferguson signed terms of reference for the International Partnership for Energy Development in Island Nations (EDIN), an initiative to further the development of energy efficient and renewable energy technologies on island nations and territories. | Read more

22 July 2008

US military to be part of NZ exercise

A large United States military delegation will take part in an international security exercise in New Zealand in September. | Read more

19 June 2008

Honouring NZ's Fulbright Award recipients

Speech by the Hon Winston Peters at the Fulbright Awards ceremony, Wellington, June 2008 | Read more

15 June 2008

Anne C. Martindell, late bloomer, lawmaker and diplomat, is dead at 93

Anne C. Martindell, who entered politics in her 50s, found true love as ambassador to New Zealand in her 60s, earned a college degree in her 80s and published a memoir titled "Never Too Late" in her 90s, died on Wednesday in Princeton, N.J. She was 93. | Read more

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