In The News

30 January 2008

NZ rugby signs 5-year deal to help USA

America's massive sporting market and potential for rugby development are being eyed by the New Zealand Rugby Union who have signed a five-year deal to help promote and develop the game there. | Read more

06 December 2007

Australia & United States Defence Trade Treaty

The text of the Treaty between Australia and the United States concerning Defence Trade Cooperation has been released by the Australian and US Governments. | Read more

01 December 2007

No 8 wire culture saves global giant

Boredom and a desire to do good led Auckland software engineer Beau Butler to expose a flaw that kept Microsoft security teams in the United States from their Thanksgiving dinners. | Read more

22 November 2007

NZ to help Japan dismantle Russian nuclear submarines

New Zealand will help fund a Japan-led project to dismantle decommissioned nuclear submarines in the Russian Far East, Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Phil Goff announced today. | Read more

13 November 2007

Science and sustainability

Hon Steve Maharey's speech in Washington DC on science and sustainability | Read more

09 November 2007

Address by John McKinnon, Secretary of Defence to the 4th Annual Armistice Day Symposium

The NZ/US Defence Relationship - address by John McKinnon, Secretary of Defence to the 4th Annual Armistice Day Symposium | Read more

05 November 2007

New Icann chairman is a Kiwi

Wellington barrister Peter Dengate Thrush doesn't expect his life to change much after being elected as the first non-American chairman of Icann, the US-based body that sets policy for the Internet addressing system worldwide. | Read more

01 November 2007

"First to see the light" - Science, society and sustainability in New Zealand

Research, Science and Technology Minister Steve Maharey's address to the Washington Science Policy Alliance | Read more

01 November 2007

NZ Army hosts international army partners

Senior Army leaders from some of New Zealand's closest military allies have met in Christchurch as part of a long-running agreement to ensure the armies can operate effectively together. | Read more

31 October 2007

US and NZ pledge to advance science partnership

The United States and New Zealand held an inaugural Joint Commission meeting on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, to identify opportunities to intensify cooperation in ways that would support the development of both parties' competitiveness and economic sustainability. | Read more

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