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29 November 2007

Chairman's report to the AGM

Report from the Chairman, Rt Hon James Bolger, to the Annual General Meeting of the NZ US Council | Read more

09 November 2007

Address by Stephen Jacobi to the 4th annual Armistice Symposium.

NZ US business relations : beyond friends. Speech by Stephen Jacobi to the 4th annual Armistice Symposium, Auckland War Memorial Museum. | Read more

21 September 2007

NZ/US relations - beyond wishful thinking

In his concluding remarks to the second US NZ Partnership Forum in Auckland two weeks ago US NZ Council President John Mullen quoted the old Bing Crosby song: "You've got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mister-In-Between". | Read more

19 September 2007

Stephen Jacobi talks to Peter Fowler on Television Hawkes Bay Online

Stephen Jacobi is interviewed on Television Hawkes Bay Online | Read more

12 September 2007

Partnership Forum adds to momentum for stronger NZ US relationship

The second United States New Zealand Partnership Forum concluded last night with delegates acknowledging that it had meaningfully strengthened relationships between the two countries and agreeing that a further Forum would be held in Washington DC in early 2009. | Read more

10 September 2007

NZ US Council welcomes new arrangement for working holidays in USA

The NZ US Council today welcomed the new arrangement, signed at today's US NZ Partnership Forum, which extends the time tertiary students may work and travel in the United States. | Read more

07 September 2007

Opportunities in the US even without an FTA

Entrepreneurial business is finding new ways to get round tariff and subsidy barriers by investing in offshore markets, sourcing locally made components and becoming local rather than external suppliers. | Read more

06 September 2007

Auckland hosts high-level American leaders to strengthen US NZ relationship

The US NZ 2007 Partnership Forum opening in Auckland this Sunday 9 September will bring together 100 influential leaders from the United States and New Zealand, to discuss how the two countries can strengthen political, business and personal ties. | Read more

06 September 2007

Partnership Forum takes NZ US relations to a new level

If New Zealanders are unaware of the extent to which the relationship between the United States and New Zealand has grown in the last 18 months the arrival in Auckland next week of 50 influential Americans should leave them in no doubt. | Read more

06 August 2007

NZ US relations: changed for the better!

Address by Stephen Jacobi to the Probus Club of Wellington | Read more

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