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NZ trade delegation hopes for more successful Mideast trip

Get out of Tokyo, Kiwis told

MFAT has upgraded its advice to New Zealand citizens in quake-devastated Japan, warning Kiwis to leave Tokyo and northern Honshu.

Travel to Chiang Mai with care - MFAT

Japan tsunami: Kiwis urged to escape possible catastrophe

Japan says crisis stabilised but others say 'worse than Chernobyl'

Consider leaving Tokyo, NZers told

The Government is urging New Zealanders to consider leaving parts of Japan badly hit by last week's destructive earthquake and tsunami, as well as moving further away from the damaged nuclear power plant on the eastern coast.

EU trade commissioner to visit NZ

1800 NZers safe in Japan

MFAT still has "specific concerns" about one New Zealander missing in the affected area of tsunami-ravaged Japan.

All Kiwis now out of Libya - McCully

All New Zealanders who wanted to leave Libya had now left, Foreign Minister Murray McCully says.

Stranded family upset at embassy attitude

Govt helping NZers leave Egypt

Diplomats in Cairo are doing all they can to help New Zealanders leave Egypt, Prime Minister John Key said today, while families here are fearing for their loved ones who remain in the crisis-torn country.

NZers anxious over family in Egypt

Kiwis with relatives in crisis-torn Egypt say they are worried about what might happen next. More than 100 people have been killed and thousands injured in anti-government riots as protesters demand that President Mubarak resigns.

Oh my God, I'm being swept away - victim

'Oh my God, I'm being swept away, come and get me,' was the last thing a NZ woman heard from her son, phoning from floodwaters.

NZ-Hong Kong trade agreement in effect

The Closer Economic Partnership Agreement between NZ and Hong Kong came into force on Saturday, making cuts to remaining NZ tariffs.

More Kiwis die on foreign soil

Kiwi's lax attitude to getting our travel jabs may be killing us.

NZ embassy in Rome on look out after explosions

Staff at the NZ Embassy in Rome have been told to be on the look out for suspicious packages after mail bombs exploded in the hands of employees at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome on Thursday.

US asked Clark Govt to explain Fahrenheit 9/11 fundraiser - cable

The US contacted Helen Clark's Government to complain about then minister Marion Hobbs attending the screening of a controversial film, WikiLeaks cables say.