Annual current account deficit widens to $9.5 billion – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Balance of payments and international investment position: June 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Annual current account deficit widens to $9.5 billion – 19 September 2018 New Zealand’s current account deficit for the year ended June 2018 widened to $9.5 billion, 3.3 percent of GDP, Stats NZ said today. The deficit is $2.4 billion wider than the year ended June 2017 deficit and is the largest since […]
Read More →Near-record exports see current account deficit shrink to $2.7 billion – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Balance of payments and international investment position: June 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Near-record exports see current account deficit shrink to $2.7 billion – 19 September 2018 New Zealand’s seasonally adjusted current account deficit reduced to $2.7 billion for the June 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said today. The $484 million decrease from the March 2018 quarter was mainly driven by rising exports of goods and services. […]
Read More →Fruit exports boost wholesale trade in June quarter – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Wholesale trade survey: June 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Fruit exports boost wholesale trade in June quarter – 7 September 2018 Fruit exports drove wholesale trade sales up in the June 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said today. The seasonally adjusted total sales value for wholesale trade rose 2.6 percent in the June 2018 quarter, following a modest 0.3 percent rise in the […]
Read More →Visitors boost trade surplus – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Goods and services trade by country: Year ended June 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Visitors boost trade surplus – 4 September 2018 Spending by international visitors helped push New Zealand’s trade surplus (goods and services) to $4.2 billion for the year ended June 2018, Stats NZ said today. “Visitors to New Zealand spent almost twice as much as New Zealanders spent on their overseas visits,” international statistics […]
Read More →Higher dairy export prices boost terms of trade – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Overseas trade indexes (prices and volumes): June 2018 quarter (provisional)
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Higher dairy export prices boost terms of trade – 3 September 2018 Export prices increasing more than import prices in the June 2018 quarter led to a 0.6 percent rise in the terms of trade, Stats NZ said today. Terms of trade measures the purchasing power of New Zealand’s exports abroad and is […]
Read More →High Level Political Forum on sustainable development – New Zealand statement
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Statement delivered by Craig J. Hawke, Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations, 20 July 2018 Thank you, Mr President. In 2018, as we increasingly live with the impacts of climate change, achieving truly sustainable development is the challenge of our times. The space […]
Read More →Public Meeting on New Zealand’s Interests in Antarctica
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Have your say about how we express New Zealand’s interests in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Date: Wednesday, 25 July Time: 4.00pm-5.30pm Venue: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Level 12, HSBC Tower, 195 Lambton Quay New Zealand has significant and enduring strategic interests in Antarctica […]
Read More →New futures for New Zealand’s development cooperation in an SDG world
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Remarks by Deputy Secretary Pacific and Development Group Jonathan Kings at event hosted by New Zealand Aid and Development Dialogues at Victoria University, Wellington, 5 July 2018 Let me first thank the organisers for today. We welcome these opportunities and I acknowledge the New Zealand Aid […]
Read More →New Zealand humanitarian assistance for the Rohingya crisis and Myanmar Humanitarian Fund
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand is providing a further $4 million in humanitarian assistance to those affected by recent violence in Myanmar, including Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Cox’s Bazar currently hosts the world’s largest refugee population with approximately 700,000 people having crossed the border into Bangladesh since […]
Read More →New Zealand humanitarian assistance for Yemen
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand is providing a further $3 million in humanitarian funding to Yemen. Three years after the escalation of the conflict, Yemeni people continue to bear the brunt of ongoing hostilities and severe economic decline and the humanitarian crisis remains extremely widespread. Three million dollars has been […]
Read More →New Zealand humanitarian assistance for South Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand has approved $5.2 million in humanitarian funding to address significant humanitarian needs in South Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia. The ongoing conflict in South Sudan, and prolonged drought, recent heavy rains and pockets of violence in Ethiopia and Somalia, have contributed to deeply concerning humanitarian […]
Read More →Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits Germany
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was in Berlin on 17 April to highlight the deepening partnership between New Zealand and Germany. “Germany’s leadership has been vital in helping Europe, and indeed the world, weather the storms of the past decade,” said Jacinda Ardern. “As a country that […]
Read More →New Zealand statement to the 4th special session of the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Delivered by Mr Heath Fisher, Head of Delegation for New Zealand, 26 June 2018. Mr Chairperson, From the outset, let me assure you of New Zealand’s full support and cooperation. We wish to also register our thanks to the Director-General and the Technical Secretariat for their […]
Read More →Lamb exports set new record – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Overseas merchandise trade: May 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Lamb exports set new record – The value of lamb exports hit a new record of $369 million in May 2018, Stats NZ said today. Higher prices and more quantities of lamb exported boosted this month’s level. The previous high for lamb exports was $340 million in February 2009. “It has been a […]
Read More →Special committee on the situation in regard to the implementation of the declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and people’s – Question of Tokelau
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Statement delivered by Craig J. Hawke, Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations, on behalf of Ross Ardern, Administrator of Tokelau, 22 June 2018 The Chair of this Special Committee – Your Excellency Walton Webson, Vice-Chairpersons, the Rapporteur, Distinguished Members of this Special Committee, […]
Read More →Do Not Miss Out on New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir’s Performance In Hong Kong
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Venue – The Chinese Foundation Secondary School, 11 July 2018 The New Zealand Consulate-General warmly welcomes the New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir (external link) as invited Resident Choir at the 2018 Belt & Road World Choir Festival Hong Kong (external link) (15-19 July Hong Kong). The […]
Read More →Conference to review progress made in the implementation of the programme of action to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects – New Zealand statement
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Statement delivered by Finnian Cheshire, Deputy Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations, 19 June 2018 May I take this opportunity, Mr Chair, to thank you for your leadership of this important Review Conference and for the transparent and consultative approach you have adopted […]
Read More →International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria: informal General Assembly meeting – New Zealand statement
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Statement delivered by Craig J. Hawke, Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations, 18 April 2018 Thank you Mr President. I would like to start by taking this opportunity to congratulate Catherine Marchi-Uhel on her appointment as Head of the International, Impartial and Independent […]
Read More →Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf – New Zealand statement
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Thank you, President. We would like to express New Zealand’s support for the important work of the Commission and the progress made over the past year. We are conscious of the ongoing heavy workload and the need to move through the backload of submissions in a […]
Read More →Further support for Fiji’s COP23 Presidency
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand will provide a further $2.5 million to support Fiji’s ongoing presidency of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. New Zealand remains committed to standing with Pacific countries to reduce emissions, build resilience, and achieve the Paris Agreement’s long term temperature goal, said the Ministry […]
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