Wellington, Jan 26 NZPA - Talks will begin soon on a working holiday scheme for young Vietnamese and New Zealanders to travel and work in each other's countries, Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully said today.

Wellington, Jan 22 NZPA - Foreign Minister Murray McCully is to attended a high-level conference on Afghanistan in England next week, stopping off in Vietnam on the way.

Wellington, Oct 13 NZPA - Labour leader Phil Goff has taken a trip to New York to meet with American and world leaders, just weeks after Prime Minister John Key returned from the Big Apple.

Wellington, Oct 7 NZPA - Trade Minister Tim Groser has been given a big plug in an influential United States newspaper for the global alliance on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, proposed last month by Prime Minister John Key .

By Maggie Tait of NZPA New York, Sept 27 NZPA - After meeting a who's who of international politics and raising the country's profile through his US television appearance Prime Minister John Key is counting his week in New York a success.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA New York, Sept 23 NZPA - United States President Barack Obama spoke glowingly of New Zealand during two brief meetings the pair had in New York today.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA New York, Sept 23 NZPA - Prime Minister John Key had a surprise meeting with United States President Barack Obama at a lunch at the United Nations here this afternoon (New York time).

By Maggie Tait of NZPA New York, Sept 23 NZPA - Prime Minister John Key had a surprise meeting with United States President Barack Obama at a lunch at the United Nations here this afternoon (New York time).

By Maggie Tait of NZPA New York, Sept 24 NZPA - Prime Minister John Key today adds United States President Barack Obama to the list of world leaders he has met during his trip to New York.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA New York, Sept 22 NZPA - The United States has indicated it would be prepared to financially back a New Zealand initiative to ramp up research into agricultural emissions, Prime Minister John Key says.