By Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, June 29 NZPA - United States President Barack Obama faces an uphill battle if he wants to progress a free trade deal including New Zealand, a visiting expert said today.

By Kate Chapman of NZPA Wellington, June 23 NZPA - Belittling comments about President Barack Obama and his advisors by the United States' top general in Afghanistan will not influence New Zealand's commitment to Afghanistan, Prime Minister John Key says.

Wellington, June 16 NZPA - The Maori Party, inspired by US President Barack Obama, is trying to convene urgent all-party talks on ways to reduce New Zealand's reliance on oil and protect the country from "multi-national moguls".

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Bamiyan, April 4 NZPA - Prime Minister John Key spent his last day in Afghanistan in Bamiyan province rubbing shoulders with the locals.

We've probably got about as much chance of prising open the United States dairy market as selling apples to Australia. And for the same reason -- brute force politics.

Wellington, April 16 NZPA - New Zealand was invited to United States President Barack Obama's nuclear proliferation summit because of its anti-nuclear record, a high ranking official has confirmed.

As the world's leaders head home following United States President Barack Obama's Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC, KATE CHAPMAN of NZPA looks at the use of radioactive sources in New Zealand.

Wellington, April 14 NZPA - The 47 countries represented at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC this week have agreed to reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism and New Zealand showed the difference a small country can make, Prime Minister John Key says.

Wellington, April 14 NZPA - The 47 countries represented at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC this week have agreed to reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism and New Zealand showed the difference a small country can make, Prime Minister John Key says.

Wellington, April 13 NZPA - Prime Minister John Key has won praise for pushing New Zealand's trade interests in Washington, with Federated Farmers saying today it was presenting the same arguments to a group of US senators concerned about opening up dairy markets.