Wellington, April 22 NZPA - Green Party MP Keith Locke has failed in his bid to let New Zealanders decide whether they want to keep a British monarch as head of state or elect their own non-executive president.

Wellington, May 15 NZPA - Foreign Minister Murray McCully today added New Zealand's voice to an international chorus of outrage over the treatment by Myanmar's government of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.