
Whaling solution would be put to public - McCully
Any deal with Japan to allow whaling would have to be very attractive to get New Zealand support, Foreign Minister Murray McCully says.
Any deal with Japan to allow whaling would have to be very attractive to get New Zealand support, Foreign Minister Murray McCully says.
Foreign Minister Murray McCully and Fiji's military leader, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, have agreed "in principle" to meet next month
Murray McCully says NZ will consider joining any legal action to force Japan to stop whaling in the Southern Ocean if diplomatic channels fail.
A diplomatic crisis is looming over an anti-whaling protestor who is reportedly being held in custody on a Japanese whaling vessel.
Steven Ratuva says scoring political points will not break the impasse between the two countries.
Former Labour Prime Minister Mike Moore will be NZ's next US Ambassador, Foreign Minister Murray McCully has confirmed.