NZ would pay about $30m a year for at least three years into a US$10bn fund for developing countries to adopt low carbon-emitting policies, John Key has indicated.

The Queen yesterday urged the Commonwealth's members to lead the world in responding to global climate change.

Prime Minister John Key had a one-on-one meeting with the Queen in Trinidad this morning.

This year's Apec leaders' meeting vividly demonstrated who really has the clout and who hasn't.

Fiji's military dictator has sent a message to the New Zealand Government - butt out and stop your bullying.

John Key will pay an official visit to Washington next year following a personal invitation to the White House from President Barack Obama.

The nominee to be the US ambassador to NZ says he hopes for closer ties despite a more than two-decade row over nuclear weapons.

Hone Harawira says the only adverse comments he's had about leaving Brussels to sightsee in Paris have been from the media.

"How many times in my lifetime am I going to get to Europe? So I thought, 'F*** it, I'm off. I'm off to Paris'," Maori MP Hone Harawira said.

New Zealanders going to Fiji have been warned they might not be able to obtain consular help, after the expulsion of the head of the Suva mission.

The Government is considering its response to Fiji's expulsion of acting New Zealand Deputy High Commissioner Todd Cleaver yesterday.