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Govt helping NZers leave Egypt
Diplomats in Cairo are doing all they can to help New Zealanders leave Egypt, Prime Minister John Key said today, while families here are fearing for their loved ones who remain in the crisis-torn country.
NZers anxious over family in Egypt
Kiwis with relatives in crisis-torn Egypt say they are worried about what might happen next. More than 100 people have been killed and thousands injured in anti-government riots as protesters demand that President Mubarak resigns.
Oh my God, I'm being swept away - victim
'Oh my God, I'm being swept away, come and get me,' was the last thing a NZ woman heard from her son, phoning from floodwaters.
NZ-Hong Kong trade agreement in effect
The Closer Economic Partnership Agreement between NZ and Hong Kong came into force on Saturday, making cuts to remaining NZ tariffs.
More Kiwis die on foreign soil
Kiwi's lax attitude to getting our travel jabs may be killing us.
NZ embassy in Rome on look out after explosions
Staff at the NZ Embassy in Rome have been told to be on the look out for suspicious packages after mail bombs exploded in the hands of employees at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome on Thursday.
US asked Clark Govt to explain Fahrenheit 9/11 fundraiser - cable
The US contacted Helen Clark's Government to complain about then minister Marion Hobbs attending the screening of a controversial film, WikiLeaks cables say.
Fonterra-troops claim 'preposterous' - Helen Clark
Helen Clark has angrily denied claims her government sent NZ non-combat engineers to Iraq over a Fonterra contract.
NZ wary of China's emergence - WikiLeaks
NZ was disturbed by China's rising influence in the Pacific region, a WikiLeaks cable shows.
WikiLeaks: Attorney-General wanted anti-nuke policy axed
Chris Finlayson wanted to overturn NZ's anti-nuclear legislation without a public vote back in 2006, a WikiLeaks cable reveals.
Visionary Indian trader spreading the gospel of globalisation
Raghupati Singhania says his country shouldn't be judged only by Games glitches, writes Karyn Scherer.
NZ asked to take US terror prisoners
The United States wanted to send a group of Guantanamo Bay inmates to New Zealand, according to a leaked 2005 cable from the US Embassy in Wellington.
Goff disputes anti-nuke law claims
Labour leader Phil Goff has hit back at claims made in a diplomatic cable between Wellington and Washington that NZ's anti-nuclear legislation was influenced by wanting to cut defence costs as well as by ideology.
Anti-nuke law 'linked to cost cuts'
New Zealand's anti-nuclear legislation was influenced by wanting to cut defence costs as well as by ideology, a WikiLeaks-released cable between Wellington and Washington claims.