WorldWhy Guterres won race for UN jobThere are a number of reasons Antonio Guterres may have been the popular choice.07 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungYoung: Helen Clark was loved by too fewCOMMENT: Helen Clark did not go to ground following her failure this week to secure the job of her dreams, the head of the UN.07 Oct 04:00 PM
EditorialClark should feel proud of achievementsCOMMENT: Helen Clark's push for the top United Nations job failed through no fault of her own.06 Oct 04:00 PM
PoliticsWho is Antonio Guterres?The United Nations' next boss is a charismatic, former socialist prime minister who led the UN's refugee agency during one of its most difficult times.06 Oct 05:32 AM
OpinionSoper: Clark a victim of her own successHelen Clark is politically astute enough though to know that she was always going to be an outside choice for the top UN job.06 Oct 05:18 AM
New ZealandJohn Key: 'You've got to be in to win'The feeling in Europe was that it would be a "tragedy" if it had not been able to provide the next Secretary-General, said Foreign Minister.06 Oct 04:58 AM
New Zealand10 reasons Helen Clark lost UN bidCOMMENT: Political editor Audrey Young looks at why Helen Clark's bid to lead the United Nations has failed.05 Oct 11:39 PM
WorldIs amnesty being used for 'kill list'?Lawyers and activists in the Philippines fear that drug users who sign up to the government's amnesty end up on so-called "kill lists".05 Oct 05:28 PM
New ZealandNZ ratifies climate change agreementNew Zealand has ratified the Paris Agreement, becoming one of the countries to do so before the threshold at which the historic agreement will come into force.05 Oct 04:30 PM
WorldClark's bid for UN Secretary General overThe former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is poised to become the next Secretary General of the United Nations after topping the sixth ballot.05 Oct 04:14 PM
New ZealandUnited Nations' power players to reveal position on Helen ClarkHelen Clark will face her sixth ballot early tomorrow in her bid to become UN Secretary General but it will be the first one in which the permanent five will vote with a red ballot.05 Oct 04:45 AM
Banking and financeInterest rate spike biggest risk - KeyJohn Key has signalled a rapid and unexpected rise in interest rates and "something big that happens internationally" as the biggest threats to the NZ economy.03 Oct 01:41 AM
WorldDuterte likens drug campaign to HitlerPhilippines President Rodrigo Duterte says he would like to "slaughter" millions of addicts just like Adolf Hitler "massacred" millions of Jewish people.30 Sep 04:52 AM
New ZealandFamily 'dismayed' over Ashley Peacock proposalHealth authorities are considering plans to move mental health patient Ashley Peacock, to the dismay of his parents.29 Sep 05:00 AM
WorldUN needs to 'join 21st century' - KeyHelen Clark to continue campaign despite a drop in the latest straw poll for Secretary General of the UN.27 Sep 12:06 AM
New ZealandBarry Soper: Has Key's advocacy helped Clark with votes?COMMENT: Politics throws up some strange bedfellows and that's certainly the case with Helen Clark and John Key.26 Sep 12:27 AM
New ZealandUN ambassador: Why Clark is strugglngHelen Clark faces her fifth Security Council ballot Tuesday to choose the next UN Secretary General , amid rumours that another contender is set to join the contest.25 Sep 04:00 PM
World'Why did they wait to kill us?'On a clear afternoon last Monday a line of humanitarian aid trucks eased to a stop in front of a cluster of warehouses packed with aid supplies 24km outside the Syrian city of Aleppo.24 Sep 08:48 PM
New ZealandJohn Key among friends in the big applePrime Minister John Key reflects on his big week at the United Nations.23 Sep 05:00 PM
WorldMcCully: Safe air travel vital to NZNew Zealand is to take a greater role in ensuring the safety of air travel in the Pacific.22 Sep 07:28 PM
New ZealandYoung: NZ's job well done at UNCOMMENT: Chairing the UN Security Council earns kudos for little effort - but Key deserves the praise.21 Sep 10:30 PM
World'Blood on the hands of everybody'John Key said will be blood on the hands of everybody including the Security Council and major participants in the Syria crisis if they could not find a resolution.21 Sep 09:46 PM
World'Future of Syria is hanging by a thread'John Kerry has called for an immediate halt to airstrikes in Syria in an impassioned speech to the UN Security Council chaired by Prime Minister John Key.21 Sep 05:16 PM
OpinionEditorial: NZ should make its UN role countMany New Zealanders might wonder why we bother with the UN, until they hear Key lament the council's performance on Syria in his speech.21 Sep 04:18 AM
New Zealand'It's time for a leader like Helen Clark'John Key has used his speech at the UN General Assembly to go into bat for Helen Clark, advocate for the TPP and call for the Security Council to take action on Syria.21 Sep 12:46 AM
New ZealandNZ's help vital in Iraq says PMIraq would welcome more New Zealand troops to train local forces, its Prime Minister tells John Key.20 Sep 09:07 PM
WorldAid convoy attackers 'cowards'The bar of depravity is sinking lower, says Ban Ki Moon in blistering attack on Syrian Government.20 Sep 06:01 PM
New ZealandKey: Session on Syria even more criticalJohn Key's session chairing UN Security Council on Syria crisis has a heightened significance after the bombing of a UN convoy delivering aid near Aleppo.20 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandClark knows Putin best out of P5 leadersHelen Clark says she knows Vladimir Putin the best out of the leaders among the leaders of the Security Council's Permanent five members 20 Sep 06:01 AM
New ZealandBrexit will lead to new opportunities, Brit PM tells John Key'I think we now have some interesting opportunities for developing trade between UK and New Zealand,' says Theresa May.20 Sep 05:16 AM
New ZealandSign TPP or miss out, warns KeyControversial trade deal a massive opportunity for US, says Key.20 Sep 12:08 AM
PoliticsGulf states trade deal a step closerA free trade deal between New Zealand and the GCC was concluded in 2009 but has not been signed or ratified.19 Sep 05:31 PM
