That Donald Trump has upended the world of diplomacy is not up for debate. Yet the New Zealand embassy’s decision to engage a US lobbying firm with no prior foreign experience raises questions about the state of our affairs in Washington, as Sam Sachdeva writes for Newsroom today.

BASF has opened a new laboratory and technical development centre for its dispersions and resins business in Australia and New Zealand.

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has unveiled a nearly $1 billion boost for the Government’s foreign policy and international aid budget, arguing the funding is crucial for our security after a decade of underfunding writes Sam Sachdeva for Newsroom.

Concerns of an impending aggregates shortage in New Zealand are throwing uncertainty on the viability of several projects writes Talia Paz Quarry magazine.

Peters: what should we expect? At first blush, it’s remarkable that a man who was exiled to the political wilderness a mere decade ago will soon ascend to the country’s top job writes Shane Cowlishaw on Newsroom.

In the year to November 2017, China purchased almost $26 million of waste and recyclables from New Zealand, according to data from Stats NZ. That was almost half of the $57.25 million that went overseas that year. In 2016 we sent $21m worth of waste to China, made up of $8.2m of plastic, $3.1m of …

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Eighteen months Later He Disappeared and So Did His Party.

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His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met Winston Peters, New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The efficiency is remarkable next to current systems, and customers might well feel the difference.