The mining lobby group Straterra says the government is right to try and improve the operation of the Resource Management Act and dismisses environmental groups’ claims of a Ministerial power grab as “rubbish.” “We all want the same thing, a robust framework for assessing development proposals against economic, environmental, social and cultural criteria,” Straterra chief executive Chris Baker said in …

In the context of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mexico and New Zealand, New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key undertook an Official Visit to Mexico on 4 and 5 March 2013. This was the first Head of Government visit received by President Enrique Pena Nieto since he took office. During their meeting, the Leaders of Mexico and New …

Prime Minister John Key says he and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto have committed to strengthening the trade relationship between New Zealand and Mexico, following bilateral talks in Mexico City. “Mexico and New Zealand have shared a friendly relationship for 40 years. President Peña Nieto and I agreed the trade relationship between our two countries, while healthy, could be strengthened …