Wellington - South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak will make an official visit to New Zealand on March 3-4, Prime Minister John Key announced on Wednesday.
Key said they would discuss improving economic links between the two countries which are preparing to negotiate a free trade pact.
He said South Korea was an important bilateral and regional partner for New Zealand and his country's sixth-largest export market.
Lee will speak at a New Zealand-Korea Economic Forum which will discuss strengthening ties between the two business communities.
Wellington (New Zealand), Feb. 17: Black Caps all rounder Jacob Oram has pronounced himself fully fit and is targeting the forthcoming series against India as his comeback in international cricket.
Oram has been out of action with an Achilles tendon strain, but his rapid recovery has ensured that he flys to Dunedin to join Central Districts for their Twenty20 match against Otago tomorrow.
Manawatu fans should have the pleasure of seeing Oram back playing for Central Districts in the Twenty20 match against Canterbury at Fitzherbert Park next Sunday.
Auckland, New Zealand - There are strict rules in force on this island: No pets are allowed and visitors are told to remove any dirt from their shoes or clothes before they disembark.
"Please ensure that your lunch is kept in a container made of plastic or metal and take all your refuse with you," passengers are told before the catamaran sets off from Auckland harbour
From here, the voyage takes them to Tiritiri Mantangi, an island in the Gulf of Hauraki, just four kilometres from the end of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula and 30 kilometres north-east of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city.
Wellington - Australia's Qantas Airways will hand over domestic services in New Zealand to its budget subsidiary Jetstar in June, the company announced Tuesday.
Jetstar will operate 84 weekly return services between Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and the South Island lake and ski resort town Queenstown on Airbus A320 jets
A statement said that passengers already booked on Qantas flights within New Zealand after that date would be switched to Jetstar services.
Wellington - A German woman who flew to New Zealand to meet a man who wooed her on the internet with eloquent emails and poetry told a newspaper Tuesday of her time in a "horror house" with a stranger who was nothing like her online friend.
"He was quite intellectual and he knew the way to my heart," the 36-year-old musician and drama teacher from Leipzig, who identified herself only as Maja, told the Otago Daily Times.
Amsterdam - will have to look around for a new sponsor for next season after Dutch insurance conglomerate ING announced on Monday that they would not be renewing their three-year sponsorship with Renault.
Earlier Credit Suisse had announced that they would not be sponsoring BMW-Sauber this year.
ING said they would cut back their sponsorship investment by 40 per cent this year already, without saying whether they would cut back the money given to Renault during the season.
Wellington - South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak will make an official visit to New Zealand on March 3-4, Prime Minister John Key announced on Wednesday.
Wellington (New Zealand), Feb. 17: Black Caps all rounder Jacob Oram has pronounced himself fully fit and is targeting the forthcoming series against India as his comeback in international cricket.
Wellington - Australia's Qantas Airways will hand over domestic services in New Zealand to its budget subsidiary Jetstar in June, the company announced Tuesday.
Wellington - A German woman who flew to New Zealand to meet a man who wooed her on the internet with eloquent emails and poetry told a newspaper Tuesday of her time in a "horror house" with a stranger who was nothing like her online friend.
Amsterdam - will have to look around for a new sponsor for next season after Dutch insurance conglomerate ING announced on Monday that they would not be renewing their three-year sponsorship with Renault.
