Wellington (New Zealand), Feb. 23 : New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has said that he is ready to halt the Black Caps tour of Zimbabwe.
The New Zealand cricket team are scheduled to play three one one-day internationals in the strife-torn African nation in July under the International Cricket Council''s (ICC) future tours programme.
The only way New Zealand Cricket (NZC) can avoid ICC sanctions is if Key orders the team not to tour.
Wellington - The New Zealand government announced Wednesday a 500-million-New-Zealand-dollar (about 260 million US dollars) stimulus package for the economy, which has been in recession for a year.
Prime Minister John Key, whose centre-right administration was elected in November, said a number of state housing, road and education sector projects would be accelerated in a bid to preserve jobs as the global financial crisis continues to impact on the local economy.
Wellington - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key bowed Monday to calls to examine procedures of the country's top security agency after it was revealed that it had spied on opposition Green Party legislator Keith Locke.
Locke, a well-known left-winger whose parents were openly members of the Communist Party, said his Security Intelligence Service (SIS) personal file showed that spies had watched him from the age of 11 and continued to do so after he was elected as a member of parliament in 1999.
Wellington - The plaster cast from New Zealand Prime Minister John Keys' right arm, broken after he fell down stairs at a Chinese New Year celebration, fetched
18,500.10 New Zealand dollars (9,435 US dollars) on an online auction concluded on Sunday.
Proceeds will go to a foundation started by Australian Fred Hollows to perform basic sight-restoring eye surgery for people in developing countries.
Wellington - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key was attacked Thursday by two men as he arrived at a Maori meeting house for a ceremonial greeting on the eve of the country's national day celebrations.
One man grabbed the prime minister around the chest and neck and another shouted "Don't believe you are coming on here, mate," as he got out of his car at the Te Tii Marae meeting house grounds in Waitangi, the Bay of Islands, news reports said.
Wellington - New Zealand Pr
Wellington (New Zealand), Feb. 23 : New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has said that he is ready to halt the Black Caps tour of Zimbabwe.
Wellington - The New Zealand government announced Wednesday a 500-million-New-Zealand-dollar (about 260 million US dollars) stimulus package for the economy, which has been in recession for a year.
Wellington - The plaster cast from New Zealand Prime Minister John Keys' right arm, broken after he fell down stairs at a Chinese New Year celebration, fetched 
Wellington - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key was attacked Thursday by two men as he arrived at a Maori meeting house for a ceremonial greeting on the eve of the country's national day celebrations.
