Posts Tagged ‘Murray McCully’

New Zealand won’t relax sanctions for World Cup

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

New Zealand Prime Minster, John Key and Rugby World Cup minister Murray McCully both have said  that New Zealand had no intention of using the World Cup as an excuse to relax sanctions which it has applied against Fiji since a 2006 military coup. Vidya Lakhan president of the Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Read more

In a hard year Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand partnerships maintained

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Most Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand partnerships were maintained  in 2010 , despite a difficult financial year. The Catholic aid and development agency, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand  released its Annual Report this week. Director Mike Smith said it was extremely gratifying to have strong donor support during a recession, and in a year where government funding Read more