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Top British Scholarship up for Grabs
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 10:07 am | British High Commission
A scholarship for New Zealand’s top young graduates is now only weeks away from closing. More >>
Child Migrants flown back to Britain for Apology
Friday, 19 February 2010, 5:03 pm | British High Commission
Three New Zealanders who left Britain after the war as part of the Child Migrant scheme are returning to London to take part in a public apology next week. More >>
Visiting Samoan Children get to meet their Heroes
Friday, 19 February 2010, 11:19 am | British High Commission
The two Samoan school children, Lyla Tapusoa and Ryan Simpson, who won a British High Commission writing competition to follow the Hurricanes got to meet their heroes in Wellington yesterday. More >>
Hurricane Essay Winners announced for Christmas
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 9:33 am | British High Commission
Two Samoan school children have won the British High Commission’s prize to come to New Zealand and follow the Super 14 semi finalists, the Hurricanes for a week. The children Lyla Tapusoa and Ryan Simpson will get to spend an afternoon at a Hurricanes ... More >>
The Hurricane Essay Winners are announced
Monday, 21 December 2009, 4:50 pm | British High Commission
Two Samoan school children have won the British High Commission’s prize to come to New Zealand and follow the Super 14 semi finalists, the Hurricanes for a week. More >>
A Global Cricketing Showdown with a difference
Thursday, 17 December 2009, 1:44 pm | British High Commission
It will be a first for international cricket, when England meets meteoric minnows Afghanistan in the Under 19 World Cup in Christchurch this summer. More >>
British sheep go Green thanks to Kiwi Ingenuity
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 3:28 pm | British High Commission
A New Zealand firm, Rissington Breedline says it is reducing the carbon footprint of British sheep. The Hawkes Bay firm says it is reintroducing sustainable sheep farming across the United Kingdom with its breeding programme on farms from Cornwall ... More >>
Samoan Student’s Art Work For Christmas Cards
Friday, 27 November 2009, 11:15 am | British High Commission
Three students from Samoa will have their art work on thousands of Christmas Cards that will be sold in Wellington to raise funds for Save the Children and the Samoan Tsunami . More >>
Secret Weapon Claim in Diplomats Game
Monday, 23 November 2009, 12:25 pm | British High Commission
The captain of the Wellington Diplomats rugby side has dismissed claims that they have secretly signed French star Sebastien Chabal for next weeks clash of parliamentarians and diplomats at Prince of Wales Park in Newtown. Following a claim by Parliamentarian ... More >>
British High Comm reacts to Fijian expulsion
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 9:58 am | British High Commission
The British High Commissioner to New Zealand , George Fergusson said in a statement on the Fiji situation that :“ We very much regret this decision . It can only be a retrograde step for Fiji and the region.” More >>
Map: impacts if we fail to limit climate change
Friday, 23 October 2009, 11:47 am | British High Commission
A new map illustrating the global consequences of failing to keep climate change to under 2 degrees Celsius was launched today by the UK Government. With just 45 days to go before international climate change talks begin in Copenhagen, British ... More >>
If We Fail To Limit Dangerous Climate Change...
Friday, 23 October 2009, 10:32 am | British High Commission
A new map illustrating the global consequences of failing to keep climate change to under 2 degrees Celsius was launched today by the UK Government. With just 45 days to go before international climate change talks begin in Copenhagen, British ... More >>
Britain Defends Its Economic Recovery
Friday, 9 October 2009, 12:26 pm | British High Commission
Speaking to the Export Institute in Christchurch, he said that there were clear signs that the UK economy was pulling through the recession, with strong figures from both the manufacturing sector and from financial services, including banking. More >>
Britain defends its Economic Recovery
Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 10:26 am | British High Commission
Britain's economic strength is widely underestimated in New Zealand, according the British High Commissioner, George Fergusson. More >>
Britain Donates £100,000 to Samoa
Friday, 2 October 2009, 11:41 am | British High Commission
The United Kingdom Government has announced a £100,000 donation to help victims of Samoa’s Tsunami disaster . George Fergusson ,the British High Commissioner to Samoa is about to arrive in Apia to join other consular officials on the ground .He ... More >>
Win a Trip to NZ to Meet the Super 14 Hurricanes
Tuesday, 15 September 2009, 11:37 am | British High Commission
A new and exciting competition for Samoan children has today been launched by the British High Commission in New Zealand. The winners will win a return all expenses paid trip to Wellington, New Zealand. They will spend Thursday 18 February 2010, ... More >>
New British High Commissioner to New Zealand
Friday, 11 September 2009, 9:23 am | British High Commission
The British Government announced today that the next British High Commissioner to New Zealand will be Vicki Treadell. She will arrive in May next year. Ms Treadell is currently British Deputy High Commissioner in Mumbai and is a career diplomat ... More >>
Success for Tauranga Software Start Up
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 9:27 am | British High Commission
Tauranga-based company Pingar LP, has developed an intelligent search and publishing platform that revolutionises Internet searches. More >>
The Pacific Islands On The Road To Copenhagen
Tuesday, 4 August 2009, 10:05 am | British High Commission
Climate change talks at Copenhagen could be as important in avoiding global suffering as any peace treaty.As a British Foreign Office Minister in Australia for the Pacific Islands’ Forum, I’m in a curious position when I raise climate change. Britain ... More >>
British Minister speaks in Wgtn on Climate Change
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 4:21 pm | British High Commission
The British Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Chris Bryant will make a key speech on Climate Change when he is in Wellington on Friday the 31st. Mr Bryant will be speaking to a business audience on “Low Carbon: ... More >>
