New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade

Irish 🇮🇪 businesses will be required to cut their emissions by 35% over the next six years as the country aims for carbon neutrality by 2050. The move presents opportunities for the 🇳🇿 agri-tech sector to assist Irish producers in their green transition. ➡ https://lnkd.in/gyxFVi9N

The latest edition of the weekly global trade and economic update for New Zealand businesses has been published. 🌎 - International Monetary Fund forecasts moderate growth over 2024-25 - Minister McClay announces $100m NZ-Brazil trade boost through 13 key partnerships - New Zealand ranked first in Sustainable Trade Index for third year Read the full report here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gU5Q4zaB

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday that remembers loved ones that have passed on. We wish everyone around the world a festive celebration #dayofthedead

Happy #Diwali to all who celebrate around the world. Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights, it symbolises the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. 🪔✨

New Zealand has concluded negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council on a free trade agreement that unlocks opportunities in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman. This FTA gives our exporters preferential access to an important market, removes tariffs or duties on our products and makes doing business easier. NZ can build on the $2.6B worth of exports we sent to GCC member states in the year to June 2024. Find out more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gzmDDXFE #NZGCC

MFAT is inviting feedback on the Russia Sanctions Act (RSA) as part of a statutory review required by the RSA. The review is focused on examining the operation and effectiveness of the RSA. We are seeking feedback from stakeholders to get a better understanding of what is and is not working with the Act and how stakeholders find their interaction with the statutory framework. You can find more information on the scope of the review in the public consultation document and terms of reference. Submissions close on 16 December. Following consultation, officials will analyse the feedback received and work on a report considering recommended changes to the Statutory Framework which will be tabled in Parliament in 2025. For more information, or to make a submission, click here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gUA9st7c

“New Zealand is ‘of’ and ‘with’ the Pacific, connected not only by the ocean but our shared geographical, historical and cultural bonds. Our collective resilience is deeply intertwined with our #Pacific brothers and sisters.” New Zealand is a proud long-standing partner of education in the Pacific and supporters of the UNESCO GEM Report, Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and The University of the South Pacific USP. Ngā mihi nui to MFAT’s Dr. Helen Leslie (United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Unit Manager) for representing New Zealand at the #CHOGM2024 Commonwealth of Learning side event. She talked about the importance of international development support to advance education for resilience in the Pacific. The event also saw the launch of the Global Monitoring Report on technology in education in the Pacific. Learn more here ➡ https://lnkd.in/g5FrQcpy

MFAT and New Zealand Red Cross are attending the 34th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement this week. We reaffirm our collective commitment to upholding international humanitarian law and the importance of prioritising humanitarian response in the face of armed conflicts across the globe. Follow New Zealand Red Cross for live updates at the conference, and read more about international humanitarian law here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/djcq7ux3

The European Union 🇪🇺 has adopted a new directive on corporate sustainability due diligence – part of a package aimed at increasing transparency and action on climate, the environment, and wider sustainability in business, finance and investment. 🌱➡️ https://lnkd.in/gRaDu_dS

Prime Minister Rt Hon Christopher Luxon had the opportunity to visit the Manawanui response team in Apia, where he sincerely thanked the New Zealand personnel – separate from the hundreds of defence, police and health personnel here to support Samoa’s hosting of #CHOGM2024 – for their monumental efforts. “We have seen the best of New Zealand I think, through our service people who have been on the ground here immediately from when the accident happened and doing an incredible job." During CHOGM, New Zealand continues to monitor the marine environment, the vessel and the shoreline on a daily basis.