Auckland, Feb 14 NZPA - The cost of Hillary Clinton's planned visit to New Zealand has cost taxpayers $108,000, even though she was a no show.

More than 30 leading American scientists are on their way to New Zealand for a top-level meeting with their New Zealand counterparts next week.

Wellington, Jan 15 NZPA - The New Zealand family of a woman and her daughter who were caught in the devastating earthquake in Haiti now believe her husband and two other children have died.

Auckland, Jan 15 NZPA - A New Zealand woman and her two-year-old daughter are recovering in the Dominican Republic today after fleeing earthquake-ravaged Haiti yesterday.

Auckland, Jan 14 NZPA - A New Zealander whose husband was killed and two daughters are missing after a massive earthquake feared to have killed 100,000 people in the Caribbean nation Haiti yesterday is now in the Dominican Republic.

Auckland, Jan 14 NZPA - Foreign Minister Murray McCully says it's difficult knowing there is a limited amount the Government can do for Haiti, the Caribbean nation where three New Zealanders are feared to be among the estimated 100,000 killed by a massive earthquake.

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has postponed her visit to New Zealand in the wake of the massive earthquake in Haiti, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today.

Auckland, Jan 9 NZPA - The Government is not commenting on a report that the United States ban on military exercises with New Zealand is expected to be dropped.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully today welcomed news from the United States confirming that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit New Zealand from 15-17 January.

Speech to Antarctic Treaty Meeting of Experts Grand Hall, Parliament

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the invitation to say a few words to you this evening.

For most New Zealanders, Antarctica is a place of pristine beauty lying just beyond the horizon.