Laura Clarke

A free-trade agreement signed overnight by the New Zealand and United Kingdom is being heralded as a game-changer.

It's being widely welcomed by the business community and exporters, especially those… Audio

A new exhibition revealing the impacts of climate change on Pacific communities appears in the National Library this month.

'Trouble in Paradise' presents sixty winning photographs of a competition… Audio

The new free trade deal with post-Brexit Britain is almost certainly this country's most significant with our former colonial power since the early 1970s.

The deal promises zero tariffs on all UK… Audio

New Zealand, after Australia, is the second country to secure a Free Trade Deal with the UK, post Brexit.

British High Commissioner Laura Clarke spoke with Māni Dunlop. Audio

Talks between the UK and New Zealand over a Free Trade Agreement are ramping up.

The UK is New Zealand's sixth largest trading partner, with two-way trade worth nearly $6 billion in 2019.

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Vaccine diplomacy is heating up in the Pacific, and in the case of Papua New Guinea maybe a little too quickly.

A Chinese state-owned mining company has revealed that it's been trialling Covid-19… Audio

Vaccine diplomacy is heating up in the region as various countries promise to roll out potential covid-19 vaccines to the Pacific. Audio

Despite its own challenges with covid-19, a shrinking economy and less money to spend on foreign aid, the United Kingdom government says it remains committed to its role as a development partner in… Audio

The UK and New Zealand governments have wrapped up their first round of Free Trade Agreement negotiations.

The UK's High Commissioner to New Zealand Laura Clarke speaks to Māni Dunlop about the… Audio

The British High Commissioner says a free trade agreement with New Zealand will set the tone for the United Kingdom's post-Brexit trade policy.

Negotiations were formally launched yesterday, putting… Audio

The first plane load of vulnerable Britons are currently queuing to board a flight home.

The first of five repatriation flights organised by the UK Government leaves Auckland at 1.40pm.

The British… Audio

The first flight leaves Auckland on Friday. Audio

Thousands of foreign nationals are currently wanting to leave New Zealand for the comforts of home, but the Level 4 alert currently in place has left them stuck where they are.

The Prime Minister… Audio

There could be up to 20,000 British nationals in New Zealand who want to get home, the British High Commission says. Audio

Brexit has happened - and will be followed by 11 months of nothing really changing. What's next? And how will it impact on New Zealand?  Audio

New Zealand has been told by the British government it will not be worse off as a result of Brexit.

The UK officially left the European Union over the weekend after 47 years.

Trade Minister David… Audio

Becoming the British High Commissioner to New Zealand was the plan for Laura Clarke. Her husband is a Kiwi and when the time was right, she told everyone who mattered she wanted the role. She took on… Audio

The British High Commissioner has been quick to dismiss questions about why her message of regret to Gisborne iwi is not an apology. In two ceremonies yesterday Laura Clarke told the people of Ngati… Audio

The British High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa says the UK has stepped back too much from the Pacific. Audio