Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton / U.S. Department of State

New Zealand and the United States have signed a new partnership document setting out areas of cooperation between the two countries, including in areas such as nuclear non-proliferation, the Pacific, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

The signing took place after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who travelled to New Zealand after visiting Papua New Guinea, had talks at the New Zealand Parliament with Foreign Minister Murray McCully and Prime Minister John Key.