The 2006 North Korean nuclear test was the detonation of a nuclear device conducted on 9 October 2006 by North Korea . New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark urged the UN to bring its full weight to bear on North Korea after it announced it had conducted the underground nuclear test . Clark condemned the test , Clark also said " it will back whatever measures the U.N. Security Council decides on " . Winston Peters , the Foreign Minister of New Zealand , condemned North Korea 's missile tests on behalf of his government , describing them as showing " wanton disregard " for the warnings issued beforehand by the international community . He expressed his hope that North Korea would " step back now from taking any more rash steps " and resume negotiations
2006 North Korean nuclear test
2006 North Korean nuclear test
New Zealand–North Korea relations