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WikiLeaks: NZ's education industry suffers loss of Chinese
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:04 pm | Wikileaks
25 July, 2005. A sharp drop in the number of English-language students from China -- partly orchestrated by the Chinese government -- has reduced overall foreign student enrollments in New Zealand schools. To revive the international education industry, ... More >>
WikiLeaks: UNSC reform: NZ will abstain from G-4 vote
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:58 pm | Wikileaks
3 August, 2005. New Zealand is likely to abstain if a G-4 reform vote is brought before the General Assembly. GNZ officials have offered to encourage undecided Pacific Island governments to vote down or abstain from the resolution if that would be helpful ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ on US-India civil nuclear co-op initiative
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:53 pm | Wikileaks
2 August, 2005. Pol-Econ Couns delivered reftel information to Deborah Pankhurst, Deputy Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Pankhurst said that MFAT had already received a fair amount of information ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Labour waves anti-American card in campaign
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:50 pm | Wikileaks
3 August, 2005. During Parliament's last "Question Time" before election recess, Foreign Minister Phil Goff again highlighted tidbits of Codel Nickles' January 2004 meeting with National Party leadership to claim National has a hidden agenda to lift ... More >>
WikiLeak: US Ambassador's final call on NZ Foreign Minister
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:48 pm | Wikileaks
19 August, 2005. During his final meeting with Foreign Minister Goff on August 18, Ambassador Swindells reiterated his call for both countries to engage in a comprehensive dialogue on the bilateral relationship. He and Goff agreed that Embassy Wellington ... More >>
WikiLeaks: National shape up as genuine challenger to Labour
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:44 pm | Wikileaks
August 23, 2005. Badly battered in the 2002 campaign, New Zealand's main opposition party, the National Party, has reclaimed enough public support to pose a genuine threat to the Labour Government's hold on power. Although Labour has begun to regain ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Seeking victory in Middle Earth
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:42 pm | Wikileaks
August 25, 2005. Locked in a tougher than expected battle for votes, a once-confident Labour Party has forsaken its reputation for fiscal restraint to dish out promises of pork for students and low- and middle-income families. In the run-up to New Zealand's ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Maori Party prospects diminish in Sept election
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:40 pm | Wikileaks
August 30, 2005. Although the Maori Party has made impressive gains in membership and general support in its one year of existence, it is unlikely to capture all seven Maori constituency seats in the September 17 election. Its probable 3-5 constituency ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Resettlement of Uigher Guantanamo detainees
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:38 pm | Wikileaks
August 31, 2005: New Zealand is willing to consider taking in Uigher refugees from Guantanamo, but would at a minimum need a request from the UNHCR to start the process. Both Minister of Foreign Affairs Goff and Immigration Minister Swain will make the ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Zimbabwe vote in IMF
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:36 pm | Wikileaks
September 2, 2005. A representative of New Zealand's Treasury noted Zimbabwe's decision to pay back US $120 million of the US $290 million it owes the Fund. The representative asked whether the U.S. government would now consider Zimbabwe to be in compliance ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ 2005 elections too close to call
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:33 pm | Wikileaks
September 7, 2005. As National's support surges, NZ elections too close to call. Just 10 days out from New Zealand's general elections, the race is too close to call. Recent polling puts the opposition National Party ahead of the Labour Government, ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ concerned about avian influenza threat
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:31 pm | Wikileaks
September 13, 2005. New Zealand is taking very seriously the threat of avian influenza, and an inter-ministerial group meets biweekly to discuss preparations. There are also numerous subgroups of officials who are strategizing on how the country would ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Request for top secret processing and storage
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:29 pm | Wikileaks
September 19, 2005. Embassy Wellington requests authorization to process and store classified materials at the top secret level. 2. (C) Wellington CIWG met 15 September 2005 and agreed that it was in Post's best interest to be able to increase our processing ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ asks about access to TSA's no fly list
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:26 pm | Wikileaks
30 September, 2005. New Zealand Immigration is interested in possible access to the Transportation Security Administration's "no fly" list as a way to improve the country's border security. New Zealand law enforcement agencies already work closely with U.S. ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ follow-up: HSPD-6 terrorist lookout info
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:23 pm | Wikileaks
September 23, 2005. NZ follow-up: HSPD-6 terrorist lookout information sharing initiative.ost IWG agencies met to discuss Ref A and B. We also discussed the possibility of the terrorist lookout information sharing pilot with Conoff in Auckland. Agencies all ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ priorities at Pacific Islands Forum
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:19 pm | Wikileaks
3 October, 2005. New Zealand,s principal priority for the leaders' meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is finalizing the Pacific Plan, in which New Zealand is seeking support of a process of regional integration and cooperation and movement ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ responds to demarche on UNFC draft resolution
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:17 pm | Wikileaks
13 October, 2005. Largely because of frustration over the lack of progress in the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, the New Zealand government supports the draft resolution in the UN First Committee that would establish Ad Hoc Committees under the UN General ... More >>
WikiLeak: NZ & US on bilateral relationship, nuclear & FTA
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:15 pm | Wikileaks
13 October, 2005. New Zealand Deputy Secretary for Asia and Americas John McKinnon will visit Washington from October 17 to 20. He will seek U.S. views on evolving regional security architecture and the potential for improving the U.S.-New Zealand ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ PM announces new Cabinet
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:11 pm | Wikileaks
19 October, 2005. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark on October 19 unveiled a new Cabinet dominated by familiar faces, with veteran members of Parliament named to the top seven positions. None of the Cabinet assignments is particularly controversial. ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ's response to appeal for Pakistan earthquake..
Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:08 pm | Wikileaks
October 28, 2005. NZ's response to appeal for Pakistan earthquake assistance and to message on Nato support. Post on October 25 delivered the ref A demarche -- seeking New Zealand's contribution to earthquake relief and rehabilitation in Pakistan -- ... More >>
