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WikiLeaks: Terrorism finance prenotification - NZ response
Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:15 pm | Wikileaks
April 13, 2006. The New Zealand government has decided to co-sponsor a request to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to list four Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders: Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, Gun Gun Rusman Gunawan, Taufik Rifki and Abdullah Anshori (ref C and F). More >>
WikiLeaks: GNZ reaction to Solomons unrest -20/04/06
Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:14 pm | Wikileaks
April 20, 2006. Summary: New Zealand officials believe the situation in Honiara has calmed down, especially given the presence of stepped up RAMSI and local police security presence. But GNZ worries about future flashpoints, such as the upcoming inauguration ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ remains cool to Israeli JUSCANZ participation
Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:12 pm | Wikileaks
May 16, 2006.As noted Ref A, Ambassador McCormick and his Australian and Canadian counterparts met with Minister Peters in late May to urge that New Zealand support Israeli membership in the Geneva JUSCANZ group. This followed representations by ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Samoan Govt: NZ and AUS assess Cabinet 18/05/05
Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:09 pm | Wikileaks
Summary: Officials for New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australia High Commission in Wellington continue to follow closely the implications of Samoa's March 31 general election. Both recognize the potential for improved governance ... More >>
WikiLeaks: MOU with NZ regarding Zheleznogorsk power plant
Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:07 pm | Wikileaks
On May 18, 2006, PolCouns shared the revised MOU and talking points provided reftel with Deborah Panckhurst of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MFAT) Disarmament Division. Panckhurst said that she has also been in contact with DOE's Mike Stafford ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ on standby for East Timor - 25/05/05
Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:05 pm | Wikileaks
GNZ officials are deciding what support New Zealand will provide to E. Timor now that the Timorese government has officially asked for help. In the morning of May 25, NZ Defense Force (NZDF) Assistant Chief for Strategic Commitments and Intelligence, ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ update on the Solomons -26/05/05
Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:01 pm | Wikileaks
Summary: GNZ officials report that a May 19 meeting between New Zealand Foreign Minister Peters, Australian Foreign Minister Downer, and Solomon Island officials was "difficult." However, the Solomons PM was much more conciliatory during a separate meeting with ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Demarche on Manas Airfield - 26/05/05
Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:59 am | Wikileaks
On May 23, 2005, Pol-Econ Counselor and DATT shared reftel demarche with Chris Seed, Deputy Secretary of Defence. PE Couns also separately conveyed the demarche to Matthew Paterson, Policy Officer in the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Update on MOU with NZ regarding Zheleznogorsk
Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:56 am | Wikileaks
June 2, 2006. Deborah Panckhust, officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MFAT) Disarmament Division, says that MFAT lawyers have now approved the U.S. draft text for the Zheleznogorsk MOU. However, the MOU must now be approved by Foreign ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ actions in the Pacific - 13/06/06
Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:54 am | Wikileaks
June 13, 2006. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials say New Zealand's main areas of concern in the Pacific are governance, economic stability and security. New Zealand is revising its approach to and strengthening engagement with Pacific ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ response to Human Rights Council demarche
Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:52 am | Wikileaks
On June 13, Poloff delivered reftel points to Valerie Meyer, Deputy Director of United Nations, Human Rights & Commonwealth Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On June 14, Meyer responded that GNZ agrees with the U.S. position in general, ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ Approach to aid in the Pacific -16/06/06
Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:50 am | Wikileaks
On June 16, Poloff met with Craig Hawke, Director, Pacific Group, New Zealand's June 16, 2006. International Aid & Development Agency (NZAID) to discuss GNZ's official development assistance (ODA) and to explore opportunities for U.S.-New Zealand cooperation ... More >>
WikiLeak: NZ supports immediate FMCT negotiations - 05/07/06
Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:47 am | Wikileaks
July 5, 2006. New Zealand supports immediate negotiations on a fissile material cut-off treaty (FMCT) and could accept the US-proposed mandate as the basis for talks, according to Caroline McDonald, Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Winston Peters condemns N Korea missile tests
Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:45 am | Wikileaks
July 6, 2006. On July 5, Foreign Minister Peters issued a strongly-worded statement condemning North Korea's missile tests. David Taylor, Director of the North Asian Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) says that Peters rang ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Chinese/NZ talks on Pacific Island issues
Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:43 am | Wikileaks
July 12, 2006 Chinese/NZ talks on Pacific Island issues.(C) As part of a first round of New Zealand-China Pacific Consultations, PRC's Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs He Yafei visited New Zealand in June. According to New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Report on Labour MP scandal sets off maelstrom
Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:39 am | Wikileaks
(C) A report on a scandal involving Labour MP Taito Philip Field threatens to become another thorn in the Government's side. The report cleared Field of the main allegation but raised serious questions about his behavior as a MP. The opposition National ... More >>
WikiLeaks: GNZ views on Tonga's political reform - 01/08/06
Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:36 am | Wikileaks
August 1, 2006 GNZ views on Tonga's political reform following death of champion. c) with a vocal domestic population of 40,000 ethnic tongans, the gnz has monitored with interest the deaths of tongan prince tu'ipelehake and princess kaimana in a ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Pacific Islands betray NZ over whales
Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:33 am | Wikileaks
August 1, 2006 Pacific Islands betray NZ over whales. 1. (SBU) GNZ feels betrayed by Pacific Island countries (PICs) that voted in support of the pro-whaling lobby at the 58th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission. But New Zealand ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ assistance for Lebanon -30/08/06
Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:31 am | Wikileaks
August 30, 2006 NZ assistance for Lebanon. Pol-Econ Couns passed reftel information to Matthew Dalzell, team leader in NZAID's Global Group. Dalzell informed her that Juliet Hay, New Zealand's Charge D'Affaires in the Hague, will be the NZ rep at the ... More >>
WikiLeak: GNZ should improve U.S. ties - NZ ambassador 09/06
Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:28 am | Wikileaks
September 11, 2006 GNZ should improve U.S. ties, says former NZ ambassador.(C) New Zealand's former Ambassador to the United States, John Wood, told an inflential local international affairs organization that New Zealand should take the initiative to ... More >>
