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WikiLeaks: NZ to remain tough on Burma
Monday, 10 January 2011, 11:25 am | Wikileaks
November 9, 2007. Pol/Econ Counselor met on November 5 with Bernadette Cavanaugh, the newly arrived head of the SouQast Asian office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) to discuss Burma and next steps for the GNZ. Cavanagh related that ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Supporting Argentina's request for Interpol
Monday, 10 January 2011, 11:24 am | Wikileaks
November 2, 2007. In response to reftel demarche, Pol/Econ Counselor spoke with an Argentine Embassy official, who related that the Government of Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs had discussed the issue of the red notices with the New Zealand ... More >>
WikiLeaks: A/S Hill reviews regional and bilateral issues
Monday, 10 January 2011, 11:21 am | Wikileaks
October 30, 2007. During an October 19 stopover in Auckland, EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill met MFAT Secretary Simon Murdoch to review regional and bilateral issues. They agreed that the Pacific Islands Forum had produced good results, holding the ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Next round of NZ deployments to Afghanistan
Monday, 10 January 2011, 11:19 am | Wikileaks
October 22, 2007. DCM recently discussed current mil-mil relations with New Zealand Ministry of Defence (MOD) CEO John McKinnon. McKinnon reported that MOD was preparing a submission to a select Cabinet committee on future deployments to Afghanistan after ... More >>
WikiLeaks: National party defense policy 2007
Monday, 10 January 2011, 11:17 am | Wikileaks
National's recent "discussion paper" on foreign policy, trade, and defense, committed the party to continue the rebuilding of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) initiated by Labour PM Clark. National MP Wayne Mapp argued that it was Labour who began its ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ's priorities for 07 Pacific Island Forum Meet
Monday, 10 January 2011, 11:10 am | Wikileaks
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MFAT) Pacific Division views Fiji's return to democracy, the status of RAMSI in the Solomon Islands, and support for the Regional Integrated Framework (RIF) as the GNZ's key issues for discussion at ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ on de-alerting of nuclear forces
Monday, 10 January 2011, 11:06 am | Wikileaks
On October 10, P/E Counselor met with Carolyn McDonald, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Disarmament Division, Deputy Director Jillian Dempster, and Policy Officer Raylene Liufalani regarding the USG position on New Zealand's ... More >>
Wikileak: “Boo Boo” Hobbs slated for Fahrenheit fundraiser
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 10:47 am | Wikileaks
30 July 2004. Marian Hobbs was reportedly hosting a special screening of Michael Moore's controversial movie "Fahrenheit 9/11" as a local Labour Party fundraising event. US; "There's a reason this particular Minister is nicknamed Boo Boo Hobbs." More >>
Wikileaks: Demarche Regarding SCO summit
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 10:07 am | Wikileaks
June 13, 2007. ADCM and A/P-E Counselor delivered demarche points in on June 13 to Paul Ash, Deputy Director of International Security and Disarmament Division at New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Mr. Ash expressed appreciation ... More >>
WikiLeaks: EAP/ANP Director McGann's visit to Wellington
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 10:04 am | Wikileaks
May 29, 2007. During his May 21 visit to Wellington, EAP/ANP Office Director C. Steven McGann and GNZ counterparts agreed to work towards firm messages on Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Pacific Island Forum (PIF) reform, and other regional issues at October's ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZDF to provide P-3 Orion to PSI exercise
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 10:02 am | Wikileaks
May 25, 2007. NZDF Director of International Defence Relations Wayne Higgins told Emboffs today that Chief of Defence Force Mataparae has approved an NZDF P-3 Orion's participation in a regional, Operations Expert Group (OEG)-led PSI exercise, to be ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ on OIE and China/Taiwan
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 10:00 am | Wikileaks
May 24, 2007. Until today (May 24), the GNZ had intended to abstain on the OIE resolution that would require Taiwan to participate under the name Taiwan, China. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) have now heard from the NZ Embassy in Washington ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Demarche on Tokelau and Swains Island
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 9:58 am | Wikileaks
April 17, 2007. As instructed Reftel, PE Couns met with Tokelau Administrator David Payton to request that the GNZ publicly reaffirm that Tokelau does not/not have claim over any American Samoan island presently administered by the United States, including ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Potential for split over NZ-China FTA
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 9:56 am | Wikileaks
April 15, 2007. A source close to Foreign Minister Winston Peters, whose New Zealand First Party seriously lags in the polls, says Peters may openly voice his opposition to New Zealand's free trade deal with China in an effort to secure the loyalty of ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ worries about Bainimarama
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 9:54 am | Wikileaks
April 13, 2007. The GNZ worries that interim PM Bainimarama is increasingly fragile and his actions risk throwing the country into armed conflict. Heather Riddell, Director of the Pacific Division, calls Bainimarama's measures restricting the Great Council ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ ponders future Fiji, Solomons policies
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 9:53 am | Wikileaks
February 14, 2007. PM Clark strongly supports the timeline and processes recently discussed by Australian, New Zealand, and US officials to encourage Fiji's return to democracy. The GNZ believes that the upcoming Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Eminent ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ agrees to fund homeland security directive
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 9:49 am | Wikileaks
December 8, 2006. GNZ has approved necessary funding needed to implement an HSPD-6 agreement with the United States, and would like NZ's liaison in Washington to meet with CA to go over next steps. More >>
WikiLeaks: E.O. 13382 entities - examples of proliferation
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 9:45 am | Wikileaks
December 7, 2006. On December 6, PE Couns delivered reftel information to David Taylor, Director of the North Asia Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Taylor said that the information will greatly help NZ officials understand the range ... More >>
WikiLeaks: New Zealand increases sanctions on Fiji
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 9:43 am | Wikileaks
December 6, 2006. At 4:45 pm on December 6 local time, Prime Minister Helen Clark and Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced stringent new sanctions "in response to the Fijian Military's unlawful seizure of power." In a public statement, Clark ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Talking points regarding visa waiver program
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 9:38 am | Wikileaks
December 1, 2006. Embassy delivered talking points per reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFAT). While there was no immediate reaction by NZ officials, Post will ensure that any questions or comments generated by the announcement will be forwarded ... More >>
