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WikiLeaks: Labour cautiously confident on 2005 election
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:55 pm | Wikileaks
15 November, 2004. New Zealand's governing Labour Party held its annual conference, November 12 ) 14 in Auckland. Foreign affairs and trade featured prominently, and Clark noted that priorities over a Third term would include the following: new trade ... More >>
WikiLeaks: UNGA third committee resolutions - NZ response
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:53 pm | Wikileaks
November 15, 2004. On November 12, POL/ECON Couns discussed Reftel B resolutions with Val Meyer, Deputy Director of the Human Rights Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Meyer was joined by Tamsin Royson, MFAT's policy officer ... More >>
WikiLeak: SIS caught spying on Maori Party
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:51 pm | Wikileaks
30 November, 2004. Prime Minister Helen Clark has assented to a request by the Inspector-General of Security to conduct an investigation into allegations reported by the New Zealand media that New Zealand's Security Intelligence Service (SIS) has been spying on members ... More >>
WikiLeaks:NZ policies and actions taken with regard to Cuba
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:47 pm | Wikileaks
2 December, 2004. The Government of New Zealand formalized diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2001, with its Ambassador resident in Mexico City accredited to Havana. The GoNZ uses meetings with Cuban officials to express its concern over the human rights ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ Cabinet reshuffle
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:45 pm | Wikileaks
December 15, 2004. The Labour Government took its first steps in a long-heralded Cabinet reshuffle, with the December 14 nomination of current Attorney-General Margaret Wilson for the position of Speaker of the House. The Speaker is the third highest ... More >>
WikiLeaks: No quick fix for pharmaceutical market
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:39 pm | Wikileaks
December 15, 2004. After trying in vain for years to persuade the New Zealand government to change its restrictive pricing policies on pharmaceuticals, the drug industry is taking another tack: reaching out to patient groups with information designed ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ on request for special operations forces
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:37 pm | Wikileaks
16 December, 2004. Ambassador discussed reftel request with New Zealand (NZ) Foreign Minister Phil Goff on December 13. Goff said that his government is reviewing what more New Zealand can do in Afghanistan. The Cabinet will reach its decision early ... More >>
WikiLeak: MP Tamihere cleared in first of two investigations
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:34 pm | Wikileaks
24 January, 2005. Beleaguered Labour MP John Tamihere has begun his political rehabilitation, offering a "state of the nation" speech January 19 that attacked the "separatist" Maori party, defended Labour's economic policies, and eschewed the left-right division ... More >>
WikiLeaks: National goes to bat
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:32 pm | Wikileaks
January 27, 2005. After a week of press leaks and innuendo, the 2005 election season swung into full gear with Opposition National Party leader Don Brash's much-anticipated speech at Orewa Rotary Club on January 25, unveiling National's long-promised position ... More >>
WikiLeaks: East Asian Summit: NZ's views
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:31 pm | Wikileaks
January 27, 2005. New Zealand officials have been watching with interest the proposal to hold an East Asian Summit, but they remain unclear as to either the form or function of the meeting. New Zealand would welcome the chance to participate in the Summit, ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Amendments to SUA Convention
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:29 pm | Wikileaks
January 28, 2005. Acting DCM conveyed reftel points on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) to Caroline McDonald, Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Military liaison to Baghdad
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:27 pm | Wikileaks
February 1, 2005. The GoNZ announced January 31 that it will station one military liaison officer in Baghdad to work in the UN Assistance Mission. The soldier's work will include liaising with the MNF and the interim Iraqi Government's security forces, ... More >>
WikiLeaks: State of the nation
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:25 pm | Wikileaks
February 2, 2005. In her opening speech of the year, PM Helen Clark launched the opening salvo of her election campaign. She indirectly countered Opposition leader Don Brash,s welfare policy speech (reftel) by outlining childcare and other policies ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Labour-Maori church alliance threatened
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:24 pm | Wikileaks
February 15, 2005. The nascent Maori Party's impact on New Zealand politics (reftel) continues to be felt -- to the increasing discomfort of the ruling Labour party, and has raised doubts about Labour's historical alliance with an influential Maori ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Terrorist finance laws
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:22 pm | Wikileaks
February 23, 2005. The New Zealand government continues to tighten provisions of an anti-terrorism law it enacted more than a year after September 11, 2001, and that it amended in 2003. The government recently introduced legislation that will delay ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Nationals leader positions himself for election
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:18 pm | Wikileaks
25 February, 2005. Opposition National Party leader Don Brash is entering the 2005 election season with a sense of a cautious optimism about his party's chances of regaining power. While concerned about recent setbacks that have seen him labeled ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ on sponsoring CHR's Cuba resolution
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:15 pm | Wikileaks
16 March, 2005. Acting Political-Economic Counselor provided Refs A and B demarches concerning the 61st Session of the UN Commission of Human Rights (CHR) and the importance of the U.S.-sponsored CHR Cuba resolution to Val Meyer, Deputy Director of the Human ... More >>
WikiLeak: Ambassador discusses RevCon 2005 with NZ officials
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:12 pm | Wikileaks
21 March, 2005. Special Representative of President for the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Ambassador Jackie Sanders, told New Zealand officials that the May 2005 Review Conference on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Labour stakes claim for 2005 elections
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:09 pm | Wikileaks
22 March, 2005. New Zealand's governing Labour party released its list of Members of Parliament, which outlines the rank by which MPs will enter Parliament after the 2005 election. The list reveals Labour's confidence in the face of an upcoming election, ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Terrorism finance laws - update number two
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:07 pm | Wikileaks
23 March, 2005. The New Zealand government, wanting to be seen as a mediating force and as a defender of small countries' interests in the region, generally is reluctant to co-sponsor initiatives just with the United States in multilateral forums. Cooperation ... More >>
