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WikiLeaks: NZ country clearance, April 9-12, 2005
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:05 pm | Wikileaks
March 31, 2005. Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) representatives to travel to Wellington, New Zealand April 9-12, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand counterparts at ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Jap scholar implies contrast with NZ-US relations
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:03 pm | Wikileaks
March 31, 2005. At a seminar in Wellington, a respected Japanese scholar extolled the strength and benefits of the Japanese-U.S. alliance -- a strength that exists despite Japan's steadfast anti-nuclear and anti-war policies. Implicit in her speech ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Missile technology control regime (MTCR)
Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:01 pm | Wikileaks
April 1, 2005. New Zealand officials are considering whether the country should serve as the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Chair for 2006-7, as suggested by current Chair South Korea and quietly endorsed by the United States and Australia. ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ election date: Not now, I'm watching the rugby
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:58 pm | Wikileaks
April 6, 2005. New Zealand's Labour Government is nearing the end of its three-year term and speculation is rife among the media and policymakers over the yet-to-be-determined election date. Many pundits believe Labour will call elections early, both in order ... More >>
WikiLeak: NZ supports existing SUA ship boarding amendments
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:55 pm | Wikileaks
April 8, 2005. NZ supports the existing draft ship boarding amendments to the Sua convention. New Zealand is likely to oppose efforts to reopen the draft SUA 8bis text, and hopes the United States will support the Canadian text for Article 2bis. ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ gearing up for Australia group plenary
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:53 pm | Wikileaks
April 8, 2005. New Zealand officials from the Prime Minister's External Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Customs Service will attend the April 18-22 Australia Group (AG) Plenary in Sydney. The group does not plan to present ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Non-Proliferation Treaty
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:51 pm | Wikileaks
April 12, 2005. Minister for Disarmament Marion Hobbs has expressed regret at causing offense during her February meeting on Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) issues with Ambassador Sanders (Ref B), claiming she had only been trying to say that all parts ... More >>
WikiLeaks: New Zealand and the UN
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:42 pm | Wikileaks
April 14, 2005. New Zealand's new UN Permrep, Rosemary Banks, says that New Zealand will maintain its traditional opposition to permanent members' vetos in an expanded UN Security Council (UNSC). Foreign Minister Goff supports the idea of Japan becoming ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ response to US regarding SUA convention
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:40 pm | Wikileaks
April 14, 2005. Pol-Econ Counselor on April 13 passed talking points (Ref A) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Legal Division's Deputy Director Caroline Bilkey and new Legal Advisor Gerard Van Bohemen. Van Bohemen will formally start his position ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ supports US APEC radioactive initiative
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:35 pm | Wikileaks
May 13, 2005. This is one of the diplomatic cables about New Zealand held by Wikileaks. Post shared reftel demarche with the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). The Division takes the lead at MFAT on all bilateral and ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ policies on Cuba
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:33 pm | Wikileaks
June 1, 2005. The Government of New Zealand formalized diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2001, with its Ambassador resident in Mexico City accredited to Havana. Cuba's Ambassador to New Zealand is resident in Jakarta and cross-accredited to Wellington. ... More >>
WikiLeaks: US Ambassador raises bilateral discussions
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:31 pm | Wikileaks
10 June, 2005. In a meeting that included discussion of China's growing power and the need for a U.S. presence in the Pacific, the Ambassador told New Zealand Prime Minister Clark that the time was ripe for a frank and comprehensive dialogue between ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ Foreign Minister puts positive spin on FTA
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:28 pm | Wikileaks
17 June, 2005. Ambassador Swindells recently met with NZ Foreign Minister Phil Goff to discuss the latter's visit to Washington. Goff painted an upbeat message about his recent U.S. visit, but obviously had heard Washington's tougher message regarding ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ response on UN reform
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:23 pm | Wikileaks
27 June, 2005. On June 21, Charge delivered ref A, B and C demarche points to Wen Chin Powles and Valerie Meyer, both Deputy Directors at the United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division (UNHC) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade ... More >>
WikiLeaks: WMD Proliferators' E.O.
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:21 pm | Wikileaks
7 July, 2005. Pol/Econ Couns shared reftel information with Deborah Panckhurst, Deputy Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, stressing our desire that New Zealand adopt a similar policy. Panckhurst promised ... More >>
WikiLeaks: EAC meet Wellington after London bombings
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:18 pm | Wikileaks
8 July, 2005. The Emergency Action Committee convened 1400 hrs local time on July 8, 2005 to discuss security profile in light of the London explosions. Embassies Wellington and Apia were notified of the London explosions by the RSO in Canberra ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ will not attend Iraq Dead Sea donors' meeting
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:15 pm | Wikileaks
July 15, 2005. Post shared reftel information regarding the Dead Sea Donor's meeting with Darryl Dunn, Director and Ruth Nuttall, Deputy Director, of the Middle East and Africa Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On July ... More >>
WikiLeaks: NZ on US-Singapore strategic framework agreement
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:13 pm | Wikileaks
July 15, 2005. DATT AND Pol-Econ Couns shared reftel information with Air Commander Graham Lintott, Office of the Assistant Chief of Strategic Commitments and Intelligence, and Paul Sinclair, Head of International Defence Relations, NZ Defence Force. Both ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Convention on international terrorism
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:11 pm | Wikileaks
July 15, 2005. On July 15, Pol-Econ Couns discussed the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) with Taha Macpherson, Senior Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MFAT) Security Policy Division. PolEcon ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Worried Labour claims National is US pawn
Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:09 pm | Wikileaks
July 22, 2005.Facing rapid losses in the polls, the ruling Labour Party has apparently decided to play the anti-American card, telling New Zealanders that a vote for the National Party means a vote against New Zealand's independent foreign policy. Embassy ... More >>
