Full Coverage: Black Caps Zimbabwe Cricket Tour
New
Zealand Must Not Compromise Values Over Zimbabwe Tour -
PM
Scoop Report:
Kevin List Reports From Parliament: “For Parliament to
legislate in this area really raises a number of very
unfortunate precedents. I think that it is important in a
democracy that when we try and deal with a problem you don’t
end up compromising your own values in seeking to deal with
that problem,” the Prime Minister explained today, at her
regular Monday post-cabinet press conference. See... PM's
Presser: Zimbabwe Cricket Tour
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EARLIER:
Aust/NZ
Bilateral: Australia and NZ Link Arms Over Zimbabwe
Abuses - Hon. Alexander Downer MP Hon. Phil Goff MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Trade Australia New Zealand The continued failure of the
Zimbabwean Government to respect democracy and human rights
needs to be addressed firmly by the international community.
The Australian and New Zealand Foreign Ministers today
agreed on a range of measures aimed at increasing
international pressure on the Mugabe regime to cease its
abhorrent and egregious destruction of its people’s homes,
livelihoods and basic human rights. See... Australia/NZ
Joint Action On Zimbabwe
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EARLIER:
Zimbabwe: Amnesty International
(NZ) Cites Deaths At Harare Settlement As New
Zealand continues to debate whether the Black Caps go to
Zimbabwe, Amnesty International has cited reports that at
least three have died -- including a pregnant woman and a
four-year-old child. “Over the last 48 hours, Porta Farm – a
settlement of at least 10,000 people -- has been
obliterated. People have watched their lives being
completely destroyed – and many are now being forcibly
removed in trucks by police. At the moment we are not sure
where they are being taken,” said spokesperson Kolawole
Olaniyan. See... Zimbabwe:
Deaths as mass evictions
continue