Full List of Wikileaks Published on Scoop – 21-12-10
21 December 2010 10:21am | Wikileaks
November 30, 2006. GNZ officials remain positive about yesterday's talks in Wellington between Fiji PM Qarase and
Commodore Frank Bainimarama, and say the PM now has a chance to win hearts and minds to his cause. But they say they
believe a coup is ... More >>
21 December 2010 10:20am | Wikileaks
November 29, 2006. GNZ says Fiji talks constructive but is taking no chances. Fiji Prime Minister Qarase and Commodore
Bainimarama today met for two and a quarter hours at Government House in Wellington. New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and ... More >>
21 December 2010 10:18am | Wikileaks
November 28, 2006. In a meeting with Bainimarama on November 27, New Zealand's Foreign Minister won his agreement to a
meeting with Fiji's PM Qarase; PM Clark then called the PM and persuaded him to come for the meeting. The meeting will
take place at ... More >>
21 December 2010 10:16am | Wikileaks
November 26, 2006. This is an action cable, see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: GNZ anticipates that Commodore Bainimarama will
execute his plan to remove members of the government of Fiji on December 4 regardless of what he hears from foreign
critics. New Zealand ... More >>
21 December 2010 10:15am | Wikileaks
November 26, 2006. A prominent member of the Tongan community in Auckland reports that, while local Tongans were shocked
by last Thursday's violence in Nuku'alofa, it has not dissuaded them of the need for democratic reform. Local Tongans
put much ... More >>
21 December 2010 10:13am | Wikileaks
November 23, 2006. The GNZ MFAT has prepared strongly worded points, which it has passed to the British Defence Attache
Nigel Lloyd (DA), who will convey them to Commodore Bainimarama at a private lunch with Bainimarama on November 23 at
the DA's residence. ... More >>
21 December 2010 10:12am | Wikileaks
November 21, 2006. GNZ is aware that Commodore Bainimarama told the U.S. DATT in Suva he will mount a coup in early
December if GOF does not meet all his demands. NZ ministries are to review a list of possible GNZ responses if a coup
takes place. ... More >>
21 December 2010 10:10am | Wikileaks
November 21, 2006. Pol-Econ Couns shared reftel points with Michael Swain, Deputy Director of the Security Policy
Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Swain expressed sympathy with our frustrations over
caveats (NZDF force personnel ... More >>
21 December 2010 10:08am | Wikileaks
November 16, 2006. Econoff delivered reftel demarche and background paper to Caroline Bilkey, Deputy Director of the
Legal Division of New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) on 11/16/2006. It was made clear not to
disclose publicly ... More >>
21 December 2010 10:07am | Wikileaks
November 3, 2006. GNZ reports that initial concerns that the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) would be derailed over tensions
between Solomon Island and Australia regarding the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomons (RAMSI) were resolved by
private dialogue ... More >>
21 December 2010 10:05am | Wikileaks
November 2, 2006. In response to ref (A), demarche was delivered to Carolyn Schwalger, Senior Advisor for North Asia at
the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) on November 1, 2006. Per Schwalger, GNZ has regulations in
place to ... More >>
21 December 2010 10:04am | Wikileaks
November 1, 2006. In discussions November 1 regarding political tensions in Fiji with Heather Riddell, Director of
Pacific Division at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), Post learned that GNZ will shortly be issuing a formal
statement ... More >>
21 December 2010 9:56am | Wikileaks
24 October 2008. During an October 9-10 visit to New Zealand, INR A/S Randall Fort met with members of the External
Assessments Bureau (EAB), the Chief Executive of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's Department, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Trade ... More >>
21 December 2010 9:55am | Wikileaks
March 2, 2007. Prime Minister Clark has announced to New Zealanders that she will use her March 20-21 visit to
Washington to discuss key regional and world events with the President and other Senior Officials. In reality, she has a
broader agenda ... More >>
21 December 2010 9:53am | Wikileaks
November 24, 2006. New Zealand's main opposition party leader, Dr. Don Brash, has resigned after weeks of speculation
over his leadership. Dogged by a series of gaffes and missteps that raised questions over his political judgment, Brash
announced that ... More >>
21 December 2010 9:48am | Wikileaks
May 3, 2006. While some New Zealand participants in the IV program remain in their same influential roles, others have
had diverse experiences, including being offered employment by Al Jazeera, becoming the host of a radio show, and being
promoted to ... More >>
21 December 2010 9:45am | Wikileaks
17 February 2006. DCM contacted MFAT to express once again our concern at New Zealand's continuing delay in formally
accepted the proposed U.S. streamlining of our mil-mil relationship. On February 21, MFAT responded with a non-paper
formally welcoming ... More >>
21 December 2010 9:43am | Wikileaks
17 February 2006. The opposition National Party is considering changing its policy regarding New Zealand's anti-nuclear
ban, hoping to thereby remove one of Labour's strongest weapons against National. Senior Party officials have explained
to us behind ... More >>
21 December 2010 9:41am | Wikileaks
September 11, 2005. As reftel notes, in this undecided campaign, the personality of the major parties' leaders may
really influence voters' decisions. The following are two brief snapshots of what's on offer. More >>
21 December 2010 9:39am | Wikileaks
February 24, 2005. In a meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on February 16, U.S. General Leon
LaPorte, Commander of the UN Command in Korea, described the dramatic changes taking place in the ROK, in particular at
the Demilitarized ... More >>
21 December 2010 9:37am | Wikileaks
December 22, 1997. NZ's New (and First Woman) Prime Minister Jenny Shipley is An Astute Politician Who Believes in Less
Government, Individual Empowerment, and a "Soft Heart and a Hard Head." She Takes a Measured and Consultative Approach
to New ... More >>
21 December 2010 9:33am | Wikileaks
June 29, 2004. The Government of New Zealand formalized diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2001, with their Ambassador
resident in Mexico City accredited to Havana. According to Mike Shaw, Americas Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign
Affairs ... More >>
21 December 2010 9:31am | Wikileaks
July 12, 2004. New Zealand's largest opposition party, National, held an up-beat, almost giddy, Annual Conference July
9-11. Polling slightly ahead of the ruling Labour government, conference delegates expressed confidence in winning the
2005 election. ... More >>
21 December 2010 9:30am | Wikileaks
July 15, 2004. Post delivered reftel demarche to Moira Turley, Middle East and Africa Division, New Zealand Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) Despite strong support for the U.S. position, Turley stated that the GoNZ is deferring
a final decision ... More >>
21 December 2010 9:28am | Wikileaks
July 19, 2004. In comments about the US-New Zealand relationship, NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark told Australia's ABC
radio July 8 "I must say that I personally have met George Bush a number of times and consider the personal relationship
between ... More >>
21 December 2010 9:26am | Wikileaks
28 July, 2004. Post delivered reftel talking points and statement to the GNZ, but was careful to acknowledge the GNZ's
clearly stated position that New Zealand is NOT/NOT a member of the Coalition. New Zealand has consistently indicated
that the ... More >>
21 December 2010 9:24am | Wikileaks
4 August, 2004. The National Security Agency (NSA) has requested a new, permanent position in Wellington attached to,
but not residing at, the Embassy (reftel) - a Deputy Special U.S. Liaison Officer. Based on a thorough review of the
policy and ... More >>
21 December 2010 9:23am | Wikileaks
August 5, 2004. Ambassador Swindells met with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark on August 3 to touch base on a
number of issues. DCM accompanied as notetaker. The PM was backed by acting Senior Policy Advisor Brook Barrington and
Americas Division ... More >>
21 December 2010 9:22am | Wikileaks
August 29, 2004. Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi visited New Zealand August 23-24 to explain Iran's position in
the IAEA. Kharrazi met with Prime Minister Helen Clark, Foreign Minister Phil Goff, Disarmament Minister Marian Hobbs,
Communications ... More >>
20 December 2010 5:13pm | Wikileaks
New Zealand's 12-month military deployment to Iraq ended September 25, with the homecoming of over 60 engineers and
support staff. Prime Minister Helen Clark welcomed the troops, and issued a public statement confirming that no further
deployments to Iraq are ... More >>
20 December 2010 5:11pm | Wikileaks
October 6, 2004. Assistant Secretary Kelly, accompanied by Ambassador Swindells, Ed Rindler (INL) and notetaker, met
August 8, 2004 with New Zealand Foreign Minister Phil Goff at the Pacific Islands Forum in Apia, Samoa. A/S Kelly and
Goff discussed ... More >>
20 December 2010 5:09pm | Wikileaks
14 October, 2004. NZ's reaction to proposed executive order on Iraq insurgency finance. Post on September 14 delivered
reftel talking points and text of the proposed executive order regarding insurgency finance in Iraq to New Zealand's
Ministry of Foreign Affairs ... More >>
20 December 2010 5:06pm | Wikileaks
22 October, 2004. Recent allegations concerning New Zealand Labour Government Minister John Tamihere's relationship to
his former place of employment could result in a by-election, whose loss would end Labour's single-vote Parliamentary
majority. This ... More >>
20 December 2010 5:04pm | Wikileaks
October 28, 2004. The Government of New Zealand is strongly in favor of UN Security Council reform, but is averse to
discussing its, proposed changes. The GoNZ has submitted a discussion paper on the topic to the SG's High Level Panel on
Threats, Challenges ... More >>
20 December 2010 5:02pm | Wikileaks
November 1, 2004. Approximately four months after its creation, the Maori Party has achieved more success than some
observers may have initially expected, due largely to anger in Maori communities over the GoNZ's handling of proposed
foreshore and ... More >>
20 December 2010 5:00pm | Wikileaks
November 1, 2004. In what media reports have called the largest passport forgery case of its kind in New Zealand, two
refugees to New Zealand, Iraqi Fahad Jaber AJEIL (age 29) and Kuwaiti Riyad Hamied SULTAN (age 29), were found guilty
October 21 of ... More >>
20 December 2010 4:59pm | Wikileaks
2 November, 2004. New Zealand and Thailand have begun the fourth and possibly final round in negotiations for a
free-trade agreement, which New Zealand hopes to conclude by November 19, before the next APEC summit. The New Zealand
government acknowledged ... More >>
20 December 2010 4:57pm | Wikileaks
3 November, 2004 SUBJECT: APEC: NEW ZEALAND PM SAYS NZ WILL DEMARCHE CHINA ON REMAINING SECURITY DELIVERABLES More >>
20 December 2010 4:55pm | 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 >>
20 December 2010 4:53pm | 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 >>
20 December 2010 4:51pm | 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 >>
20 December 2010 4:47pm | 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 >>
20 December 2010 4:45pm | 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 >>
20 December 2010 4:39pm | 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 >>
20 December 2010 4:37pm | 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 >>
20 December 2010 4:34pm | 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 >>
20 December 2010 4:32pm | 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 >>
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, ...
WO1012/S00639 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:31 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00638 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:29 PM Related Stories
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, ...
WO1012/S00637 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:27 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00636 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:25 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00635 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:24 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00634 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:22 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00633 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:18 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00632 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:15 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00631 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:12 PM Related Stories
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, ...
WO1012/S00630 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:09 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00629 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:07 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00628 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:05 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00627 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:03 PM Related Stories
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. ...
WO1012/S00626 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 4:01 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00625 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:58 PM Related Stories
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. ...
WO1012/S00624 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:55 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00623 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:53 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00622 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:51 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00621 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:42 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00620 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:40 PM Related Stories
May 13, 2005. This is one of the diplomatic cables about New Zealand held by Wikileaks. Post shared
WO1012/S00619 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:35 PM Related Stories
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. ...
WO1012/S00618 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:33 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00617 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:31 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00616 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:28 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00615 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:23 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00614 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:21 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00613 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:18 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00612 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:15 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00611 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:13 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00610 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:11 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00609 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:09 PM Related Stories
25 July, 2005. A sharp drop in the number of English-language students from China -- partly orchestrated by the Chinese
government -- has reduced overall foreign student enrollments in New Zealand schools. To revive the international
education industry, ...
WO1012/S00608 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 3:04 PM Related Stories
3 August, 2005. New Zealand is likely to abstain if a G-4 reform vote is brought before the General Assembly. GNZ
officials have offered to encourage undecided Pacific Island governments to vote down or abstain from the resolution if
that would be helpful ...
WO1012/S00607 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:58 PM Related Stories
2 August, 2005. Pol-Econ Couns delivered reftel information to Deborah Pankhurst, Deputy Director of the Disarmament
Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Pankhurst said that MFAT had already received a fair
amount of information ...
WO1012/S00606 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:53 PM Related Stories
3 August, 2005. During Parliament's last "Question Time" before election recess, Foreign Minister Phil Goff again
highlighted tidbits of Codel Nickles' January 2004 meeting with National Party leadership to claim National has a hidden
agenda to lift ...
WO1012/S00605 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:50 PM Related Stories
19 August, 2005. During his final meeting with Foreign Minister Goff on August 18, Ambassador Swindells reiterated his
call for both countries to engage in a comprehensive dialogue on the bilateral relationship. He and Goff agreed that
Embassy Wellington ...
WO1012/S00604 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:48 PM Related Stories
August 23, 2005. Badly battered in the 2002 campaign, New Zealand's main opposition party, the National Party, has
reclaimed enough public support to pose a genuine threat to the Labour Government's hold on power. Although Labour has
begun to regain ...
WO1012/S00603 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:44 PM Related Stories
August 25, 2005. Locked in a tougher than expected battle for votes, a once-confident Labour Party has forsaken its
reputation for fiscal restraint to dish out promises of pork for students and low- and middle-income families. In the
run-up to New Zealand's ...
WO1012/S00602 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:42 PM Related Stories
August 30, 2005. Although the Maori Party has made impressive gains in membership and general support in its one year of
existence, it is unlikely to capture all seven Maori constituency seats in the September 17 election. Its probable 3-5
constituency ...
WO1012/S00601 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:40 PM Related Stories
August 31, 2005: New Zealand is willing to consider taking in Uigher refugees from Guantanamo, but would at a minimum
need a request from the UNHCR to start the process. Both Minister of Foreign Affairs Goff and Immigration Minister Swain
will make the ...
WO1012/S00600 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:38 PM Related Stories
September 2, 2005. A representative of New Zealand's Treasury noted Zimbabwe's decision to pay back US $120 million of
the US $290 million it owes the Fund. The representative asked whether the U.S. government would now consider Zimbabwe
to be in compliance ...
WO1012/S00599 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:36 PM Related Stories
September 7, 2005. As National's support surges, NZ elections too close to call. Just 10 days out from New Zealand's
general elections, the race is too close to call. Recent polling puts the opposition National Party ahead of the Labour
Government, ...
WO1012/S00598 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:33 PM Related Stories
September 13, 2005. New Zealand is taking very seriously the threat of avian influenza, and an inter-ministerial group
meets biweekly to discuss preparations. There are also numerous subgroups of officials who are strategizing on how the
country would ...
WO1012/S00597 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:31 PM Related Stories
September 19, 2005. Embassy Wellington requests authorization to process and store classified materials at the top
secret level. 2. (C) Wellington CIWG met 15 September 2005 and agreed that it was in Post's best interest to be able to
increase our processing ...
WO1012/S00596 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:29 PM Related Stories
30 September, 2005. New Zealand Immigration is interested in possible access to the Transportation Security
Administration's "no fly" list as a way to improve the country's border security. New Zealand law enforcement agencies
already work closely with U.S. ...
WO1012/S00595 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:26 PM Related Stories
September 23, 2005. NZ follow-up: HSPD-6 terrorist lookout information sharing initiative.ost IWG agencies met to
discuss Ref A and B. We also discussed the possibility of the terrorist lookout information sharing pilot with Conoff in
Auckland. Agencies all ...
WO1012/S00594 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:23 PM Related Stories
3 October, 2005. New Zealand,s principal priority for the leaders' meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is
finalizing the Pacific Plan, in which New Zealand is seeking support of a process of regional integration and
cooperation and movement ...
WO1012/S00593 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:19 PM Related Stories
13 October, 2005. Largely because of frustration over the lack of progress in the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, the
New Zealand government supports the draft resolution in the UN First Committee that would establish Ad Hoc Committees
under the UN General ...
WO1012/S00592 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:17 PM Related Stories
13 October, 2005. New Zealand Deputy Secretary for Asia and Americas John McKinnon will visit Washington from October 17
to 20. He will seek U.S. views on evolving regional security architecture and the potential for improving the U.S.-New
Zealand ...
WO1012/S00591 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:15 PM Related Stories
19 October, 2005. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark on October 19 unveiled a new Cabinet dominated by familiar
faces, with veteran members of Parliament named to the top seven positions. None of the Cabinet assignments is
particularly controversial. ...
WO1012/S00590 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:11 PM Related Stories
October 28, 2005. NZ's response to appeal for Pakistan earthquake assistance and to message on Nato support. Post on
October 25 delivered the ref A demarche -- seeking New Zealand's contribution to earthquake relief and rehabilitation in
Pakistan -- ...
WO1012/S00589 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:08 PM Related Stories
November 9, 2005. New Zealand agrees with the United States and believes Jose Angel Gurria to be the best candidate for
Secretary General of the OECD. While New Zealand also sees both candidates -- Gurria and Marek Belka -- as qualified, it
considers ...
WO1012/S00588 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:05 PM Related Stories
November 9, 2005. Pol-Econ Counselor discussed reftel points with Val Meyer, Deputy Director of the UN, Human Rights,
and Commonwealth Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. P-E Couns said that she hoped New Zealand would
support all the ...
WO1012/S00587 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:03 PM Related Stories
November 10, 2005. The New Zealand government remains eager to move quickly toward bilateral sharing of terrorist
lookout information. To move forward, however, the government needs to know more about how the information it supplies
to the United ...
WO1012/S00586 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 2:01 PM Related Stories
November 14, 2005. Post's defense attache on October 28 delivered the ref C demarche -- encouraging New Zealand's
contribution to the NATO relief effort in Pakistan -- to Air Vice-Marshal David Bamfield, vice chief of the New Zealand
Defense Force (ref ...
WO1012/S00585 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 1:59 PM Related Stories
November 21, 2005. The New Zealand government does not consider Maritime Mutual Insurance Association NZ (MMIA) to be an
insurance company. Although MMIA is incorporated in New Zealand, the government says that it has advised the Japanese
government that ...
WO1012/S00584 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 1:57 PM Related Stories
November 22, 2005. Less than two months into her new Government, the local press has quoted PM Clark's coalition
officials as contradicting each other over foreign policy, notably whether or not New Zealand needs to repair its
relations with the ...
WO1012/S00583 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 1:55 PM Related Stories
November 25, 2005. New Zealand's Green Party is likely to move further left following the unexpected death of its
relatively pragmatic co-leader Rod Donald. The Greens, who garnered about 5% of the party vote in September's general
election, are in a ...
WO1012/S00582 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 1:53 PM Related Stories
November 25, 2005. Since launching a government-wide effort in June, the GNZ has vigorously planned for the possibility
of avian and pandemic influenza entering New Zealand. Under the coordination of the Ministry of Health (MOH), the
Inter-sectoral ...
WO1012/S00581 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 1:47 PM Related Stories
December 8, 2005. New Zealand will support the U.S. government's position in Hong Kong to block any attempt to include a
negotiating mandate on the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in
the ministerial ...
WO1012/S00580 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 1:45 PM Related Stories
January 26, 2006.(SBU) New Zealand concurs with most U.S. objectives for UN reform. Charge delivered refs A and B on
January 25 to Caroline Forsyth, deputy secretary of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Forsyth said
that reforming ...
WO1012/S00579 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:46 PM Related Stories
February 2, 2006. New Zealand Prime Minister Clark has decided that Jim Sutton, who on December 31 wrapped up his tenure
as trade negotiations minister, will remain a minister of state inside Cabinet. Former Foreign Minister Phil Goff has
taken over ...
WO1012/S00578 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:44 PM Related Stories
February 8, 2006. Rupert Holborow, New Zealand's senior official for APEC, said his government has identified key issues
it would like APEC 2006 to address, but "without specificity" since it is waiting to learn about other APEC economies'
priorities. ...
WO1012/S00577 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:43 PM Related Stories
February 28, 2006. General Abizaid's February 23-25 visit to New Zealand came one month after Admiral Fallon's visit
amid high media interest in the bilateral relationship. The General met with Prime Minister Clark, Defense Minister Goff
and Foreign Minister ...
WO1012/S00576 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:41 PM Related Stories
February 28, 2006. Discussions during ANP Director Krawitz's February 8-11 visit to New Zealand addressed PRC activities
in the Pacific, Pacific Island issues, regional stability, counter-terrorism, Antarctica, U.S.-New Zealand relations,
bilateral military ...
WO1012/S00575 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:39 PM Related Stories
March 5, 2006. A representative of Maritime Mutual Insurance Association NZ (MMIA) has told a New Zealand official that
the company no longer insures North Korean vessels. The representative believes that the North Korean ships that had
been insured by ...
WO1012/S00574 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:36 PM Related Stories
March 7, 2006. Post discussed reftel points with the UN and Human Rights division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Charles Kingston, an officer in the division, has confirmed that New Zealand will support Guatemala's candidacy for the
2007-8 ...
WO1012/S00573 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:34 PM Related Stories
March 22, 2006. Cook Islands High Commissioner sacked for plotting. On March 3, citing involvement in a plot to topple
him from Government, Cook Islands Prime Minister Jim Marurai sacked Dr. Robert Woonton as High Commissioner to New
Zealand. Marurai ...
WO1012/S00572 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:27 PM Related Stories
March 24, 2006. Summary: The New Zealand government is preparing the public for the likelihood it will not attain free
trade negotiations with the United States any time soon. After six years of pressing its case for such a deal, the
Labour-led government ...
WO1012/S00571 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:22 PM Related Stories
27/03/06. Summary: As requested reftel, Ambassador McCormick and the Australian and Canadian High Commissioners called
on Foreign Minister Peters to urge that New Zealand support Israeli membership in the Geneva JUSCANZ group. Peters
promised to discuss ...
WO1012/S00570 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:20 PM Related Stories
Summary: Officials of New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australian High Commission
(Australian HC) in Wellington have been closely watching Samoa's elections. Both anticipate that a high number of
election petitions ...
WO1012/S00569 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:18 PM Related Stories
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).
WO1012/S00568 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:15 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00567 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:14 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00566 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:12 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00565 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:09 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00564 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:07 PM Related Stories
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, ...
WO1012/S00563 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:05 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00562 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 12:01 PM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00561 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:59 AM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00560 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:56 AM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00559 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:54 AM Related Stories
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, ...
WO1012/S00558 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:52 AM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00557 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:50 AM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00556 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:47 AM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00555 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:45 AM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00554 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:43 AM Related Stories
(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 ...
WO1012/S00553 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:39 AM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00552 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:36 AM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00551 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:33 AM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00550 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:31 AM Related Stories
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 ...
WO1012/S00549 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:28 AM Related Stories
September 15, 2006 NZ's Unifil contributions.(C) Summary: GNZ plans to announce soon a year-long deployment of a
4-person munitions team to Lebanon for demining and disposal of unexploded ordinances. Defence Minister Goff is also
considering sending an additional ...
WO1012/S00548 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:24 AM Related Stories
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WO1012/S00547 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:21 AM Related Stories
September 27, 2006. 1. (C) On September 27, Matthew Paterson, Senior Policy Officer in the Security Policy Division at
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) confirmed to PE Couns that GNZ has approved the deployment of a
6-person technical ...
WO1012/S00546 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:18 AM Related Stories
September 28, 2006 Cook Islands: Preliminary election results. 1 (C) Summary: On Tuesday, September 26, the Cooks
Islands held general elections. Preliminary results show the Democratic Party (Demos), led by PM Jim Marurai, ahead of
the Cook Islands ...
WO1012/S00545 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:15 AM Related Stories
October 2, 2006 SUBJECT: DELAY IN USG APPROVAL OF NEW ZEALAND'S A-4 PLANE SALE A FISCAL AND POLITICAL HEADACHE FOR GNZ
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires David J. Keegan, for reasons 1.4(b) and (d) 1. (SBU) This message contains an action
request at para ...
WO1012/S00544 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:11 AM Related Stories
October 10, 2006 SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO NEW ZEALAND MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE REGARDING POSSIBLE
NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST Classified By: CHARGE' David J. Keegan for Reasons 1.4 (B) and (D) 1. (C) In response to
reftels, CDA Keegan delivered ...
WO1012/S00543 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:08 AM Related Stories
October 11, 2006 SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST ANNOUNCEMENT 1. (C) In response to reftel, CDA Keegan
delivered talking points this afternoon to David Taylor, Director North Asia Division at New Zealand's Ministry of
Foreign Affairs ...
WO1012/S00542 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:06 AM Related Stories
October 18, 2006 SUBJECT: NZ WORRIES FRICTIONS COULD DERAIL PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM Classified By: DCM David J. Keegan,for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 1. (C) Summary: New Zealand is working behind the scenes to help ensure that frictions over the
Solomon ...
WO1012/S00541 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:03 AM Related Stories
October 18, 2006 SUBJECT: VISIT OF U.S. TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, TIMOTHY ADAMS 1. Summary:
U.S. Treasury Under Secretary, Timothy Adams consulted with New Zealand (NZ) government officials, private bank
economists, academics and ...
WO1012/S00540 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:01 AM Related Stories
October 25, 2006 SUBJECT: VISIT OF U.S. TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, TIMOTHY ADAMS Classified by
DCM David J. Keegan. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 1. (C) Summary: On his recent trip to New Zealand, U.S. Treasury Under
Secretary, ...
WO1012/S00539 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 10:57 AM Related Stories
October 25, 2006 SUBJECT: UNSCR 1718: NEW ZEALAND SEEKS GUIDANCE AS IT PUSHES AHEAD Classified By: DCM David J. Keegan,
for reasons 1.4(b) and (d) 1. (SBU) This message contains an action request, at paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: In 15
recent speeches, ...
WO1012/S00538 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 10:54 AM Related Stories
January 29, 2008 SUBJECT: UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY EMPHASIZES STRONG US-NZ COOPERATION ON CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENT, AND
HUMAN RIGHTS Classified By: Pol/Econ Counselor Margaret B. McKean; Reason 1.4 (b) an d (d) 1. (C) Summary. During her
January 14 meetings ...
WO1012/S00537 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 10:52 AM Related Stories
Summary. During EAP DAS Christensen's April 7 visit to New Zealand, MFAT officials explained that the China-NZ free
trade agreement (FTA) derived from New Zealand's concern over becoming marginalized in emerging East Asian trade
relationships, coupled ...
WO1012/S00536 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 10:48 AM Related Stories
(C) Summary: During a November 27 meeting with ChargC), Political and Economic Chief and Econoff, New Zealand Ministry
of Foreign Affairs China Desk Director Grahame Morton gave a read-out of Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang's November 1-3
visit to ...
WO1012/S00535 - Wikileaks - Monday, 20 December 2010, 10:44 AM Related Stories
“The government should stop its propaganda campaign to sell the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement to
unsuspecting New Zealanders and tell them what it has told the United States government itself,” said Professor Jane
Kelsey, author of a book ...
PO1012/S00212 - Professor Jane Kelsey - Monday, 20 December 2010, 10:14 AM Related Stories
‘ When people write political commentary on blogs or other social media, it is my experience that it is not — with some
exceptions — their goal to expose the truth. Rather, it is their goal to position themselves among their peers on
whatever ...
HL1012/S00179 - Julie Webb-Pullman - Monday, 20 December 2010, 10:00 AM Related Stories
1. (S/NOFORN) After the horrific earthquake and tsunami in our region, there are far weightier U.S. foreign policy
issues to manage in Asia than our relationship with New Zealand. But I am writing to request that U.S. Government
agencies nevertheless ...
HL1012/S00177 - Wikileaks - Sunday, 19 December 2010, 11:50 AM Related Stories
1. (C) Summary: Former NZ Prime Minister David Lange died on August 13, following a long illness. In the run-up to
elections, Prime Minister Clark may be hoping to capitalize on Labour's identity as the heir apparent to Lange and the
anti-nuclear ...
HL1012/S00176 - Wikileaks - Sunday, 19 December 2010, 11:48 AM Related Stories
1. (C) Former NZ Prime Minister David Lange's private papers included a copy of the highly classified 1985-86 Government
Communications Security Bureau annual report detailing its activities, including cooperation with the U.S. National
Security Agency. ...
HL1012/S00175 - Wikileaks - Sunday, 19 December 2010, 11:46 AM Related Stories
1. (C) Summary. During a September 16 introductory call on Tim Groser, Minister for Trade and the Associate Minister for
Climate Change Issues and Conservation, the ChargC) emphasized his desire to help the bilateral relationship continue on
an upward ...
HL1012/S00174 - Wikileaks - Sunday, 19 December 2010, 11:44 AM Related Stories
1. (SBU) Summary. During a December 15 courtesy call, the Ambassador engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs Trans-Pacific
Agreement Lead Negotiator Mark Sinclair on his views of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Sinclair expressed his hope
that New Zealand ...
HL1012/S00173 - Wikileaks - Sunday, 19 December 2010, 11:42 AM Related Stories
1. (U) Following is Post's submission for the 2009 National Trade Estimate Report (NTE) regarding New Zealand per
request reftel. We understand that Washington agencies will provide updated trade and investment data.
HL1012/S00172 - Wikileaks - Sunday, 19 December 2010, 11:39 AM Related Stories
1. (C) Summary. During a series of meetings hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) on February 19,
EAP Deputy Assistant (DAS) Secretary Frankie Reed engaged on a wide range of topics including the Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP), ...
HL1012/S00171 - Wikileaks - Sunday, 19 December 2010, 11:36 AM Related Stories
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