Full List of Wikileaks Published on Scoop January 10, 2011
10 January 2011 1:44pm | Wikileaks
February 25, 2010. Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Michael McBryde, the Foreign Ministry's UN Division Deputy
Director, urging GNZ to vote no or abstain (as NZ did in November 2009) on the February 26 UN Goldstone Report draft
resolution recently ... More >>
10 January 2011 1:43pm | Wikileaks
February 19, 2010. 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), ... More >>
10 January 2011 1:41pm | Wikileaks
February 10, 2010. On February 5--the day before New Zealand's official national "Waitangi Day"--the Ambassador and DCM
joined a large Diplomatic Corps contingent in Waitangi for a program commemorating the 170th Anniversary of the signing
of the ... More >>
10 January 2011 1:38pm | Wikileaks
January 7, 2010. On January 7, Econoff spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Environmental Division
Deputy Director Carol Schwalger, who is the chief point of contact on the January 6 collision between a Japanese whaling
vessel and ... More >>
10 January 2011 1:35pm | Wikileaks
December 6, 2009. 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 ... More >>
10 January 2011 1:31pm | Wikileaks
November 27, 2009. On November 27, the Charge delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)
Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Under Secretary equivalent) for the Middle East and Africa Peter Hamilton. Drawing
heavily on points ... More >>
10 January 2011 1:30pm | Wikileaks
August 11, 2009. Poloff delivered reftel points to Jillian Dempster, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Trade's International Security and Disarmament Division and urged GNZ to participate in the Information Exchange
during the upcoming ... More >>
10 January 2011 1:28pm | Wikileaks
July 9, 2009. Radio New Zealand (RNZ) reported July 8 that it had obtained New Zealand Government documents that showed
that the U.S. Government had put "constant pressure" on the GNZ to increase its military commitment to Afghanistan.
Embassy contacted ... More >>
10 January 2011 1:26pm | Wikileaks
June 4, 2009. New Zealand's Trade Minister Tim Groser categorized all his meetings in Washington as extremely
successful; he also expressed decidedly negative reactions to recent dairy export subsidy measures by the U.S. and EU.
Groser outlined his plans ... More >>
10 January 2011 1:13pm | Wikileaks
May 21, 2009. In response to reftel request, Econoff delivered demarche to New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trade (MFAT) Asia Division and New Zealand's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). At MFAT, Econoff spoke with Patrick
Rata, Deputy Director ... More >>
10 January 2011 1:09pm | Wikileaks
May 11, 2009. On May 8, Acting DCM met with Jillian Dempster, Deputy Director of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Trade (MFAT) International Security and Disarmament Division to discuss reftel points. Dempster said that
New Zealand ... More >>
10 January 2011 1:07pm | Wikileaks
May 1, 2009. On May 1, Australian media reported that Fijian military leader Bainimarama offered to hold a summit with
Australia and New Zealand to persuade both countries that Bainimarama's proposed timetable for a return to democracy in
Fiji is necessary. ... More >>
10 January 2011 1:00pm | Wikileaks
April 23, 2009. Since the November 2008 election that ousted the Labour-led government of former PM Helen Clark, the
Labour Party has struggled to define itself in opposition to attract positive media attention as well as the public's
interest. So far the ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:59pm | Wikileaks
April 14, 2009. On April 8, Acting DCM and DATT met with Ministry of Defense and Ministry (MOD) of Foreign Affairs and
Trade (MFAT) officials to present the overview of requested needs and specific asks for New Zealand. (Note: The Charge
d'Affaires ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:56pm | Wikileaks
March 26, 2009. March 25, New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully gave his first public speech on the bilateral
relationship with the United States (full text emailed to EAP/ANP). He started with his overall assessment: "Relations
are, in my judgment, ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:55pm | Wikileaks
March 6, 2009. harge met with March 5 with Chris Seed, Deputy Secretary in the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Trade (MFAT) March 5, 2009 who reviewed NZ's assessment of Fiji developments. Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group
(CMAG) meeting ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:54pm | Wikileaks
March 3, 2009. On March 2, Acting DCM met with Jillian Dempster, Deputy Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trade International Security and Disarmament Division to discuss reftel points. Dempster agreed with the USG views,
noting that ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:52pm | Wikileaks
February 27, 2009. Charge met with Foreign Minister Murray McCully February 26 at his request. McCully said that he is
departing over the weekend for London to participate in the Commonwealth Meeting on Fiji. He explained that Papua New
Guinea Foreign Minister ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:50pm | Wikileaks
February 27, 2009. Reftel request was forwarded to the Government of New Zealand. Post received the following response
from Michael Green, the Acting Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), handling
Afghanistan among other ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:47pm | Wikileaks
December 15, 2008. Early in the conversation, FM McCully said that he anticipated that New Zealand,s acting High
Commissioner to Suva might be expelled shortly. He explained that during the recent trip of Pacific Island Forum (PIF)
foreign ministers ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:45pm | Wikileaks
New Zealand is interested in the ARF Disaster Relief Exercise but will not make a final decision on participation until
it receives a formal invitation from the Thai government. The GNZ believes that financial issues will dominate the
upcoming ASEAN ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:43pm | Wikileaks
November 25, 2008. On November 25, Pol/Econ Counselor met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade International
Security and Disarmament Division Chief Joan Mosley and Deputy Director Jillian Dempster to discuss the recent IAEA
reports on Iran and ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:41pm | Wikileaks
November 13, 2008. The Ambassador called on Prime Minister Helen Clark November 13 to say farewell as he prepares to
conclude his assignment as Ambassador and as the Prime Minister prepares to step down sometime in the next few days. The
Ambassador ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:39pm | Wikileaks
October 30, 2008. In response to reftel, PE Counselor contacted Ministry of oreign Affairs and Trade Iran Desk Officer
Marina Anderson on October 22 to inquire as to New Zealand's possible attendance at the November 30 conference. Anderson
explained ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:36pm | Wikileaks
October 16, 2008. On October 14, Pol/Econ Counselor met with Jillian Dempster, Deputy Director of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade's office for disarmament. PE Counselor made the points in the reftel, focusing on whether or
not New Zealand and ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:35pm | Wikileaks
October 6, 2008. In an October 6 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Deputy Secretary Caroline Forsyth
and European Affairs Division policy officer Rob Little, Charge d'Affaires Keegan summarized the points in reftel. He
noted that the ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:32pm | Wikileaks
September 26, 2008. The National Party is making a serious play for Auckland Central, an electorate that has been in
nearly uninterrupted Labour control for almost a century. That a 28-year-old virtual unknown has a serious chance of
ousting a Labour stalwart ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:29pm | Wikileaks
September 12, 2008. Asians make up nearly 10% of New Zealand's population, and most of them are Chinese. Chinese are
underrepresented in national politics, with only one member of parliament. While Asian representation in parliament may
improve this ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:27pm | Wikileaks
September 10, 2008. In response to reftel action request, on September 9 poloff met with Michael McBryde, deputy
director of the United Nations and Human Rights Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
(MFAT). Poloff and McBry More >>
10 January 2011 12:25pm | Wikileaks
August 27, 2008. During a joint visit by DASD James Clad and PACOM J-5 Major General Conant to New Zealand, both met
with Minister of Defense Phil Goff, Secretary of Defense John McKinnon, and Vice Chief of the Defense Force Jack Steer.
Senior MOD ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:23pm | Wikileaks
August 20, 2008. In an August 20 meeting between the Ambassador and Minister for Disarmament Phil Goff, the Ambassador
pointed out the strategic and historic importance of the US-India deal, and the very real possibility that the Indians
could shelve ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:22pm | Wikileaks
June 30, 2008. On June 18, Pol/Econ Counselor met with MFAT Deputy Director for the UN, Human Rights and Commonwealth
Division, Michael McBryde to discuss reftel contents. McBryde had recently returned from Geneva, where he had
participated in the Human ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:11pm | Wikileaks
May 8, 2008. New Zealand considers interoperability to be one of two key issues (the other issue being the definition of
a cluster munition that causes unacceptable humanitarian harm) for resolution in Dublin at the upcoming cluster
munitions convention meeting ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:09pm | Wikileaks
March 27, 2008. Per Ref A, Non-Paper regarding Iranian Banks' deceptive financial practices was delivered by Econoff to
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFAT) Middle East Division with responsibility for sanctions issues regarding
Iran and ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:08pm | Wikileaks
March 7, 2008. In a February 29 meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Europe Division Director,
George Kroup, and Europe Policy Officer Kate Russell, Pol/Econ Counselor outlined planning for an upcoming donors
conference regarding ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:07pm | Wikileaks
February 28, 2008. In a January 28 conversation with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Northeast Asia
Director David Taylor, A/DCM reviewed reftel points regarding Taiwan. Taylor responded that much of the USG argument
"could have been ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:05pm | Wikileaks
February 28, 2008. On February 28, Andrew Robinson, a Middle East and Africa policy officer from the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Trade (MFAT) contacted the Embassy to report on his initial feedback from the Ministry of Defense regarding
possible ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:03pm | Wikileaks
February 27, 2008. On February 27, A/DCM met with MFAT Deputy Secretary John McArthur to deliver demarche points. A/DCM
noted that the handover to Raul Castro would not constitute systemic change; only elections and improvement in human
rights will signal ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:02pm | Wikileaks
Charge presented reftel demarche to MFAT Deputy Secretary Peter Hamilton who repeated Prime Minister Clark's earlier
insistence that New Zealand has an established practice of not publicly announcing diplomatic recognition but allowing
it to be inferred ... More >>
10 January 2011 12:00pm | Wikileaks
DCM presented the demarche reftel to Caroline Forsyth, MFAT Deputy Secretary for Multilateral and Global Affairs, on
February 12. She responded that New Zealand has been following developments in Kosovo closely. GNZ has a long-standing
established ... More >>
10 January 2011 11:34am | Wikileaks
February 7, 2008. On February 7, Pol/Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche material to Tim McIvor, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) head of the Asia Regional Unit that deals with ARF and ASEAN affairs. McIvor indicated
that the GNZ had already ... More >>
10 January 2011 11:32am | Wikileaks
February 7, 2008. New Zealand PM Clark believes the indifference of most Japanese to whaling leaves the most extreme
whaling advocates free to drive GOJ policy. Clark opposes Antarctic tourism and she is pleased with her government's
efforts to get ... More >>
10 January 2011 11:30am | Wikileaks
January 18, 2008. On January 9, a 13-member Congressional delegation led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and
Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) met with Deputy and Acting Prime Minister Michael Cullen and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Trade ... More >>
10 January 2011 11:27am | Wikileaks
December 4, 2007. DCM met with MFAT Deputy Secretary Alan Williams December 4 to present NIE and talking points per
reftel. Williams said that MFAT would immediately prepare a summary for cabinet and the Prime Minister. 2. (S) Williams
commented that ... More >>
10 January 2011 11:25am | 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 >>
10 January 2011 11:24am | 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 >>
10 January 2011 11:21am | 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 >>
10 January 2011 11:19am | 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 >>
10 January 2011 11:17am | 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 >>
10 January 2011 11:10am | 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 >>
10 January 2011 11:06am | 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 >>
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