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| 04WELLINGTON1003 | NEW ZEALAND POLICIES AND ACTIONS TAKEN WITH REGARD [...] (C) 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 situation in Cuba (ref B), according to Mike Shaw, Am [...] |
2004-12-02 03:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON1010 | NEW ZEALAND AIDS CASES MINIMAL, BUT CONCERN [...] (U) While the number of people infected with HIV/AIDS in New Zealand remains relatively small, the numbers have risen sharply in the past two years, with homosexual cases (53%) outnumbering heterosexual (21%) modes of transmission. NZ Aids Foundation executive director Rachael Le Mesurier po [...] |
2004-12-06 04:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI TBIO PGOV EAID NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON1018 | PARLIAMENT "IN BALANCE": ACT PARTY SWEARS IN [...] (U) ACT Party MP Kenneth Wang was sworn into Parliament November 30, replacing former ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata. Huata was removed from Parliament November 19, after losing a year-long court battle to retain her seat, which culminated in a Supreme Court hearing. The Supreme Court, in its firs [...] |
2004-12-08 04:09:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ PBIO |
| 04WELLINGTON1024 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PAUL BEATTY, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Paul Beatty, Ph.D., NCHS, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from January 4-10, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to make a presentation at the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SMARMAC) Conference. [...] |
2004-12-09 22:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ CDC |
| 04WELLINGTON1032 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NITA TALLENT- [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Official Nita Tallent-Halsell, Office of Research and Development, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from February 1 - May 1, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend long-term training on the invasive species impact study, [...] |
2004-12-14 02:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON1035 | R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] Embassy forwarded documents received December 14, 2004 and requested clearance for the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer for the period January 1 - December 31, 2005, from the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) of the government of New Zealand. We will advise when MFA [...] |
2004-12-14 21:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON1036 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JERRY MULLINS, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Physical Scientist Jerry Mullins, to travel to Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand from January 10- 28, 2005. The purpose of Mr. Mullins' visit is to transit Christchurch to and from McMurdo Station in Antarctica, where he will [...] |
2004-12-14 21:54:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON1037 | NEW ZEALAND'S PHARMACEUTICAL MARKET: NO QUICK FIX [...] (SBU) Summary: 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 to bolster their demands for cutting-edge drugs [...] |
2004-12-15 01:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON KIPR NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON1040 | NEW ZEALAND CABINET RESHUFFLE: FIRST UP, [...] (U) Summary: 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 office in the country and, while the role is no [...] |
2004-12-15 03:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NZ PBIO |
| 04WELLINGTON1044 | NEW ZEALAND ON REQUEST FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS [...] (S) 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 in the new year, he said. Goff pledged to inform the Amba [...] |
2004-12-16 01:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL AF NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON1053 | SENATOR BAUCUS AND AMBASSADOR GIVE STRAIGHT TALK [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting December 2 at the Auckland airport, Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) and the Ambassador warned New Zealand Minister for Trade Negotiations Jim Sutton that his government faces a tough time trying to persuade the U.S. government to start free-trade talks. While emphasizi [...] |
2004-12-17 01:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON OVIP NZ ETRC CODEL |
| 04WELLINGTON1054 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT KEY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Official Robert Key Dismukes, Ames Research Center, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from January 2-12, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Annual Conference of Society on Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. [...] |
2004-12-17 01:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON1055 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MCKAY, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the delegation from NASA's Ames Research Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 2 to March 1, 2005. Delegation members are: Christopher McKay, Rohit Bhartia, Robert Carlson, Pamela Conra [...] |
2004-12-17 01:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON1058 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS RANDALL G. [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Assistant Secretary Randall G. Schriver to travel to Christchurch and Wellington New Zealand from January 8-12, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings with host government officials. 2. (U) Embassy has m [...] |
2004-12-17 04:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AFIN AMGT AS CH NZ PNG HI |
| 04WELLINGTON1069 | NEW ZEALAND: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Post offers the following submission for this year's terrorism report: BEGIN TEXT OF SUBMISSION 2. New Zealand has implemented all 12 UN terrorism conventions. A Counter-terrorism bill passed in October 2003 increased the government's ability to prosecute terrorist activities and thre [...] |
2004-12-22 21:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON1075 | 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT: NEW ZEALAND [...] Following is post's input for the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report on New Zealand. We assume that Washington agencies will provide updated trade and investment data. 2. We also note that the section on "Biotechnology Food Approval" should be consistent with the NTE on Australia. 3. [...] |
2004-12-29 03:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON173 | THE U.S.-NEW ZEALAND RELATIONSHIP: WHAT WE COULD [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Since New Zealand walked away from the ANZUS pact in 1986, we have had growing doubts about its willingness and ability to contribute to regional security. New Zealand remains a relatively friendly, like-minded partner in many policy areas. But the ad hoc nature of the its secu [...] |
2004-02-25 21:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON539 | NEW ZEALAND OPPOSITION PARTY BACKS AWAY FROM [...] (C/NF) Summary: New Zealand Opposition National Party leader Don Brash has formally declared that his party would not propose making changes to NZ's anti-nuclear legislation - at least not until after 2005 Parliamentary election. Brash said a future National Government would not change NZ's [...] |
2004-06-24 05:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MNUC PARM NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON555 | NEW ZEALAND POLICIES AND ACTIONS TAKEN WITH REGARD [...] (C) 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 and Trade, the GoNZ uses meetings with Cuban officials to [...] |
2004-06-29 07:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON557 | JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE: LETTER ROGATORY IN THE MATTER [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-30 02:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON558 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ON NEW ZEALAND [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-30 05:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN KTDB PGOV NZ OPIC |
| 04WELLINGTON563 | NEW ZEALAND TIP REPORT: LESSONS LEARNED [...] (SBU/NF) Following the turbulent June 14 release of the 2004 TIP report, which named New Zealand for the first time (ref a), Embassy Wellington would like to add its strong support to the recommendations contained in Embassy Singapore's recent excellent cable (ref b). While the GNZ is hyperse [...] |
2004-07-02 05:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL ELAB AMGT NZ TIP |
| 04WELLINGTON570 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF OFFICIAL DR. JAMALA [...] Embassy welcomes National Science Foundation official Dr. Jamala JONES to New Zealand from July 6th to July 17th, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Air New Zealand Engineering Services Program Management Review in Christchurch. 2. Embassy understands that no further assis [...] |
2004-07-06 18:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY NZ NSF |
| 04WELLINGTON578 | NEW ZEALAND: 2004 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE [...] Post delivered reftel points July 8 to Chris Anderson, Environment Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. New Zealand's International Whaling Commission (IWC) Commissioner Sir Geoffery Palmer had already departed for Italy. Anderson offered to pass reftel points to Palme [...] |
2004-07-08 04:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON579 | COOK ISLANDS RESPONSE ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Sonya Kamana, Deputy High Commissioner, Cook Islands High Commission. Kamana noted that the issue was a priority of the Cook Islands' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was working with Parliament to pass the appropriate legislation. However, with elections [...] |
2004-07-08 04:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD PREL NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON585 | JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE: LETTER ROGATORY IN THE MATTER [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-09 03:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON591 | NZ OPPOSITION NATIONAL PARTY CONFERENCE - WHAT A [...] (C) Summary: 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. In contrast to the festive atmosphere, N [...] |
2004-07-12 05:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON596 | NEW ZEALAND-AUSTRALIA REGULATORY AGENCY TO RAISE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. makers of medical devices and dietary and nutritional supplements face the prospect of additional regulatory costs to enter the New Zealand market -- but perhaps not as high as the industry had feared. An Australian-New Zealand authority to regulate therapeutic products in [...] |
2004-07-13 04:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON598 | NEW ZEALAND'S MOBILE TERMINATION RATES UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: The New Zealand Commerce Commission has launched an investigation into whether a lack of competition has placed the country among nations with the highest rates for terminating mobile phone calls. The commission could recommend regulation of termination charges. Telecom, the f [...] |
2004-07-15 01:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON ETRD NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON599 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON [...] (SBU/NF) 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 on its vote until it has seen the final te [...] |
2004-07-15 03:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NZ UNGA |
| 04WELLINGTON600 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Rachel Bennett, United Nations Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) Bennett offered to circulate the information within MFAT for comment, but noted that the GoNZ is unlikely to provide additional proposals or a list or pri [...] |
2004-07-15 04:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL ECON PHUM AORC NZ UNGA |
| 04WELLINGTON601 | NEW ZEALAND'S NEWLY FORMED MAORI PARTY TAKES FIRST [...] (SBU) Maori activist Tariana Turia used her decisive win in a July 10 by-election to launch the Maori Party, with herself as its first MP. Turia easily regained her seat in Parliament after resigning her Labour Party Government seat in May protest over the government's stance on Maori claims [...] |
2004-07-15 04:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON605 | NEW ZEALAND IMPOSES "STRICT CONSTRAINTS" ON [...] (U) In an escalating diplomatic row, two Israeli men were sentenced July 14 by the High Court of New Zealand to six months in jail on charges of trying to obtain a false New Zealand passport. The GoNZ has not pursued allegations that the men are agents of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. W [...] |
2004-07-16 04:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON611 | NEW ZEALAND PRAISED BY ISLAMIC RESISTANCE MOVEMENT [...] (U) According to media reports, the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas issued a press release July 17 thanking the GoNZ for Prime Minister Helen Clark's strong response to the conviction of two suspected Israeli intelligence agents (ref a). The press release urged other countries to foll [...] |
2004-07-19 06:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON613 | NEW ZEALAND: WHAT NUCLEAR ISSUE? PM CLARK [...] (SBU) 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 us to be very good." Making a direct link between those m [...] |
2004-07-19 23:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON632 | NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER REITERATES VIEW THAT [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark reiterated her position on NZ's anti-nuclear policy in comments to local media July 25: "I'm not looking for compromises. I'm perfectly satisfied with the policy. As far as I am concerned, (the US-NZ nuclear dispute) is finished busin [...] |
2004-07-26 05:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC PINR NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON638 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA OFFICIALS E. MOORE AND [...] Embassy welcomes NOAA Officials Elizabeth A. Moore and Carol Bernthal to New Zealand from August 16 - 27, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand Department of Conservation officials regarding marine protected areas. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is [...] |
2004-07-27 22:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AS NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON640 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC [...] CDC should note that no official USG travel to New Zealand can be undertaken without country clearance. Country clearance for New Zealand should never be assumed by CDC or any other USG agency. 2. Embassy grants DHHS/CDC officials Mary Serdula, Mary Kay Solera, and Kathy Cobb country clea [...] |
2004-07-28 05:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AS NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON641 | NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) 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 presence of 61 NZ military engineers in Basra is in fulfil [...] |
2004-07-28 22:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON643 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR T. RAMSEY AND E. [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Ramsey, Desk Officer for NZ and Samoa, and Ed Rindler, INL, to transit New Zealand as part of the delegation attending the U.S. Post-Pacific Islands Forum Dialogue in Apia, Samoa. Mr. Ramsey will be in Auckland on August 7th, and Mr. Rindler will be [...] |
2004-07-29 21:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA WS AS NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON645 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA GSFC [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to delegation from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand August 29 - September 12, 2004. Delegation members are: Michael King, Elaine Matthews, Anne Thompson, and Si-Chee Tsay. The purpose of this visi [...] |
2004-07-30 00:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON647 | NEW ZEALAND MINISTER HOSTS MIKE MOORE'S [...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington learned July 30 that GNZ Cabinet Minister for the Environment Marian Hobbs was reportedly hosting a special screening of Michael Moore's controversial movie "Fahrenheit 9/11" as a local Labour Party fundraising event. DCM contacted the Prime Minister's office to ask [...] |
2004-07-30 05:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON652 | NEW ZEALAND POSITION ON RELEASING THE COALITION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-02 05:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON655 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Embassy welcomes DOE Official David Streets to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 2 - 25, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 8th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) conference, and present a paper on "Mercury Emissions in China." 2. Embassy understands t [...] |
2004-08-03 05:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA CH NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON656 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA OFFICIALS [...] Embassy welcomes NOAA Officials David D. Parrish and Susan Solomon to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 1 - 10, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Eighth Conference of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project. 2. Embassy understands that no further assi [...] |
2004-08-03 05:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON658 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SHELBY, [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the delegation led by Senator Richard Shelby to visit Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand August 7-9, 2004. Members of the CODEL are: Senator Richard Shelby, Dr. Annette Shelby and Representative Robert Cramer. Accompanying staff a [...] |
2004-08-04 00:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ AS CODEL |
| 04WELLINGTON661 | NEW ZEALAND FOCUSES ON REFORM OF PACIFIC ISLAND [...] (U) On July 27, Poloff shared ref A points on the 2004 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) with Paul Willis, Regional Deputy Director, Pacific Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Willis indicated that Prime Minister Helen Clark would lead the New Zealand delegation to the PIF, [...] |
2004-08-04 05:01:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EFIS SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON662 | (U) NSDD-38 REQUEST FOR NEW POSITION IN WELLINGTON [...] (S) 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 resource implications of this request, the Ambassador reco [...] |
2004-08-04 23:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | APER AMGT NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON665 | NOTE ON CARGO-ONLY MALIAT ACCEPTANCE DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-05 02:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON668 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Howard Diamond, DOC Physical Scientist, to travel to New Zealand from September 3 - 11, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to present a paper at the 8th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Conference in Christchurch, to participate [...] |
2004-08-05 03:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA KSCA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON669 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES PM CLARK ON IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] (SBU) 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 Director (A/S equivalent) Roy Ferguson. 2. ( [...] |
2004-08-05 05:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON671 | NEW ZEALAND CONDEMNS TERRORISM, HOSTAGE TAKING IN [...] (U) The GoNZ issued a press statement August 5 in support of the Multinational Force Iraq Statement on Terrorism (ref a). Foreign Minister Phil Goff reiterated statements condemning hostage takers (ref b) and affirming the GoNZ's pledge not to negotiate with terrorists. 2. (U) Begin Text: [...] |
2004-08-05 20:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON678 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Senior Scientist, Akkihebball R. Ravishankara to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 2 - 9, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the 8th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Conference. 2. Embassy unders [...] |
2004-08-09 02:09:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON684 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Physicist Graham Feingold to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 2 - 10, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 8th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no further [...] |
2004-08-09 22:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON686 | NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO BOTH RELAX AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Proposed changes to the New Zealand government's review of foreign investments would reduce the scope of business deals requiring its review while tightening the screening of land purchases by foreigners. The government [...] |
2004-08-11 01:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECIN ECON ETRD NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON690 | NEW ZEALAND PARTICIPATION AT APEC HIGH LEVEL [...] Embassy's Agricultural Attach and Economic officer discussed the draft workplan for the APEC High Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology (HLPDAB) and ongoing capacity building initiatives on agricultural biotechnology with David Walker and Richard Graves of the Ministry of Foreign [...] |
2004-08-11 04:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TBIO SENV EAGR ECON NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON692 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA OFFICIALS [...] Please see action request para 3. 2. Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Officials Phil Oshida and Eric Bissonette to Christchurch, New Zealand from August 31 to September 2, 2004. The purpose of this trip is to visit utilities and regulators in Christchurch as part of a [...] |
2004-08-12 00:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY AS NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON693 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRANSPORTATION [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Scottie Laird, Transportation Security Administration Representative (TSAR), to travel to Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand from September 23 - 27, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to assess airport security measures. 2. Embass [...] |
2004-08-12 01:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ECON NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON697 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Representative David Nguyen-Galante to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand, from on or about August 23 to on or about August 28, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand Customs Service and New Zealand Police. [...] |
2004-08-13 05:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ASEC AMGT NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON701 | NEW ZEALAND ATTENDANCE AT 59TH UNGA [...] (SBU) Post contacted Rachel Bennett, United Nations and Commonwealth (UNC) Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), who provided the following information in response to reftel request. Foreign Minister: -- Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade the Honorable Phi [...] |
2004-08-16 05:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OVIP NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON704 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOI Bureau of Land Management Official Mr. Don Bruns to travel to Christchurch and Queenstown, New Zealand from August 22 - 25, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak at New Zealand's Recreation Association Annual Conference. 2. Embas [...] |
2004-08-17 03:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KSCA TPHY SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON714 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA OFFICIALS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Officials Timothy S. Bates and Patricia K. Quinn to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from August 29 - September 10, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Global Atmosphere Chemistry Program Meeting. 2. Emb [...] |
2004-08-19 23:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON716 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GAO OFFICIALS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to GAO officials Dr. Gerald Dillingham, Mr. Steven Martin, Ms. Samantha Goodman, and Mr. Hiroshi Ishikawa to travel to New Zealand from September 28 to October 2, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with transportation officials and discus [...] |
2004-08-23 21:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AGAO NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON717 | NEW ZEALAND COMMENTS ON EARTH OBSERVATIONS: DRAFT [...] Pip Wilson, Environment Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, provided the GoNZ's response to reftel request for comments on the future governance mechanism for the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS,) and noted that Peter Stevens, from the New Zealand Cli [...] |
2004-08-24 04:12:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON720 | NEW ZEALAND OFFERS VIEWS ON FIRST COMMITTEE REFORM [...] Charlotte Elder, Disarmament Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, provided a copy of the GoNZ's response to the request in Resolution 58/41 for suggestions on improving the effectiveness of the First (Disarmament) Committee. Elder did not provide any specific comments [...] |
2004-08-25 02:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC NZ UNGA |
| 04WELLINGTON722 | R/V KILO MOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE, FILE NO. [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-25 04:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON725 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Representative Ronald Lee to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from on or about September 6 to on or about September 10, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to follow up on two current investigations and meet with New Zealand C [...] |
2004-08-25 05:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ETRD ASEC AMGT NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON726 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA delegation Michael King, Elaine Matthews, Anne Thompson, and Si-Chee Tsay to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from August 29-September 12, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present papers at the 8th International Global [...] |
2004-08-25 18:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON727 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONDS TO APEC PROPOSALS ON CUSTOMS [...] Post delivered ref talking points August 24 to Adele Bryant, deputy director in the economic division of New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 2. On the proposal for permanently extending the customs duties moratorium on electronically transmitted products (ref B), Ms. Bryant [...] |
2004-08-25 21:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN ETTC EINV NZ APECO |
| 04WELLINGTON728 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA OFFICIAL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Kea Duckenfield to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from August 30-September 11, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give invited talk at the 8th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Conference. 2. Embassy understa [...] |
2004-08-25 21:56:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV AS NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON729 | CODEL SHELBY TALKS TRADE AND SECURITY WITH NZ [...] (SBU) Summary: Codel Shelby met with New Zealand officials August 8-9. Discussions focused on lessons learned from New Zealand's successful effort to eliminate domestic agricultural subsidies, current state of the NZ economy, potential for a U.S.-New Zealand FTA and the need to promote for [...] |
2004-08-25 22:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP ETRD ENRG PREL AS NZ CODEL |
| 04WELLINGTON735 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO NIUE FOR DINT OFFICIAL ANNE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DINT/Fish and Wild Life Service Official Anne Brooke to travel to Niue, September 2-15, 2004. The purpose of travel is to survey the flying fox population of Niue, in cooperation with the New Zealand Department of Conservation and the Niuean Department of [...] |
2004-08-27 04:56:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV KSCA TBIO NE NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON737 | NEW ZEALAND TAKES FIRM LINE WITH IRAN FOREIGN [...] (U) 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 Minister Paul Swain and Agriculture and Trade Ministe [...] |
2004-08-29 22:15:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON739 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE OFFICIAL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE Official Gary Steigel to travel to New Zealand from September 26 - October 2, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with several organizations in NZ to discuss coal gasification. 2. Embassy understands no assistance is required. [...] |
2004-08-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA AS NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON740 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MATTHEW KING AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Attache Matthew King and Deputy Assistant Director Foreign Operations Scott Davis to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from on or about September 16 to on or about September 18, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand [...] |
2004-08-30 01:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ETRD ASEC AMGT NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON744 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA OFFICIAL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce NOAA Research Chemist Edward J. Dlugokencky to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 2-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a site visit with the national Institute of Water and Atmospheric Rese [...] |
2004-09-01 05:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON745 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS ROMEO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist Romeo Flores to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 2-25, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to lecture at a seminar on coal bed natural gas and coal geology as the Erskine Fellow of the [...] |
2004-09-01 05:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON747 | CITING DESIRE FOR FTA WITH CHINA, NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's economic affairs minister withdrew his application for a visa to attend a business conference in Wellington after the New Zealand government made it clear that it would not approve his visit. Although the minister, Lin Yi-fu, had traveled to Wellington two years ago to a [...] |
2004-09-02 04:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ECON PREL NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON749 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH OFFICIAL DR. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Karen Babich, Director, Office of Global Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from September 11-23, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Third World [...] |
2004-09-03 01:54:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON751 | R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-03 02:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON760 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO THE COOK ISLANDS FOR TSAR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Transportation Security Administration Representative (TSAR) Scottie R. Laird to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, September 17-23, 2004. The purpose of travel is to complete National Information for the Cook Islands. 2. Embassy understands no assist [...] |
2004-09-08 03:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ECON NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON769 | NEW ZEALAND TO TABLE AMENDMENTS TO DRAFT [...] The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on August 31 unveiled changes to the draft declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that it intends to propose to the UN Working Group in Geneva. The Ministry, which will table the amended text the week of September 13, said it aim [...] |
2004-09-09 01:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON771 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA OFFICIALS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOC NOAA Scientists Robert W. Embley, Sharon L. Walker, and Edward T. Baker to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from September 18 - October 22, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the research cruise aboard the N [...] |
2004-09-09 22:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON773 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - JOY YAMAMOTO TO APIA [...] Embassy requests country clearance for Acting Political Economic Counselor Joy Yamamoto to travel to Apia, Samoa from September 16 through September 22, 2004. The purpose of Ms. Yamamoto's visit is to act as principal officer until the arrival of Charge. 2. Ms. Yamamoto will arrive at Fa [...] |
2004-09-10 00:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON784 | NEW ZEALAND'S VIEWS ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] Seeking New Zealand's support for U.S. positions on a UNESCO convention on cultural diversity, post on September 10 delivered the reftel demarche to Jane Kominik of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage and to Charlotte Frater of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's United Nations and C [...] |
2004-09-14 00:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD NZ UNESCO |
| 04WELLINGTON789 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: CHECK ON NEW ZEALAND COMPANY [...] Following instructions in reftel, post contacted the owner of Aviation Consultant Limited and learned that he has disbanded the company and taken it off the New Zealand government's registry of companies. 2. Aviation Consultant Limited, also known as Ivor MacKay Aviation Consultant Limited, [...] |
2004-09-15 00:46:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON795 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS ROMEO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist Romeo Flores to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 1-15, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to lecture at a seminar on coal bed natural gas and coal geology as the Erskine Fellow of the U [...] |
2004-09-16 03:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON796 | CIVAIR: NEW ZEALAND'S VIEWS ON KEY U.S. ISSUES AT [...] Post on August 5 delivered reftel demarche to Nigel Mouat, principal adviser, access and services, New Zealand Ministry of Transport. The demarche outlined U.S. positions on a number of issues to be considered at the ICAO General Assembly in Montreal, September 28 to October 8. On September [...] |
2004-09-16 03:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AORC NZ ICAO |
| 04WELLINGTON797 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS RUGGIERO, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following U.S. Geological Survey Biologists: -- Michael RUGGIERO to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from September 29 - October 9, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Species 2000 Management Meeting and the Gl [...] |
2004-09-16 03:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON798 | NEW ZEALAND'S VIEWS ON WORLD HUNGER SUMMIT [...] Post on September 16 delivered reftel demarche regarding the World Leaders Meeting on Action Against Hunger and Poverty to Phillip Taula of the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID). The demarche shared U.S. concerns about a draft declaration and a technical paper released [...] |
2004-09-16 04:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON PREL NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON799 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE NSF MURDY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NSF Official Dr. Edward Murdy, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 4 - 9, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to lead the U.S. Delegation to the 8th Meeting of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2. Embassy understan [...] |
2004-09-16 23:35:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY AS NZ NSFO |
| 04WELLINGTON808 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Representative Matthew King to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from on or about September 22 to on or about September 24, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet the new Chief Executive of the New Zealand Customs Service. [...] |
2004-09-21 00:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ETRD ASEC AMGT NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON818 | BLUE LANTERN POINT OF CONTACT IN NEW ZEALAND [...] Embassy Wellington's designated point of contact for the Blue Lantern Program is: Joy Yamamoto Economic Officer Tel: 64-4-462-6182 Fax: 64-4-472-3537 E-mail: yamamotoJO@state.gov Departure date: August 2006 2. Blue Lantern cases are coordinated with the Embassy's Defense Attache Off [...] |
2004-09-23 22:03:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSEP NZ KMOC |
| 04WELLINGTON819 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GIBBONS-FLY, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Gibbons-Fly, Director, Office of Marine Conservation; Holly Koehler, Office of Marine Conservation; William Robinson, Regional Administrator, NOAA Fisheries; Charles Karnella, Pacific Island Area Office, NOAA Fisheries; and Raymond Clar [...] |
2004-09-24 00:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EFIS SENV PHSA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON824 | NEW ZEALAND TROOPS RETURN FROM IRAQ; NO FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: 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 being considered. Wh [...] |
2004-09-27 02:39:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON825 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA'S NITA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Official Nita Tallent-Haisell, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 1 to December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the meeting of the Invasive Species Impacts Study. 2. Embassy understands no assistance is [...] |
2004-09-27 04:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON829 | NEW ZEALAND ENDORSES U.S. ICAO COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] In response to ref B demarche, the New Zealand government has decided to support the United States' re-election as a Category 1 country to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). 2. The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) advised post of its [...] |
2004-09-28 04:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AORC PREL NZ ICAO ICJ |
| 04WELLINGTON832 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO U.S. SEED ANNOUNCEMENT [...] Post delivered reftel announcement on U.S. participation in the Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and Development (SEED) partnership to the Environment and Americas Divisions of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) MFAT will distribute the information to GoNZ ag [...] |
2004-09-30 02:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON833 | NEW ZEALAND: LUKEWARM RESPONSE TO CITES [...] (C) Summary: The GoNZ is unlikely to support the U.S. draft resolution that aims to clarify the term "Introduction from the Sea." New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) interlocutors expressed skepticism that the draft submission as written will address illegal, unregulated [...] |
2004-09-30 04:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EFIS TBIO ETRD NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON840 | NEW ZEALAND ON IRAQ ASSISTANCE AND OCTOBER 13-14 [...] The New Zealand government is not yet able to report whether it has disbursed the remainder of the NZ $5.5 million (U.S. $3.3 million) that it had pledged for Iraq assistance at the Madrid Donors' Conference, according to Matt Dalzell of the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZ [...] |
2004-10-05 03:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON844 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY JAMES A. KELLY'S AUGUST 8 [...] (U) Summary: 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 the deteriorating relationship between East Timo [...] |
2004-10-06 19:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIS SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON846 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. GERALD [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NSF Official Dr. Gerald Guala, Program Director in the Division of Biological Infrastructure, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 9 - 16, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Taxonomic Databases Workin [...] |
2004-10-06 22:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY NZ NSF |
| 04WELLINGTON847 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-07 00:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NZ KVRP |
| 04WELLINGTON848 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. SHIRA [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to OES/EGC Science Officer Dr. Shira Yoffe, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 11 - 13, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Workshop on Adaptation Strategies and Practices in Developed Countries. [...] |
2004-10-07 00:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON852 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GLOVER, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Cartographer Robert Glover (November 4 through December 9), Geographer Daniel (November 6 through December 15, and Physical Scientist Larry Hothem (November 21 through January 7), to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, enroute to an [...] |
2004-10-07 20:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON857 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PETER WRIGHT, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Hydrologist Peter Wright to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 24, 2004 to January 15, 2004 enroute to and from McMurdo Station in Antarctica. The purpose of the trip to Antarctica is to conduct research and data colle [...] |
2004-10-13 00:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON858 | NIUE MARITIME BOUNDARY TREATY - U.S. [...] On October 8, POL/ECON Counselor presented Ref. A U.S. instrument of ratification to Hima I L Takelesi, the High Commissioner at the Niue High Commission in Wellington. The High Commissioner was extremely pleased to receive the document, and said he would ask some visiting Niuean government o [...] |
2004-10-13 04:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PHSA KTIA US NE NZ XV |
| 04WELLINGTON860 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO NIUE FOR NOAA OFFICIAL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service Official Richard K. Nygard to travel to Alofi, Niue, October 25 - 29, 2004. The purpose of travel is to re-establish and install Tsunami Tide System. 2. [...] |
2004-10-13 23:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA WS NE NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON861 | NEW ZEALAND POSITION UNCHANGED ON CUBA'S UN [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Mike Shaw, Americas Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) Shaw offered to circulate the information to relevant MFAT personnel, but stated that the GoNZ was unlikely to change its vote, or to abstain. Poloff urged Shaw to mainta [...] |
2004-10-14 00:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD NZ UNGA |
| 04WELLINGTON862 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON POLIO ERADICATION REQUEST [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the America's Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Dr. Douglas Lush, Acting Director of the Communicable Diseases Unit in the Ministry of Health; and to Vicki Poole, Global Group Program Manager at the NZ Agency for International [...] |
2004-10-14 00:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO NZ OECD |
| 04WELLINGTON870 | NEW ZEALAND'S REACTION TO PROPOSED EXECUTIVE ORDER [...] (S-rel New Zealand) 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 and Trade. 2. (S-rel New Zealand) On October 14, Taha Mcpherson of the Ministry's Security Poli [...] |
2004-10-14 23:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | PREL PTER KTFN IZ NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON871 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - JOY YAMAMOTO TO HONG [...] Embassy requests country clearance for Economic Officer Joy Yamamoto to travel to Hong Kong from November 5-12, 2004. The purpose of Ms. Yamamoto's visit is to attend the Intellectual Property and Telecommunications Conference. 2. No assistance is requested. Burnett [...] |
2004-10-15 00:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA HK NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON876 | NEW ZEALAND: ICTY CANDIDATE MERON [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-18 03:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM NZ UNGA |
| 04WELLINGTON877 | R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-19 00:44:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON880 | WEOG ROTATION: NEW ZEALAND FM RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Post delivered the letter (reftels) on WEOG rotation in the UN Commission of Human Rights (CHR) from Secretary Powell to New Zealand Foreign Minister Phil Goff on August 16. On October 12 the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) provided the Ambassador a copy of Gof [...] |
2004-10-20 01:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PHUM PREL PGOV NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON881 | NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATION AT ARF SECURITY POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-20 01:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NZ ARF |
| 04WELLINGTON882 | NEW ZEALAND WATCHDOG BACKS CURBS ON MOBILE PHONE [...] Summary: A draft decision issued October 18 by the New Zealand Commerce Commission put telecommunications companies on notice that the agency stood ready to intercede to cut the fees charged to complete mobile telephone calls. Fees now charged by the country's mobile-phone service providers t [...] |
2004-10-20 17:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON ETRD NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON886 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MR. JEFFREY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NESDIS Official, Mr. Jeffrey Key, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 23-25, and on or about November 21, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand on his way to Antarctica, where he will implement a syste [...] |
2004-10-21 22:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA TSPA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON889 | NEW ZEALAND POLITICAL SCANDAL MAY LOSE THE [...] (C) Summary: 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 would force the Government to revise its polit [...] |
2004-10-22 02:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON899 | NEW ZEALAND UNABLE TO CO-SPONSOR RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel resolution to Val Meyer, Deputy Director of the Human Rights Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) Meyer responded that, while there was no objection to the text as written, the GoNZ would not co-sponsor the resolution. Meyer cited re [...] |
2004-10-27 23:54:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON900 | REVISED PATENT LAW WON'T HELP DRUG INDUSTRY IN [...] (U) Summary: A proposed revision of New Zealand's patent law will disappoint pharmaceutical companies by failing to extend the effective patent life of drugs -- stuck at seven years on average -- and prohibiting patents for methods of medical treatment. U.S. pharmaceutical firms especially want [...] |
2004-10-28 00:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON902 | NEW ZEALAND URGES UN SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, BUT [...] (SBU) 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 and Change. 2. (SBU) In his opening speech t [...] |
2004-10-28 23:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON905 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Following reftel instructions, post on October 6 contacted New Zealand Police, who have confirmed the order of an F9811 Series (MX-10130) Gen 3 18mm image intensifier. The image intensifier will be installed in a Simrad KN203 FAB MGC -- a night-vision scope to be attached to a sniper ri [...] |
2004-10-29 03:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON909 | NEW ZEALAND'S NEW MAORI PARTY GAINS TRACTION [...] (U) Summary: 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 seabed legislation. For now, Labour seems to ha [...] |
2004-11-01 02:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON911 | CONVICTIONS IN NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST PASSPORT [...] (U) 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 conspiring to commit forgery. The prosecution accused the [...] |
2004-11-01 02:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC SENV TSPL NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON912 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK J. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark J. Christl, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 5-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to transit to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to participate in the U.S. Antarctic Program. [...] |
2004-11-02 00:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ NSF |
| 04WELLINGTON915 | NEW ZEALAND AND THAILAND AIM TO CONCLUDE [...] (C) Begin summary: 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 that its effort has been hampered by [...] |
2004-11-02 23:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL TH NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON916 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KIMBERLY F. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Social Security Administration Official Kimberly F. Irwin, Tribal Affairs Specialist, to travel to Hawke's Bay, New Zealand from November 10-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International 6th Indigenous Women' [...] |
2004-11-02 23:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PHUM CFED NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON917 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KIMBERLY F. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Social Security Administration Official Kimberly F. Irwin, Tribal Affairs Specialist, to travel to Aotearoa, New Zealand from November 10-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International 6th Indigenous Women's H [...] |
2004-11-02 23:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PHUM CFED NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON918 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THEODORE [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP/ANP Deputy Director Theodore Allegra, to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from November 9-22, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with USG officers and government officials as appropriate en route to and from Ne [...] |
2004-11-03 02:01:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON919 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEAN KU, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jean Ku, Senior Project Leader, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 5-13, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to organize the APEC Village Power Technical Workshop and represent the U [...] |
2004-11-03 02:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG TRGY NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON920 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HARVEY MAJOR, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE Official Harvey Major, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 5-12, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings on scientific, technical, project, or programmatic matters. 2. (U) Embassy understands that c [...] |
2004-11-03 03:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG TRGY NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON922 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GEOFFREY TOON, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Official Geoffrey Toon, California Institute of Technology, to travel to Queenstown, New Zealand from November 6-19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Network for Detection of Stratospheric Change (NDSC) Infrared Work [...] |
2004-11-03 22:44:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON923 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CURTIS [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Official Curtis Rinsland, Langley Research Center, to travel to Queenstown, New Zealand from November 6-13, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change (NDSC) Infrared Wo [...] |
2004-11-03 22:44:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON924 | APEC: NEW ZEALAND PM SAYS NZ WILL DEMARCHE CHINA [...] (C) Ambassador Swindells met with Prime Minister Clark on November 2. He asked that New Zealand urge China to support inclusion of the remaining APEC security deliverables at the upcoming summit. He stressed that despite China's statements to the contrary, the deliverables belong in APEC. W [...] |
2004-11-03 23:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KSTC PARM ECIN PTER ETTC EAID NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON926 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHARLES [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to CDC Statistician Charles Croner to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from November 22-26, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate as keynote speaker in the 2nd GeoHealth Conference: Surveillance and Intervention. 2. (U) Em [...] |
2004-11-04 04:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ CDC |
| 04WELLINGTON929 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. CUSTOMS [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officials listed below to travel to New Zealand from November 14-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with the Customs Attache Singapore and New Zealand Customs Officials in order to pursue th [...] |
2004-11-05 16:59:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON932 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-09 02:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NZ KVRP |
| 04WELLINGTON933 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE/MATTHEW [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Singapore ICE Attache Matthew H. King, to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from on or about November 28 to on or about December 4, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to coordinate meetings for Keith Thomson, Assistant Commi [...] |
2004-11-09 02:36:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON939 | NEW ZEALAND WILL SUPPORT REPASCH CANDIDACY FOR [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Wen Powles, Deputy Director, United Nations and Commonwealth Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) Powles indicated that the GoNZ would support Mr. Repasch's candidacy for the UN Joint Staff Pension Committee. Swindells [...] |
2004-11-10 03:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC NZ UNGA |
| 04WELLINGTON949 | NEW ZEALAND LABOUR PARTY CAUTIOUSLY CONFIDENT ON [...] (C) Summary: 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 and economic links, especially FTAs or arrangeme [...] |
2004-11-15 04:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MNUC NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON950 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS: NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) 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 for Africa. 2. (C) Meyer said that New Zealand woul [...] |
2004-11-15 17:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM NZ UNGA |
| 04WELLINGTON951 | NEW ZEALAND ASSESSES VIABILITY OF NEW AIRCRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: National Science Foundation (NSF), Raytheon, and Embassy representatives attended a logistics planning briefing hosted by the NZ Defence Force (NZDF) October 14 to assess the viability of allowing Royal NZ Air Force P-3K Orion and Boeing 757 aircraft to use the landing areas at [...] |
2004-11-16 00:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS AY NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON957 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BAUCUS, [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the delegation led by Senator Max Baucus to visit Auckland, New Zealand from December 1-3, 2004. Members of the CODEL include: Senator Max Baucus, Mr. Bill Dauster, Mr. John Gilliland, Ms. Shara Aranoff, Mr. Tim Punke, and Mr. Jim [...] |
2004-11-17 21:39:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ CODEL |
| 04WELLINGTON960 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JOHN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NSF Official Dr. John Brighton, Assistant Director in the Directorate for Engineering, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 26 - December 5, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in observations of the U.S. An [...] |
2004-11-18 03:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY CH NZ NSF |
| 04WELLINGTON961 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID W. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Official David W. Mittlefehldt, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 27, 2004 - February 5, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to transit to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to participate in collection, curation, and al [...] |
2004-11-18 03:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON964 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Post provided reftel points to Emma Kerslake, Environment Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) MFAT noted that they would respond following consultations with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF.) AgAttache spoke separately with MAF Biosecurity [...] |
2004-11-18 23:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV AORC EAGR ETRD PREL NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON969 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to American Samoa Representative Eni Faleomavaega to visit Wellington, New Zealand from November 23-26, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak and attend the Pacific Research and Evaluation Conference and the Social Policy, Rese [...] |
2004-11-21 17:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON973 | NEW ZEALAND: AMBASSADOR SWINDELLS TELLS IT LIKE IT [...] (U) On November 17, Prime Minister Helen Clark delivered an address at the American Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. She described the importance to New Zealand of its economic relationship with the United States: The U.S. is New Zealand's second-largest trading partner, with two-way tra [...] |
2004-11-22 03:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON980 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STANLEY LOVE, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Astronaut Stanley Love, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 27, 2004 - January 29, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to transit to Lapaz, Antarctica, to participate in collection, curation, and allocation of Antarct [...] |
2004-11-23 03:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON983 | R/V KILO MOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE, FILE NO. [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-24 02:59:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON987 | NOAA KA'IMIMOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-25 21:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON988 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMSON AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to E. Keith Thomson, Assistant Commissioner, and Douglas J. Palmeri, Program Analyst, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to travel to New Zealand from November 28 - December 5, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Customs Attac [...] |
2004-11-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON997 | NEW ZEALAND SPY "SCANDAL" - SECURITY INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) Summary: 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 of the newly formed Maori Party [...] |
2004-11-30 23:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON10 | INDUSTRY MAY FOOT BILL FOR COST OF BOOSTING NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Oil companies are facing the prospect of shouldering the costly burden of bringing New Zealand's oil stocks up to an international standard. With the country's reserves well below the 90-day supply recommended by the International Energy Agency (IEA), New Zealand's Cabinet has [...] |
2005-01-07 04:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON NZ ENGR |
| 05WELLINGTON1000 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the Congressional delegation led by Representative Sherwood Boehlert to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 4 - 12, 2006. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members as listed in reftel: Rep. Sherwood Boehlert and Spouse, Rep [...] |
2005-12-28 23:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON1002 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID HUNTER, [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. David Hunter, Staff Member, S-HSGAC, as part of the Congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 4 - 11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to inspect ongoing oceanographic and [...] |
2005-12-29 22:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON1009 | NEW ZEALAND AND CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Faced with unfavorable greenhouse gas emission projections and criticisms over its current climate change policies, the Labour Government is poised to alter its course. In the future, it will de-emphasize price-based measures and place greater emphasis on purchasing Kyoto compliant cred [...] |
2005-12-30 03:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON102 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEVIN HENNESSY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-03 18:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON115 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LARRY FRICKS, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Larry Fricks, Director, ADCA, CMHS, SAMHSA, DHHS to travel to Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand from February 25 to March 9, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to present at the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership Ex [...] |
2005-02-08 02:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TBIO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON118 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HODGEN, MURPHY, STEWART, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the U.S. Government Delegation of Donald Hodgen, DOC; James Murphy, USTR; Susan Stewart, Treasury; Gail Davis, Treasury, and Robert Tobiassen, Treasury, to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from February 27 - March 8, 2005. [...] |
2005-02-10 17:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA BEXP ETRD NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON119 | NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA DELAY STARTUP OF JOINT [...] (SBU) Summary: New Zealand and Australia have agreed to delay the startup of a joint agency to regulate therapeutic products in both countries, after encountering difficulty in lining up political backing for legislation necessary to set up the agency. In New Zealand's case, that difficulty pa [...] |
2005-02-10 23:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON125 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON MERCURY ISSUE AT UNEP [...] Poloff provided reftel demarche points to Lesley Woudberg, Environment Division, NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) Woudberg stated that the GONZ would support the partnership concept advocated in the US draft resolution. She noted that the GONZ advocates a bilateral or national [...] |
2005-02-14 01:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AORC ETRD PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON126 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - DOROTHY ROGERS TO APIA [...] Embassy requests country clearance for Political Officer Dorothy Rogers to travel to Apia, Samoa from February 26 - March 14, 2005. The purpose of Ms. Rogers' visit is to act as principal officer during the absence of Charge Tim Harley. 2. Ms. Rogers will arrive at Faleolo Airport in Api [...] |
2005-02-14 01:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON128 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S MAURA [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary Maura Harty and Special Assistant Debra Heien to travel to Queenstown and Wellington, New Zealand from February 23-27, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Five-Nation Consular Colloque in Queenstown Febru [...] |
2005-02-14 17:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA CMGT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON129 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RONALD J. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ronald J. Nagel, DDS Director, AK Dental Support Center, to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand from February 16 to on or about March 31, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to evaluate the progress of the current students, develop the communi [...] |
2005-02-14 20:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TBIO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON130 | NEW ZEALAND UPDATE ON E-PASSPORT AND VWP QUESTIONS [...] (U) Post passed information contained reftel to David Philp, Manager, Passports, New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (DIA.) Philp reported that while he is the Project Sponsor, the e-Passport Project Manager is Brian Greenough, DIA. He added that the project steering committee is in pl [...] |
2005-02-15 02:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON133 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELLSWORTH AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Inspectors Gene H. Ellsworth and David A. Johnson, to travel to New Zealand from March 11-30, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to inspect U.S. certified repair stations. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance [...] |
2005-02-13 16:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EAIR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON134 | HISTORICAL LABOUR-MAORI CHURCH ALLIANCE THREATENED [...] (SBU) Summary: 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 organization, the Ratana Church. Some Ratana [...] |
2005-02-15 22:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON135 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO THE COOK ISLANDS FOR IRS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to IRS Officials Jay Van Kirk, Reginald Brown, Monte J. Myers, and Tonya Martin to travel to The Cook Islands, February 24 - March 12, 2005. The purpose of travel is to provide a 2-week Financial Investigative Techniques (FIT) class to Cook Island Law Enforcem [...] |
2005-02-15 23:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS |
| 05WELLINGTON154 | YEAR 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW -- NEW ZEALAND [...] (SBU) Although both the pharmaceutical and music-recording industries urge that New Zealand be placed on the Special 301 List, the Embassy recommends that New Zealand not be listed. The country's overall record is well above that of countries typically on the 301 list. As in past years, the Em [...] |
2005-02-22 05:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON155 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MS. BERT [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Bert Williams, Manila TSA Attache, to travel to Queenstown, New Zealand from March 1 - 5, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 5th APEC- EGAS (Expert Group for Aviation Security) Meeting. 2. (U) Embassy unders [...] |
2005-02-22 18:03:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON156 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SYBIL GOLDMAN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sybil Goldman, Senior Advisor, OA, SAMHSA, DHHS to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from February 26 - March 4, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with the Director of International Initiative for Mental Health Lead [...] |
2005-02-22 18:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TBIO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON157 | REQUEST FROM AMBASSADOR SWINDELLS FOR INTERAGENCY [...] (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 conduct a quick review of our policies here, [...] |
2005-02-22 20:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON160 | NEW ZEALAND AIMS TO STRENGTHEN ITS TERRORIST [...] (U) Summary: 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 the expiration date for New Zealand's designations [...] |
2005-02-23 04:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON161 | SECTION 1377 TELECOM REVIEW -- NEW ZEALAND [...] (U) Is there a ratio between rates charged for termination of fixed networks and rates charged for termination on mobile networks that reflects the disparate costs of the different networks? The New Zealand government is unable to provide such a ratio. While fixed network termination rates [...] |
2005-02-23 04:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON ETRD PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON163 | NEW ZEALAND CLEARANCE FOR R/V KAIMIKAI-O-KANALOA [...] Embassy is in receipt of a letter from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) with copies of clearances for the research vessel Kaimikai-o-Kanaloa from the NZ Ministry of Fisheries, NZ Ministry of Research, Science, and Technology, Land Information New Zealand, NZ Minist [...] |
2005-02-23 17:54:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON168 | NEW ZEALAND VIEWS ON THE FUTURE OF UNMISET [...] According to an official at New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), New Zealand agrees that the time has come to wrap up peacekeeping operations in East Timor. New Zealand believes UNMISET should be replaced by a scaled-down, time-bound political mission under UN auspices, [...] |
2005-02-24 02:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL TL NZ UNSC |
| 05WELLINGTON171 | NEW ZEALAND OPPOSITION LEADER POSITIONS HIMSELF [...] Summary. 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 "anti-women" and "anti-Maori," Brash regards the Labour G [...] |
2005-02-25 02:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MNUC NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON183 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HARRIS AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to TSA employees Francis E. Harris and Lisa A. Williams to SIPDIS travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from March 28 - April 2, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct inspections of the air carriers subject to U.S. regulations. [...] |
2005-03-03 23:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EAIR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON193 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID G. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Bureau of Census staff member David G. Waddington to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 13 - April 19, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Association for Official Statistics satellite meeting [...] |
2005-03-08 02:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SOCI NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON197 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARVIN RAINES [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Census Bureau staff members Marvin Raines and Brian Monaghan to travel to New Zealand from April 21-22, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with the Director of Maori Population Statistics at Statistics, New Zealand. 2. (U [...] |
2005-03-09 02:36:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SOCI AS NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON199 | FISCAL RESTRAINT ON ILO PROPOSED BUDGET [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-09 17:46:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB NZ ILO |
| 05WELLINGTON20 | SENTENCING IN NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST PASSPORT FRAUD [...] (U) Following their conviction for conspiring to commit forgery in October (reftel), refugees to New Zealand Iraqi Fahad Jaber AJEIL and his brother-in-law, Kuwaiti Riyad Hamied SULTAN, were sentenced December 20 in the Auckland District Court. Ajeil, who had been found guilty on 14 forgery-r [...] |
2005-01-11 01:56:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PINS TSPL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON213 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOSEPH E. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to IRS Official Joseph E. Slavinskas to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 8 - 18, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to discuss cases with New Zealand tax officials. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is the on [...] |
2005-03-15 02:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS |
| 05WELLINGTON221 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 3/2005 [...] (SBU) Following are responses to the Trafficking in Persons report for New Zealand, keyed to reftel: Begin responses: 18. Overview: New Zealand fully complies with international standards to eliminate trafficking. New Zealand problems with internationally trafficked persons are qui [...] |
2005-03-16 02:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON222 | NEW ZEALAND ON CHR AND THE CHR RESOLUTION ON CUBA [...] (C) 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 Rights Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs a [...] |
2005-03-16 04:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU PREL NZ CHR UNHRC |
| 05WELLINGTON223 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LUPTON AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Scientists John E. Lupton and Robert W. Embley to travel to Tauranga, New Zealand from April 23-May 11, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the ocean exploration seagoing expedition research cruise aboard the resea [...] |
2005-03-16 21:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV AS NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON224 | NIUE COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EDWARD H. YOUNG, JR. [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA National Weather Service officials Edward H. Young, Jr. and James C. Weyman to travel to Niue, April 11-18, 2005. The purpose of travel is to attend the Pacific Islands Global Climate Observing System meeting and the Regional Meteorological Services [...] |
2005-03-17 01:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA WS NE NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON225 | NEW ZEALAND: RESPONSE ON CHILD MARRIAGE FOR NZ, [...] The following are responses to the request for information on child marriage in New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau, keyed to the questions in paragraph 7 of reftel. A. The legal age of marriage in New Zealand is 16. Children (both male and female) can marry at age 16 if they ha [...] |
2005-03-17 02:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON226 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HOWARD [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Associate Director for Global Health, NCCDPHP, CDC, DHHS Howard Goldberg to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 11 - 17, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present a paper on "Measurement Issues Associated with the [...] |
2005-03-17 02:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON227 | NOAA KA'IMIMOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-17 17:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON233 | NPT: AMBASSADOR SANDERS DISCUSSES REVCON 2005 WITH [...] (C) Summary: 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 must focus on the greatest threats to global secur [...] |
2005-03-21 02:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ NPT |
| 05WELLINGTON237 | NEW ZEALAND LABOUR PARTY STAKES ITS CLAIM FOR 2005 [...] (C) Summary. 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, with almost all sitting MPs receiving high [...] |
2005-03-22 00:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON240 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO NIUE AND NEW ZEALAND FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Scientist Howard J. Diamond to travel to Auckland, New Zealand April 7-8, 2005 and to Niue April 8-19, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with officials from the New Zealand National Institute for Water and Atmosphere while i [...] |
2005-03-22 18:44:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA TSPA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON241 | NIUE COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AKAPO K. AKAPO, APRIL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA National Weather Service official Akapo K. Akapo to travel to Niue, April 11-18, 2005. The purpose of travel is to attend the Pacific Islands Global Climate Observing System Meeting and the Regional Meteorological Services Directors Meeting. 2. E [...] |
2005-03-22 18:44:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA WS NE NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON243 | NEW ZEALAND: INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND [...] In response to reftel, following are details and a few observations on how post handles maritime security issues in New Zealand. 2. Post and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attach, based in Singapore, work closely to coordinate our approaches to the New Zealand government [...] |
2005-03-23 04:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ASEC ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER NZ ADM |
| 05WELLINGTON244 | NEW ZEALAND: TERRORISM FINANCE - 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-23 04:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | KTFN CVIS KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON248 | NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT CHOOSES OIL-STOCKPILE OPTION [...] (SBU) The New Zealand government announced March 23 that it would hold a tender for additional oil storage in an effort to meet an international standard to maintain 90 days of reserves. The decision pleased oil companies, which had feared that the government would significantly raise their c [...] |
2005-03-24 03:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON NZ ENGR |
| 05WELLINGTON259 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TIMOTHY D. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to IRS Supervisory Competent Authority Analyst Timothy D. Dehan to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 8 - 13, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to discuss advance pricing arrangement tax cases with New Zealand tax officials. [...] |
2005-03-30 00:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS |
| 05WELLINGTON261 | RESPONSE TO CONGRESSIONAL REQUEST FOR STATE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-30 01:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON KPAO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON263 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAWRENCE COX, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lawrence Cox, Ph.D., Associate Director, Office of Research and Methodology, NCHS, CDC, DHHS to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 13-17, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to present a paper on Data Confidentiality at the ISI [...] |
2005-03-30 19:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AS NZ CDC |
| 05WELLINGTON270 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANTHONY WHITE, [...] (S) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) representatives Lt. Col. Anthony J. White, Sandrea Hwang, and Lori Lewis to travel to Wellington, New Zealand April 9-12, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand counterparts at [...] |
2005-03-31 04:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | OTRA PINR PTER NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON271 | HIGHLIGHTING JAPAN-U.S. ALLIANCE, JAPANESE SCHOLAR [...] (C) 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 was a contrast with New Zealand, whose vociferously state [...] |
2005-03-31 23:15:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA NZ PMIL |
| 05WELLINGTON274 | THE TWO WORLDS OF MIDDLE EARTH: NEW ZEALAND'S [...] (S/NF ) Summary: Foreign and defense policies in New Zealand are the product of an internal debate between two worlds. The first world -- most military, intelligence, foreign affairs and business professionals, and a handful of politicians -- values its relationship with the United States a [...] |
2005-04-01 04:09:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON275 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEW [...] (C) Summary: 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. The officials will be unable to make a deci [...] |
2005-04-01 05:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA |
| 05WELLINGTON279 | NIUE COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EDWARD CORMIER, APRIL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA National Weather Service official Edward Cormier to travel to Niue, April 8-18, 2005. The purpose of travel is to attend the Regional Meteorological Services Directors Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance r [...] |
2005-04-04 02:42:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA NE NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON28 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HARRIS AND WILLIAMS, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Transportation Security Administration Officials Francis E. Harris and Lisa A. Williams, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands from January 29 - February 5, 2005, and Auckland, New Zealand from February 5 - 12, 2005. The purpose of this [...] |
2005-01-12 18:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EAIR CW NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON280 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MERIDA, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Highway Administration Representatives Dennis Merida, Donald Tuggle, Robert Ritter, and David Geiger to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 9 - 12, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Transportation A [...] |
2005-04-04 02:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON284 | NEW ZEALAND ELECTION DATE 2005: NOT NOW, I'M [...] (U) Summary: 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 to throw off the opposition's abili [...] |
2005-04-06 04:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON292 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHELE ADLER, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Social Security Administration Official Michele Adler to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 11-17, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to present a paper at the International Association for Official Statistics Conference. 2. [...] |
2005-04-07 22:01:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA CFED NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON293 | NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS THE EXISTING DRAFT SHIP [...] (C) Summary: 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. New Zealand strongly supports the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), and feels the proof of the exercise's effectiveness [...] |
2005-04-08 02:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PGOV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON294 | NEW ZEALAND GEARING UP FOR AUSTRALIA GROUP PLENARY [...] (C) Summary: 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 any papers or introduce any new initiatives [...] |
2005-04-08 03:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL NZ CBE |
| 05WELLINGTON299 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELLSWORTH AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Inspectors Gene H. Ellsworth and David A. Johnson, to travel to New Zealand from May 2-19, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to inspect U.S. certified foreign repair stations in New Zealand. 2. (U) Embassy understands th [...] |
2005-04-08 15:35:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EAIR ASEC NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON301 | NPT REVCON: EMBASSY FOLLOW-UP WITH NZ OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: 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 of the NPT are equally important and should [...] |
2005-04-12 04:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ NPT |
| 05WELLINGTON308 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHRISTIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to State Department INR official Christian Westermann to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 23-29. The purpose of this visit is to participate in technical meetings with New Zealand External Assessments Bureau. Embassy understands [...] |
2005-04-14 00:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON309 | NEW ZEALAND AND THE UN: NEW PERMREP BANKS LOOKS [...] (C) Summary: 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 a permanent UNSC member, and also backs [...] |
2005-04-14 01:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ UN |
| 05WELLINGTON310 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) 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 in June and will lead the New Zealand delegation t [...] |
2005-04-14 02:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PGOV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON318 | COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: NEW ZEALAND ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-19 00:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON325 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EDWARD T. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Edward T. Baker to travel to Tauranga and Auckland, New Zealand from April 25 to May 13, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the vents/ocean exploration cruise aboard the research vessel Kaimikai-o- Kanaloa [...] |
2005-04-21 02:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON327 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS YEAGER, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Official Thomas Yeager to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from April 29 - May 12, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Surface Friction Roads and Runways Conference. 2. (U) Embassy understands that [...] |
2005-04-21 03:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON328 | NEW ZEALAND ON WHO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH [...] Post delivered reftel points April 21 to New Zealand's Ministry of Health. On April 22, Andrew Forsyth, team leader of the Ministry's Public Health Legislation Review, reported that he was still working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to formulate New Zealand's positions for th [...] |
2005-04-21 22:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PREL PTER NZ WHO |
| 05WELLINGTON329 | INDONESIAN AND MALAYSIAN LEADERS IN NEW ZEALAND: [...] (U) Summary. The April 6-7 visit to New Zealand by Indonesian Prime Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and the March 30-April 1 visit by Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi (Abdullah) were largely symbolic, but provided the GoNZ an opportunity to highlight its efforts to streng [...] |
2005-04-22 03:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON332 | COOK ISLANDS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VAN KIRK, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to IRS Officials Jay Van Kirk, Reginald Brown, Monte Myers, and Tonya Martin, to travel to the Cook Islands from May 19 - June 4, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to provide a two-week Financial Investigative Techniques (FIT) class to Coo [...] |
2005-04-22 04:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON ASEC HK CW NZ IRS |
| 05WELLINGTON333 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VAN KIRK, MAY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hong Kong IRS Attache Jay Van Kirk to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from May 17 - 20, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to make a presentation on terrorist financing at the New Zealand Police Financial Crime and Money Laundering sem [...] |
2005-04-26 01:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS |
| 05WELLINGTON334 | NEW ZEALAND: PROPOSAL FOR 2005 IPR TRAINING [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-26 03:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON EFIN ETRD PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON340 | NEW ZEALAND: FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-28 00:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID AF NZ UNSC |
| 05WELLINGTON342 | IN SEVERAL WAYS, LABOUR GOVERNMENT BETRAYS REFORMS [...] (SBU) Begin summary: Never entirely content with the market-opening reforms that New Zealand's Labour government spearheaded in the mid-1980s, the leaders of today's Labour government have rolled back several of those reforms. Over the last four years, the government has intervened in the ene [...] |
2005-04-29 03:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON343 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PALMERI, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officials Douglas Palmeri, Adam Wysocki, James Jeffers, Christopher Johnston, Cynthia Stewart, and Carl Jaigobind to travel to New Zealand from May 6 - 13, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet wit [...] |
2005-04-28 01:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON344 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BONNIE HAMES, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy Senior Chemist Bonnie Hames to travel to Rotorua and Auckland, New Zealand from May 11 - 21, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 13th International Symposium on Wood, Fibre and Pulping Chemistry [...] |
2005-04-29 03:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG TRGY NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON356 | NOAA KA'IMIMOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-04 04:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON363 | IS NEW ZEALAND AWASH IN BAATHISTS? [...] (C) Summary: An opposition politician threatened early this week to reveal the identity of a member of Saddam's regime who is reportedly seeking residence in New Zealand. The Government responded by revoking the visitor's permit... of the wrong Iraqi. The Government's action was taken again [...] |
2005-05-05 03:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER SMIG NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON372 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA EMPLOYEE [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Program Director Paul A. Krois to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from May 22-27, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to witness the New Zealand field trial associated with the International Civil Aviation Organization normal oper [...] |
2005-05-03 16:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC EAIR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON375 | NEW ZEALAND: REVISED OFFER FOR WTO SERVICES [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche May 4 to the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On May 9, Brian Wilson, senior negotiator for services and deputy director in MFAT's Trade Negotiations Division, reported to us that a proposed revised offer for the WTO services negot [...] |
2005-05-10 04:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD NZ WTO |
| 05WELLINGTON384 | SUBMISSION OF EMPLOYEE EVALUATION REPORTS - NEW [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-13 04:12:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | APER NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON385 | NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES [...] (U) This message contains an action suggestion, at para 5. 2. (U) 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 multilateral disarmament-related issues. 3. (U) [...] |
2005-05-13 04:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN NZ APECO |
| 05WELLINGTON386 | CHANGE IN EMBASSY WELLINGTON ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-16 23:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EFIS TBIO SENV TSPA TSPL |
| 05WELLINGTON387 | NEW ZEALAND'S UNIONS FLEXING THEIR MUSCLES [...] (U) Summary: After a decade of quiet on the labor front, New Zealand's unions are again walking the picket line against a spectrum of industries. Emboldened by union- friendly legislation enacted in 2000 and 2004 and anxious to grab a bigger slice of the country's recent prosperity, organized [...] |
2005-05-17 03:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PHUM NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON393 | ICJ ELECTIONS DEMARCHE: NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Post provided reftel dipnote and background information on Judge Buergenthal's International Court of Justice (ICJ) nomination to the UN & Commonwealth Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On May 18, an officer in the Division told Pol-Econ Counselor that MFAT [...] |
2005-05-18 04:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NZ UNGA UNSC |
| 05WELLINGTON396 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GREGORY BOUSIE [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Safety Inspectors Gregory Bousie and Morris Pittman to travel to Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand from June 20-27, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand aviation authorities for BASA MIP process. 2. (U) [...] |
2005-05-16 17:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EAIR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON397 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON NEGOTIATIONS AT UNESCO [...] Poloff provided reftel demarche points to James Hartley, Legal Advisor, NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), who, along with Jane Kominik from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, will attend the negotiations in Paris on the UNESCO convention on cultural diversity. In Hartley's [...] |
2005-05-19 03:31:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD SCUL NZ UNESCO |
| 05WELLINGTON400 | MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR SWINDELLS: NZ FOREIGN [...] (C/NOFORN) New Zealand's Foreign Minister Phil Goff will have three main objectives for his State Department, NSC, Congressional, and other meetings next week: to assure Washington officials that New Zealand values its relations with the United States, to reinforce New Zealand's interest in c [...] |
2005-05-20 02:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ PMIL |
| 05WELLINGTON401 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR URI TEN BRINK, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Research Geophysicist Uri Ten Brink to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from June 17 - July 2, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate in workshops on the results of a state-of-the-art study of the alpine fault and plan [...] |
2005-05-20 04:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV ECON NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON404 | NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR MIGRANT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-23 02:56:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON409 | MINISTER SUTTON'S INVITATION TO USDA SECRETARY [...] (SBU/NF) Aides to New Zealand Agriculture Minister Sutton have reiterated to us their hope that Secretary Johanns will visit New Zealand, noting that a potential August/September visit, timed to a Quint Ministerial in Australia, would be viewed as "supportive." Minister Sutton would welcome t [...] |
2005-05-24 01:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TBIO EAGR ECON NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON411 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO THE COOK ISLANDS FOR IRS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lane Timm, Director of IRS-CID National Criminal Investigation Training Academy, to travel to the Cook Islands, May 30 - June 4, 2005. The purpose of travel is to attend the Financial Investigative Techniques (FIT) class and participate in the graduation c [...] |
2005-05-24 02:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS |
| 05WELLINGTON418 | WTO: NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT PLAYS DOWN CRISIS OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although New Zealand's WTO Ambassador Tim Groser has resigned to run as an opposition party candidate in general elections later this year, the Government will finance his stay in Geneva as WTO Agriculture Committee Chair until the summer break. This will allow Groser to partic [...] |
2005-05-27 05:09:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD PGOV PREL NZ USTR |
| 05WELLINGTON42 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NANCY GORDON, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nancy Gordon, Bucen Staff Member, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 13 - 18, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the IAOS Satellite Meeting. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assista [...] |
2005-01-13 23:54:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AS NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON420 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Stafford to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from June 8-10, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to consult with New Zealand government officials on international participation in the Elimination of Weapons Grade Plutonium Produc [...] |
2005-05-31 05:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG KNNP PARM NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON427 | NEW ZEALAND POLICIES AND ACTIONS TAKEN WITH REGARD [...] (C) 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. According to Mike Shaw, Policy Officer, Americas [...] |
2005-06-01 02:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL NZ CU |
| 05WELLINGTON428 | INVITATION TO THE US-EU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE [...] On May 27, Ambassador Swindells presented reftel background information about the U.S.-EU Iraq conference to Simon Murdoch, Chief Executive at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minister Goff is on official travel in North America.) The Ambassador made the presentation together with Dutch Amba [...] |
2005-06-01 02:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL |
| 05WELLINGTON435 | LUIS POSADA CARRILES - MESSAGE PASSED TO NEW [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-02 02:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT KJUS PHUM PREL PTER CU US VE NZ EUN |
| 05WELLINGTON441 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-03 05:09:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD NZ UNESCO |
| 05WELLINGTON445 | R/V ROGER REVELLE, FILE NO. 2004-097 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-07 04:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON448 | UN DEMOCRACY FUND: NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE [...] Poloff on June 2 delivered ref B demarche points, proposed letter and UN terms of reference to Valerie Meyer, Deputy Director of New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division. Meyer responded on June 3, noting three key areas of co [...] |
2005-06-08 03:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON45 | NEW ZEALAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-14 04:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV NZ OPIC USTR |
| 05WELLINGTON450 | NEW ZEALAND: RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ [...] Post on March 15 delivered reftel demarche to the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID). Jane Coster of NZAID on June 9 reported that the New Zealand government has allocated NZ $2 million (US $1.4 million, NZD 1.00 = USD .7145) for Iraqi reconstruction for the fiscal year [...] |
2005-06-09 05:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON452 | WITH NEW ZEALAND PM, AMBASSADOR RAISES POSSIBILITY [...] (C) Begin summary: 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 our governments on issues that hinder our [...] |
2005-06-10 00:59:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON454 | NEW ZEALAND: US-EU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IRAQ [...] (U) Post on June 8 delivered ref B demarche. Post learned June 9 that the New Zealand government has decided to allocate NZ $2 million (US $1.4 million) for Iraqi reconstruction for the fiscal year 2005-6 (ref A). The government has not yet decided which programs will be funded by that alloc [...] |
2005-06-10 03:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ NZ EUN |
| 05WELLINGTON461 | NEW ZEALAND MOVES CLOSER TO CUTTING MOBILE [...] Summary: New Zealand's two mobile-phone service providers are a step closer to being ordered to lower the fees they charge to complete calls into the country on their networks -- fees that are among the highest of OECD nations. The Commerce Commission on June 9 issued its final report on its [...] |
2005-06-12 18:59:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON ETRD NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON47 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HENNESSY AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kevin Hennessy and H. Stephen Leff, DHHS/SAMHSA, to travel to Auckland, Rotorua, and Wellington, New Zealand from February 25 - March 5, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to provide 2-day workshops in each location on the promotion of e [...] |
2005-01-18 01:15:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TBIO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON472 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR MDA: CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 03:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ NZ ICRC |
| 05WELLINGTON473 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 04:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO NZ UNESCO KSCI |
| 05WELLINGTON475 | NZ FOREIGN MINISTER PUTS POSITIVE SPIN ON TOUGHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: 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 the negative effect of New Zealand's poli [...] |
2005-06-17 05:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON480 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO THE COOK ISLANDS FOR NOAA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service Official Kevin Painter to travel to The Cook Islands, June 19 - July 2, 2005. The purpose of travel is to teach a fisheries prosecution workshop to a [...] |
2005-06-20 02:39:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS CW NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON489 | NEW ZEALAND POSITION AT CODEX COMMISSION MEETING [...] New Zealand will participate in the 28TH session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) in Rome, July 4- 9. The New Zealand delegation will be headed by Andrew Mckenzie,Executive Director of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority(NZFSA). The delegation will also include Steve Hathaway, D [...] |
2005-06-22 04:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TBIO EAGR ECON NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON491 | NEW ZEALAND - RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LICENSING [...] (SBU) Wellington Charge spoke about reftel questions to Kester Gordon, Senior Advisor, Telecommunications and Postal Policy Group for the New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development. We received the following responses on June 22, 2005: 2. (U) With regards to the first question on fee as [...] |
2005-06-23 00:42:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD EU NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON496 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON UN REFORM [...] (SBU) 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 (MFAT). Powles and Meyer said that the GoNZ's positi [...] |
2005-06-27 04:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KUNR AORC NZ UNSC UNCHR |
| 05WELLINGTON5 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL KOLBE (JAN [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Codel Kolbe, to travel to New Zealand from January 7 - 15, 2005. 2. (SBU) Embassy Control Officer is Political-Economic Counselor Katherine Hadda. Contact details are as follows: Office: 644-462-6063 Fax: 644-472-3537 [...] |
2005-01-05 04:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON502 | NEW ZEALAND CONTRIBUTES TO POLIO ERADICATION [...] Post delivered ref B demarche points to to Vicki Poole, Global Group Program Manager at the NZ Agency for International Development (NZAID); Dr. Mark Jacobs, Director of Public Health in the Ministry of Health; and the Americas Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. [...] |
2005-06-29 02:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO NZ WHO |
| 05WELLINGTON504 | NEW ZEALAND TIGHTENS TERRORISM FINANCE LAW [...] New Zealand's Parliament has passed legislation strengthening the country's terrorism finance law. The legislation extends until 2007 the country's UN Security Council-related designations of terrorist organizations. It also makes illegal the intentional financing of non- designated organiza [...] |
2005-06-29 03:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON513 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONDS TO SECRETARY'S MESSAGE ON [...] (SBU) Embassy passed reftel message and talking points to New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Disarmament Division on April 26, 2005. Dell Higgie, Director of MFAT's Security Policy Division and Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism responded in a letter that the embassy recei [...] |
2005-07-05 03:36:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP GG KPAO OIIP NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON527 | WMD PROLIFERATORS' E.O. [...] (C) 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 to review the E.O. closely and said that she would [...] |
2005-07-07 05:01:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC |
| 05WELLINGTON531 | EAC MEETING WELLINGTON [...] (S) 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 via RMAS. 2. (U) Embassy Wellington has put the Local G [...] |
2005-07-08 03:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | ASEC PTER CASC AMGT |
| 05WELLINGTON535 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HARRY PONTING [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Alex Yates and Harry Ponting to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from August 7 - 10, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to assist post in implementing the classified web publishing initiative known as Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD). 2. [...] |
2005-07-11 02:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AINF PINR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON538 | LAWSUIT MAY DELAY DECISION ON MOBILE TERMINATION [...] New Zealand's two mobile-phone service providers have gone to court to challenge the Commerce Commission's recommendation that the government begin regulating land-to- mobile phone charges. The court case throws into uncertainty what had been an expected decision by the Minister of Communica [...] |
2005-07-12 01:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON ETRD NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON548 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Government representatives Howard Diamond (NOAA), Bill Hohenstein (USDA), Toral Patel-Weynand (USGS), Chuck Rice (Kansas State University), Harlan Watson (OES), Robert Wright (DOE) ,and Shira Yoffe (OES/EGC) to travel to Wellington a [...] |
2005-07-14 22:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON549 | NEW ZEALAND NOMINATION FOR FSN POLITICAL [...] Embassy Wellington submits the following nomination for the FSN Staff Political Training Course to be held in Washington from September 26 - October 7, 2005. 2. Name: Craig Brian Greaves Grade: 9 Step 2. Length of Service: Start date - May 16, 2005. English language ability: level 4 (n [...] |
2005-07-14 22:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI AFSN PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON551 | NEW ZEALAND WILL NOT ATTEND DEAD SEA DONORS' [...] (SBU) 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 14, Nuttall informed Pol-Econ Couns that unfortunately [...] |
2005-07-15 01:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON552 | NEW ZEALAND ON U.S.-SINGAPORE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK [...] (C) On July 11, 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 officials expressed gratitude at be [...] |
2005-07-15 03:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON553 | COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) 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 Couns noted the importance of the Convention, and expres [...] |
2005-07-15 04:15:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER NZ UNGA |
| 05WELLINGTON555 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KYLE OLSEN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Official Kyle L. Olsen to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from July 19-23, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend flight safety foundation aviation safety workshop. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is t [...] |
2005-07-12 10:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC EAIR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON560 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHEN J. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Nuclear Security Administration Official Stephen J. Bauer to travel to Auckland and Taupo, New Zealand from August 14-24, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to discuss his research and potential applications to the New Zealand [...] |
2005-07-20 03:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON566 | THE SLEAZE HITS THE FAN: AN INCREASINGLY WORRIED [...] (C) Summary: 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 Wellington is in general keeping a low [...] |
2005-07-22 06:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON569 | WITH LOSS OF CHINESE STUDENTS, NEW ZEALAND'S [...] (U) Summary: 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, the New Zealand government is refocusing [...] |
2005-07-25 05:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL NZ CH |
| 05WELLINGTON572 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DORN CARLSON, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce NOAA Official Dorn Carlson to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from August 13 - September 8, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the 4th Biennial Conference on Marine Bioinvasions at Vi [...] |
2005-07-26 21:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY SENV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON577 | NEW ZEALAND AIMING TO STEM SALE OF PRESCRIPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: With selected medicines much cheaper in New Zealand than in the United States, efforts are under way to impede the ability of Americans to purchase prescription drugs from New Zealand. The New Zealand Ministry of Health is tightening the law to prevent doctors from prescribing m [...] |
2005-07-29 01:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON58 | MP TAMIHERE CLEARED IN FIRST OF TWO [...] (U) Summary. 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 of unions and business leaders in f [...] |
2005-01-24 17:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON585 | NEW ZEALAND ON U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (C) 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 about the initiative from the New Zealand Embassy [...] |
2005-08-02 05:15:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG ETTC PARM PREL |
| 05WELLINGTON590 | UNSC REFORM: NEW ZEALAND WILL ABSTAIN FROM G-4 VOTE [...] (C) This message contains an action request, at paras 2 and 8. 2. (C) Summary: 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 resol [...] |
2005-08-03 02:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL PGOV UNGA |
| 05WELLINGTON594 | LABOUR AGAIN WAVES ANTI-AMERICAN CARD IN ITS [...] (C) Summary: 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 the country's nuclear ban. No doubt in respo [...] |
2005-08-03 05:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON596 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARGOT BEAN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Health and Human Services Officials Margot Bean and Daryl Wusk to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from August 7-13, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Child Support Enforcement Heads of Agencies [...] |
2005-08-03 21:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA CASC KOCI NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON597 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL HOFF, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Michael Hoff to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from August 20-September 3, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a meeting for the Ballast Water Program. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearan [...] |
2005-08-03 21:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY SENV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON601 | NEW ZEALAND PARTICIPATION IN EXERCISE CYBER [...] Pol-Econ Counselor delivered reftel invitation to participate in the U.S. National Cyber Exercise CYBER STORM to New Zealand official Chris Roberts at the Center for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP) in Wellington. Invitation was sent on April 11, 2005. 2. The following response [...] |
2005-08-04 22:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KCIP NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON603 | NEW ZEALAND EXPECTS TO MISS KYOTO PROTOCOL TARGET [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoNZ has revised its assessment of the Kyoto Protocol's impact on New Zealand, saying that it now expects to exceed its emissions allocation target and will have to buy carbon credits from other parties to the treaty. Previously, the government had claimed that participation [...] |
2005-08-05 02:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON613 | USDA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. SECRETARY OF [...] Embassy grants country clearance for U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Michael O. Johanns; Press Secretary Edgar Loyd; Under Secretary J.B. Penn; Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator A. Ellen Terpstra; FFAS Special Assistant Jennifer Ehn, OIG Special Agent James Holst; and OIG Special Agent [...] |
2005-08-12 01:42:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON616 | NEW ZEALAND WATCHDOG TOLD TO RECONSIDER CURBS ON [...] (U) New Zealand's communications minister wants a review of a Commerce Commission recommendation that would reduce the high fees that mobile phone companies charge to terminate calls on their networks. 2. (U) Communications Minister Cunliffe on August 9 asked that the commission reconsider [...] |
2005-08-12 05:54:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON ETRD NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON618 | NEW ZEALAND POSITION AT CODEX AD HOC TASK FORCE [...] Summary: New Zealand will participate in the fifth Session of the Codex Ad-Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology (Task Force) in Chiba, Japan September 19-23, 2005. New Zealand will be generally supportive of U.S. positions. New Zealand agrees with the United S [...] |
2005-08-15 03:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TBIO EAGR ECON NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON619 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UNSCR 1617 IMPLEMENTATION [...] Summary: The New Zealand government announced August 12 that a FATF evaluation confirmed the need for more regulation of the country's financial sector to safeguard against money laundering and terrorist financing. Post issued a news release welcoming that announcement, as part of our action [...] |
2005-08-15 03:42:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR KPAO OIIP NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON624 | THE DEATH OF DAVID LANGE [...] (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 policy his Government implemented. Most observ [...] |
2005-08-15 04:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON63 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Jackie W. Sanders, Special Assistant Renick H. Smith, and NP/MNA Foreign Affairs Officer Elizabeth A. Murphy, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 10-12, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealan [...] |
2005-01-26 03:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ABUD AMGT ASEC OVIP NZ NPT |
| 05WELLINGTON635 | AMBASSADOR SWINDELLS' FINAL CALL ON FM GOFF [...] (C) Summary: 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 should begin quiet work with NZ counterp [...] |
2005-08-19 03:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON637 | New Zealand on U.S. APEC Radioactive Sources [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-22 01:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN APEC IAEA |
| 05WELLINGTON642 | NATIONAL SHAPING UP AS GENUINE CHALLENGER TO [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of cables about where New Zealand's political parties stand in the run-up to September 17 general elections. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Badly battered in the 2002 campaign, New Zealand's main opposition party, the National Party, has reclaimed [...] |
2005-08-23 02:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON643 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GREGORY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Gregory Bousie to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from September 19-22, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand national aviation authorities for BASA MIP Process. 2. (U) Embassy un [...] |
2005-08-23 03:31:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EAIR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON646 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS A. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Official Thomas A. Munroe to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from September 18-25, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to study Flatfishes at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa. 2. (U) Embassy u [...] |
2005-08-23 21:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS CW NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON647 | NEW ZEALAND ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-23 23:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD NZ UNESCO WTO |
| 05WELLINGTON65 | R/V KAIMIKAI-O-KANALOA CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Embassy forwarded documents received January 20, 2005 to the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) of the Government of New Zealand and requested clearance for the R/V Kaimikai-o-Kanaloa for the following cruise dates: April 7 - 23, 2005 (Embley - File No. 20 [...] |
2005-01-26 17:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON650 | NEW ZEALAND'S LABOUR PARTY: SEEKING VICTORY IN THE [...] (C) Summary: 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 September 17 election, Labour also has [...] |
2005-08-25 05:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON658 | NEW ZEALAND FIRST: A PARTY OF THE OLD STILL MAY [...] (C) Summary: As New Zealand gears up for September 17 general elections, neither Labour nor National are likely to get enough votes to win a majority outright. Of all New Zealand's small parties, only two, the New Zealand First party and the Green Party, have enough current support to win mo [...] |
2005-08-29 03:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON659 | BOLSTAD-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official, Dr. Gary Bolstad, Senior Program Auditor, USDA/FSIS/OPEER/Omaha to visit New Zealand from September 03-19, 2005 to conduct a routine inspection system equivalence audit of New Zealand's meat inspection system. 2. Embassy will assist with [...] |
2005-08-29 04:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON660 | STERN-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official, Norman Stern, Microbiologist, USDA/ARS/SAA to visit Auckland, New Zealand from September 11-16, 2005 to attend seminar at New Zealand World Poultry Science Association on campylobacter problem. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance [...] |
2005-08-29 04:01:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON661 | MAORI PARTY PROSPECTS DIMINISH IN SEPTEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Although the Maori Party has made impressive gains in membership and general support in its one year of existence, despite early projections it is unlikley to capture all seven Maori constituency seats in the September 17 election. It's probable 3-5 constituency seats would s [...] |
2005-08-29 22:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON662 | ARMSTRONG-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official, John Armstrong, Research Entomologist, USDA/ARS/PWA, Hilo, Hawaii to visit New Zealand from September 25 to October 09, 2005 to attend and present a paper at the Australasian Postharvest Horticulture Conference in Rotorua and visit scientists [...] |
2005-08-30 00:35:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON663 | MAORI PARTY PROSPECTS DIMINISH IN SEPTEMBER [...] (C) Summary: 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 seats would still make the Maori Party a [...] |
2005-08-30 04:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON664 | NZ ELECTIONS: A MINOR ROLE FOR ACT, UNITED FUTURE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent polling suggests that the September 17 general election will likely be a head-to-head contest between the two major parties, Labour and National. Such a result would diminish the role of the minor parties in the next Parliament. Since introduction in 1996, New Zealand,s m [...] |
2005-08-30 05:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON665 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: BIOLOGICAL AGENTS WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-30 05:31:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON666 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN [...] (C) Summary: 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 final decision of whether to admit the Uighe [...] |
2005-08-31 04:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON667 | VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND OF USDA SECRETARY JOHANNS [...] Summary: During his visit to New Zealand, Secretary of Agriculture Johanns emphasized the U.S. commitment to an ambitious outcome to the WTO, including the reduction of global trade distortions in agriculture. The Secretary told Prime Minister Clark, Agriculture Minister Sutton, and others th [...] |
2005-08-31 08:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TBIO EAGR ECON NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON668 | HURRICANE KATRINA: NZ CONDOLENCES, OFFERS OF [...] Roy Ferguson, Americas Desk Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), called post today to convey GNZ condolences at the loss of life and devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. He said GNZ stands ready to help in any way as needed, noting that in the past NZ firefighters [...] |
2005-09-01 00:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON670 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND [...] (U) Poloff requested reftel information from Valerie Meyer, Deputy Director, United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division (UNHC), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). 2. (SBU) Because New Zealand will hold general elections on September 17, New Zealand will not send a hig [...] |
2005-09-01 04:46:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP NZ UNGA |
| 05WELLINGTON671 | AMENDED NOMINATION REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY VISITOR [...] POST AMENDS ORIGINAL CABLE AND NOW REQUESTS AN EIGHT-DAY VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM FOR DEBORAH MCCORMICK (DIRECTOR) AND A SIX-DAY PROGRAM FOR ADRIENNE STEWART (TRUSTEE) OF THE ART AND INDUSTRY BIENNIAL TRUST. 2. POST REQUESTS FUNDING FOR ACCOMMODATIONS AND DAILY PER DIEM AND DOMESTIC TRAVEL [...] |
2005-09-01 06:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON674 | NEW ZEALAND: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ZIMBABWE VOTE [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see Paragraph 3. 2. (U) Post on August 29 delivered reftel demarche to the New Zealand Agency for International Development, which handles issues related to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 3. (C) On September 2, a representative of New Zealan [...] |
2005-09-02 04:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ZI NZ IMF |
| 05WELLINGTON675 | TFUS01: NEW ZEALAND OFFERS ASSISTANCE [...] The Government of New Zealand has made a general offer of assistance to the United States in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In addition, the government has approved specific areas of assistance, and the New Zealand Embassy has been instructed to convey those offers to USG officials on Se [...] |
2005-09-02 05:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON679 | TFUS01: NEW ZEALAND TO CONTRIBUTE CASH FOR [...] New Zealand Prime Minister Clark announced September 6 that her government would contribute NZ $2 million (US $1.4 million) through the Red Cross for hurricane relief. The contribution is in addition to the government's previously announced offers of a search and rescue team, disaster victim [...] |
2005-09-06 20:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL US NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON682 | AS NATIONAL'S SUPPORT SURGES, NZ ELECTIONS TOO [...] (C) Summary: 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, with one poll showing the spread as much as 8 percentage points in National's favor. National seems to have s [...] |
2005-09-07 05:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON683 | TFUS01: ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON NEW ZEALAND'S OFFER [...] In response to ref B, post provided in ref A the names and contact information for the New Zealand disaster assistance teams that the New Zealand government has offered for assisting in the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. 2. In further response to ref B, following are additional details on [...] |
2005-09-07 20:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL US NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON684 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-08 03:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON688 | TFUS01: MORE DETAILS ON NEW ZEALAND'S OFFER OF [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-08 19:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL US NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON69 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Official Thomas P. Guilderson, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 18 - April 1, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to visit the Rafter Radiocarbon Laboratory in Wellington, and to participate in the research cruis [...] |
2005-01-26 21:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON692 | THOUGH ON THE FRINGE, NEW ZEALAND'S GREENS MAY [...] (C) Strongly identified with environmental protectionism, New Zealand's Green Party also represents a number of other small constituencies, ranging from those who favor legalizing marijuana to those concerned with improving nutrition in school lunches. Typically favored by younger New Zealand [...] |
2005-09-09 03:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON695 | THE KIWI VOTER: TRAPPED BETWEEN BOREDOM AND [...] (C) Going in to the final week of New Zealand's general election campaign, polls are fluctuating wildly: one had National in a seven-point lead, while another had Labour leading by nine points just two days later. The latest put the major parties in a dead heat, with support for Labour at 40. [...] |
2005-09-09 04:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON696 | NZ'S "PRESIDENTIAL RACE:" FOCUS ON PM CLARK AND [...] (C) Summary: 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. End Summary. -------------------------- Prime Minister Helen Clark ------------------- [...] |
2005-09-11 19:56:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON698 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN TAKEKAWA, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Research Wildlife Biologist John Takekawa to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand from October 7-9, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate on a thesis committee for a student career employment program with the University of Ota [...] |
2005-09-12 02:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV ECON NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON7 | NEW ZEALAND SUPPORT TO TSUNAMI RELIEF VICTIMS [...] (U) NZAid has confirmed to post the break down of the NZD 10 million (about USD 7.2 million) that the New Zealand Government has committed so far to the relief effort: -- Up to NZD 5 million will be given in dollar-for-dollar matching funds for private charitable donations (FYI: The Red Cr [...] |
2005-01-06 04:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PGOV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON70 | THE NEW ZEALAND ELECTIONS 2005: NEW ZEALAND'S [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of reporting that Embassy New Zealand and ConGen Auckland will provide in the run-up to this year's Parliamentary elections. Although no date has been set, the elections must occur before September 2005. 2. (SBU) Summary: The current Labour Government i [...] |
2005-01-26 21:59:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON700 | NEW ZEALAND AVIATION AND MARITIME OFFICER [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-12 21:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON702 | NZ ELECTIONS: WHAT'S IN IT FOR US? [...] (C) Summary: No matter who wins New Zealand's general elections this Saturday, the stage is set for a comprehensive U.S.-New Zealand dialogue should Washington desire one. Well before the election, Labour officials indicated they would welcome such an exchange, and even in coalition with the [...] |
2005-09-13 00:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON704 | NEW ZEALAND CONCERNED ABOUT AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT [...] (C) Summary: 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 address the public health, economic, social, an [...] |
2005-09-13 05:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON705 | NEW ZEALAND TO JOIN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON [...] Charge shared reftel information with Simon Murdoch, CEO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Murdoch is the most senior career official at the Ministry. Murdoch agreed to review the information and forward it to appropriate ministry officials. 2. On September 12, Rosemar [...] |
2005-09-13 05:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON707 | NEW ZEALAND WILL NOT ATTEND ARF CBM SEMINAR ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-14 02:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM MARR XB NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON71 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOSEPH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DINT/Fish and Wildlife Service Official Joseph Charles Starinchak, Division Chief - Environmental Quality, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 2 - 13, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand Department [...] |
2005-01-26 22:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV KSCA TBIO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON715 | NZ ELECTIONS: EMBASSY CONFIDENTLY PREDICTS [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand's election race remains the closest in years. We believe it likely the National Party will get more votes than the Labour Government, but the real question will be whether this would be enough to ensure a National government. Mixed Member Proportional voting (MMP), [...] |
2005-09-16 05:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON716 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANTHONY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Social Security Administration Official Anthony Dinoto to travel to Wellington and Queenstown, New Zealand from September 23 - October 1, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Six Nations Benefit Fraud Conference. 2. (U) E [...] |
2005-09-18 20:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA CFED NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON717 | NOMINATION REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM [...] POST REQUESTS A SEVEN-DAY VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM TO ASSIST VICE CHANCELLOR STUART MCCUTCHEON OF AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY (PLUS A FOUR-MEMBER DELEGATION) FOR MEETINGS WITH LEADING UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY AND FUNDING AGENCIES. 2. POST REQUESTS A PROGRAM OF MEETINGS AND ADVIC [...] |
2005-09-18 23:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON718 | NEW ZEALAND OFFERS INFORMATION ON PASSENGER- [...] This is an action request; please see Paragraph 3. 2. In response to the Department of Homeland Security's intent to expand the Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS), the New Zealand government has offered to provide the U.S. government with information and a demonstration on the Aus [...] |
2005-09-19 03:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON719 | NZ ELECTIONS: TWO-WEEK WAIT TO SEE WHO'S WON THE [...] (C) As predicted, New Zealand's September 17 General Elections were the closest in years. Despite starting the evening well ahead, the opposition National Party ended up one Parliamentary Seat behind the Labour Government. But the Nats refuse to concede defeat and Labour has not declared vi [...] |
2005-09-19 05:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON721 | REQUEST FOR TOP SECRET PROCESSING AND STORAGE [...] (C) 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 and storage levels. Embassy Wellington currently [...] |
2005-09-19 19:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KSEO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON722 | HOLLINGSWORTH-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official, Robert Hollingsworth, USDA/ARS/PWA/HAWAII to visit Auckland and Rotorua, New Zealand from September 22 to October 10, 2005 to attend and present a paper at the Australasian Postharvest Horticulture Conference in Rotorua and attend a pre-confer [...] |
2005-09-19 21:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON724 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHRISTINA LIN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Supply Chain Security Specialists Christina Lin and Jay Im to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from on or about the 17th of October 2005 to on or about the 21st of October 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct Customs Trade Partn [...] |
2005-09-20 01:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON728 | NZ ELECTIONS: THE NUMBERS BEHIND THE NUMBERS [...] (SBU) New Zealand's September 17 election results remain in limbo, as 10% of absentee ballots ("special votes") remain to be counted and Labour and National vie for coalition partners. But even though most pundits pick Labour as the party most likely to form a Government, Labour has taken a h [...] |
2005-09-21 00:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON729 | EMBASSY WELLINGTON EAC MEETING SEPTEMBER 2005 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-21 03:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON731 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HOTHEM AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Physical Scientists Larry Hothem and Michael Starbuck to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 19 - December 2, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to transit to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to conduct geodesy and geospati [...] |
2005-09-21 04:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON732 | EMBASSY WELLINGTON EAC MEETING SEPTEMBER 2005 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-21 19:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON735 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WITHYCOMBE, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Personnel William Withycombe, Barry Brayer, John Clancy, Robert Rabideau, and Lloyd Golden to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from September 26-28, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to transit to Apia, Samoa, where they will arrange [...] |
2005-09-22 01:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EAIR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON736 | NEW ZEALAND UNABLE TO RESPOND TO UNESCO CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-22 05:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD NZ UNESCO |
| 05WELLINGTON738 | SUGGESTED STRATEGY FOR ALIEN (BUI) REQUEST TO GNZ [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request, at paragraph 6. 2. (C) Post believes that reftel demarche would be a very hard sell to GNZ officials. New Zealand prides itself as a strong player in supporting human rights. The Government has also been strongly criticized in the recent pa [...] |
2005-09-23 02:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PGOV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON739 | NZ FOLLOW-UP: HSPD-6 TERRORIST LOOKOUT INFORMATION [...] (S) Post 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 agree that GNZ would be a good candidate for the proposed pilot project, and would likely be receptive should we make [...] |
2005-09-23 03:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | CVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON740 | NEW ZEALAND: COMMERCIAL SOURCES OF MRES [...] Per reftel, following is information on three companies in New Zealand that supply ration packs or "retort meals." The packs are similar to MREs, but do not include a heating source. The pouched meals can be eaten cold, but normally would be heated in boiling water or opened and heated over a [...] |
2005-09-23 03:44:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT EAID ECON ETRD NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON741 | NEW ZEALAND WILL TRY TO ATTEND ARF ISG IN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-23 04:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON748 | NEW ZEALAND: CONFIRMING SUA DEMARCHE DELIVERY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-28 02:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON751 | LEWANDROWSKI-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official Jan Lewandrowski, Senior Economist, Office of Chief Economist, USDA to visit Auckland New Zealand from October 15-23, 2005 to participate in informal dialogue on the role of land use, land use exchange, and forestry in the climate change respo [...] |
2005-09-29 00:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON752 | ANDREWS, SHARKEY AND REAVES-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA officials Patricia Andrews, Brian Sharkey and Jimmy Reaves USDA/Forest Service to visit Auckland New Zealand from October 03-18, 2005 to attend Autralasian Fire Authority Conference-2005 Innovative Technology Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that cou [...] |
2005-09-29 00:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON753 | COLE-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official, Ronald Cole, National Wool Reporter, Livestock and Grain Market News, Livestock and Marketing Program, Agriculture Marketing Service/USDA to visit New Zealand from October 28 to November 4, 2005 to visit wool testing facilities, wool auctions [...] |
2005-09-29 00:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON757 | NEW ZEALAND: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (U) The following information is in response to reftel. 2. (SBU) Embassy Wellington's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is: David R. Burnett Charge d'Affaires Tel: 64-4-462-6101 e-mail: burnettDR@state.gov 2. (SBU) Post's deputy TFCO is: Joy Yamamoto Economic Officer [...] |
2005-09-29 23:31:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON758 | NEW ZEALAND ASKS ABOUT ACCESS TO TSA'S NO FLY LIST [...] (S) Summary: 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. counterparts, and New Zealand Immigration [...] |
2005-09-30 02:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | PTER ASEC CVIS PGOV PINR PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON759 | NEW ZEALAND ENDORSES JOINT STATEMENT BY [...] The New Zealand government supports the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza and would welcome being included in the Joint Statement to be issued by the partnership (ref B). 2. Post on September 26 delivered ref A talking points and Joint Statement to the New Zealand Mi [...] |
2005-09-30 03:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ECON KSCA PREL SOCI NZ WHO |
| 05WELLINGTON761 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DECOLA AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA delegation members Philip Decola and Patricia Dunnington to travel to Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand from October 10-31, 2005. The purpose of this visit by Decola to Christchurch is to attend the Antarctica Science Review [...] |
2005-10-03 00:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON764 | NZ ELECTIONS: LABOUR VICTORY CONFIRMED [...] (U) New Zealand's official election results, released October 1, confirm a Labour victory with 50 seats in Parliament and a slightly easier challenge in forming the next government. The notable change from preliminary counts on election night September 17 is the reduction of the overall size [...] |
2005-10-03 03:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON765 | NEW ZEALAND PRIORITIES AT PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM [...] (C) 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 away from patron-client relationships between developed and [...] |
2005-10-03 03:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EFIS SENV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON767 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FDA official Thomas Letonja to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 16-20, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 20th International Conference for the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitolog [...] |
2005-10-04 23:56:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA TBIO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON768 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PENNY J. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Transportation Security Administration Representative Penny J. Anderson to travel to Wellington and Christchurch, New Zealand from October 11-14, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct meetings and follow-up on security assessment [...] |
2005-10-05 00:01:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON772 | NOMINATION: FY-06 STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-06 04:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL |
| 05WELLINGTON78 | NATIONAL GOES TO BAT [...] (U) Summary. 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 on welfare reform. Expectations for t [...] |
2005-01-27 03:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON780 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID RIND, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Official David Rind to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 8-15, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate as lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I (WGI) [...] |
2005-10-11 04:15:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON781 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEITH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Delegation members Keith Chamberlin and Stephen Smith to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 5 - 19, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to transit to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, where they will support McMurdo Ground [...] |
2005-10-11 04:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON782 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ALAN HAYNIE, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service Official Alan Haynie to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 19-21, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with govern [...] |
2005-10-11 04:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON784 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SAMUEL J. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration physicist Samuel J. Oltmans to travel to Christchurch and Lauder, New Zealand from October 28 - November 18, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to calibrate ozone monitors in Lauder and to [...] |
2005-10-12 20:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON785 | FARLEY-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official Christopher Farley, Biological Scientist, USDA/Forest Service to visit Rotorua, New Zealand from October 14-25, 2005 to participate in informal dialogue on the role of land use, land use exchange, and forestry in the climate change response. [...] |
2005-10-12 22:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON786 | GUERRO/PRUETT-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official, Felix Guerrero, Physiologist and John Pruett, Microbiologist to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from October 13-21, 2005 to attend World Association for Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology 20th International Meeting. 2. Embassy underst [...] |
2005-10-12 22:42:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON787 | ANDERSON-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official, Dean Anderson, Animal Scientist, USDA/ARS/SPA to visit Hamilton, New Zealand from October 10-15, 2005 to visit Gallagher Animal Management Systems to discuss commercialized cirtual fencing and present seminar. 2. Embassy understands that c [...] |
2005-10-12 22:44:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON788 | HOFFMAN-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official, Wesley Hoffman, USDA/ARS/SPA, Texas to visit Rotorua and Invercargill, New Zealand from October 10-14, 2005 to attend seminars on Forest Bio-Security & Protection Facility and New Zealand Aerial Application Association Meeting and present pro [...] |
2005-10-12 22:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON79 | EAST ASIAN SUMMIT: NEW ZEALAND'S VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: 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, but is unlikely to push for an invitation [...] |
2005-01-27 05:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECIN NZ ASEAN APECO |
| 05WELLINGTON790 | DVC Request - "The New Regionalism" [...] Program Description: In Support of MPP Goal 07-04 Economic Growth and Development, Post requests a video conference with Dr. Jing Huang, Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, who is an expert in Chinese policy and Asian security issues. 2. Justification and O [...] |
2005-10-13 00:44:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP SCUL |
| 05WELLINGTON791 | HERRICK-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official Jeffrey Herrick, Soil Scientist, USDA/ARS/SPA/NM to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from November 11- December 02, 2005 to attend the Dahlem Desertification Protocol workshop to serve as co-organizer to discuss soil degradation. 2. Embassy [...] |
2005-10-13 00:59:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON792 | 60TH UNFC: NEW ZEALAND RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) 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 Assembly. However, New Zealand does not want the [...] |
2005-10-13 02:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM PREL MNUC CA MX NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON793 | Proposal for U.S. Speaker at 2006 Otago [...] Post requests U.S. speaker Professor Susan Brownell, Chair, Dept. of Anthropology at St. Louis University, Missouri, in support of MPP Goal 07-03, Mutual Understanding. We would ideally like this visit to be for seven program days, Wednesday, June 21 - Tuesday, June [...] |
2005-10-13 02:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL |
| 05WELLINGTON794 | IN DC VISIT, NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL TO SEEK USG [...] (C) Summary: 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 relationship. McKinnon will acknowledge that all [...] |
2005-10-13 05:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON807 | NZ LABOUR FORMS GOVERNMENT: COALITION OF THE [...] (U) New Zealand Labour Prime Minister Helen Clark announced October 17 the formation of a new government, involving a Labour coalition with the one-seat Progressive Party and confidence-and-supply arrangements with New Zealand First and United Future. Jim Anderton of the Progressive Party wil [...] |
2005-10-17 18:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON809 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRAXTON, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officials Sherri Braxton, Douglas Palmeri, and Matthew Wolf to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 28 - November 3, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Customs Asia Pacific Enfo [...] |
2005-10-18 00:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON810 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WEISSMAN AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE officials Kimberly Weissman and Matthew Coughlin to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from on or about November 3 to on or about November 9, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to staff the U.S. visit booth at the ACI Conference Trade S [...] |
2005-10-18 18:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON811 | MEDIA PLAY: NEW NZ FOREIGN MINISTER PLACES HIGH [...] SUMMARY: For the second day in a row newly-appointed Foreign Minister Winston Peters has publicly indicated that he places high priority on "rebuilding New Zealand's relationships with the United States." END SUMMARY 2. On the second day of the new Foreign Minister's term, the front-page o [...] |
2005-10-18 22:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON812 | DVC Request with Gail Blanke [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests a DVC with Gail Blanke, President and CEO of Lifedesigns, LLC, in New York. 2. Preferred Activity Date, Fiscal Year, and Quarter: This is an FY06 program, which is requested for week starting December 6; first quarter. 3. JUSTIFICATION OF PROGRAM: Pos [...] |
2005-10-19 02:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP SCUL |
| 05WELLINGTON813 | NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES NEW CABINET [...] (C) 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. However, the one controversial choice -- the appoin [...] |
2005-10-19 06:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON816 | NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON GEOGRAPHIC [...] Summary: New Zealand shares the concern of the United States that the EU and others may attempt to hold up negotiations at the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial unless their demands on geographical indications (GIs) are met. New Zealand will work closely with the United States to prevent this from oc [...] |
2005-10-20 02:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON NU KIPR NZ WTRO |
| 05WELLINGTON82 | U.S. NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA [...] (C) 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 Scott Sheeran, an MFAT Legal Advisor. A/DCM said she was [...] |
2005-01-28 04:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON821 | EXPLAINING NEW ZEALAND'S PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNANCE [...] New Zealand,s new government, announced October 17, was formed through an awkward arrangement that includes a coalition between the leading Labour Party and the Progressive Party and the &confidence and supply8 support of New Zealand First and United Future. In addition, the Green Party has a [...] |
2005-10-20 06:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON826 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - TOD DURAN TO APIA [...] Embassy requests country clearance for Political Officer Tod Duran to travel to Apia, Samoa from October 24 - November 7, 2005. The purpose of Mr. Duran's visit is to act as principal officer during the absence of Charge Tim Harley. 2. Mr. Duran will arrive at Faleolo Airport in Apia on [...] |
2005-10-21 00:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON827 | FY2006 U.S. Speaker Request -- Ambassador [...] Program Description: In Support of MPP Goal 06-01, Active Anti-Terrorist Coalitions and Security, Post requests a U.S. speaker visit by Ambassador Charles Salmon (ret.), Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii. We have received a request from one of New Zealand's leading un [...] |
2005-10-21 04:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP SCUL |
| 05WELLINGTON83 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN MENTZ, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. John Mentz, Office of Nonproliferation Policy, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 10-12, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand Government officials in preparation for the 2005 Review Conference [...] |
2005-01-31 02:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ABUD AMGT ASEC OVIP NZ NPT |
| 05WELLINGTON833 | BLUE LANTERN CASE AG-1003-97: CHECK ON BOEING A-4 [...] Safe Air Limited of Marlborough, New Zealand, reported October 26 that it has no record of being informed by Boeing/McDonnell-Douglas that it should cease servicing Indonesian Air Force A-4s in 1999. However, the company says it was well aware of the arms embargo against Indonesia and complie [...] |
2005-10-25 21:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC NZ ID US |
| 05WELLINGTON836 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MATTHES AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Officials Justin Matthes and Louritha Green to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from on or about October 30 to on or about November 2, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Regional Movement Alert List meeting. 2. (U) [...] |
2005-10-26 04:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON837 | FORMER NEW ZEALAND IV TO LEAD US - NZ BUSINESS [...] Former participant on the IVLP program Mr. Stephen Jacobi (grantee from June 2003) has been appointed Executive Director of the New Zealand United States Council. The Council is an influential lobby group that enjoys the ear of NZ officals. Within days of his appointment, Jacobi wrote a news [...] |
2005-10-26 18:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON838 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE LEFFLER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Officials Jason Leffler and Jeremy Luczkowski to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from on or about November 20-23, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct customs trade partnership against terrorism C-TPAT validations for APJ [...] |
2005-10-26 22:54:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON839 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE KNOPP AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Officials Raymond Knopp and Arlene Villalba to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from on or about November 19 - 23, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct customs trade partnership against terrorism C-TPAT validat [...] |
2005-10-26 23:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON84 | NEW ZEALAND FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS IRAQ [...] The following text is a statement from Foreign Minister Goff's office, released January 31, 2005. 2. Begin text: ELECTION RESULT REPRESENTS PROGRESS TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC AND PEACEFUL IRAQ Foreign Minister Phil Goff has welcomed the holding of the election in Iraq, and says that the lev [...] |
2005-01-31 03:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON840 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE STAJCAR [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Officials Daniel Stajcar and Anthony Orosz to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from on or about November 18-23, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct customs trade partnership against terrorism C-TPAT validations for Sampco, [...] |
2005-10-26 23:01:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON841 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USCG LCDR [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Coast Guard LCDR Bruce Tweed to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from November 8 - 13, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a follow-up visit with Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) to review the status of the ISPS code implementa [...] |
2005-10-18 06:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON848 | NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) Post on October 25 delivered the ref A demarche -- seeking New Zealand's contribution to earthquake relief and rehabilitation in Pakistan -- to the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID). Jane Coster of NZAID reported October 28 that New Zealand had contributed NZ $1.5 m [...] |
2005-10-28 02:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO |
| 05WELLINGTON849 | NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMY FACES BUMPY ROAD AHEAD [...] (SBU) After enjoying five years of strong economic growth, New Zealanders are awakening to the sober reality that the party may be over. The sign posts for a rough patch ahead have multiplied in recent weeks. Yawning deficits have appeared in the country's trade balance and current account. [...] |
2005-10-28 02:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON851 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK CHRISTL, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA employee Mark Christl to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, and McMurdo Station, Antarctica, from November 1 to 24, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct an advanced thin ionization calorimeter high altitude balloon experi [...] |
2005-10-31 23:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON852 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (LARC) [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Crawford and Glenn Diskin, members of a delegation from NASA's Langley Research Center (LARC), to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, and McMurdo Station, Antarctica, from November 9 to December 28, 2005. The purpose of this visit [...] |
2005-11-01 00:15:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON853 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JONI MAE [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joni Mae L. Makuakane-Jarrell, training specialist, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, to travel to Hamilton, New Zealand, from November 26 to December 6. The purpose of this visit is to represent the National Park Service at the World Indi [...] |
2005-11-01 00:31:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA TPHY SCUL SENV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON855 | NEW ZEALAND SAYS G-4 AMBASSADORS DECLINE TO [...] (SBU) On October 28, Acting DCM conveyed Ref A points to Chris Anderson, Deputy Director of the South-South East Asia Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She urged that the G-4 Ambassadors visit with returned refugees during their upcoming trip to the Central Highlands, and [...] |
2005-11-02 03:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON858 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASHLEY DAVIEW, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ashley Davies, an employee of the California Institute of Technology working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Mount Erebus, Antarctica, by way of Christchurch, New Zealand, from November 25 to December 21, 2005. The purp [...] |
2005-11-02 19:31:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON859 | IN DECISIONS ON ENERGY, NEW ZEALAND IS AT A [...] (SBU) With the days of abundant and cheap electric power over, New Zealand faces critical decisions on how to ensure its energy supplies keep pace with future demand. The task is complicated by years of under-investment, regulatory uncertainties and uneven government policies. New Zealand's [...] |
2005-11-03 04:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL NZ ENGR ETRC |
| 05WELLINGTON86 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEAKSMY NORIN, FEBRUARY 20- [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Leaksmy Norin, G/TIP Reports Officer, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 20-22. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy officials to discuss monitoring, assessing and reporting on trafficking in persons. [...] |
2005-01-31 21:03:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON860 | NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON INFANT FORMULA STANDARDS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-03 22:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD NZ FDA |
| 05WELLINGTON861 | NEW ZEALAND TRADE MINISTER TOUTS FTA TO AMERICAN [...] Summary: In a meeting with visiting American Farm Bureau Federation representatives, New Zealand Minister of Trade Phil Goff pitched his country's case for free-trade negotiations with the United States. Goff asserted that a free-trade agreement would benefit both countries and that U.S. agri [...] |
2005-11-04 03:56:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON863 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THORSTEN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thorsten Markus, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand, from December 1-18, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Glaciological Society International Symposium. 2. (U) E [...] |
2005-11-06 20:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON864 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Comberiate, Adan Rodriguez, Shannon Rodriguez and Kurt Rush, members of a delegation from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, and McMurdo Station, Antarctica, from December 5 to 19, 2005. T [...] |
2005-11-06 21:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON868 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAWN HOPE AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dawn Hope, assistant director, and Hugh Paquette, analyst, from GAO's Homeland Security and Justice Team to travel to Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand from December 1 to 6, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to review pre- screening [...] |
2005-11-07 03:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AGAO CVIS AS JA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON870 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JASON LEFFLER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials Jason Leffler, supply chain specialist, and Jeremy Luczkowski, program officer, to travel to Auckland, New Zealand, from on or about November 15 to on or about November 26, 2005. The pur [...] |
2005-11-07 22:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON875 | NEW ZEALAND ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS, US [...] (C) 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 resolutions, especially those involving countries wi [...] |
2005-11-09 23:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON876 | NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON OECD SEC GEN SELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-09 23:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EFIN NZ OECD |
| 05WELLINGTON880 | NEW ZEALAND WANTS TO MOVE AHEAD ON HSPD-6 [...] (C) Summary: 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 States would be used, details on how such an informa [...] |
2005-11-10 03:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC CVIS PGOV PREL PINR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON883 | NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-14 03:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA US NZ IMO |
| 05WELLINGTON884 | NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON NATO SUPPORT [...] (C) 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 A). In a letter dated November 2, Air Marshal Bruce Fer [...] |
2005-11-14 03:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO |
| 05WELLINGTON885 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LOIS ROSSI AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lois Rossi, division director, and George Herndon, associate director, EPA Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand, from November 21 to December 5. The purpose of this visit is to parti [...] |
2005-11-14 21:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA SENV TPHY NZ EPA |
| 05WELLINGTON891 | UNINTENTIONALLY, NEW ZEALAND LAW IMPEDES SOME [...] (SBU) Summary: New Zealand legislation intended to tighten the rules on foreign ownership of land is having the unintended effect of restricting sales of businesses and properties. U.S. sellers of two large investments in New Zealand -- a poultry-farm company and a stake in a forestry busines [...] |
2005-11-16 00:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECIN ECON NZ ETRC |
| 05WELLINGTON893 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOSEFINO COMISO [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Josefino Comiso and Per Gloersen, members of a delegation from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand, from December 4 to 27, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present a paper at the I [...] |
2005-11-18 02:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA OTRA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON894 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BUDY, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Phaedra Budy, U.S. Geological Survey biologist, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, from December 12, 2005 to January, 5, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to collaborate on research on ecological assemblage and discuss the potential [...] |
2005-11-18 02:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA OTRA TPHY NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON895 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MILLER AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kirk Miller and Raymond Woodruff, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand and McMurdo Station, Antarctica, from December 4, 2005 to January 13, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to support the operations o [...] |
2005-11-18 02:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA OTRA TPHY NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON896 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELLENBERGER, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jay Ellenberger, Susan Lewis and Jane Hopkins, members of a delegation from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to travel to Wellington, New Zealand, from November 25 to December 5, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to make a pre [...] |
2005-11-18 02:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA SENV OTRA TPHY NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON897 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STOUFFER,SOLOMON [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ronald Stouffer, Susan Solomon and David Fahey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, from December 8, 2005 to January 2, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Intergov [...] |
2005-11-18 02:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA TPHY OTRA SENV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON898 | PSI: NEW ZEALAND WILL ATTEND HAMBURG REGIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-18 02:42:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON899 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRUCE ROMANO [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Bruce Romano, associate chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, Federal Communications Commission, to travel to Rotorua, New Zealand, from November 19-25, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the Spectrum [...] |
2005-11-20 23:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECPS ETRD NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON900 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON DPRK FLAG OF CONVENIENCE [...] (S/REL NZ) Summary: 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 the company does not meet New Zealand [...] |
2005-11-21 03:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA KN NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON902 | WHAT HONEYMOON? PM CLARK'S NEW COALITION SHOWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: 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 United States. (Foreign Minister Peters says yes, Cl [...] |
2005-11-22 21:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON904 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RONALD [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ronald J. Stouffer, Susan Solomon and David W. Fahey of the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, from December 8-18, 2005. Country clearance also is granted to M [...] |
2005-11-23 04:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA SENV TPHY NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON905 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PABLO CLEMENTE- [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Pablo Clemente-Colon, National Ice Center chief scientist, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service, to travel to Christchurch and Dunedin, New [...] |
2005-11-24 18:56:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA TSPA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON907 | CO-LEADER'S DEATH LIKELY TO STEER NZ'S GREEN PARTY [...] (C) 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 confidence and supply agreement with the Labour coalition [...] |
2005-11-25 03:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON908 | NEW ZEALAND'S AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] (C) Summary: 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 Pandemic Group (IPG) of thirteen ministries and de [...] |
2005-11-25 03:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON913 | NEW ZEALAND TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICER [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-28 22:47:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON916 | R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-30 04:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT CW NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON917 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SYDNEY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sydney Levitus, Director, Ocean Climate Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 9-17 [...] |
2005-12-01 02:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA TSPA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON918 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ISAAC M. HELD, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Isaac M. Held to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from December 8-16, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance [...] |
2005-12-01 02:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON92 | NEW ZEALAND SENDS "ONE-OFF" MILITARY LIAISON [...] (U) 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, and the one-year deployment will be served in two six- [...] |
2005-02-01 04:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON922 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brian Hutchins, International Postal Affairs Specialist, U.S. Postal Service to travel to Napier, New Zealand from January 29 - February 3, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting of a subgroup responsible for networks and [...] |
2005-12-02 03:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AORC NZ USPS |
| 05WELLINGTON931 | EMBASSY WELLINGTON EAC MEETING NOVEMBER 2005 [...] (U) Embassy Wellington's Emergency Action Committee met November 28, 2005 to approve releasing a warden message on the Avian Bird Flu. 2. (U) Message summary: "The Department of State has decided to preposition Tamiflu at its Embassies and Consulates for eligible U.S. Government Employees a [...] |
2005-12-05 23:01:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON932 | R/V KA'IMIMOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST, [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-06 02:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT BP FM KR NR RM TL TV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON943 | NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON TRIPS-CBD ISSUE [...] (U) 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 declaration. 2. (U) Post delivered reftel talkin [...] |
2005-12-08 03:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON KIPR NZ WTO |
| 05WELLINGTON944 | NEW ZEALAND ON MDA VOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-08 04:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON945 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PETERSON, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Peterson, David Easterling, and Thomas Karl, members of a delegation from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), to travel to Christchur [...] |
2005-12-09 00:59:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA TSPA OTRA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON950 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Below is post's input on New Zealand for the money laundering section of the 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). This input also will be sent via unclassified e-mail to Ed Rindler, INL/C/CP. 2. Begin submission: New Zealand is not a major regional or offsh [...] |
2005-12-12 01:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON952 | SEYBOLD-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Cathy Seybold, Soil Scientist to visit Willington from December 30, 2005 to January 15, 2006, to collect data from maintenance on soil climate stations in New Zealand. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. 3. [...] |
2005-12-12 01:59:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON954 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LISA T. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service officials Lisa T. Ballance and Robert L. Pitman to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from on or about January 12 to on or about F [...] |
2005-12-12 04:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS CW NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON955 | R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2004-044 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-12 04:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON957 | NEW ZEALAND: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following is Embassy Wellington's submission for the 2005 Country Terrorism Report on New Zealand: New Zealand New Zealand has a strong capacity to develop and implement counter-terrorism policies, and further strengthened its role in the global war on terror in 2005 through domestic [...] |
2005-12-13 00:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON96 | NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER CLARK IN STATE OF THE [...] (C) Summary: 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 she defined as the best way to encourage women to [...] |
2005-02-02 03:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON962 | NEW ZEALAND POC FOR MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-14 04:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON963 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT E. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Official Robert E. Spearing to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 9-18, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to review scientific research activities sponsored by the U.S. Antarctic Program. 2. (U) Embassy understand [...] |
2005-12-15 01:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON964 | R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-15 01:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT CW NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON966 | R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2004-139 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-15 02:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON967 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE FOR SUPPORT OF PARTNERSHIPS [...] Poloff on December 6 provided reftel demarche points to Lesley Woudberg, Senior Advisor, Environment Division, NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On December 13, Woudberg responded that GNZ is following the UN Environment Program (UNEP) 2005 decision on mercury closely and is i [...] |
2005-12-15 03:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EMIN UNEP NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON970 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEWCOMB, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy Officials Charles R. Newcomb, Dave A. Corbus, Peter F. McNutt (alternate traveler), and Christopher E. Pink (alternate traveler) to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 29, 2005 through January 15, 2006. [...] |
2005-12-16 00:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG TRGY NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON977 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE THANK [...] (SBU) Poloff on December 16 delivered reftel demarche points to Val Meyer, Deputy Director of the UN, Human Rights, and Commonwealth Division at the NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. On December 19, Meyer responded that GNZ continues to support the U.S. position on all Third Committee [...] |
2005-12-19 03:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNGA UNHRC NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON983 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEAHY, JANUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Acting Director P. Patrick Leahy to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 9 - 19, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to receive briefings from the International Antarctic Center in Christchurch before t [...] |
2005-12-20 22:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON984 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HAMEL, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ernest Hamel, Biologist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 13 - 26, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to serve as keynote speaker at a conference on Bioactives and Drug Development an [...] |
2005-12-20 23:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA TBIO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON985 | NEW ZEALAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-21 02:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON986 | CLOSURE OF EMBASSY WELLINGTON AND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-21 03:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT |
| 05WELLINGTON987 | 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT: NEW ZEALAND [...] Following is post's input for the 2006 National Trade Estimate Report on New Zealand. We assume that Washington agencies will provide updated trade and investment data. 2. We also note that the section on "Biotechnology Food Approval" should be consistent with the NTE on Australia. 3 [...] |
2005-12-21 04:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON988 | STAUB-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jack Staub, Horticulturist, UDA/ARS/MWA/Madison to visit Christchurch from January 18 to July 31, 2006 to visit Lincoln University to acquire education in area of bio-chemical genetics of carotenoids and aroma; assist with student research on aromatic volat [...] |
2005-12-21 21:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON991 | NEW ZEALAND SCRAPS PLANS FOR CARBON TAX [...] (U) The New Zealand government has scrapped its plan to levy a tax on the carbon content of petrol and diesel fuel, which it had hoped would help New Zealand meet its emission targets under the Kyoto Protocol. However, the government still will consider a carbon tax on fuel-burning power stat [...] |
2005-12-22 03:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON992 | NEW ZEALAND ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR POLIO [...] Post delivered ref A demarche points on December 20 to Vicki Poole, Global Group Program Manager at the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID); Dr. Mark Jacobs, Director of Public Health in the Ministry of Health; and Rebecca Lineham, Americas Division of the New Zealand Mini [...] |
2005-12-22 22:31:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON996 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the delegation led by Mr. Mike Ringler, Professional Staff Member (PSM) House Appropriations Committee (HAC) to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from January 10 - 18, 2006. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members: Mr. Mike Rin [...] |
2005-12-28 04:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON997 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MCCAIN, [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the delegation led by Senator John McCain to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 4 - 11, 2006. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members as listed in ref A: Senator John McCain, Senator Joe Lieberman, Senator Susan Collins, [...] |
2005-12-28 04:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON10 | PARLIAMENT'S COMMITTEE RESTRUCTURING REDUCES [...] (SBU) Summary: As a result of the National Party's strong showing in New Zealand's September elections, the ruling Labour Party's MPs face far stronger opposition in Parliament's select committees, which review proposed legislation. There are signs that National is trying to make life espe [...] |
2006-01-08 18:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON1000 | MUCK AND POWELL- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard Muck, Agricultural Engineer and Joseph Powell, Soil Scientist, USDA/ARS/MWA/Madison, WI to visit New Zealand from January 2-16, 2007 to visit dairy and sheep farms. 2. Embassy requests contact details (along with emails addresses) of Mr. Muc [...] |
2006-12-18 03:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON1002 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRANCISCA LIEM, FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Official Francisca Liem to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from February 20 - March 3, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to chair the Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) working group meeting in Auckland. 2. (U) Embassy understands t [...] |
2006-12-18 03:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY EPA NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON1003 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JONATHAN VERVILLE, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Official Jonathan Verville to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 27, 2006 - February 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand en route to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, w [...] |
2006-12-18 20:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON1005 | RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-19 05:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNAUS NZ XV |
| 06WELLINGTON1007 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FBI A/SC JORGE [...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Acting Section Chief (A/SC) Jorge L. Martinez, Unit Chief (UC) Raymond T. Goergen, and Supervisory Special Agent (SSA), Cyber Division, to New Zealand February 27, 2007 to March 1, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to atten [...] |
2006-12-19 21:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC FBI NZ XB XU AS |
| 06WELLINGTON1009 | NEW ZEALAND - PRENOTIFICATION INFORMATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-21 03:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON1011 | R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-21 23:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON1012 | NEW ZEALAND STAFFDEL COUNTRY CLEARANCE, ON OR ABOUT [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the Senate Staff Member delegation visit to New Zealand from on/about January 1 through 12, 2007. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members: Mr. Allen Cutler, Mr. Goodloe Sutton, Ms. Augusta Wilson, Mr. Jeremy Weirich, Ms. Marg [...] |
2006-12-21 23:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON1014 | ALIAGA AND KLAG- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Julie Aliaga, NAPPO Coordinator and Narcy Klag, Deputy Director, Plant Protection and Quarantine, APHIS, USDA to visit New Zealand from February 16-25, 2007 to attend Annual Quad Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistan [...] |
2006-12-26 22:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON1016 | NEW ZEALAND REACTION TO JOINING [...] Summary: New Zealand officials are generally supportive of the objective of enhanced international cooperation in the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) as proposed in reftel and welcome the opportunity to participate further in its development but are also seeking clarification [...] |
2006-12-27 22:12:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON102 | NEW ZEALAND'S PRIORITIES FOR APEC 2006 [...] (C) 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. Meanwhile, New Zealand sees APEC Senior Official Chairman [...] |
2006-02-08 03:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | APECO ECIN ETRD NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON1022 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PAULINO GARZA, DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Official Paulino Garza to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 27, 2006 - February 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand en route to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, where [...] |
2006-12-29 01:39:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON1023 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAILEY + 8, JANUARY 9 - [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Biologists Larissa Bailey, Kenneth Burnham, William Kendall, Catherine Langtimm, James Nichols, Joel Schmutz, Theodore Simons, Computer Scientist James Hines, and Mathematical Statistician William Link to travel to Dunedin, New Zealan [...] |
2006-12-29 01:54:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA TPHY NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON1024 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL CONROY, JANUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Biologist Michael Conroy to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from January 8 - April 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the European Union for Bird Ringing 2007 Conference and then to stay as a collaborating visiting sc [...] |
2006-12-29 01:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA TPHY NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON103 | DVC Request with Dr Rita Colwell, Chair, Canon US [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests a DVC with Dr. Rita Colwell, Chair, Canon US Life Sciences, Inc., to discuss aspects of Avian Influenza. 2. Preferred Activity Date, Fiscal Year, and Quarter: This is an FY06 program, which is requested for week starting March 6; second quarter; 6.00pm E [...] |
2006-02-08 04:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP SCUL |
| 06WELLINGTON105 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: R. GLOVER AND P. [...] WELLINGTON PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER DR. ROY GLOVER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSISTANT (AUCKLAND) PHILIP MCKENNA REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO VISIT SYDNEY FOR THE FULBRIGHT EAST ASIA PACIFIC (EAP) REGIONAL CONFERENCE AND THE EDUCATIONAL ADVISING WORKSHOP RESPECTIVELY. 2. DR. GLOVER WILL ARRIVE I [...] |
2006-02-09 03:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL PAO |
| 06WELLINGTON11 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Finney, Charles McHugh and Robert Seli of USDA/FS to visit Christchurch from January 10 to 21, 2006 to attend a fire spread modeling working seminar. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. 3. Point of cont [...] |
2006-01-08 20:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON112 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: POST CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND TRIPWIRES [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Country Team met to discuss New Zealand Government (GNZ) preparations against Avian Influenza pandemic. 2. Llywelyn Graeme will input tripwire data into the Tripwire Reporting and Integrated Planning System (TRIPS). 3. New Zealand's Ministry of Health (M [...] |
2006-02-13 00:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR |
| 06WELLINGTON114 | TSUNEZUMI- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ronald Tsunezumi, Preclearance Coordinator, Riverdale, Maryland, to visit New Zealand from March 13 through April 28, 2006 to inspect Apple and Pear Preclearance Program. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. [...] |
2006-02-13 03:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON115 | BROWN- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Rose Brown, Preclearance Coordinator, Riverdale, Maryland, to visit New Zealand from February 23 through July 28, 2006 to inspect Apple and Pear Preclearance Program. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. 3. P [...] |
2006-02-13 03:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON118 | UNESCO CONVENTION NOT THE SUBJECT OF ATTENTION IN NEW [...] (SBU) As far as Post can tell, the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression has, at this stage, not appeared on the legislative or media radar in New Zealand. There is no reference or record of the convention at all on the official legislative [...] |
2006-02-14 03:47:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SCUL UNESCO NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON12 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the delegation led by Mr. Mike Ringler, Professional Staff Member (PSM) House Appropriations Committee (HAC) to visit New Zealand from January 10 - 22, 2006. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members: Mr. Mike Ringler, Ms. Ann [...] |
2006-01-08 22:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON124 | HUTTENLOCKER AND DUNCAN- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Huttenlocker, Director, Compliance Review Staff and Ms. Jennifer Duncan, Compliance Review Specialist to visit Wellington, New Zealand from March 12-15, 2006 to conduct an on-site review of OAA's GA and AMP expenditures and general office administrat [...] |
2006-02-16 02:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON125 | ATTENDANCE AT THE APEC POLICY DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: New Zealand will participate at the Vietnam meeting of the High Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology (HLPD) and at MOP3 in Brazil. End Summary 2. (SBU) Rupert Holborow, New Zealand's APEC Senior Official, received U.S. Senior Official Michalak's letter (refte [...] |
2006-02-16 03:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN EAGR ETTC SENV TBIO NZ APECO |
| 06WELLINGTON126 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHARLENE ANDRADE, MARCH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist Charlene Andrade to travel to Dunedin, Invercargill, Stewart Island, and the Bluff Rakiuratiti Islands, New Zealand from March 15 - 26, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend project meetings [...] |
2006-02-16 03:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV TBIO NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON128 | NATIONAL CONTEMPLATES CHANGE ON NUCLEAR BAN STANCE [...] (C) Summary: 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 the scenes that the modification would only cl [...] |
2006-02-17 05:15:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON130 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD ZEPP, FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Senior Research Scientist, Deputy Director, Office of Research and Development Richard ZEPP to travel to Alexandra and Hamilton, New Zealand from February 22 - March 7, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to give scientific presentatio [...] |
2006-02-21 02:12:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY UNEP EPA NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON131 | CLEARANCE GRANTED TO R/V KA'IMIMOANA, JUNE 1 - AUGUST 30, [...] Embassy is in receipt of a letter from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) office of the Administrator of Tokelau granting clearance for the research vessel Ka'Imimoana to enter the waters of Tokelau from June 1 to August 30, 2006. 2. The text of the letter is as f [...] |
2006-02-21 03:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT BP FM KR NR RM TL TV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON132 | NEW ZEALAND CLEARANCE FOR ECA/A/E/EAP, BYRON H. (TIM) [...] (SBU) EMBASSY WELCOMES AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO BYRON H. (TIM) MARSHALL, SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER, EAP FULBRIGHT BRANCH, TO TRAVEL TO WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, FROM MARCH 3 TO 9, 2006. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH COLLEAGUES AT POST AND FULBRIGHT STAFF MEMBERS REGARD [...] |
2006-02-21 05:03:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KPAO OEXC SCUL NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON133 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL ABIZAID TO NEW [...] (C) Mission New Zealand warmly welcomes your visit on 23-25 January. The Government has just returned from its lengthy Christmas and summer holiday period and has real anxiety that it is vulnerable to opposition attacks in a number of areas, including foreign and defense policies and the Gov [...] |
2006-02-21 21:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON134 | OGAN AND METZ- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Ogan and Minica Metz, Investigators, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to visit New Zealand from March 4-25, 2006 to conduct regulatory inspections of New Zealand dairy producers and meet with New Zealand food safety authorities. 2. Embassy [...] |
2006-02-22 03:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON136 | YEAR 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - NEW ZEALAND [...] (SBU) Post recommends that New Zealand remain off the Special 301 List. Although the government has been relatively slow in updating its intellectual property laws, it is moving in the right direction. Moreover, New Zealand in general already provides adequate and effective protection of int [...] |
2006-02-22 06:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON PREL NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON14 | NOMINATION OF CAPTAIN KEVIN KEAT OF THE NEW ZEALAND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-09 03:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON142 | FRAZIO and FORSLINE- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gennaro Fazio, Geneticist and Philip Forsline, Horticulturist, USDA/ARS/Geneva/NY and Ralph Scorza, Horticulturist, USDA/ARS/Geneva/NY to visit New Zealand from March 3-28, 2006 to attend conferences on Hort Research Plant Breeding Facilitiy and McGrath Nur [...] |
2006-02-24 01:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON143 | BALDO AND SWIETLIK- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Angela Baldo, Computational Biologist, Geneva, NY and Dariusz Swietlik, Plant Pathologist, Kearneysville, USDA/ARS to visit New Zealand from March 3-28, 2006 to attend Third International Conference to Rosaceae Genomics, Genetics and Breeding; post-conferen [...] |
2006-02-24 01:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON144 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MAUREEN BLANCHARD, MARCH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Margaret BLANCHARD - Program Manager/Analyst, Policy and Programs Division, Office of International Affairs, Customs, to travel to Wellington, Auckland, and Christchurch New Zealand from March 3-14, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to a [...] |
2006-02-24 02:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON145 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MAUREEN BLANCHARD, MARCH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Margaret BLANCHARD - Program Manager/Analyst, Policy and Programs Division, Office of International Affairs, Customs, to travel to Wellington, Auckland, and Christchurch New Zealand from March 3-14, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to a [...] |
2006-02-24 02:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON148 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KAYE LEE, MARCH 9 - 11, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to State Department China Desk Officer Kaye Lee to travel to Queenstown, New Zealand from March 9-11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to accompany EAP Senior Advisor James Keith to Halibut Group meetings. 2. (U) Embassy understands [...] |
2006-02-27 01:36:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON PREL CH NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON155 | CDR CENTCOM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Summary: 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 Winston Peters, as well as with Chief of [...] |
2006-02-28 01:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON157 | EAP/ANP DIRECTOR KRAWITZ'S FEBRUARY MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: 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 ties, and launch of a new U.S.-New Zealan [...] |
2006-02-28 04:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON160 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 3/2006 [...] (SBU) Following are responses for the Trafficking in Person report for New Zealand, keyed to reftel: Begin responses: 21. Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. New Zealand has been a country of destination for internationally trafficked women in th [...] |
2006-03-01 03:47:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON163 | VOLK- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gayle Volk, Plant Physiologist, USDA/ARS/NPA to visit Napier, New Zealand from March 12-26, 2006 to attend and make presentation at the Third International Rosaceae Genomics Conference. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistanc [...] |
2006-03-01 19:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON167 | FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS U.S. SHOULD RECOGNIZE NZ'S [...] (C) Summary: According to Foreign Minister Winston Peters, his recent public observation that the United States should appreciate New Zealand's contributions in the South Pacific was not meant to be a criticism. Peters assures us that he was calling for both sides to recognize the positive [...] |
2006-03-02 02:56:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON168 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOJ ANN O'BRIEN, MARCH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Ann O'Brien, Department of Justice Antitrust Division Official to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from March 11 - April 2, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Commerce Commission of New Zealand's Investigation Review. [...] |
2006-03-02 04:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON ETRD KIPR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON169 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE/KEITH THOMSON, MARCH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Commissioner, Office of International Affairs, Keith Thomson to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from March 6 - 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the New Zealand Customs Symposium and bilateral meetings w [...] |
2006-03-02 04:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON171 | COTE- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Charles Cote, Investigator, Office of Regional Operations, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration to visit Wellington, New Zealand from March 12-15, 2006 to take a regulatory/inspection-Environmental Science and Research, Kenepuru Scienc [...] |
2006-03-03 02:39:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON172 | CLEARANCE GRANTED TO R/V KA'IMIMOANA, JUNE 1 - AUGUST 30, [...] Embassy is in receipt of a letter from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) office of the Administrator of Tokelau granting clearance for the research vessel Ka'Imimoana to enter the waters of Tokelau from June 1 to August 30, 2006. 2. The text of the letter is as f [...] |
2006-03-03 03:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT BP FM KR NR RM TL TV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON176 | NEW ZEALAND REPORTS ON DPRK FLAG OF CONVENIENCE [...] (S/REL NZ) 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 MMIA are now being insured by the South of E [...] |
2006-03-05 21:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA KNAR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON178 | SPOMER- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Duane Spomer, Food Defense Advisor, Compliance and Analysis Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration to visit Wellington, New Zealand from March 22 to April 2, 2006 to attend the 7th Session of the [...] |
2006-03-06 21:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON179 | SHORTAGE OF HOTEL ACOMMODATION IN WELLINGTON, [...] During the coming months, Wellington will become increasingly popular in the events arena with more cultural and sporting events being scheduled, creating a shortage in hotel accommodations. Particularly difficult periods include: 6 - 20 April Art/Culture Events 12 May - 4 June Art/Cultu [...] |
2006-03-07 00:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA |
| 06WELLINGTON18 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADM [...] (C) Mission New Zealand warmly welcomes your visits on January 15-19 (PACAF) and January 16-22 (PACOM). New Zealand officials are also eager to meet with you. You will be arriving in New Zealand towards the end of the summer holiday period. With Parliament out of session until mid-February [...] |
2006-01-10 02:36:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON180 | BELL AND SIMON - NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard Bell, Horticulturist and Charles Simon, Geneticist, USDA/ARS/NAA/Kearneysville to visit New Zealand from March 10 to march 27, 2006 to attend pre-conference Training Workshop on Rosaceae Bio-Informatics and Genomic Technologies of the 3rd Genomics C [...] |
2006-03-07 01:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON181 | CORRECTED COPY - SPOMER- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Duane Spomer, Food Defense Advisor, Compliance and Analysis Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service to visit Queenstown, New Zealand from March 22 to April 2, 2006 to attend the 7th Session of the Codex Committee on milk and milk products. 2. Embassy un [...] |
2006-03-07 01:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON182 | NZ WILL SUPPORT GUATEMALA FOR UNSC SEAT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-07 04:47:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VE NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON186 | NEW ZEALAND PREFERS NOT TO HOST MOU SIGNING [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Couns discussed the proposed RMAL signing ceremony with John Roseveare of New Zealand's Department of Labour (DoL). Roseveare said that although GNZ officials had originally proposed the signing ceremony take place during A/S Hill's visit, they now believe this would not be ide [...] |
2006-03-08 04:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD PARM PTER NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON191 | NEW ZEALAND PARTICIPATION IN PSI OPERATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-09 03:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON194 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUSAN ANTHONY AND JOHN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Attorneys Susan Anthony and John Rodriguez to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from March 24 - 31, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (IC [...] |
2006-03-10 03:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ETRD ECON KIPR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON195 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S HILL'S MARCH 18-20 VISIT TO [...] (C) The Embassy welcomes your upcoming visit to New Zealand, which will enable you to meet a broad range of New Zealanders, including academics, journalists, lawyers, and students. Your meetings with GNZ officials will allow for productive discussions about regional/Pacific Island and securi [...] |
2006-03-12 18:44:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV OVIP NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON197 | RIDAY- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Riday Heathcliffe, Geneticist, USDA/ARS/MWA/Madison to visit New Zealand from April 17-26, 2006 to present paper at the 13th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference, and visit agriculture research facilities and establish collaborations in clover research. [...] |
2006-03-12 21:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON198 | JANG- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Eric Jang, Research Entomologist, USDA/ARS/PWA, Hilo to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from March 27 through April 2, 2006 to further ARS cooperative research initiative with the HortResearch and New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture. 2. Embassy understan [...] |
2006-03-12 21:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON201 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK HOLLIDAY, NOAA, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Holliday to travel to Auckland from March 13-14; Wellington from March 15-16 and March 19-20; and Christchurch from March 17-18. The purpose of this visit is to meet with NZ Government and industry representatives on implementation o [...] |
2006-03-13 03:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS CS BEXP NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON207 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NATHAN G. MCDOWELL, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nathan McDowell to travel to Christchurch and Rotorua, New Zealand, from March 24 to April 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to collaborate with top scientist in New Zealand (and the world) on the subject of atmospheric carbon dioxid [...] |
2006-03-14 23:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON208 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUZANNE SENE AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration's Senior Policy Advisor Suzanne R. Sene and Senior Advisor Meredith Attwell to travel to Wellington, New Zealand, from March 20 - April 1, 2006. The pu [...] |
2006-03-14 23:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON21 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Research Hydrologist Richard Alexander to travel to Hamilton, New Zealand from February 1 - March 7, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to collaborate with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research ( [...] |
2006-01-10 22:36:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON218 | NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO IIC FINDINGS [...] The New Zealand government has investigated two companies named in the Independent Inquiry Committee's interim report released October 27, 2005, on allegations of illegal fund transfers to Iraq. The government investigation found no evidence of such transfers by the two companies. In addition, [...] |
2006-03-21 04:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KFIN PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON22 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRUCE MOLNIA, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist Bruce Molnia to travel to Twizel, New Zealand from February 3 - 11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the workshop on Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) and present papers [...] |
2006-01-10 22:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON220 | POSSIBLE FUTURE LABOUR PARTY LEADER RESIGNS FROM CABINET [...] (SBU) New Zealand's political landscape has been shaken by the resignation from Cabinet of David Parker, a talented Labour MP viewed as a potential future party leader, only five months after he was first elevated from the backbenches. The resignation followed magazine allegations that Parker [...] |
2006-03-22 19:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON221 | COOK ISLANDS HIGH COMMISSIONER SACKED FOR PLOTTING [...] (SBU) 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 succeeded Woonton as Prime Minister in December 2004, and Woonton became High Commissioner as a politica [...] |
2006-03-22 19:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBIO NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON222 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD CALNAN AND NANCY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Chief International Program Unit Richard Calnan and International Program Specialist Nancy Zeigler to travel to Wellington, New Zealand, from March 30-April 8, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend and to participate in the 200 [...] |
2006-03-22 23:39:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON225 | NZ CANNOT SEND OFFICIAL TO ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM [...] (SBU) On March 23, Pol-Econ Counselor received a call from Caroline McDonald, Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. McDonald said that regretfully, after much consideration she had decided that no one from MFAT would be able to attend the Singapore [...] |
2006-03-23 05:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL |
| 06WELLINGTON226 | A PUBLIC INDISCRETION RAISES QUESTIONS OF [...] (SBU) A new public attack by one Labour minister on another could be a sign of increasing internal division in Prime Minster Helen Clark's Government. A public display of dissent. --------------------------- 2. (SBU) That the Minister of State Dover Samuels broke ranks with a cabinet col [...] |
2006-03-23 19:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON230 | GNZ AIMS TO COOL EXPECTATIONS FOR U.S. FTA [...] (C) 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 has turned its attention to agreements in Asia. T [...] |
2006-03-24 04:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON232 | CODEX COMMITTEE ON MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS - NEW ZEALAND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Duane Spomer, Associate Administrator, Standards and Grading, Dairy Program, AMS/USDA; John Sheehan, Director, Division of Dairy and Egg Safety, Office of Plant and Dairy Foods and Beverages, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA; Syed A Ali, [...] |
2006-03-27 03:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON234 | APPROACH TO NEW ZEALAND ON ISRAEL/JUSCANZ [...] (C) 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 the issue with Prime Minister Clark, and we [...] |
2006-03-27 05:31:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON243 | PANELLA - NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Leonard Panella, geneticist USDA/ARS/NPA to visit Christchurch and Palmerston North, New Zealand from April 15-26, 2006 to attend Australasian Plant Breeding Conference and to visit Collaborative visit to Grassland Research Centre in Palmerston North. 2. [...] |
2006-03-28 23:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON244 | ADMINISTRATOR DAY, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Administrator Lloyd Day, Agricultural Marketing Service; Deputy Administrator Barry Carpenter, Livestock and Seed Program; and Justin Ransom, Agricultural marketing Specialist, Livestock and Seed Program, USDA/AMS to visit New Zealand from April 30 to May 4 [...] |
2006-03-28 23:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON247 | PETERS PROVIDES GNZ PERSPECTIVES ON THE PACIFIC [...] (U) In a March 28 speech, Foreign Minister Winston Peters outlined GNZ objectives in the Pacific. Delivered to a group of more than 200 diplomats, bureaucrats, academics, scholars and former politicos, Peters' speech provided a country-by-country review of GNZ strategies for the region. 2. [...] |
2006-03-29 04:56:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON25 | R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] Embassy received Diplomatic Note No. 202/417/05 dated January 11, 2006 from the Cook Islands High Commission granting approval for the R/V Roger Revelle to conduct scientific research in Cook Islands waters. The text of the diplomatic note follows. Begin Text: The Cook Islands High Comm [...] |
2006-01-11 01:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT CW NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON253 | SAMOA ELECTIONS: AUSTRALIA AND NZ PREDICT MORE OF [...] (C) 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 and a large volume of candidates (especi [...] |
2006-04-03 05:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ WS |
| 06WELLINGTON254 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/NNTRAV JAMES THOMAS [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Thomas to travel to Wellington and Christchurch, New Zealand, from April 6 - 15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate and consult at the University of Canterbury Consortium and to meet with government funding agencies i [...] |
2006-04-03 22:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON26 | PROPOSAL FOR DIGITAL VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH DEBORAH [...] Post requests a digital video conference with Village Voice dance critic Deborah Jowitt in New York at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, February 9 (9:30 a.m. February 10, New Zealand time). The New Zealand audience would include journalists and dance critics in training at a conference conducted by "Creat [...] |
2006-01-11 02:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON260 | THE NUCLEAR BAN AND NEW ZEALAND'S IDENTITY [...] (C) Summary: For reasons of history and politics, New Zealand's anti-nuclear legislation has become a core part of the nation's psyche. The ban arose just as the country was forging its post-colonial identity, and has become as integral to many Kiwis as the Constitution is to us. Although w [...] |
2006-04-05 03:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON266 | MCGOWAN AND MILLER-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Paul McGowan, Director of Preclearance Programs, USDA/APHIS/Maryland, and Keith Miller, Assistant Director, Quarantine Policy Analysis and Support Staff (QPAS), Riverdale, Maryland, to visit New Zealand from April 17 to April 21, 2006. The purpose of the vi [...] |
2006-04-10 02:15:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON268 | LABOUR'S NEW TALENT DEFICIT. [...] (SBU) Summary: After two full terms in power, PM Clark has failed to effectively rejuvenate her Labour Party's ranks. Labour's lack of recognizable next generation leadership could be a real handicap over the short to-medium term, especially as the opposition National Party has a number of cap [...] |
2006-04-10 19:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON27 | NEW ZEALAND: PLEDGING FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-11 23:09:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV AF NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON284 | A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: During his March 19-20 visit to Wellington and Auckland, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher R. Hill met with GNZ officials from foreign affairs, defense, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies. All agreed that the United States and N [...] |
2006-04-13 02:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV XB NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON285 | R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-13 03:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON286 | A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH PM CLARK AND FM PETERS [...] (C) Summary: During separate March 20 meetings with Prime Minister Clark and Foreign Minister Peters in Wellington, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill encouraged the United States and New Zealand to work together in areas such as the Pacific Islands and Afghanistan. Prime Minister [...] |
2006-04-13 03:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL XB NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON288 | TERRORISM FINANCE: JI-4 PRENOTIFICATION: NEW [...] (S) 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). 2. (C) Taha McPherson of the Ministry of Foreign Aff [...] |
2006-04-13 05:36:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON293 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF OFFICIAL DR. JILLIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jillian Pate, NSF Program Director, Office of Budget, Finance, and Award Management, to travel to Auckland, Nelson, and Christchurch, New Zealand, from April 20 - 26, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Helicopters New Zea [...] |
2006-04-18 03:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON298 | GNZ REACTION TO SOLOMONS UNREST [...] (C) 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 of PM Rini. They also fear a possible spillo [...] |
2006-04-20 05:46:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BP NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON3 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT D. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Research Physicist Robert D. Evans to travel to Lauder Station, New Zealand from February 17 - 24, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to install the Dobson Ozone Spectrophotometers at Lauder Station. 2. (U) Embassy understands th [...] |
2006-01-04 01:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV AS NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON311 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PENNY J ANDERSON, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Penny Anderson, TSAR, to travel to Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand, from May 16 - 23, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct meetings and familiarization visit to Auckland Airport. 2. (U) Embassy understands that support r [...] |
2006-04-25 22:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON321 | Proposal for Digital Video Conference with an American [...] Post requests a U.S. specialist in alternative natural and sustainable energy sources for a digital video conference on (US date) Friday July 7 (NZ date: Saturday July 8). Time to be confirmed depending on location of the speaker. This DVC would form a major event in the Dunedin International S [...] |
2006-04-26 23:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP NZ OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 06WELLINGTON322 | OUTDATED ATTITUDES FRUSTRATE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EFFORTS IN [...] New Zealand media reflect the views of the wider New Zealand population when they describe the US reaction to the anti-nuclear legislation as "heavy-handed" and "bullying." New Zealanders feel that the US reaction failed to recognize New Zealand's sovereignty and its right to make its own choi [...] |
2006-04-26 23:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KIRC OIIP MNUC KPAO KMDR OPRC NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON326 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/TSA SPECIALISTS ADAM [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Adam Michael Shanedling and Suzanne Ventura, DHS/TSA, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from June 22-28, 2006, with a transit in Auckland, New Zealand, on June 28, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct airport and air carrier [...] |
2006-04-28 00:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS EAIR ASEC PTER OTRA NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON331 | ONCE AGAIN, NEW ZEALAND REGULATOR SUPPORTS CUT IN [...] The New Zealand Commerce Commission for the second time has issued a recommendation to reduce the high fees that mobile phone companies charge to terminate calls on their networks. Before acting on the recommendation, the Communications Minister has allowed three more weeks for public submiss [...] |
2006-05-01 05:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON ETRD NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON341 | NEW ZEALAND IVs EMERGE AS MEDIA LEADERS [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: 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 management. Until recently we were able to [...] |
2006-05-03 04:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KIRC OIIP MNUC KPAO KMDR OPRC NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON342 | NEW ZEALAND REPORTS LITTLE TO NO EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE [...] New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) reports there have been no casualties and little to no property damage in the capital of Nuku'alofa and the outer islands. MFAT says the Tongan National Emergency-Disaster Office reports no casualties and little to no property damage [...] |
2006-05-04 00:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TN NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON344 | NEW ZEALAND TO ORDER LOCAL LOOP UNBUNDLING [...] (U) Summary: The New Zealand government announced May 3 that it would compel Telecom Corp., the country's former state monopoly, to open its fixed-line telephone service to competition. New Zealand has been one of only two OECD countries that had not mandated unbundling of the local loop. Th [...] |
2006-05-04 06:35:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON ETRD NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON349 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR DONATION FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-07 23:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL AF NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON35 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM SECOR, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Research Microbiologist, NCID, CDC, HHS William Secor to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 5 - 17, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to work with Victoria University Assistant Professor Dr. Anne LaFlamme on the developmen [...] |
2006-01-12 19:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON350 | R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, FILE NO. 2004-044 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-08 01:59:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON351 | SORCERER II, FILE NO. 2004-044 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-08 02:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON354 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSAR PENNY ANDERSON TO [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Penny J. Anderson, TSAR Sydney, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from June 6-10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct meetings and a familiarization visit to Rarotonga Airport. 2. (SBU) Embassy point of contact is Economi [...] |
2006-05-09 01:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS EAIR ASEC PTER OTRA NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON355 | Permission to be absent from Post [...] Ambassador William P. McCormick requests permission to be absent from post from May 15, 2006 to May 19, 2006 to present credentials to the Samoan Government. 2. While in Apia, the Ambassador can be reached at the US Embassy Apia. 3. During the Ambassador's absence, DCM David Burnett w [...] |
2006-05-09 03:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA NZ |