• wikileaks ico  Home
  • privacy policy Privacy

Search   through 251'286 wikileaks cables

browse by topics
| advanced search
Select office:
Select classification:
Tags: ALL or ANY
B   R   O   W   S   E
By embassy:
Abidjan Abu Dhabi Abuja Accra Adana Addis Ababa Alexandria Algiers American Institute Taiwan, Taipei Amman Amsterdam Ankara Antananarivo Apia Ashgabat Asmara Astana Asuncion Athens Auckland Baghdad Baku Bamako Bandar Seri Begawan Bangkok Bangui Banjul Barcelona Beijing Beirut Belfast Belgrade Belmopan Berlin Bern Bishkek Bogota Brasilia Bratislava Brazzaville Bridgetown Brussels Bucharest Budapest Buenos Aires Bujumbura Cairo Calgary Canberra Cape Town Caracas Casablanca Chengdu Chennai Chiang Mai Chisinau Ciudad Juarez Colombo Conakry Copenhagen Cotonou Curacao Dakar Damascus Dar Es Salaam Department of State Dhahran Dhaka Dili DIR FSINFATC Djibouti Doha Dubai Dublin Durban Dushanbe Dusseldorf Embasy Bonn Florence Frankfurt Freetown Fukuoka Gaborone Georgetown Grenada Guadalajara Guangzhou Guatemala Guayaquil Halifax Hamburg Hamilton Hanoi Harare Helsinki Hermosillo Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Hyderabad Iran RPO Dubai Islamabad Istanbul Izmir Jakarta Jeddah Jerusalem Johannesburg Kabul Kaduna Kampala Karachi Kathmandu Khartoum Kigali Kingston Kinshasa Kolkata Kolonia Koror Krakow Kuala Lumpur Kuwait Kyiv La Paz Lagos Lahore Leipzig Libreville Lilongwe Lima Lisbon Ljubljana Lome London Luanda Lusaka Luxembourg Madrid Majuro Malabo Managua Manama Manila Maputo Marseille Maseru Matamoros Mbabane Melbourne Merida Mexico Milan Minsk Mission Geneva Mission UNESCO Mission USNATO Mission USOSCE Mogadishu Monrovia Monterrey Montevideo Montreal Moscow Mumbai Munich Muscat Nagoya Naha Nairobi Naples Nassau Ndjamena New Delhi Niamey Nicosia Nogales Nouakchott Nuevo Laredo Osaka Kobe Oslo Ottawa Ouagadougou Panama Paramaribo Paris Perth Peshawar Phnom Penh Podgorica Ponta Delgada Port Au Prince Port Louis Port Moresby Port Of Spain Prague Praia Pretoria Pristina Quebec Quito Rabat Rangoon Recife REO Basrah REO Hillah REO Kirkuk REO Mosul Reykjavik Riga Rio De Janeiro Riyadh Rome San Jose San Salvador Sanaa Santiago Santo Domingo Sao Paulo Sapporo Sarajevo Secretary of State Seoul Shanghai Shenyang Singapore Skopje Sofia St Petersburg Stockholm Strasbourg Surabaya Suva Sydney Tallinn Tashkent Tbilisi Tegucigalpa Tehran Tel Aviv The Hague Thessaloniki Tijuana Tirana Tokyo Toronto Tripoli Tunis Ulaanbaatar UN Rome UNVIE US Delegation FEST TWO US Delegation, Secretary US Interests Section Havana US Mission CD Geneva US Mission Geneva US Office Almaty US OFFICE FSC CHARLESTON USEU Brussels USMISSION USTR GENEVA USUN New York Valletta Vancouver Vatican Vienna Vientiane Vilnius Vladivostok Warsaw Wellington Windhoek Yaounde Yekaterinburg Yerevan Zagreb
By classification:
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY


By year:
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1979 1978 1975 1973 1972 1966

More on tag:
ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
[close]

More on tag:
AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
[close]

More on tag:
AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
[close]

More on tag:
AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
[close]

More on tag:
AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
[close]

Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
[close]

More on tag:
APER PERSONNEL
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
[close]

More on tag:
ASEC SECURITY
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
[close]

More on tag:
BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
[close]

More on tag:
BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
[close]

OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
[close]

More on tag:
CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
[close]

Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
[close]

More on tag:
CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
[close]

Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
[close]

More on tag:
CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
[close]

Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
[close]

More on tag:
CVIS VISAS
[close]

Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
[close]

More on tag:
EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
[close]

More on tag:
EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
[close]

More on tag:
EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
[close]

More on tag:
ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
[close]

More on tag:
ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
[close]

Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
[close]

More on tag:
EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
[close]

More on tag:
EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
[close]

More on tag:
EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
[close]

More on tag:
EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
[close]

Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
[close]

More on tag:
EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
[close]

More on tag:
ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
[close]

More on tag:
ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
[close]

More on tag:
EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

[close]

More on tag:
ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
[close]

More on tag:
EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
[close]

Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
[close]

More on tag:
ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
[close]

More on tag:
ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
[close]

Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
[close]

More on tag:
EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
[close]

More on tag:
KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
[close]

Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
[close]

More on tag:
KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
[close]

Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
[close]

More on tag:
KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
[close]

Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
[close]

More on tag:
KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
[close]

Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

[close]

More on tag:
KCOM: Chief of Mission
[close]

Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
[close]

More on tag:
KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
[close]

Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

[close]

More on tag:
KCRM: Criminal Activity
[close]

Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
[close]

More on tag:
KDEM: Democratization
[close]

Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
[close]

More on tag:
KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
[close]

Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
[close]

More on tag:
KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
[close]

Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
[close]

More on tag:
KGHG: Global Climate Change
[close]

Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
[close]

More on tag:
KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
[close]

Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
[close]

More on tag:
KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
[close]

Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
[close]

More on tag:
KHLS: Homeland Security
[close]

Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

[close]

More on tag:
KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
[close]

Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
[close]

More on tag:
KIRF: International Religious Freedom
[close]

Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
[close]

More on tag:
KISL: Islamic Issues
[close]

Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
[close]

More on tag:
KJUS: Administration of Justice
[close]

Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
[close]

More on tag:
KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
[close]

Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
[close]

More on tag:
KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
[close]

Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
[close]

More on tag:
KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
[close]

Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
[close]

More on tag:
KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
[close]

Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
[close]

More on tag:
KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
[close]

Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
[close]

More on tag:
KPAO: Public Affairs Office
[close]

Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
[close]

More on tag:
KPIN: Political Internationals
[close]

Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
[close]

More on tag:
KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
[close]

Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
[close]

More on tag:
KPWR: Power Support Program
[close]

Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
[close]

More on tag:
KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
[close]

Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

[close]

More on tag:
KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
[close]

Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
[close]

More on tag:
KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
[close]

Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
[close]

More on tag:
KSUM: Summit Meetings
[close]

Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
[close]

More on tag:
KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
[close]

Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
[close]

More on tag:
KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
[close]

Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
[close]

More on tag:
KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
[close]

Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
[close]

More on tag:
KUNR: UN Reform
[close]

Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
[close]

More on tag:
KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
[close]

Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
[close]

More on tag:
KWMN: Women Issues
[close]

Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
[close]

More on tag:
MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
[close]

More on tag:
MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
[close]

More on tag:
MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
[close]

Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
[close]

More on tag:
MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
[close]

More on tag:
MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
[close]

More on tag:
ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
[close]

Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
[close]

More on tag:
OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
[close]

EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
[close]

More on tag:
OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
[close]

Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
[close]

More on tag:
OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
[close]

Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
[close]

More on tag:
OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
[close]

Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
[close]

More on tag:
OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
[close]

Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
[close]

More on tag:
OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
[close]

More on tag:
OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
[close]

More on tag:
OTRA TRAVEL
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
[close]

More on tag:
OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
[close]

More on tag:
PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
[close]

More on tag:
PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
[close]

Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
[close]

More on tag:
PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
[close]

More on tag:
PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
[close]

More on tag:
PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
[close]

Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
[close]

More on tag:
PINR INTELLIGENCE
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
[close]

More on tag:
PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
[close]

More on tag:
PREF REFUGEES
[close]

Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
[close]

More on tag:
PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
[close]

Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
[close]

More on tag:
PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
[close]

More on tag:
PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
[close]

Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
[close]

More on tag:
SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
[close]

More on tag:
SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
[close]

More on tag:
SMIG MIGRATION
[close]

Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
[close]

More on tag:
SNAR NARCOTICS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
[close]

More on tag:
SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
[close]

More on tag:
TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
[close]

More on tag:
TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
[close]

More on tag:
TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
[close]

Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
[close]

More on tag:
TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
[close]
By tags:
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA


Get the how-to to understand how to read a cable


Pages 1 2
1'000 rows / 1'490 results
IdentifierSubjectDateOfficeClassificationTags
04WELLINGTON1003NEW 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 03:48:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL NZ
04WELLINGTON1010NEW 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 04:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI TBIO PGOV EAID NZ
04WELLINGTON1018PARLIAMENT "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 04:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV 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 22:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 02:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 21:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC 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 21:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
04WELLINGTON1037NEW 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 01:08:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON KIPR NZ
04WELLINGTON1040NEW 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 03:53:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV NZ PBIO
04WELLINGTON1044NEW 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 01:29:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETMARR MOPS PREL AF NZ
04WELLINGTON1053SENATOR 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 01:51:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 01:51:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 01:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 04:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AFIN AMGT AS CH NZ PNG HI
04WELLINGTON1069NEW 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 21:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO NZ
04WELLINGTON10752005 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 03:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN NZ
04WELLINGTON173THE 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 21:28:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPREL NZ
04WELLINGTON539NEW 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 05:32:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MNUC PARM NZ
04WELLINGTON555NEW 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 07:23:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL NZ
04WELLINGTON557JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE: LETTER ROGATORY IN THE MATTER
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-30 02:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN NZ
04WELLINGTON558INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ON NEW ZEALAND
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-30 05:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN KTDB PGOV NZ OPIC
04WELLINGTON563NEW 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 05:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN 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 18:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY NZ NSF
04WELLINGTON578NEW 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 04:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV NZ
04WELLINGTON579COOK 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 04:25:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ABUD PREL NZ
04WELLINGTON585JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE: LETTER ROGATORY IN THE MATTER
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-09 03:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN NZ
04WELLINGTON591NZ 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 05:19:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NZ
04WELLINGTON596NEW 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 04:34:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALETRD NZ
04WELLINGTON598NEW 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 01:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON ETRD NZ
04WELLINGTON599NEW 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 03:22:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL NZ UNGA
04WELLINGTON600NEW 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 04:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL ECON PHUM AORC NZ UNGA
04WELLINGTON601NEW 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 04:30:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM NZ
04WELLINGTON605NEW 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 04:20:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR NZ
04WELLINGTON611NEW 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 06:17:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR NZ
04WELLINGTON613NEW 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 23:29:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM NZ
04WELLINGTON632NEW 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 05:57:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 22:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 05:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AS NZ
04WELLINGTON641NEW 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 22:16:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 21:29:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 00:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TSPA NZ
04WELLINGTON647NEW 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 05:53:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ
04WELLINGTON652NEW ZEALAND POSITION ON RELEASING THE COALITION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-02 05:20:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETPREL 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 05:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 05:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 00:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ AS CODEL
04WELLINGTON661NEW 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 05:01:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV 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 23:18:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETAPER AMGT NZ
04WELLINGTON665NOTE ON CARGO-ONLY MALIAT ACCEPTANCE DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-05 02:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR 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 03:58:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TSPA KSCA NZ
04WELLINGTON669AMBASSADOR 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 05:06:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL NZ
04WELLINGTON671NEW 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 20:45:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 02:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 22:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
04WELLINGTON686NEW 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 01:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECIN ECON ETRD NZ
04WELLINGTON690NEW 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 04:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD 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 00:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 01:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ECON NZ
04WELLINGTON697COUNTRY 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 05:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ASEC AMGT NZ
04WELLINGTON701NEW 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 05:06:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV 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 03:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 23:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 21:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AGAO NZ
04WELLINGTON717NEW 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 04:12:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL NZ
04WELLINGTON720NEW 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 02:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC NZ UNGA
04WELLINGTON722 R/V KILO MOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE, FILE NO.
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-25 04:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC 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 05:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 18:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TSPA NZ
04WELLINGTON727NEW 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 21:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD 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 21:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV AS NZ
04WELLINGTON729CODEL 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 22:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP 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 04:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV KSCA TBIO NE NZ
04WELLINGTON737NEW 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 22:15:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALNZ
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 01:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 01:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 05:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 05:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
04WELLINGTON747CITING 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 04:58:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD 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 01:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO NZ
04WELLINGTON751 R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-03 02:23:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC 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 03:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ECON NZ
04WELLINGTON769NEW 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 01:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC 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 22:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
04WELLINGTON773COUNTRY 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 00:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA NZ
04WELLINGTON784NEW 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 00:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD NZ UNESCO
04WELLINGTON789BLUE 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 00:46:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC 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 03:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
04WELLINGTON796CIVAIR: 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 03:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR 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 03:51:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
04WELLINGTON798NEW 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 04:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID 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 23:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 00:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ETRD ASEC AMGT NZ
04WELLINGTON818BLUE 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 22:03:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC 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 00:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIS SENV PHSA NZ
04WELLINGTON824NEW 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 02:39:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 04:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV KSCA TPHY NZ
04WELLINGTON829NEW 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 04:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR AORC PREL NZ ICAO ICJ
04WELLINGTON832NEW 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 02:20:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SENV NZ
04WELLINGTON833NEW 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 04:55:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALSENV EFIS TBIO ETRD NZ
04WELLINGTON840NEW 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 03:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ NZ
04WELLINGTON844ASSISTANT 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 19:57:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 22:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY NZ NSF
04WELLINGTON847TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT EMBASSY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-07 00:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN 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 00:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 20:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 00:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 04:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS 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 23:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA WS NE NZ
04WELLINGTON861NEW 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 00:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD NZ UNGA
04WELLINGTON862NEW 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 00:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO NZ OECD
04WELLINGTON870NEW 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 23:26:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETPREL PTER KTFN IZ NZ
04WELLINGTON871COUNTRY 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 00:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA HK NZ
04WELLINGTON876NEW ZEALAND: ICTY CANDIDATE MERON
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-18 03:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM NZ UNGA
04WELLINGTON877 R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-19 00:44:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
04WELLINGTON880WEOG 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 01:20:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC PHUM PREL PGOV NZ
04WELLINGTON881NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATION AT ARF SECURITY POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-20 01:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NZ ARF
04WELLINGTON882NEW 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 17:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECPS 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 22:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TSPA NZ
04WELLINGTON889NEW 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 02:27:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM NZ
04WELLINGTON899NEW 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 23:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM NZ
04WELLINGTON900REVISED 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 00:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD NZ
04WELLINGTON902NEW 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 23:57:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NZ
04WELLINGTON905BLUE 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 03:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC NZ
04WELLINGTON909NEW 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 02:41:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NZ
04WELLINGTON911CONVICTIONS 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 02:43:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC 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 00:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TSPA NZ NSF
04WELLINGTON915NEW 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 23:14:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALETRD 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 23:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 23:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 02:01:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 02:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 03:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 22:44:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 22:44:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TSPA NZ
04WELLINGTON924APEC: 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 23:08:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP 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 04:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 16:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
04WELLINGTON932 TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-09 02:33:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN 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 02:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
04WELLINGTON939NEW 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 03:14:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC NZ UNGA
04WELLINGTON949NEW 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 04:33:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MNUC NZ
04WELLINGTON950UNGA 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 17:23:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPHUM NZ UNGA
04WELLINGTON951NEW 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 00:58:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 21:39:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP 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 03:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 03:20:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TSPA NZ
04WELLINGTON964NEW 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 23:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV 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 17:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ
04WELLINGTON973NEW 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 03:26:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 03:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TSPA NZ
04WELLINGTON983 R/V KILO MOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE, FILE NO.
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-24 02:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
04WELLINGTON987 NOAA KA'IMIMOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-25 21:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC 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 14:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
04WELLINGTON997NEW 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 23:22:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM NZ
05WELLINGTON10INDUSTRY 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 04:51:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON 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 23:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP 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 22:06:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ
05WELLINGTON1009NEW 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 03:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG NZ
05WELLINGTON102 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEVIN HENNESSY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-03 18:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 02:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 17:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA BEXP ETRD NZ
05WELLINGTON119NEW 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 23:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD NZ
05WELLINGTON125NEW 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 01:23:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDSENV AORC ETRD PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON126COUNTRY 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 01:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 17:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 20:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON130NEW 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 02:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT 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 16:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAIR NZ
05WELLINGTON134HISTORICAL 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 22:29:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 23:23:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS
05WELLINGTON154YEAR 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 05:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR 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 18:03:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 18:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON157REQUEST 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 20:30:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON160NEW 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 04:43:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON161SECTION 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 04:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS 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 17:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON168NEW 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 02:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PREL TL NZ UNSC
05WELLINGTON171NEW 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 02:40:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 23:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 02:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 02:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA SOCI AS NZ
05WELLINGTON199 FISCAL RESTRAINT ON ILO PROPOSED BUDGET
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-09 17:46:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ELAB NZ ILO
05WELLINGTON20SENTENCING 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 01:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC 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 02:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 02:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ
05WELLINGTON222NEW 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 04:00:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPHUM 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 21:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 01:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA WS NE NZ
05WELLINGTON225NEW 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 02:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN 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 02:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
05WELLINGTON227 NOAA KA'IMIMOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-17 17:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON233NPT: 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 02:52:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ NPT
05WELLINGTON237NEW 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 00:41:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 18:44:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 18:44:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA WS NE NZ
05WELLINGTON243NEW 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 04:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ASEC ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER NZ ADM
05WELLINGTON244NEW ZEALAND: TERRORISM FINANCE - 2005 UPDATE NO. 2
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-23 04:07:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETKTFN CVIS KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON248NEW 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 03:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON 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 00:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS
05WELLINGTON261 RESPONSE TO CONGRESSIONAL REQUEST FOR STATE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-30 01:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID 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 19:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AS NZ CDC
05WELLINGTON270NEW 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 04:37:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETOTRA PINR PTER NZ
05WELLINGTON271HIGHLIGHTING 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 23:15:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL JA NZ PMIL
05WELLINGTON274THE 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 04:09:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON275MISSILE 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 05:58:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKSCA 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 02:42:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 18:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 02:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
05WELLINGTON284NEW 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 04:49:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 22:01:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA CFED NZ
05WELLINGTON293NEW 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 02:29:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON294NEW 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 03:43:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALETTC 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 15:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAIR ASEC NZ
05WELLINGTON301NPT 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 04:14:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 00:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
05WELLINGTON309NEW 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 01:48:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NZ UN
05WELLINGTON310NEW 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 02:53:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON318COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: NEW ZEALAND ATTENDANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-19 00:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM 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 02:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 03:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON328NEW 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 22:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PREL PTER NZ WHO
05WELLINGTON329INDONESIAN 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 03:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV 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 04:06:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 01:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS
05WELLINGTON334NEW ZEALAND: PROPOSAL FOR 2005 IPR TRAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-26 03:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON EFIN ETRD PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON340NEW ZEALAND: FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-28 00:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID AF NZ UNSC
05WELLINGTON342IN 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 03:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON 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 01:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 03:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG TRGY NZ
05WELLINGTON356 NOAA KA'IMIMOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-04 04:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON363IS 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 03:05:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPREL 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 16:20:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC EAIR NZ
05WELLINGTON375NEW 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 04:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD NZ WTO
05WELLINGTON384 SUBMISSION OF EMPLOYEE EVALUATION REPORTS - NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-13 04:12:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAPER NZ
05WELLINGTON385NEW 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 04:57:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN NZ APECO
05WELLINGTON386CHANGE IN EMBASSY WELLINGTON ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-16 23:33:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA EFIS TBIO SENV TSPA TSPL
05WELLINGTON387NEW 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 03:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PHUM NZ
05WELLINGTON393ICJ 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 04:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNZ 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 17:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 03:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SCUL NZ UNESCO
05WELLINGTON400MESSAGE 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 02:43:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL 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 04:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON404NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR MIGRANT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-23 02:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL SMIG NZ
05WELLINGTON409MINISTER 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 01:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD 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 02:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS
05WELLINGTON418WTO: 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 05:09:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD 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 23:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 05:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG KNNP PARM NZ
05WELLINGTON427NEW 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 02:21:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL NZ CU
05WELLINGTON428INVITATION 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 02:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL
05WELLINGTON435LUIS POSADA CARRILES - MESSAGE PASSED TO NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-02 02:33:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR IT KJUS PHUM PREL PTER CU US VE NZ EUN
05WELLINGTON441DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-03 05:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD NZ UNESCO
05WELLINGTON445 R/V ROGER REVELLE, FILE NO. 2004-097
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-07 04:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON448UN 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 03:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM NZ
05WELLINGTON45NEW ZEALAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-14 04:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV NZ OPIC USTR
05WELLINGTON450NEW 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 05:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ NZ
05WELLINGTON452WITH 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 00:59:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL NZ
05WELLINGTON454NEW 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 03:20:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ NZ EUN
05WELLINGTON461NEW 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 18:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECPS 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 01:15:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON472DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR MDA: CONFERENCE FOR THIRD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-16 03:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ NZ ICRC
05WELLINGTON473DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-16 04:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO NZ UNESCO KSCI
05WELLINGTON475NZ 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 05:14:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 02:39:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS CW NZ
05WELLINGTON489NEW 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 04:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD 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 00:42:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD EU NZ
05WELLINGTON496NEW 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 04:48:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KUNR AORC NZ UNSC UNCHR
05WELLINGTON5NEW 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 04:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ
05WELLINGTON502NEW 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 02:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO NZ WHO
05WELLINGTON504NEW 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 03:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN 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 03:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP GG KPAO OIIP NZ
05WELLINGTON527WMD 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 05:01:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC
05WELLINGTON531EAC 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 03:49:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETASEC 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 02:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AINF PINR NZ
05WELLINGTON538LAWSUIT 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 01:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON ETRD NZ
05WELLINGTON548NEW 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 22:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 22:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAFSI AFSN PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON551NEW 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 01:52:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON552NEW 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 03:22:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON553COMPREHENSIVE 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 04:15:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPTER 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 10:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 03:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA NZ
05WELLINGTON566THE 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 06:23:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON569WITH 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 05:07:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALECON 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 21:25:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON577NEW 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 01:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KIPR NZ
05WELLINGTON58MP 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 17:48:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM NZ
05WELLINGTON585NEW 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 05:15:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG ETTC PARM PREL
05WELLINGTON590UNSC 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 02:18:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKUNR PREL PGOV UNGA
05WELLINGTON594LABOUR 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 05:17:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 21:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 21:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 22:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKCIP NZ
05WELLINGTON603NEW 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 02:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG NZ
05WELLINGTON613USDA 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 01:42:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON616NEW 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 05:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON ETRD NZ
05WELLINGTON618NEW 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 03:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD TBIO EAGR ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON619TERRORISM 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 03:42:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR KPAO OIIP NZ
05WELLINGTON624THE 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 04:41:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV 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 03:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ABUD AMGT ASEC OVIP NZ NPT
05WELLINGTON635AMBASSADOR 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 03:08:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON637 New Zealand on U.S. APEC Radioactive Sources
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-22 01:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN APEC IAEA
05WELLINGTON642NATIONAL 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 02:57:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 03:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 21:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS CW NZ
05WELLINGTON647NEW ZEALAND ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-23 23:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD 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 17:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON650NEW 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 05:06:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON658NEW 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 03:28:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON659BOLSTAD-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 04:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON660STERN-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 04:01:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON661MAORI 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 22:08:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON662ARMSTRONG-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 00:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON663MAORI 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 04:48:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON664NZ 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 05:14:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON665AUSTRALIA GROUP: BIOLOGICAL AGENTS WORKING GROUP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-30 05:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC NZ
05WELLINGTON666REQUEST 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 04:52:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKAWC MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR NZ
05WELLINGTON667VISIT 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 08:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD TBIO EAGR ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON668HURRICANE 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 00:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID NZ
05WELLINGTON670UN 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 04:46:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP NZ UNGA
05WELLINGTON671AMENDED 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 06:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO NZ
05WELLINGTON674NEW 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 04:27:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL ZI NZ IMF
05WELLINGTON675TFUS01: 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 05:58:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US NZ
05WELLINGTON679TFUS01: 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 20:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL US NZ
05WELLINGTON682AS 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 05:50:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON683TFUS01: 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 20:14:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL US NZ
05WELLINGTON684SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 03:02:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC NZ
05WELLINGTON688TFUS01: MORE DETAILS ON NEW ZEALAND'S OFFER OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 19:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR 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 21:58:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA NZ
05WELLINGTON692THOUGH 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 03:04:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON695THE 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 04:50:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON696NZ'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 19:56:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV 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 02:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON7NEW 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 04:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON70THE 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 21:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON700 NEW ZEALAND AVIATION AND MARITIME OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-12 21:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON702NZ 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 00:33:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON704NEW 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 05:10:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALTBIO ECON PREL SOCI NZ
05WELLINGTON705NEW 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 05:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON707NEW ZEALAND WILL NOT ATTEND ARF CBM SEMINAR ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-14 02:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 22:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA SENV KSCA TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON715NZ 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 05:51:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV 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 20:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA CFED NZ
05WELLINGTON717NOMINATION 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 23:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO NZ
05WELLINGTON718NEW 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 03:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER NZ
05WELLINGTON719NZ 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 05:04:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON721REQUEST 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 19:43:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC KSEO NZ
05WELLINGTON722HOLLINGSWORTH-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 21:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR 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 01:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON728NZ 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 00:32:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON729EMBASSY WELLINGTON EAC MEETING SEPTEMBER 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-21 03:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC 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 04:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON732EMBASSY WELLINGTON EAC MEETING SEPTEMBER 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-21 19:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC 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 01:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAIR NZ
05WELLINGTON736NEW ZEALAND UNABLE TO RESPOND TO UNESCO CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-22 05:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD NZ UNESCO
05WELLINGTON738SUGGESTED 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 02:32:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON739NZ 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 03:24:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETCVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON740NEW 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 03:44:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT EAID ECON ETRD NZ
05WELLINGTON741NEW ZEALAND WILL TRY TO ATTEND ARF ISG IN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-23 04:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR NZ
05WELLINGTON748NEW ZEALAND: CONFIRMING SUA DEMARCHE DELIVERY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-28 02:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA NZ
05WELLINGTON751LEWANDROWSKI-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 00:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON752ANDREWS, 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 00:51:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON753COLE-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 00:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON757NEW 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 23:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER NZ
05WELLINGTON758NEW 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 02:50:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETPTER ASEC CVIS PGOV PINR PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON759NEW 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 03:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO 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 00:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON764NZ 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 03:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON765NEW 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 03:22:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 23:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 00:01:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON772NOMINATION: FY-06 STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 04:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL
05WELLINGTON78NATIONAL 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 03:33:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 04:15:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 04:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 04:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 20:51:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON785FARLEY-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 22:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON786GUERRO/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 22:42:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON787ANDERSON-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 22:44:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON788HOFFMAN-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 22:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON79EAST 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 05:06:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECIN NZ ASEAN APECO
05WELLINGTON790DVC 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 00:44:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP SCUL
05WELLINGTON791HERRICK-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 00:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON79260TH 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 02:13:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALAORC PARM PREL MNUC CA MX NZ
05WELLINGTON793Proposal 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 02:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP OEXC SCUL
05WELLINGTON794IN 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 05:08:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON807NZ 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 18:48:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV 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 00:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 18:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 22:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO NZ
05WELLINGTON812DVC 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 02:25:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP SCUL
05WELLINGTON813NEW 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 06:27:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON816NEW 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 02:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR ECON NU KIPR NZ WTRO
05WELLINGTON82U.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 04:51:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON821EXPLAINING 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 06:51:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON826COUNTRY 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 00:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA NZ
05WELLINGTON827FY2006 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 04:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP 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 02:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ABUD AMGT ASEC OVIP NZ NPT
05WELLINGTON833BLUE 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 21:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC 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 04:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON837FORMER 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 18:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC 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 22:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 23:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 03:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV 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 23:01:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 06:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
05WELLINGTON848NEW 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 02:23:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALEAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO
05WELLINGTON849NEW 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 02:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON 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 23:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 00:15:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 00:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TPHY SCUL SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON855NEW 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 03:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM 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 19:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON859IN 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 04:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECON 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 21:03:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG NZ
05WELLINGTON860NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON INFANT FORMULA STANDARDS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-03 22:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD NZ FDA
05WELLINGTON861NEW 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 03:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD 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 20:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 21:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 03:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 22:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON875NEW 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 23:08:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON876NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON OECD SEC GEN SELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-09 23:11:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON EFIN NZ OECD
05WELLINGTON880NEW 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 03:40:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC CVIS PGOV PREL PINR NZ
05WELLINGTON883NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-14 03:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA AORC EWWT PHSA US NZ IMO
05WELLINGTON884NEW 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 03:24:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALEAID 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 21:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA SENV TPHY NZ EPA
05WELLINGTON891UNINTENTIONALLY, 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 00:51:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALEINV ECIN ECON NZ ETRC
05WELLINGTON893NEW 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 02:20:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA OTRA NZ
05WELLINGTON894NEW 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 02:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA OTRA TPHY NZ
05WELLINGTON895NEW 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 02:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA OTRA TPHY NZ
05WELLINGTON896NEW 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 02:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA SENV OTRA TPHY NZ
05WELLINGTON897NEW 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 02:25:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA TPHY OTRA SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON898PSI: NEW ZEALAND WILL ATTEND HAMBURG REGIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 02:42:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP 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 23:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ECPS ETRD NZ
05WELLINGTON900NEW 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 03:16:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA KN NZ
05WELLINGTON902WHAT 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 21:25:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 04:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 18:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON907CO-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 03:19:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON908NEW 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 03:34:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON913 NEW ZEALAND TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-28 22:47:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM NZ
05WELLINGTON916 R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-30 04:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC 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 02:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 02:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON92NEW 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 04:00:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 03:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AORC NZ USPS
05WELLINGTON931EMBASSY 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 23:01:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
05WELLINGTON932 R/V KA'IMIMOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-06 02:29:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT BP FM KR NR RM TL TV NZ
05WELLINGTON943NEW 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 03:18:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON KIPR NZ WTO
05WELLINGTON944NEW ZEALAND ON MDA VOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 04:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREF PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON945NEW 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 00:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA TSPA OTRA NZ
05WELLINGTON9502005-2006 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 01:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR NZ
05WELLINGTON952SEYBOLD-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 01:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR 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 04:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS CW NZ
05WELLINGTON955 R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2004-044
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-12 04:20:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON957NEW 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 00:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO NZ
05WELLINGTON96NEW 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 03:58:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON962 NEW ZEALAND POC FOR MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 04:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN 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 01:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON964 R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-15 01:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT CW NZ
05WELLINGTON966 R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2004-139
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-15 02:58:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON967NEW 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 03:58:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDSENV 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 00:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG TRGY NZ
05WELLINGTON977NEW 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 03:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM 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 22:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 23:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON985NEW ZEALAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-21 02:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR NZ
05WELLINGTON986CLOSURE OF EMBASSY WELLINGTON AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-21 03:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT
05WELLINGTON9872006 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 04:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN NZ
05WELLINGTON988STAUB-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 21:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON991NEW 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 03:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG NZ
05WELLINGTON992NEW 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 22:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA 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 04:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP 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 04:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ
06WELLINGTON10PARLIAMENT'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 18:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON1000MUCK 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 03:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR 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 03:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 20:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TSPA NZ
06WELLINGTON1005RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING UN GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-19 05:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNAUS NZ XV
06WELLINGTON1007NEW 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 21:29:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC FBI NZ XB XU AS
06WELLINGTON1009 NEW ZEALAND - PRENOTIFICATION INFORMATION DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-21 03:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NZ
06WELLINGTON1011 R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-21 23:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC 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 23:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ
06WELLINGTON1014ALIAGA 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 22:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON1016NEW 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 22:12:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON102NEW 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 03:26:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALAPECO 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 01:39:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 01:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 01:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TPHY NZ
06WELLINGTON103DVC 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 04:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP SCUL
06WELLINGTON105COUNTRY 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 03:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL PAO
06WELLINGTON11NEW 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 20:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR 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 00:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR
06WELLINGTON114TSUNEZUMI- 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 03:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON115BROWN- 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 03:06:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR 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 03:47:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD 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 22:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ
06WELLINGTON124HUTTENLOCKER 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 02:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON125ATTENDANCE 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 03:25:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD 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 03:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA SENV TBIO NZ
06WELLINGTON128NATIONAL 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 05:15:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL 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 02:12:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 03:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT BP FM KR NR RM TL TV NZ
06WELLINGTON132NEW 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 05:03:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KPAO OEXC SCUL NZ
06WELLINGTON133SCENESETTER 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 21:02:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON134OGAN 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 03:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON136YEAR 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 06:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON14NOMINATION OF CAPTAIN KEVIN KEAT OF THE NEW ZEALAND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-09 03:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO NZ
06WELLINGTON142FRAZIO 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 01:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON143BALDO 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 01:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR 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 02:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 02:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 01:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ECON PREL CH NZ
06WELLINGTON155CDR 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 01:37:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC NZ
06WELLINGTON157EAP/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 04:06:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON160TRAFFICKING 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 03:47:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ
06WELLINGTON163VOLK- 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 19:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON167FOREIGN 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 02:56:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL 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 04:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 04:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
06WELLINGTON171COTE- 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 02:39:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR 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 03:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT BP FM KR NR RM TL TV NZ
06WELLINGTON176NEW 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 21:45:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA KNAR NZ
06WELLINGTON178SPOMER- 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 21:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON179SHORTAGE 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 00:20:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA
06WELLINGTON18SCENESETTER 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 02:36:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON180BELL 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 01:33:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON181CORRECTED 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 01:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON182NZ WILL SUPPORT GUATEMALA FOR UNSC SEAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 04:47:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC GT VE NZ
06WELLINGTON186NEW 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 04:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD PARM PTER NZ
06WELLINGTON191NEW ZEALAND PARTICIPATION IN PSI OPERATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-09 03:33:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPARM 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 03:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ETRD ECON KIPR NZ
06WELLINGTON195SCENESETTER 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 18:44:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV OVIP NZ
06WELLINGTON197RIDAY- 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 21:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON198JANG- 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 21:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR 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 03:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 23:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 23:23:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 22:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
06WELLINGTON218NEW 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 04:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 22:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
06WELLINGTON220POSSIBLE 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 19:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON221COOK 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 19:29:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 23:39:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY NZ
06WELLINGTON225NZ 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 05:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL
06WELLINGTON226A 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 19:06:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON230GNZ 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 04:51:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON232CODEX 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 03:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON234APPROACH 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 05:31:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NZ
06WELLINGTON243PANELLA - 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 23:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON244ADMINISTRATOR 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 23:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON247PETERS 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 04:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV 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 01:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT CW NZ
06WELLINGTON253SAMOA 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 05:30:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 22:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON26PROPOSAL 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 02:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO NZ
06WELLINGTON260THE 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 03:55:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON266MCGOWAN 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 02:15:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON268LABOUR'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 19:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON27NEW ZEALAND: PLEDGING FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-11 23:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV AF NZ
06WELLINGTON284A/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 02:58:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV XB NZ
06WELLINGTON285 R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-13 03:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON286A/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 03:26:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL XB NZ
06WELLINGTON288TERRORISM 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 05:36:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETEFIN 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 03:58:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON298GNZ 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 05:46:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 01:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA 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 22:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON321Proposal 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 23:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP NZ OEXC SCUL KPAO
06WELLINGTON322OUTDATED 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 23:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA 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 00:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS EAIR ASEC PTER OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON331ONCE 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 05:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON ETRD NZ
06WELLINGTON341NEW 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 04:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KIRC OIIP MNUC KPAO KMDR OPRC NZ
06WELLINGTON342NEW 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 00:32:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TN NZ
06WELLINGTON344NEW 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 06:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON ETRD NZ
06WELLINGTON349NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR DONATION FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-07 23:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID 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 19:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON350 R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, FILE NO. 2004-044
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-08 01:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON351 SORCERER II, FILE NO. 2004-044
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-08 02:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC 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 01:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS EAIR ASEC PTER OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON355Permission 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 03:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON361SOUTH PACIFIC TUNA TREATY: CASE SETTLEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 05:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV PHSA NZ
06WELLINGTON362NEW ZEALAND: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) On May 9, Poloff conveyed reftel points to Wendy Edgar, Acting Manager, International Sector Policy Directorate, Ministry of Health; and Rebecca Lineham, Policy Officer, Americas Division, and Charles Kingston, Policy Officer, United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division, Ministr [...]
2006-05-10 05:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC TBIO WHO NZ
06WELLINGTON366NEW ZEALAND FACES LONG MARCH TO CHINA FTA
[...] (C) Summary: Negotiations on a China-New Zealand free-trade agreement have been slow going since their start 16 months ago, and the road ahead looks long and difficult, with China firmly in the driver's seat. Beijing has pitted New Zealand against Australia, trying to hold New Zealand hostage [...]
2006-05-11 05:06:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD ECON PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON369NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO SMALLPOX DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) On May 9, Poloff conveyed Ref A points to Wendy Edgar, Acting Manager, International Sector Policy Directorate, Ministry of Health (see Ref B). In Edgar's response May 12, she reported that GNZ's "stance on variola virus is largely consistent with the U.S. position. We will be support [...]
2006-05-12 04:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC TBIO WHO NZ
06WELLINGTON372 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL MOHEIT AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration Safety Inspectors Larry D. Moheit and Renato A. Lutz to travel to Christchurch and Auckland, New Zealand from June 10 - 22, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to inspect a U.S. certified repair station. [...]
2006-05-15 04:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAIR ASEC NZ
06WELLINGTON378DEPARTURE OF AMBASSADOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-16 21:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON379GNZ REMAINS COOL TO ISRAELI JUSCANZ PARTICIPATION
[...] (C) As noted Ref A, Ambassador McCormick and his Australian and Canadian counterparts met with Minister Peters in late May to urge that New Zealand support Israeli membership in the Geneva JUSCANZ group. This followed representations by other Embassy officers at lower levels. Minister Peters [...]
2006-05-16 23:27:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NZ
06WELLINGTON380FM PETERS CLAIMS BRASH LIED ABOUT U.S. SUPPORT AT
[...] (C) Summary: NZ First leader and Foreign Minister Winston Peters, cheered on by the Government, has created a furor by claiming leaked e-mails prove National Party leader Don Brash courted US support for his party's general election campaign. The National Party has countered that Peters and th [...]
2006-05-16 23:33:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV
06WELLINGTON384SAMOAN GOVERNMENT: NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
[...] (C) Summary: Officials for New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australia High Commission in Wellington continue to follow closely the implications of Samoa's March 31 general election. Both recognize the potential for improved governance following the announceme [...]
2006-05-18 05:05:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ WS
06WELLINGTON385Ambassador returns to New Zealand
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-18 22:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON387MOU WITH NEW ZEALAND REGARDING ZHELEZNOGORSK POWER
[...] (U) On May 18, 2006, PolCouns shared the revised MOU and talking points provided reftel with Deborah Panckhurst of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MFAT) Disarmament Division. Panckhurst said that she has also been in contact with DOE's Mike Stafford about this issue. MFAT will [...]
2006-05-19 04:56:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALENRG PARM OTRA RS KNNP TRGY NZ
06WELLINGTON389MORE ON FM PETER'S E-MAIL OUTBURST: AN ANTI-GOFF
[...] (C) Summary: Chris Trotter, New Zealand's leading left-wing political analyst believes the recent attack by New Zealand First leader and Foreign Minister Winston Peters on National Party Leader Don Brash was actually aimed at Trade and Defense Minister Phil Goff. In a recent article in the "I [...]
2006-05-19 05:45:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON390 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEVIN PAINTER TO GO TO THE COOK
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Kevin Painter, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from May 18-25, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to testify as a witness for the government in the Adelita vs. Cook Islands Case. 2. (SBU) Embassy point of contact is [...]
2006-05-22 05:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS CW NZ
06WELLINGTON394 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID P. WISEGARVER, MAY
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official David P. Wisegarver to travel to Tauranga, New Zealand from May 25 - June 16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the CO2 project cruise aboard the R/V Cap Victor. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country [...]
2006-05-24 03:32:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
06WELLINGTON395NEW ZEALAND ISSUES STATEMENT SUPPORTING FORMATION OF NEW
[...] New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters issued a statement May 22 hailing the formation of the new Iraqi government. "I congratulate Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and his colleagues on persevering over many months with forming a representative list of Cabinet members," Peters said in his sta [...]
2006-05-24 04:15:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM KPAO PGOV IZ NZ
06WELLINGTON396NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT UNVEILS CAUTIOUS BUDGET
[...] (SBU) Summary: New Zealand's Labour government maintained its image for tightfistedness by delivering a 2006-7 budget with an anticipated surplus and no tax relief. Most of the government's new spending will go to the health sector and road improvements and deliver on Labour's 2005 campaign p [...]
2006-05-24 06:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN NZ
06WELLINGTON398NEW ZEALAND ATTENDANCE AT CONFERENCE ON GENOCIDE
[...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 4. 2. (C) On May 15, Poloff delivered reftel invitation to Valerie Meyer; Deputy Director; United Nations, Human Rights, and Commonwealth Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Meyer responded that representatives from her division [...]
2006-05-24 22:38:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPINR KAWC NZ
06WELLINGTON40DRUG INDUSTRY SEES POSSIBLE SALVE TO ITS PAIN IN
[...] (SBU) The pharmaceutical industry in New Zealand is enjoying a dose of optimism about the prospect of changes to the government's drug-purchasing system, which has crimped the industry for the past 12 years. The government has promised a review of the system that controls the range and price [...]
2006-01-13 05:15:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETRD NZ
06WELLINGTON403 CLEARANCE GRANTED TO R/V NATHANIEL B.
[...] Embassy is in receipt of a diplomatic note from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade dated 22 May, 2006, granting clearance to the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer. The dip note outlines conditions of clearance. 2. The text of the dip note is as follows. Begin text: The Min [...]
2006-05-24 23:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON404NEW ZEALAND ASSISTANCE ON GAO QUESTIONNAIRES
[...] On April 7, Poloff delivered to Rebecca Lineham, Policy Officer, Americas Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, four surveys comprising a GAO questionnaire on unauthorized workers (reftel). Lineham passed the surveys to New Zealand Immigration, where Mikaela Nyman, International Ad [...]
2006-05-25 02:47:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAGAO ELAB SMIG NZ
06WELLINGTON405NEW ZEALAND ON STANDBY FOR EAST TIMOR
[...] (C) GNZ officials are deciding what support New Zealand will provide to E. Timor now that the Timorese government has officially asked for help. In the morning of May 25, NZ Defense Force (NZDF) Assistant Chief for Strategic Commitments and Intelligence, Brigadier Warren Whiting, told DATT a [...]
2006-05-25 04:45:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC TT NZ AS
06WELLINGTON406NZ UPDATE ON THE SOLOMONS
[...] (C) Summary: GNZ officials report that a May 19 meeting between New Zealand Foreign Minister Peters, Australian Foreign Minister Downer, and Solomon Island officials was "difficult." However, the Solomons PM was much more conciliatory during a separate meeting with Peters on May 23. Most Sol [...]
2006-05-26 00:50:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON407NEW ZEALAND ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Couns shared reftel information with Matthew Paterson, Policy Officer in the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Paterson says that Dell Higgie, New Zealand's Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism and Director of MFAT's Security Policy Divi [...]
2006-05-26 03:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM NZ
06WELLINGTON408MTCR: U/S JOSEPH'S LETTER PASSED TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 04:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC TSPA KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON409NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON "SOLIDARITY TAX" FOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] The New Zealand government does not levy any taxes on airline tickets and is not considering any such taxes. (International air travelers must pay a departure fee, but that charge is not a tax and is assessed by New Zealand's international airports, which are privately owned. The government r [...]
2006-05-26 04:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EIND AFIN APECO NZ
06WELLINGTON41LANGE'S LAST LAUGH
[...] (C) Former NZ Prime Minister David Lange's private papers included a copy of the highly classified 1985-86 Government Communications Security Bureau annual report detailing its activities, including cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency. According to an article in the January 15 [...]
2006-01-16 23:41:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETPINR PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON410DEMARCHE ON MANAS AIRFIELD
[...] (C) On May 23, Pol-Econ Counselor and DATT shared reftel demarche with Chris Seed, Deputy Secretary of Defence. PE Couns also separately conveyed the demarche to Matthew Paterson, Policy Officer in the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). 2. (C) O [...]
2006-05-26 04:40:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON415JACKSON-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Jackson, Microbiologist, USDA, ARS, MWA, Peoria, IL to visit Hamilton, New Zealand from June 3-23, 2006 to attend the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research meeting and present seminar. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is [...]
2006-05-31 01:46:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON416DEMARCHE TO NEW ZEALAND ON UNGA AIDS DECLARATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 04:15:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV NZ UNGA
06WELLINGTON417DEMARCHE TO NEW ZEALAND ON POLIO ERADICATION AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 04:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO NZ WHO UNICEF
06WELLINGTON42 ACT PARTY'S DECLINE COULD SPELL NEAR-TERM END OF
[...] (SBU) The expected resignation of the long-serving president of the ACT party could knock the center right out of New Zealand politics, at least over the short term. The president's recent statements suggesting her party should become a think tank instead illustrates the depths to which ACT h [...]
2006-01-17 04:29:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON425UPDATE ON MOU WITH NEW ZEALAND REGARDING
[...] (C) Deborah Panckhust, officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MFAT) Disarmament Division, says that MFAT lawyers have now approved the U.S. draft text for the Zheleznogorsk MOU. However, the MOU must now be approved by Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Defense Minister Phil [...]
2006-06-02 05:38:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG PARM OTRA TRGY NZ
06WELLINGTON429 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JULIA POWELL, SEPTEMBER
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Physical Scientist Julia Powell to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from on or about September 9-23, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Transfer Standard Maintenance and Ap [...]
2006-06-06 03:32:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON43NEW ZEALAND CLEARANCE FOR RIRO PAMELA DRAGOVICH
[...] (SBU) EMBASSY WELCOMES AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO PAMELA DRAGOVICH, REGIONAL INFORMATION RESOURCE OFFICER (RIRO),TO TRAVEL TO WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, FROM JANUARY 30 TO FEBRUARY 5, 2006. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO TRAIN THE NEW REFERENCE LIBRARIAN AND ADVISE ON RESOURCES AND PROGR [...]
2006-01-18 00:14:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KIRC OIIP KPAO NZ
06WELLINGTON430 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LORI L. AQUILINO, JUNE
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Official Lori L. Aquilino to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from June 23-24, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to stay in Auckland overnight en route to Vanuatu. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is the only ass [...]
2006-06-06 04:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAIR ASEC NZ
06WELLINGTON431Proposal for U.S. Speaker Dr. Anthony Cordesman
[...] Dr. Anthony Cordesman is the Burke Chair of Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Co-Director of the Center's Middle East Program, Washington D.C., to visit Wellington, early September, 2006. 2. Post requests Dr. Cordesman for five days of speaking engagements [...]
2006-06-06 19:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP
06WELLINGTON432 ELECTION OF NEW GREEN PARTY CO-LEADER UNLIKELY TO HERALD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly eight months after the death of co-leader Rod Donald, the Green Party has chosen Russel Norman as his replacement. Elected by delegates at the party's annual conference, Norman will share the leadership with Jeannette Fitzsimons, who was re-elected female co-leader for th [...]
2006-06-06 23:51:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON434EVANS-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Evans, Agricultural Engineer, USDA, ARS, NPA, Sidney, MT to visit Auckland, New Zealand from June 22 to July 3, 2006 to attend and speak at seminars to be held by kiwifruit growers. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assista [...]
2006-06-07 01:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON436WASHINGTON STATE GOVERNOR SEEKS TRADE AND OTHER
[...] (C) Summary: Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire used an official visit to Auckland on May 12 to invite partnerships with New Zealand in the areas of science, technology, agriculture and energy. In a speech to the American Chamber of Commerce, she also encouraged increased agricultu [...]
2006-06-07 04:10:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ETRD EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON445NEW ZEALAND EXPANDS ITS CHANCERY IN VANUATU FOR
[...] (SBU) On June 7, New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters opened new, larger offices for the New Zealand High Commission in Port Vila, Vanuatu. On June 8, Poloff spoke with New Zealand's High Commissioner to Vanuatu, Paul Willis, who said the Commission had leased one-and-half floors of n [...]
2006-06-09 00:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NZ
06WELLINGTON446 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KAREN MCKEE, JULY 23-30,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Ecologist Karen McKee to travel to Hamilton, New Zealand from July 23-30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to continue research on mangrove forests. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance requ [...]
2006-06-09 04:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON449THINLY STRETCHED NEW ZEALAND MILITARY AIMS HIGH,
[...] (C) Summary: The New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) is being rebuilt after decades of neglect. The Labour Government, ideologically drawn to a peace-keeping role for the NZDF, has nonetheless proved willing to deploy small expeditionary forces around the world. Given that the entire military [...]
2006-06-12 05:58:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PMIL NZ
06WELLINGTON450 FIRST PROSECUTION FOR SEDITION IN NEW ZEALAND IN 75 YEARS
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the first time in nearly three quarters of a century, a New Zealander has been found guilty of sedition. Cases of sedition are extremely rare in New Zealand, with convictions rarer still. The exceptional nature of the charge has helped generated a good deal attention over whe [...]
2006-06-12 23:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON451INITIATING A DIALOGUE: NEW ZEALAND ACTIONS IN THE
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials say New Zealand's main areas of concern in the Pacific are governance, economic stability and security. New Zealand is revising its approach to and strengthening engagement with Pacific Island countries (PICs),and is coordinating more [...]
2006-06-13 00:04:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL NZ
06WELLINGTON455NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On June 13, Poloff delivered reftel points to Valerie Meyer, Deputy Director of United Nations, Human Rights & Commonwealth Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On June 14, Meyer responded that GNZ agrees with the U.S. position in general, particulary that the agenda sho [...]
2006-06-15 03:43:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON4562006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES: NEW ZEALAND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 04:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON457 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. KULKARNI, JULY 2 -
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ashok Kulkarni, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Health, to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand from July 2-5, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to present two seminars at the University of Otago. 2. (U) Embassy understands [...]
2006-06-15 04:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TBIO AS NZ
06WELLINGTON459NEW ZEALAND TAKING LOOK AT WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
[...] (U) Summary: Urged by members of the New Zealand business community, the New Zealand government has agreed to review its decision not to join the WTO Government Procurement Agreement. However, government officials expect the review to show that the government's costs of complying with the agre [...]
2006-06-15 23:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON461NOMINATING REGIONAL IVP CANDIDATES IN SUPPORT OF
[...] (SBU) A recent sub-PCC in Washington explored ways to enhance USG work in the Pacific Islands. U.S. influence in the Pacific is greatly constrained by a lack of public diplomacy resources, including very limited exchange opportunities. U.S. policies on global terrorism, good governance, the d [...]
2006-06-16 03:20:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OEXC SCUL KPAO NZ XV
06WELLINGTON462NZAID: APPROACH TO AID IN THE PACIFIC
[...] (C) On June 16, Poloff met with Craig Hawke, Director, Pacific Group, New Zealand's International Aid & Development Agency (NZAID) to discuss GNZ's official development assistance (ODA) and to explore opportunities for U.S.-New Zealand cooperation in the region. Hawke said the Pacific is an " [...]
2006-06-16 04:56:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL NZ XV
06WELLINGTON463 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JERRY MULLINS, JULY 17 -
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Physical Scientist Jerry Mullins to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from July 17 - 21, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to discuss ongoing cooperative Antarctic research with the New Zealand Surveyor General, the New Zealand Geog [...]
2006-06-18 22:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TPHY NZ
06WELLINGTON464 R/V KAIMIKAI-O-KANALOA, FILE NO. 2005-007 AND 2005-008
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 00:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON465NEW ZEALAND TAX CHANGES WOULD END PREFERENCE FOR INVESTMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see Paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The New Zealand government has proposed changing the tax treatment of overseas stock-market investments in an effort to protect small investors. The proposal effectively would maintain a tax preference for portfolio i [...]
2006-06-19 21:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EFIN NZ
06WELLINGTON47 KUDOS FOR TSS TEAM TO WELLINGTON
[...] (SBU) From October to December of 2005, a TSS team from OBO was deployed to the American Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand. Team members were Danny Brady, Jeff Smith and Ken Foree. The team came to post to install the security wiring for a new Marine Security Guard booth. 2. (SBU) This [...]
2006-01-18 18:42:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ABLD
06WELLINGTON470PRESENCE OF 9/11 HIJACKER CRONY IN NEW ZEALAND
[...] (SBU) The New Zealand Government announced on June 11 that it had two weeks earlier deported Rayed Mohammed Abdullah Ali, a Saudi national of Yemeni background. When Ali had lived in the United States some years ago, he studied flying and roomed in Phoenix with 9/11 hijacker Hani Hanjour, wh [...]
2006-06-20 22:51:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER NZ
06WELLINGTON471 EMBASSY WELLINGTON RETIREMENT OF POLITICAL-ECONOMIC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 01:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAINF AMGT NZ
06WELLINGTON472 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS DOYLE AND KEN
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Ecologists Thomas Doyle and Ken Krauss to travel to Hamilton, New Zealand from July 16 - 20, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research to [...]
2006-06-21 01:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON475INDUSTRY SEES HIGHER COSTS UNDER NEW ZEALAND-AUSTRALIA
[...] (SBU) Begin summary: Proposed rules for a new Australian-New Zealand regulatory agency for therapeutic products will make it costlier for U.S. makers of medical devices and complementary medicines to operate in New Zealand, according to the manufacturers' representatives. They contend the pro [...]
2006-06-21 23:14:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON NZ
06WELLINGTON478"THERE GOES THE NEIGBORHOOD": NZ MEDIA SURVEY REGIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: The following is a digest of recent regional security reports in the New Zealand media. This cable gives a synopsis of media reporting on sixteen countries in the region, their outline of New Zealand contributions to each of those countries, and/or their assessment of each country's f [...]
2006-06-22 05:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KIRC OIIP KPAO KMDR OPRC NZ
06WELLINGTON479"THERE GOES THE NEIGBORHOOD": NZ MEDIA SURVEY REGIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: The following is a digest of recent regional security reports in the New Zealand media. This cable gives a synopsis of media reporting on sixteen countries in the region, their outline of New Zealand contributions to each of those countries, and/or their assessment of each country's f [...]
2006-06-22 05:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KIRC OIIP KPAO KMDR OPRC NZ
06WELLINGTON480MEDIA REPORT OFFICIAL ADVICE ON VIABILITY OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] SUMMARY: On June 15, 2006, Radio New Zealand aired a report on the viability of nuclear energy in New Zealand after using the Official Information Act to obtain government papers prepared for the Minister of Energy. Two sets of official advice on possible future use of nuclear energy in New [...]
2006-06-22 21:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR OPRC MNUC PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON481NEW ZEALAND REVIEWING MEDICINES POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The New Zealand government has launched a review of its long-term medicines strategy, aiming to identify ways to improve the drug-purchasing system that controls the range and price of most prescription medicines in the country. The review follows more than a year of escalatin [...]
2006-06-22 23:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON NZ
06WELLINGTON482NZ MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PSI "LEADING
[...] (C) This message contains an action request, at para 4. 2. (C) On June 22, Pol-Econ Couns was called into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) by Michael Swain, Deputy Director of the Security Policy Division, and Nik Green, Policy Officer. Swain explained that GNZ officials [...]
2006-06-23 05:39:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS NZ
06WELLINGTON483SOME QUESTION NZ'S DEFENSE STRATEGIES IN LIGHT OF RECENT
[...] (SBU) Embassy contacts have generally welcomed the defense spending increases in this year's budget. Some question, however, the general direction of New Zealand defense policy, and others remain concerned about what they say are continued problems with NZ Defense Force (NZDF) recruitment and [...]
2006-06-26 00:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON484 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHERYL HALLAM, JULY 1-5,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Scientist Emeritus Cheryl Hallam to travel to Palmerston North, New Zealand from July 1 - 5, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with collaborators to coordinate data and web service developments in digital g [...]
2006-06-26 04:20:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON486 FM PETERS' COMMENTS ON THE US-NZ RELATIONSHIP: NZ MEDIA
[...] SUMMARY: In recent comments Foreign Minister Peters has made to the NZ media he describes America as a "wonderful country" and says he is "glad that America leads the free world." Minister Peters says he hopes the bilateral relationship can be improved, but he cautions New Zealanders against [...]
2006-06-26 06:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR OPRC PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON488NZ UPDATE ON E.TIMOR
[...] (C) Summary: On June 26, Prime Minister Clark and Police Minister Annette King announced that up to 25 New Zealand police officers would be sent to E. Timor for a three-month deployment. The police will join the 167 NZ Defence Force personnel already in the country. Meanwhile, Ministry of [...]
2006-06-27 04:21:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO MY AS TT NZ
06WELLINGTON489NZ ON UN REFORM AND THE BUDGET CAP
[...] (C) On June 27, the DCM discussed reftel draft reform resolution with Joan Mosley, Director of the UN Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Mosley said she had already received and studied carefully the US-Australia-Japan paper. GNZ agrees completely with the paper's intent [...]
2006-06-28 06:50:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV UNGA NZ
06WELLINGTON491 R/V KAIMIKAI-O-KANALOA, FILE NO. 2005-009 AND 2005-010
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-29 04:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON50NOMINATION: EDUCATIONAL ADVISING WORKSHOP:
[...] POST NOMINATES PHILIP MCKENNA, PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSISTANT, AMERICAN CONSULATE GENERAL, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EDUCATIONAL ADVISING WORKSHOP IN SYDNEY, SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 22-26, 2006. DETAILS FOLLOW: NAME OF PARTICIPANT: PHILIP MCKENNA POST: AMERICAN CONSULATE G [...]
2006-01-19 03:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OEXC NZ
06WELLINGTON500 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JILLIAN PATE, JULY
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation (NSF) Official Dr. Jillian Pate to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from July 16 - 21, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend ANZES Post Award and Program Management Review Conference. 2. (U) Emba [...]
2006-07-03 03:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY NSF NZ
06WELLINGTON504NZ SUPPORTS IMMEDIATE FMCT NEGOTIATIONS, BUT...
[...] (C) New Zealand supports immediate negotiations on a fissile material cut-off treaty (FMCT) and could accept the US-proposed mandate as the basis for talks, according to Caroline McDonald, Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). McDonald told [...]
2006-07-05 05:01:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON507FOREIGN MINISTER PETERS CONDEMNS N.KOREA MISSILE
[...] (C) On July 5, Foreign Minister Peters issued a strongly-worded statement condemning North Korea's missile tests. David Taylor, Director of the North Asian Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) says that Peters rang the Ministry from his official travels in Hungary to [...]
2006-07-06 02:42:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ KN
06WELLINGTON508NEW ZEALAND RESPONDS TO INVITATION TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) On June 26, Pol-Econ Counselor passed reftel invitations to John McKinnon, Deputy Secretary at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),and to Chris Seed, New Zealand Deputy Secretary of Defense. 2. (U) On July 5, the Ministry of Defense confirmed that NZ Defense [...]
2006-07-06 02:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC NATO AFIN XD
06WELLINGTON512 PM CLARK'S MARKS INDEPENDENCE DAY: NZ MEDIA REPORTS
[...] SUMMARY: At the Embassy's July 4 reception, Prime Minister Clark's gave a speech that described the bilateral relationship as "of fundamental importance to our country and one which we greatly value". She stressed our shared values and expressed her desire for the relationship to "continue to [...]
2006-07-07 03:03:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR OPRC PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON513 DEATH OF MAORI INFANTS BRINGS DEBATE & DISCORD
[...] (SBU) The brutal deaths of twin Maori babies who lived in a house with several benefit recipients has sparked nationwide debate over the actions of the family. It has also highlighted the growing problem of welfare dependency, drug and alcohol addiction and child neglect within the Maori commu [...]
2006-07-07 03:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON521BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON
[...] Following instructions in reftel, post contacted Steven Johnson, director of Heli Cam Aviation Limited. Johnson confirmed that he has received an R44 Raven II helicopter, manufactured by Robinson Helicopter Company, with gyro stabilization equipment installed. 2. Johnson said that possessio [...]
2006-07-09 22:12:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC NZ
06WELLINGTON526FOREIGN MINISTER PETERS' TRIP TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: During his July visit to Washington, NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters hopes to focus discussion away from the nuclear issue and towards positive areas of bilateral cooperation. Peters, who has from the start of his tenure openly called for improved US-NZ relations, will quiet [...]
2006-07-10 04:55:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON533 DEPARTING NZ MINISTER ASSUMES NEW TRADE ROLE
[...] (SBU) Labour Cabinet Minister Jim Sutton has announced his retirement from politics to become a Trade Ambassador for New Zealand and Chair of Landcorp. His departure from Parliament will not alter the balance of power as he will be replaced by the next person on the Labour Party List, lawyer Ch [...]
2006-07-11 22:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON534 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS MCGEE, AUGUST
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Official Thomas McGee to travel to Queenstown, New Zealand from August 4-12, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to have consultations on Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC) Lidar. 2. (U) Embassy u [...]
2006-07-12 03:14:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TSPA NZ
06WELLINGTON535 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BARRY HIRSHORN, JULY
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA National Weather Service Geophysicist Barry Hirshorn to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from July 21-24 and July 30 - August 13. The purpose of this visit is to interact with and share on the handling and deriving of products from s [...]
2006-07-12 03:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA AS NZ
06WELLINGTON536CHINESE/NEW ZEALAND TALKS ON PACIFIC ISLAND ISSUES
[...] (C) As part of a first round of New Zealand-China Pacific Consultations, PRC's Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs He Yafei visited New Zealand in June. According to New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFAT),He said China recognizes New Zealand's "very important" role in the Pacific [...]
2006-07-12 03:29:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL NZ CH XV
06WELLINGTON537WELLINGTON STOCK REQUEST
[...] (SBU) Wellington has received support visits from three TSS teams and has had two recent visits from ESO Canberra. While all of these teams came to post well equipped, each installation team has needed a few items which have come from our existing stock. This cable requests a re-supply of tho [...]
2006-07-12 03:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ABLD NZ
06WELLINGTON538WELLINGTON EQUIPMENT REQUEST FOLLOW-UP
[...] (SBU) Since March 2006, a number of replacement and new equipment items have been ordered by RSO Wellington for projects at post. The replacement equipment (two 24-zone AES monitors) was requested both through the OTIS system and by email. The new equipment items were requested in Ref. A, B, C [...]
2006-07-12 04:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ABLD NZ
06WELLINGTON539 COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO A FREE CUBA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 00:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CU NZ
06WELLINGTON545Request for a DVC on Civic Education
[...] A spokesperson from the Center for Civic Education 5146 Douglas Fir Road Calabasas, CA 91302 Ph: 818-591-9321 Email: wright@civiced.org ; projectcitizen@civiced.org 2. A spokesperson from the National Alliance for Civic Education (NACE) Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy Maryl [...]
2006-07-13 22:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP NZ
06WELLINGTON547NEW ZEALAND: STATUS ON HSPD-6 TERRORIST SCREENING
[...] (U) Following is an update on the status of New Zealand's efforts regarding the HSPD-6 initiative: 2. (SBU) The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS),which is the lead agency for the HSPD-6 initiative in New Zealand, is continuing to review the draft agreement. Because the agre [...]
2006-07-14 01:23:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON548 EXTRADITION REQUEST DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT OF NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-14 01:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC NZ
06WELLINGTON55 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 April 3 - 14, 2006. 2. Name: Craig Brian Greaves Grade: 9 Step 2. Length of Service: Start date - May 16, 2005. English language ability: level 4 (native spea [...]
2006-01-20 01:33:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAFSI AFSN PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON550 MALIAT AGREEMENT WITH THE COOK ISLANDS
[...] Embassy received the following Diplomatic Note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on July 5, 2006. The Note has been faxed to EB/TRA and to EAP/ANP. Begin Text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America an [...]
2006-07-14 02:25:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR NZ
06WELLINGTON551NEW ZEALAND MAY SEE BIGGER HUNT FOR OIL AND GAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Higher oil and gas prices are spurring plans for new exploratory drilling in several hard-to-reach sites in New Zealand. The government - despite a preference for expanding renewable energy sources - has sweetened the pot for prospective drillers through reductions in royalties [...]
2006-07-14 03:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON ETRD PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON556COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - KATHERINE HADDA TO BANGKOK
[...] (SBU) Embassy requests country clearance for Political-Economic Counselor Katherine B. Hadda to travel to Bangkok, Thailand from July 19-21, 2006. The purpose of Ms. Hadda's visit is to attend bilateral meetings that will take place in Bangkok between U.S. and New Zealand government officials. [...]
2006-07-18 00:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON567CHRISTIAN DELLIS-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Christian Dellis, Export Specialist, PPQS/APHIS/USDA to visit Wellington, New Zealand from July 23-29, 2006 to meet with New Zealand officials to attempt to finalize UN/CEFACT documents. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistan [...]
2006-07-21 05:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON568THOMAS GEARY-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Geary, Animal Scientist, USDA/ARS/NPA to visit Wellington, New Zealand from August 9-18, 2006 to attend and make presentation at the 17 International Ruminant Reproduction Symposium. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assist [...]
2006-07-21 05:12:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON57COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BICE ESCORTED REMOVAL TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes ICE escorts Barry Miller and Michael Franchek to Auckland, New Zealand from March 2-3, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to transit New Zealand to escort deportee Tominiko Masifilo, A079365804, to Tonga. 2. (U) Embassy will arrange any in-briefing officials [...]
2006-01-20 12:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
06WELLINGTON575COOK ISLANDS: QUEEN'S REPRESENTATIVE DISSOLVES
[...] (U) On July 24, the Queen's Representative dissolved the Cook Islands Parliament and called for a snap election. The move came ahead of a vote of no confidence in the Cabinet. A new election must be held within ninety days. End summary. 2. (SBU) The Queen's Representative, HE Sir Frederic [...]
2006-07-26 05:00:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL CW NZ XV
06WELLINGTON576DENNIS GLICK -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dennis Glick, Facility and Equipment Review Specialist, Dairy Program, Agriculture Marketing Service, USDA to visit Hamilton, New Zealand from August 8-15, 2006 to conduct equipment review of dairy equipment. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance [...]
2006-07-26 05:03:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON577DESPITE BAD POLLING, PARTY UNITES BEHIND BRASH, FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) Recent polling in New Zealand, which showed a continued decline in the number of New Zealanders who would prefer National Party leader Don Brash as Prime Minister, could have a profound affect on the party's ability to form the next government. The continual decline in Brash's personal po [...]
2006-07-26 05:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON582FY2006 US Speaker Request - Dr. Gerard Fenin
[...] Program Description: Post requests a U.S. speaker visit by Dr. Gerard Fenin, Deputy Director of the East-West Center's Pacific Island Development Program in support of MPP Goal 07-01 Active Anti-Terrorist Coalitions (Counter Terrorism) & Regional Stability and Goal 07-03 Mutual Understanding. D [...]
2006-07-26 22:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP NZ
06WELLINGTON589 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EDWARD KROMER TO GO TO THE COOK
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Field Engineer Edward Kromer to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from August 19-24, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to perform technical discussions regarding the installation of a global seismic network statio [...]
2006-07-28 03:01:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA CW NZ
06WELLINGTON59Bio Data for 2006 International Visitor Haydon
[...] Post nominates Haydon Dewes for RP Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists, April 3-21, 2006. 2. Haydon Dewes has Full Country Team Approval. 3. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT: : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be : edi [...]
2006-01-24 18:47:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO NZ
06WELLINGTON590 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH MALONE AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy Officials Elizabeth L. Malone and James A. Edmonds to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 8-15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Fourth Lead Author Meeting of the Intergovernmenta [...]
2006-07-28 03:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG NZ
06WELLINGTON591 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH LUMAN,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to HHS/CDC Epidemiologist Elizabeth Luman to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from September 2-10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with an expert technical group to discuss strengthening childhood immunizations and to present "Vari [...]
2006-07-28 05:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA RP NZ
06WELLINGTON595 R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2004-139
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 04:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON596DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 04:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SMIG UNGA NZ
06WELLINGTON597NEW ZEALAND WILL NOT ATTEND APEC SEMINAR ON
[...] (SBU) On July 10, Poloff delivered reftel invitation to Llewellyn Roberts, Pandemic Planning Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),and on July 19 to MFAT representatives with the Americas Division and the United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division, which is the div [...]
2006-08-01 05:01:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECIN TBIO KFLU APECO NZ
06WELLINGTON598REPORT ON LABOUR MP SCANDAL SETS OFF MAELSTROM
[...] (C) A report on a scandal involving Labour MP Taito Philip Field threatens to become another thorn in the Government's side. The report cleared Field of the main allegation but raised serious questions about his behavior as a MP. The opposition National Party claims that this and other questi [...]
2006-08-01 19:16:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON599GNZ VIEWS ON TONGA'S POLITICAL REFORM FOLLOWING
[...] (C) With a vocal domestic population of 40,000 ethnic Tongans, the GNZ has monitored with interest the deaths of Tongan Prince Tu'ipelehake and Princess Kaimana in a July 5 car accident in the United States. GNZ views the death of the Prince as a blow to the political reform process in Tonga. [...]
2006-08-01 19:17:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL NZ TN
06WELLINGTON6GNZ CONSENT TO TRANSFER TO NEW ZEALAND OF
[...] In response to reftel: The National Radiation Laboratory of the New Zealand Ministry of Health is the regulatory authority that approves applications for transferring radioactive materials into New Zealand. Application forms for such transfers can be found on the laboratory's website: www.n [...]
2006-01-04 23:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ETTC KNNP KSCA TRGY NZ
06WELLINGTON600PACIFIC ISLANDS BETRAY NEW ZEALAND OVER WHALES
[...] (SBU) GNZ feels betrayed by Pacific Island countries (PICs) that voted in support of the pro-whaling lobby at the 58th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission. But New Zealand officials say that rather than entering into an aid battle with the pro-whaling lobby they intend to re [...]
2006-08-01 19:17:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALSENV EFIS IWC PREL ETRD NZ XV
06WELLINGTON603 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHELLE REYNOLDS,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research Wildlife Biologist Michelle Reynolds to travel to Invercargill, New Zealand from August 22 - September 6, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to provide technical assistance with data collection and p [...]
2006-08-03 00:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON613NEW ZEALAND'S HIGH COMMISSION WILL REPRESENT GNZ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 22:47:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECIN TBIO KFLU APECO NZ
06WELLINGTON62 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HUA-LU PAN,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service Official Hua-Lu Pan to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 12 - 20, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the annual meeting of the members of th [...]
2006-01-25 02:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON623NEW ZEALAND ON AVIATION SECURITY, THE DIPLOMATIC
[...] (SBU) On July 13, Post delivered ref A points to Chris Ford, Manager Security, Civilian Aviation Authority of New Zealand, and Megan Beecroft and Nigel Mouat, Ministry of Transportation. On August 10, Ford told Post that GNZ concurs with the USG views expressed in ref A, saying that GNZ "does [...]
2006-08-11 02:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA ASEC ADPM EAIR AORC OPDC NZ
06WELLINGTON625 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP DAS GLYN DAVIES,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP DAS Glyn Davies to travel to Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand from August 17 - 19, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy and Consulate staff and New Zealand government officials. 2. (U) Embassy has provided m [...]
2006-08-11 05:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP OTRA PREL AS NZ
06WELLINGTON626MESSAGE FOR EAP DAS DAVIES FROM AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Kia ora! New Zealand officials are very enthusiastic about your upcoming visit, which they see as the latest sign of our improving bilateral communication and cooperation. The officials plan to update you on New Zealand's activities in the Pacific and beyond. They also wish to contin [...]
2006-08-13 19:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON627MESSAGE FOR EAP DAS DAVIES FROM AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Kia ora! New Zealand officials are very enthusiastic about your upcoming visit, which they see as the latest sign of our improving bilateral communication and cooperation. The officials plan to update you on New Zealand's activities in the Pacific and beyond. They also wish to contin [...]
2006-08-13 19:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON628KINDIGER -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bryan Kindiger, Geneticist, USDA/ARS to visit Palmerston North, New Zealand from August 25 through September 4, 2006 to visit Agresearch Grasslands Research Center to present overview of research projects; tour facilities and nursery; discuss possible coope [...]
2006-08-14 01:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON629NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LEBANON
[...] (U) On August 14, Acting DCM delivered reftel information to Darryl Dunn, Director, Middle East and Africa Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). 2. (SBU) Dunn said that GNZ welcomes the resolution and remains interested in participating in a UN force. Ministry of Defence [...]
2006-08-14 03:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS UN IS NZ
06WELLINGTON63 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEVIN OBERG,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologist Kevin Oberg to travel to Rotorua and Christchurch, New Zealand from February 24 - March 24, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to provide two training sessions on the use of hydroacoustic instruments in [...]
2006-01-25 04:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON630 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TERRY MELTON, AUGUST 18,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NSF Official Terry Melton to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from August 18, 2006 to February 20, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to transit Christchurch en route to Antarctica for annual deployment to serve as the NSF Station Mana [...]
2006-08-14 03:33:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY NSF NZ
06WELLINGTON632 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEVIN T. CHAMNESS AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Personnel Kevin T. Chamness and David Michel Maynard to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from August 28 - September 1, 2006. The purpose of this visit is meet with the Informal South Pacific Air Traffic Services Coordination Group (ISP [...]
2006-08-14 04:14:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAIR ASEC NZ
06WELLINGTON633 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TIMOTHY J. COUTTS,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy official Timothy J. Coutts to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from August 26 - November 2, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to perform research at Canterbury University. 2. (U) Embassy understands that coun [...]
2006-08-14 05:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG TRGY NZ
06WELLINGTON636 R/V KAIMIKAI-O-KANALOA, FILE NO. 2005-010
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-15 02:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON640NEW ZEALAND ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN HUMAN
[...] On August 11, Poloff delivered a diplomatic note containing ref A points, text and c.v. to Michelle McGillivrary; Senior Policy Officer; United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division; Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). 2. Embassy received the following Diplomatic Note f [...]
2006-08-16 05:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM US UNHRC NZ
06WELLINGTON652 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CONSTANTINOS TSOURIS,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy official Constantinos (Costas) Tsouris to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 24 - 30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to co-chair a conference and present a paper entitled "Electrosorption of Ions fr [...]
2006-08-21 03:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG NZ
06WELLINGTON655VISIT OF EAP DAS DAVIES TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is eager to continue to identify areas of future US-NZ cooperation, GNZ officials told EAP DAS Glyn Davies during his August 17-19 visit. But PM Clark and other senior officials are wary of riling the Labour party's left, and prefer that we gradually signal our dialo [...]
2006-08-22 01:02:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ US
06WELLINGTON660GORDH AND FIESELMANN -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Daniel Fieselmann and Dr. Gordon Gorth, Plant Protection and Quarantine, APHIS, Raleigh, NC to visit Wellington, New Zealand from September 8-11, 2006 to meet with New Zealand contacts of the Quadrilateral scientific exchange. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2006-08-22 02:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON661VANDEMARK -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to George Vandemark, Research Geneticist, USDA/ARS/PWA/Washington to visit Queenstown, New Zealand from September 1-9, 2006 to Speak at the Australasian soilborne disease symposium. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance requir [...]
2006-08-22 02:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON665KIWIS OFFER HELP ON NORTH KOREA
[...] (C/NF) Summary: New Zealand officials say there is no direct trade between New Zealand and DPRK but they will advise GNZ entities to be on the lookout for trade and financial activities related to North Korea's ballistic missile programs. New Zealand does not have the means to identify susp [...]
2006-08-24 05:07:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNKNNP KPAO PARM PREL MNUC PTER
06WELLINGTON669 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANP DIRECTOR C. STEVEN
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ANP Director C. Steven McGann and Economic Officer Alisa Wong to travel to New Zealand from September 9 - 14, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with embassy and consulate staff and also New Zealand government officials. 2. ( [...]
2006-08-28 03:25:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PGOV PREL AS FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON67NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS MOST U.S. GOALS FOR UN REFORM
[...] (SBU) New Zealand concurs with most U.S. objectives for UN reform. Charge delivered refs A and B on January 25 to Caroline Forsyth, deputy secretary of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Forsyth said that reforming UN management was a key priority for New Zealand, that al [...]
2006-01-26 01:51:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL ADCO PHUM KUNR NZ UNGA
06WELLINGTON670NEW ZEALAND RE-THINKS CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: While many Kiwis view the United States and Australia as the big bad wolves of global climate change, NZ officials are quietly turning the country's policies away from the Kyoto Agreement and towards longer-term energy and climate change strategies. The officials are motivated by [...]
2006-08-28 03:33:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG NZ XV
06WELLINGTON68MEDIA REACTION- ADMIRAL FALLON'S NZ VISIT
[...] SUMMARY: After a recent meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, Admiral Fallon's clear but non- confrontational style was particularly well-suited to delivering a US perspective to the New Zealand media. END SUMMARY. 2. The New Zealand media/public was left in no doubt that th [...]
2006-01-26 02:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO NZ
06WELLINGTON680 EMBASSY WELLINGTON PARTICIPATION IN 2006 USNATO/USEU
[...] (U) Embassy Wellington would like to designate Political-Economic Counselor Katherine B. Hadda to participate in the 2006 USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil Conference to be held in Brussels from October 4-6, 2006. 2. (SBU) Details requested in reftel are as follows: Name: Katherine B. Hadda Title: Po [...]
2006-08-30 04:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT MARR NATO PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON685NZ ASSISTANCE FOR LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-30 05:45:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL LE SW NZ
06WELLINGTON686 R/V MELVILLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST, FILE NO.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-30 21:42:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT CW NZ
06WELLINGTON687CIVAIR: NEW ZEALAND OPEN TO DELETION OF CRS FROM
[...] This message contains an action request at paragraph 4. 2. On August 30, Pol-Econ Counselor discussed reftel request with Ken Hopper, Infrastructure Advisor in the Ministry of Transportation. Hopper said that New Zealand would need to see our request in a diplomatic note in order to consi [...]
2006-08-31 05:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA NZ
06WELLINGTON690 SCANDALS APLENTY, BUT TALK OF LABOUR'S DEMISE IS
[...] (SBU) Labour's recent political problems have been compounded by new accusations of election campaign spending abuse. Meanwhile, new evidence of inappropriate behavior by an already disgraced Labour MP may finally force Labour's leadership to kick him out of the party, impairing the Government' [...]
2006-09-01 03:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON692NZ FONMIN PETERS WILL LIKELY ATTEND 5+5 GROUP AT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-01 05:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON693ACTION REQUEST: NZ QUESTION ON PSI PARTICIPANTS
[...] (U) On August 30, post provided reftel list of PSI participants to Dell Higgie, Director for Security Policy at the Ministry or Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and New Zealand's Ambassador for Counter-terrorism. On September 1, Ambassador Higgie's office phoned to ask why Papua New Guinea a [...]
2006-09-01 05:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL MNUC NZ
06WELLINGTON698NEW ZEALAND: NO ONE FROM CAPITAL TO ATTEND
[...] (U) On August 24, Poloff delivered to Gerard van Bohemen, International Legal Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) the Department's responses to Ref A questions. 2. (SBU) van Bohemen responded on August 31 that due to "pressure on travel budgets and other commitments, Wellin [...]
2006-09-05 05:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR KAWC NZ
06WELLINGTON699NEW ZEALAND THOUGHTS ON UNGA FISHERIES RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: GNZ is developing its official policy on the UNGA fisheries resolution and bottom trawling but is likely to support our position. GNZ is concerned that the UNGA and Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMOs) mandates may clash. Working level GNZ officials will provide m [...]
2006-09-05 05:29:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS SENV PHSA NZ
06WELLINGTON7 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RANDAL KOSTER,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Official Randal Koster to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 11-17, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Clivar Working Group on Seasonal to Interannual Prediction (WFSIP) panel [...]
2006-01-05 23:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TSPA NZ
06WELLINGTON701 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID M. DICKERSON AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Census Bureau staff members David M. Dickerson and Dale C. Dickerson to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 14 - 22, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Third International Trade Statistics Conference. 2. [...]
2006-09-06 02:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON706EDWARDS -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gavin Edwards, APHIS, International Services, US Embassy Canberra to visit Wellington, New Zealand from September 10-17, 2006 to meet with New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and ForestryQs officials. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the [...]
2006-09-07 04:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON709 NEW ZEALAND - INVITATION TO PAKISTAN BORDER STRATEGY
[...] Embassy delivered reftel invitation to New Zealand Finance Minister Michael Cullen on September 7, 2006. Copies of the invitation were also faxed to Scott McHardy at the NZ Treasury, Matt Dalzell of NZAID, and Gabrielle Rush from the Americas Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. [...]
2006-09-08 02:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID CT NZ PK
06WELLINGTON71NEW ZEALAND CLEARANCE FOR EAP/PD COUNTRY
[...] (SBU) EMBASSY WELCOMES AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO ANNE GRIMES, EAP/PD COUNTRY COORDINATOR, TO TRAVEL TO WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, MARCH 2-7, 2006, FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CONSULTATIONS. 2. (U) EMBASSY HAS BOOKED MS. GRIMES AT THE DUXTON HOTEL. DETAILS FOLLOW: DUXTON HOTEL, AUCKLAND [...]
2006-01-27 00:47:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KPAO NZ
06WELLINGTON711BLUE LANTERN CASE NO. 05-050012588
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-10 02:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC NZ
06WELLINGTON712BLUE LANTERN APPLICATION 05-1004255
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-10 02:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC NZ
06WELLINGTON714NZ FAVORS USG CONSULTATIONS ON RECAAP PIRACY
[...] (C) PE Couns discussed GNZ views on the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against ships in Asia (ReCAAP) with Michael Swain, Deputy Director of the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Despite reftel observation that [...]
2006-09-10 21:19:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEWWT IN KCRM KTIA MY PBTS PHSA PREL SNAR UK
06WELLINGTON717GNZ SHOULD IMPROVE U.S. TIES, SAYS FORMER NZ
[...] (C) New Zealand's former Ambassador to the United States, John Wood, told an inflential local international affairs organization that New Zealand should take the initiative to improve US-NZ ties. Wood cited GNZ officials' anti-US election campaign rhetoric as a low point in the relationship. [...]
2006-09-11 05:23:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON718BACKIEL -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Adela Backiel, Directo, Sustainable Development, Office of the Chief Economist to Visit Rotorua, Christchurch, Kaikora and Wellington, New Zealand from Octber 12-18, 2006 to participate in the International Landcare Conference. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]
2006-09-11 22:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON721NATIONAL LEADER'S EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR THREATENS
[...] (SBU) National Party leader Don Brash has taken a leave of absence following revelations that he has been having an affair for two years with a member of the conservative Business Roundtable. During the fractious 2005 general election campaign, Brash had been accused of taking large contribu [...]
2006-09-13 06:06:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON723 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ALEXANDER LASKIN,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy official Alexander Laskin to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 9-14, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a workshop where he will present scientific work conducted in EMSL/PNNL to demo [...]
2006-09-14 03:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ENRG NZ
06WELLINGTON724 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSA OFFICIAL JEANETTE L.
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Federal Security Director - Inspections Jeanette L. Bean to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from September 15-30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in an International Civil Aviation Organization (I [...]
2006-09-14 04:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAIR ASEC PTER KHLS NZ
06WELLINGTON725DON BRASH NOT DOWN FOR THE COUNT - YET
[...] (C) National Party MPs insist they will stand by embattled leader Don Brash amidst controversy over his private life (REF A) and will continue to focus on the party's political agenda. Despite the party's bravado, a prominent conservative political analyst believes that Brash's leadership has [...]
2006-09-14 19:00:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON726REQUEST FOR SPEAKER ON NATIVE AMERICAN ART, BILL MERCER OF
[...] POST REQUESTS A FUNDED SPEAKER PROGRAM BY MR. BILL MERCER, CURATOR OF NATIVE AMERICAN ART AND DIRECTOR OF PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, TO COME TO NEW ZEALAND FOR A SERIES OF SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND MEDIA INTERVIEWS BETWEEN NOVEMBER 7 AND 20, 2006. MR. MERCER HAS CURATED AN EXHIBITION OF NATIVE AMER [...]
2006-09-14 20:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP NZ
06WELLINGTON727NEW ZEALAND'S UNIFIL CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: GNZ plans to announce soon a year-long deployment of a 4-person munitions team to Lebanon for demining and disposal of unexploded ordinances. Defence Minister Goff is also considering sending an additional team to train Lebanese Armed Forces. Pending Cabinet approval, GNZ also [...]
2006-09-15 05:42:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON NZ
06WELLINGTON729 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TYLER COPLEN, OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Research Chemist Tyler Coplen to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand from October 5-21, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to give a class on the use of the USGS laboratory information management system for light stable isotopes at the Un [...]
2006-09-18 01:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON73NEW ZEALAND ON EU'S PLAN TO REQUIRE DEBARKING OF
[...] (U) Post on November 21 delivered reftel points to the European Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and to the International Policy Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF). In response, Meredith Stokdijk, acting director of MAF's International [...]
2006-01-27 04:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD EU WTRO NZ
06WELLINGTON732EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S MEETINGS WITH GNZ:
[...] (C) Summary: During September 13 meetings in Wellington, GNZ officials told EAP/ANP Director Steven McGann that PM Clark and NZ Ministers support greater US-NZ cooperation. McGann and his counterparts agreed that meetings over the coming months between both sides' leaders and senior officials [...]
2006-09-19 01:26:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD NZ US
06WELLINGTON733EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. officials are interested in participating in a U.S. special session proposed by the Pacific Island Forum (PIF),EAP/ANP Director Steven McGann told the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) at a September 12 meeting in Wellington. McGann and MFAT agreed the USG and G [...]
2006-09-19 01:27:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ XV US CH TW
06WELLINGTON734 NEW ZEALAND WILL GIVE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION TO U.S.
[...] Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note and talking points regarding Michael Matheson's re-election to the International Law Commission to New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) on 23 August. Embassy is in receipt of a response note from MFAT. The text of the note follow [...]
2006-09-19 03:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA NZ
06WELLINGTON735POLLS SHOWS BRASH SURVIVING SCANDAL, SO FAR.
[...] (SBU) An alleged extramarital affair has not diminished National Party leader Don Brash's popularity with voters, according to a recent poll. Kiwis seem to be registering distaste that their MPs' private lives are being made public. But many analysts believe that Brash's handling of this incide [...]
2006-09-19 04:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON736GNZ THINKING ON ANTARCTIC COMMEMORATIONS, LOGISTICS
[...] (SBU) GNZ officials welcome USG participation in and support for January events hosted by PM Clark to commemorate the International Polar year and the 50th anniversary of US-NZ cooperation in Antarctica. New Zealand may also host events in-country for official USG visitors, including those una [...]
2006-09-19 19:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SENV OTRA NZ US
06WELLINGTON737 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEN ANDRASKO AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Officials Ken Andrasko and Francisco Delachesnaye to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 6-15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report: F [...]
2006-09-19 22:58:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA SENV KSCA TPHY NZ
06WELLINGTON74Ambassador returns to New Zealand
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-29 18:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON741Proposal for US Speaker John F. "Jack" McGuire, Interim
[...] Post requests John F. "Jack" McGuire, interim President and CEO of the American Red Cross, to come to New Zealand to be the keynote speaker at the 75th anniversary conference of the New Zealand Red Cross in Christchurch, November 18-19, 2006. 2. Post requests Mr. McGuire in support of MPP Go [...]
2006-09-20 21:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP NZ
06WELLINGTON749NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER REITERATES HER PRAISE FOR
[...] SUMMARY: New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has publicly underscored her appreciation of the US State Department's contribution to fostering people-to-people cultural links. The PM made special mention of a reception at the Ambassador's residence that was a strategic use of Public Affairs g [...]
2006-09-25 19:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL OIIP KPAO OPRC PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON752CALLAWAY AND EDRINGTON -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Todd Callaway, Microbiologist and Thomas Edrington, Animal Scientist, USDA/ARS, to visit Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand from October 12-19, 2006 to visit Meat and Wool New Zealand to discuss collaborative research. 2. Embassy understands that country [...]
2006-09-26 04:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON753ROGUE NATIONAL MP IS SHOWN THE DOOR AFTER CAUCUS VOTE
[...] (SBU) The leader of the National Party, Dr. Don Brash, has shocked the political establishment by announcing that outspoken National MP Brian Connell has been suspended from National's caucus after a secret ballot. At a caucus meeting two weeks ago, Connell challenged Brash over his alleged a [...]
2006-09-26 05:06:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON756LABOUR LOSES SUPPORT AMID POISONOUS BODY POLITIC
[...] (SBU) PM Helen Clark's withering attack on National Party leader Dr. Don Brash has sent National surging ahead in latest NZ political polls. Late last week, Clark called for a halt to smears on MPs' personal lives and, in the next sentence, called Brash "corrosive and cancerous". National claim [...]
2006-09-27 00:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON760MORE ON NEW ZEALAND'S UNIFIL CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] (C) On September 27, Matthew Paterson, Senior Policy Officer in the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) confirmed to PE Couns that GNZ has approved the deployment of a 6-person technical team for UNMAS/UNIFIL, pending UN approval and the identification [...]
2006-09-27 22:51:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NZ UN LE
06WELLINGTON761MORE ON NEW ZEALAND'S UNIFIL CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] (C) On September 27, Matthew Paterson, Senior Policy Officer in the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) confirmed to PE Couns that GNZ has approved the deployment of a 6-person technical team for UNMAS/UNIFIL, pending UN approval and the identification [...]
2006-09-27 22:58:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NZ UN LE
06WELLINGTON762COOK ISLANDS: PRELIMINARY ELECTION RESULTS
[...] (C) Summary: On Tuesday, September 26, the Cooks Islands held general elections. Preliminary results show the Democratic Party (Demos),led by PM Jim Marurai, ahead of the Cook Islands Party (CIP),14 seats to 10 in the 24-seat Parliament. New Zealand's High Commission in Rarotonga believes [...]
2006-09-28 03:00:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CW NZ XV
06WELLINGTON764CALLAWAY AND EDRINGTON QREVISED NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Todd Callaway, Microbiologist and Thomas Edrington, Animal Scientist, USDA/ARS, to visit Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand from October 21-26, 2006 to visit Meat and Wool New Zealand to discuss collaborative research. 2. Embassy understands that country [...]
2006-09-29 01:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON767TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR NEW ZEALAND: UPDATED
[...] New Zealand (NZ) is recognized as a global leader in the production of sheep wool. With the exception of wool, this country's textile requirements are dominated by imports. New Zealand sheep wool is the variety that is used mainly in interior textiles such as carpets, upholstery, furnishings, [...]
2006-09-29 05:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKTEX ECON ETRD
06WELLINGTON769COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: C. VIVIAN
[...] WELLINGTON AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTRE (ARC) DIRECTOR, MS. CHRISTINE VIVIAN, REQUESTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO VISIT APIA OCTOBER 10-17, 2006, FOR PAS ORIENTATION AND DISCUSSIONS WITH LOCAL AUDIENCES ON ARC/VPP. 2. MS. VIVIAN WILL ARRIVE IN APIA ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, ON AIR NEW ZEALAND FLIGHT NZ [...]
2006-10-01 23:20:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO NZ
06WELLINGTON771 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA OFFICIAL STEVEN
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Economist Steven Rose to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 6-15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report: Fourth Lead Author Meeting. 2. ( [...]
2006-10-02 01:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA SENV KSCA TPHY NZ
06WELLINGTON772 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. RONALD S. JARMIN,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Census Bureau Staff Member Dr. Ronald S. Jarmin to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 3 - 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a peer review group at Statistics New Zealand. 2. (U) Embassy underst [...]
2006-10-02 01:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AU NZ
06WELLINGTON773DELAY IN USG APPROVAL OF NEW ZEALAND'S A-4 PLANE SALE A
[...] (SBU) This message contains an action request at para 8. 2. (C) Summary: The New Zealand Defence Force is evaluating how the further delay or cancellation of the GNZ's proposed sale of its last air combat planes to a private U.S. buyer could impact defense planning. NZDF will probably [...]
2006-10-02 03:32:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MOPS NZ
06WELLINGTON775 ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-04 22:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO AF NZ
06WELLINGTON776 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT PIERCE, OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Scientist Robert Pierce to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 29 - November 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings and give presentations to Land Information New Zealand on building and managing a geosp [...]
2006-10-04 22:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON778DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO NEW ZEALAND MINISTRY OF
[...] (C) In response to reftels, CDA Keegan delivered talking points this afternoon to John McKinnon, Deputy Secretary at New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs SIPDIS and Trade (MFAT) accompanied by Brian Sanders Deputy Director of the North Asia Division at MFAT. McKinnon said he agreed wit [...]
2006-10-05 18:14:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNSC KN
06WELLINGTON779HOFFMAN Q NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Wesley Hoffman, Ag Engineer, USDA/ARS/SPA/College Station/Texas, to visit Hamilton, Rotorua and Napier, New Zealand from October 11-17, 2006 to attend the New Zealand Agricultural Aviation Association Annual Conference and present papers. 2. Embassy und [...]
2006-10-05 19:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON789 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SHELDON R. TIESZEN,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs employee Sheldon R. Tieszen to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 13 - 20, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to represent Sandia [...]
2006-10-10 04:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG TRGY KNNP NZ
06WELLINGTON790 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GARY LEE SEPULVADO,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gary Lee Sepulvado to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from October 22-27, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to facilitate CSID Project/Initiative handover to designated PPD Coordinator. 2. (U) Embassy understands that [...]
2006-10-10 04:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON792 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROGER MORIN, NOVEMBER 2,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research Geophysicist Roger Morin to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, en route to and from McMurdo Station, Antarctica from November 2, 2006 to January 11, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to participat [...]
2006-10-10 04:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON793 NOAA KA'IMIMOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST,
[...] Embassy is in receipt of a letter from the Office of the Administrator of Tokelau at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, granting vessel clearance for the Ka'imimoana during the period of October 5 - December 4, 2006. A copy of the letter has been faxed to OES/OA. The text [...]
2006-10-10 04:58:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT BP FM KR NR RM TL TV NZ
06WELLINGTON797Request for DVC with Editor and Publisher of the Cook
[...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests a DVC with Charlie Cook, which will look at the outcome of the 2006 midterm elections and how they affect the Presidency, US foreign policy, and US policy in New Zealand in particular. 2. Preferred Activity Date, Fiscal Year, and Quarter: This is an FY07 [...]
2006-10-11 02:15:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP SCUL
06WELLINGTON798RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] (C) In response to reftel, CDA Keegan delivered talking points this afternoon to David Taylor, Director North Asia Division at New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) accompanied by Carolyn Schwalger, Senior Policy Officer in the North Asia Division at MFAT. 2. (C) Mr. T [...]
2006-10-11 05:19:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PARM NZ KN
06WELLINGTON799BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] In response to reftel, Post contacted Skywork Helicopters Ltd. to ascertain the bona fides of the foreign end-user and whether the order for 100 Pynco NVIS filtered lamp assemblies (P/N 2654-73P) had in fact been ordered and received. Skywork Helicopters Ltd. is in fact a legitimate New Zealand [...]
2006-10-11 05:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC NZ
06WELLINGTON8SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Mission New Zealand warmly welcomes your visit on January 12-3. 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 and many families on holiday, thing [...]
2006-01-05 23:58:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON800BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: POST SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] In response to reftel, Post contacted Helicopter Services to ascertain the bona fides of the foreign end-user company and whether the order for 25 Pynco NVIS filtered lamp assemblies (P/N 2654-73P) had in fact been ordered and received. Helicopter Services is in fact a legitimate New Zealand c [...]
2006-10-11 05:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC NZ
06WELLINGTON801 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR UNDER SECRETARY TIMOTHY
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy Adams, Under Secretary for International Affairs, Treasury Department, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 15 - 16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand Government Officials and business leader [...]
2006-10-12 01:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP OTRA PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON81 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IAN WRIGHT,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy Official Ian G. Wright to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 25 - March 1, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in a technical workshop on materials [...]
2006-01-31 22:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA AS NZ
06WELLINGTON810 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT MARTIN LEVIN,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to VA Medical Center Research Pharmacologist Robert Martin Levin to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 19 - December 2, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to present Department of Veterans' Affairs sponsored research at the Int [...]
2006-10-16 21:51:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON811KIWI MUSLIMS: HEADING TOWARD INTEGRATION OR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Zealand's small but active Muslim community points to a member of parliament, regular appearances on national television by community leaders, ready access to the Prime Minister and her cabinet, and joint statements with Jewish organizations as hallmarks of movement into [...]
2006-10-17 02:34:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPINS SMIG PGOV PREL PTER NZ KISL
06WELLINGTON815NZ WORRIES FRICTIONS COULD DERAIL PACIFIC ISLAND
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is working behind the scenes to help ensure that frictions over the Solomon Islands and other regional issues do not derail the October 23-26 Pacific Island Forum (PIF) meetings. PMs Clark and Howard are scheduled to discuss their goals for the meeting by telephone [...]
2006-10-18 04:58:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ XV XU
06WELLINGTON820VISIT OF U.S. TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY FOR
[...] Summary: U.S. Treasury Under Secretary, Timothy Adams consulted with New Zealand (NZ) government officials, private bank economists, academics and business people in Wellington on October 16 to ascertain the current state of the NZ economy. Consensus among experts was that NZ is relatively st [...]
2006-10-18 23:31:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON821 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following U.S. Delegation members to APECTEL 34: Steven Olson, Anita Dey, Johindar Dhillon, Liesyl Franz, Ashley Heineman, George Tannahill, and Alan Vincent to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from October 22 - 28, 2006. The purpose [...]
2006-10-19 03:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON825 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS DAMOUR AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Officials Thomas Damour and William Henry to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from December 6-16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to represent the FAA at the joint FAA/CAA New Zealand MIP Meeting. 2. (U) Embassy understands th [...]
2006-10-23 20:25:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAIR ASEC NZ
06WELLINGTON826KIWI MUSLIMS: WAHHABIS IN THEIR MIDST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Zealand Muslims are getting increased attention from broader society as the community faces internal divisions, Wahhabi influence from overseas groups, and discrimination. Alleged Wahhabi activities have been at the heart of some publicized schisms involving mosque admin [...]
2006-10-24 02:32:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PTER PREL KISL SMIG NZ
06WELLINGTON830 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RAYMOND WOODRUFF,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Supervisory Hydrologist Raymond Woodruff to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 12 - December 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand to and from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, where [...]
2006-10-25 02:01:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON831 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRUCE C. GARRETT AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE Personnel Bruce C. Garrett and Sotiris S. Xantheas to travel to Auckland, Christchurch, and Rotorua, New Zealand from on or about December 1-17, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Confe [...]
2006-10-25 02:03:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON832VISIT OF U.S. TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On his recent trip to New Zealand, U.S. Treasury Under Secretary, Timothy Adams consulted with officials, private economists, academics and business people to ascertain the current state of the NZ economy. Consensus among experts was that NZ is relatively stable and in the midst o [...]
2006-10-25 02:07:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON833 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRANCES REID AND ALISA
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to MCC Managing Director for Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, Ms. Frances Reid, and EAP/ANP Desk Officer Ms. Alisa Wong to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from November 2-4, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with multilateral and bi [...]
2006-10-25 02:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EFIN EAID AS FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON834UNSCR 1718: NEW ZEALAND SEEKS GUIDANCE AS IT
[...] (SBU) This message contains an action request, at paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: In 15 recent speeches, NZ leaders have condemned North Korea's nuclear test and urged the DPRK to return to the six-party talks. The leaders are also pushing their ministries to implement UNSCR 1718 as soon as [...]
2006-10-25 17:33:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PARM NZ KN
06WELLINGTON836 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NICHOLE LEBOEUF,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Nichole Leboeuf to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 9-20, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 2nd Meeting of the Parties for the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. 2. [...]
2006-10-27 01:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS BEXP AS NZ
06WELLINGTON84ZHU - NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Yanmin Zhu, Research Molecular Biologist, USDA/ARS/PWA, Wenatchee, Washington to visit Napier and Auckland from March 14 through 24, 2006 to attend Third International Rosaceae Genomics Conference. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the onl [...]
2006-02-01 03:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON840 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TUHIN KIMAR CHAUDHURI,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Tuhin Kumar Chaudhuri, Ph.D. Chief, Nuclear Medicine Service, VA Medical Center, to travel to Christchurch and Queenstown, New Zealand from November 9-15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to present scientific papers to the Universi [...]
2006-10-30 03:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AS NZ
06WELLINGTON842NZ WILL ABSTAIN ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Post provided reftel demarche to Darryl Dunn, Director of the Middle East and Africa Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On October 30, Ondine Godtschalk, Policy Officer in the Division, called Pol-Econ Couns to say that as in the past, New Zealand would absta [...]
2006-10-30 03:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA NZ IS
06WELLINGTON843NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS AVM CONVENTION
[...] (SBU) PE Couns shared reftel demarche on the 2006 Convention on Conventional Weapons Review Conference with Caroline McDonald, Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). McDonald said that New Zealand is supportive of a strong, legally-binding p [...]
2006-10-30 23:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PARM PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON844 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHANIE PREJEAN,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Research Geophysicist Stephanie Prejean to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from November 23 - December 7, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Active Fluid Flow and Deformation/New Zealand Plate Boundary Workshop and pr [...]
2006-10-31 01:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON851NEW ZEALAND'S REACTION TO POLITICAL TENSIONS IN FIJI
[...] (C) In discussions November 1 regarding political tensions in Fiji with Heather Riddell, Director of Pacific Division at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),Post learned that GNZ will shortly be issuing a formal statement declaring that Fiji's military commander Bainimarama is obliged [...]
2006-11-01 04:11:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR CASC ASEC FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON852APEC 2006 - NEW ZEALAND'S PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: New Zealand shares many of the USG's priorities for APEC 2006, Senior Official for APEC, Rupert Holborow told ECONOFF on November 1. Holborow stated that GNZ's number one priority was a successful conclusion to the Doha round and said APEC reforms are needed to keep the organiz [...]
2006-11-01 20:20:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PARM PTER TSPL APECO NZ
06WELLINGTON853 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DONALD PETTIT, NOVEMBER
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Johnson Space Center Official Donald Pettit to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 13, 2006 - January 30, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand en route to Antarctica, where he will participate in th [...]
2006-11-01 21:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TSPA NZ
06WELLINGTON854 NEW ZEALAND TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATION OFFICER
[...] (U) The following information is in response to reftel A. 2. (SBU) Embassy Wellington's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is: David J. Keegan Deputy Chief of Mission Tel: 64-4-462-6101 Unclassified e-mail: KeeganDJ@state.gov SIPDIS Classified e-mail: KeeganDJ@state.sgov [...]
2006-11-02 01:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER NZ
06WELLINGTON858NEW ZEALAND: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1718 DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-02 02:47:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPARM NZ
06WELLINGTON86PACOM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon's January 20-21 visit to New Zealand came at a time of media interest in the bilateral relationship, sparked by a TV mini-series on the ANZUS breakup and public release of former Prime Minister David Lange's private papers (reftel). The Admiral met with Prime Mini [...]
2006-02-01 20:25:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC NZ
06WELLINGTON864 NEW ZEALAND - DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 00:01:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU NZ
06WELLINGTON865 R/V KILO MOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 00:29:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT AS FJ NC NH FR TN WS NZ
06WELLINGTON866 NEW ZEALAND'S READ-OUT FROM PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM
[...] (C) Summary: GNZ reports that initial concerns that the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) would be derailed over tensions between Solomon Island and Australia regarding the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomons (RAMSI) were resolved by private dialogue among Leaders during retreat. The sessions betw [...]
2006-11-03 01:16:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ XV XU
06WELLINGTON867 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRUCE BUDOWLE, DECEMBER
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Bruce Budowle, FBI Laboratory Division, to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from December 3 - 13, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present in meetings on microbial forensic and human identification hosted by the In [...]
2006-11-03 01:58:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
06WELLINGTON875 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL COMBERIATE AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Officials Michael Comberiate and Kurt Rush to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 14, 2006 - January 14, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand en route to Antarctica for t [...]
2006-11-06 02:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TSPA NZ
06WELLINGTON878 NEW ZEALAND - 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT
[...] Following is post's input for 2007 National Trade Estimate Report on New Zealand per request reftel. We assume that Washington agencies will provide updated trade and investment data. 2. Begin text of NTE submission: --------------- IMPORT POLICIES --------------- In general, tariff [...]
2006-11-07 01:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN NZ
06WELLINGTON879 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD H. KARNEY,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy Official Richard H. Karney to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from November 10-18, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand officials to discuss Energystar and to attend and represent the U.S. on [...]
2006-11-07 02:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG NZ
06WELLINGTON88 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANDREA
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Director of the Office of International Affairs Andrea Corcoran to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 6 - 9, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend an International Organizatio [...]
2006-02-02 03:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON880 NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO U.S. DIPLOMATIC NOTE FOR ITU RADIO
[...] Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic notes to the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and a copy to the New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development. 2. Post received the following diplomatic note from MFAT in response. 3. Begin text of diplomatic note, dated 1 Nov [...]
2006-11-08 00:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECPS ITU NZ
06WELLINGTON882 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KIM RIVERA, NOVEMBER
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Kim Rivera to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 12-30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 2nd Meeting of Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. 2. (U) Embassy understands [...]
2006-11-08 22:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS BEXP CW NZ
06WELLINGTON883 NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR
[...] Embassy delivered reftel letter from U/S Joseph to John McKinnon, Deputy Secretary at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on October 30. 2. Post received a response letter from John McKinnon to Under Secretary Joseph, dated November 3. Post faxed the letter to SIPDIS [...]
2006-11-08 22:25:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS NZ
06WELLINGTON884 NEW ZEALAND - APEC FOOD DEFENSE WORKSHOP SUMMARY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 22:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PTER APECO EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON886 NEW ZEALAND - 2nd DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 02:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU NZ
06WELLINGTON89NZ DISARMAMENT MINISTER SUPPORTS DECISION ON IRAN
[...] (U) On February 1, New Zealand Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Phil Goff issued a public statement in support of the IAEA extraordinary meeting decision to report Iran's nuclear program to the UN Security Council. Goff, who is also New Zealand's Defense Minister, highlighted the concern [...]
2006-02-02 04:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PGOV KNNP IR NZ
06WELLINGTON890 PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: PREPARING FOR POSSIBLE
[...] (U) Post continues to remind employees and families of possible pandemic in New Zealand or Samoa. RMO presented an AI briefing earlier this year. The Director of the Wellington Region Civil Defence Emergency Management Group discussed pandemic influenza and other possible disasters at a rece [...]
2006-11-13 05:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO
06WELLINGTON891 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs officials Grant SANDER, Jeffrey BACH, Douglas BICKEL, Jeffrey BRADLEY, Martin THOMPSON, and alternates Timothy BIELEK, Philip KAHLE, Michael PEDRONCELLI, and Mich [...]
2006-11-13 20:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG TRGY KNNP NZ
06WELLINGTON892 NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW
[...] Embassy is in receipt of a diplomatic note from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) informing us that they have decided to support the candidature of Michael Matheson for the International Law Commission. The text of the note follows. 2. Begin text: "The Minist [...]
2006-11-14 00:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA NZ
06WELLINGTON895 R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-14 21:12:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON896 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TERRY LOWE, DECEMBER 8 -
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Official Terry C. Lowe to travel to Hamilton, New Zealand from December 8 - 16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to present a paper on fatigue of nanostructured metals and alloys at the Fourth International Conference on Advanced M [...]
2006-11-14 23:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG TRGY KNNP NZ
06WELLINGTON899TERRORIST FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-16 03:37:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL
06WELLINGTON90NEW ZEALAND'S PM SORTS OUT MINISTERS' PORTFOLIOS
[...] (C) New Zealand Prime Minister Clark has decided that Jim Sutton, who on December 31 wrapped up his tenure as trade negotiations minister, will remain a minister of state inside Cabinet. Former Foreign Minister Phil Goff has taken over as trade negotiations minister. The prime minister provid [...]
2006-02-02 07:15:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON900NEW ZEALAND TERRORISM FINANCE: TRO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-16 03:46:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER NZ
06WELLINGTON901 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GLORIA CARBAUGH,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Gloria Carbaugh to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand between November 21 and December 8, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand en route to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, where traveler will calibrate inst [...]
2006-11-16 03:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV AY NZ
06WELLINGTON902 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KENNETH JONES, NOVEMBER
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Langley Research Center Official Kenneth Jones to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from November 29 - 30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Air New Zealand meeting. 2. (U) Embassy understands that cou [...]
2006-11-16 03:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TSPA AS NZ
06WELLINGTON909 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK SIROKY, NOVEMBER 22
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark B. Siroky, chief of Urology, VA Medical Center to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 22 - December 3, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society. 2. [...]
2006-11-20 02:44:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON91COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BICE ESCORTED REMOVAL TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes ICE escorts Ruben Rocka and Manuel Paramo to Auckland, New Zealand from Feb 12-13, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to escort deportee Lauren Kiredeor Flint: A072998965. 2. (U) Embassy will arrange any in-briefing officials feel is necessary. 3. (SBU) E [...]
2006-02-02 12:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
06WELLINGTON910NEW ZEALAND ACTIVE IN TONGA AND FIJI
[...] (C) Summary. Alan Williams, Deputy Director at New ZealandQs Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade, told the DCM November 20 that the current crisis in Tonga resulted from economic and political problems that have been developing over many months, but appeared to have abated. The Tongan Gover [...]
2006-11-20 20:52:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PREL NZ TN
06WELLINGTON911DELIVERING ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Couns shared reftel points with Michael Swain, Deputy Director of the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Swain expressed sympathy with our frustrations over caveats (NZDF force personnel operate without caveats in Afghanistan) and said [...]
2006-11-21 03:02:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PINS NZ
06WELLINGTON912GNZ CLOSELY MONITORING FIJI, MAY APPROACH
[...] (C) Summary: GNZ is aware that Commodore Bainimarama told the U.S. DATT in Suva he will mount a coup in early December if GOF does not meet all his demands. NZ ministries are to review a list of possible GNZ responses if a coup takes place. They will also likely approach Bainimarama during [...]
2006-11-21 03:04:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV NZ FJ
06WELLINGTON914DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING UNESCO CONVENTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-21 03:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD SCUL NZ UNESCO
06WELLINGTON915ANTARCTIC COMMEMORATIONS: GNZ HOLIDAY CLOSURES AND
[...] (U) New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) has advised us by Diplomatic Note (para. 2) that MFAT will be closed for the Christmas and New Year holidays from December 23, 2006 to January 2, 2007. This is a good reminder that many NZ officials will soon be taking off for Chr [...]
2006-11-21 03:32:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SENV OTRA AY NZ
06WELLINGTON917DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING INT'L MARITIME
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-21 18:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO NZ
06WELLINGTON918U.S. REPORT ON EFFORTS TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 21 New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) shared a draft copy of New Zealand's report to the UN Security Council detailing their implementation plan for UNSCR 1718 (repeated at para 2 below). GNZ lawyers continue to work on sanction regulations an [...]
2006-11-21 20:46:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON919DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-21 20:51:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON SENV NZ
06WELLINGTON92 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROEL CAMPOS,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Officers Roel Campos, Commissioner, Ethiopis Tafara, Director, and Scott Taub, Deputy Chief Accountant, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 6 - 9, 2006 (Campos and Tafara) and Februar [...]
2006-02-02 22:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EFIN NZ
06WELLINGTON921 R/V MELVILLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST, FILE NO.
[...] The following notifications will be provided to the Fisheries Communication Centre (FCC): (i) 24 hours prior notice of entry of the vessel to the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (NZEEZ),including date and estimated time of arrival and position of entry to the nearest arc; (ii) 24 hour [...]
2006-11-22 00:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT CW NZ
06WELLINGTON923IS NATIONAL'S LATEST CRISIS BRASH'S TIPPING POINT?
[...] (C) Summary: The author of a soon to be published book claims it will prove National Party leaders have mislead their own caucus and the public about the party's fundraising and other contacts with religious and corporate players during the 2005 campaign. Nats leader Don Brash only days ago [...]
2006-11-23 17:32:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON924GNZ TO DELIVER STRONG POINTS TO FIJI'S BAINIMARAMA
[...] (C) The GNZ MFAT has prepared strongly worded points, which it has passed to the British Defence Attache Nigel Lloyd (DA),who will convey them to Commodore Bainimarama at a private lunch with Bainimarama on November 23 at the DA's residence. (The points are repeated below at para 3). Foreign [...]
2006-11-23 17:32:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON925NEW ZEALAND: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BAMAKO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-24 00:25:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR TBIO PREL EAID NZ
06WELLINGTON927NEW ZEALAND: AUCKLAND STADIUM DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Aucklanders are locked in an emotional debate over where to build a stadium to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The debate has highlighted the divided nature of decision-making in New Zealand largest city, as well as Auckland's uneasy relationship with the rest of the country. [...]
2006-11-24 02:46:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON928OPPOSITION LEADER BRASH RESIGNS; KEY TIPPED TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New Zealand's main opposition party leader, Dr. Don Brash, has resigned after weeks of speculation over his leadership. Dogged by a series of gaffes and missteps that raised questions over his political judgment, Brash announced that the National Party will caucus on Monday to pi [...]
2006-11-24 03:10:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON929COOK ISLANDS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRADE TRACKING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-24 06:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS ETRD SENV PHSA NZ
06WELLINGTON930TONGANS IN NEW ZEALAND APPALLED BY VIOLENCE BUT
[...] (C) Summary. A prominent member of the Tongan community in Auckland reports that, while local Tongans were shocked by last Thursday's violence in Nuku'alofa, it has not dissuaded them of the need for democratic reform. Local Tongans put much of the blame for the violence not on the pro-democ [...]
2006-11-26 18:32:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TN NZ
06WELLINGTON931GNZ TOUGH BUT PESSIMISTIC ON FIJI'S BAINIMARAMA
[...] (U) This is an action cable, see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: GNZ anticipates that Commodore Bainimarama will execute his plan to remove members of the government of Fiji on December 4 regardless of what he hears from foreign critics. New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters will meet with [...]
2006-11-26 18:33:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV FJ TN NZ
06WELLINGTON933RITCHIE Q NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Martin Ritchie, Statistician, US Forest Service, to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from December 1-March 31, 2007 to attend forest service sabbatical. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. 3. Point of conta [...]
2006-11-27 00:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON935 JOHN KEY ELECTED NEW OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: John Key has won the leadership of New Zealand's main opposition party, the National Party. In an uncontested election, Key replaced Dr. Don Brash who resigned last week after three turbulent years at the helm. National also elected a new Deputy Leader and Finance spokesman: t [...]
2006-11-27 18:30:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON938GNZ HOSTS FIJI'S QARASE AND BAINIMARAMA FOR TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Bainimarama on November 27, New Zealand's Foreign Minister won his agreement to a meeting with Fiji's PM Qarase; PM Clark then called the PM and persuaded him to come for the meeting. The meeting will take place at New Zealand's Government House from 10:00 a.m. [...]
2006-11-28 05:48:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON942HARMS, SEYBOLD- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Cathy Seybold, and Deborah Harms, Soil Scientists, Nebraska to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from January 10-23, 2007 to collect data from and carry out maintenance on soil climate stations. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only as [...]
2006-11-29 03:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON943GNZ SAYS FIJI TALKS CONSTRUCTIVE BUT IS TAKING NO
[...] (C) Summary: Fiji Prime Minister Qarase and Commodore Bainimarama today met for two and a quarter hours at Government House in Wellington. New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) characterized the meeting as a "considered and serious discussion" of Bainimarama's nine demands [...]
2006-11-29 07:14:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON947 R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-30 03:39:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON948 R/V KA'IMIMOANA, FILE NO. 2005-109
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-30 03:39:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON949 R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2006-032
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-30 05:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON950 R/V KILO MOANA, FILE NO. 2004-096
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-30 05:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON951NZ OFFICIALS SOMEWHAT PESSIMISTIC ON FIJI
[...] (C) Summary: GNZ officials remain positive about yesterday's talks in Wellington between Fiji PM Qarase and Commodore Frank Bainimarama, and say the PM now has a chance to win hearts and minds to his cause. But they say they believe a coup is more likely than a resolution, and think RFMF ma [...]
2006-11-30 06:27:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON952FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER BRASH RESIGNS FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Dr. Don Brash has resigned from Parliament, barely a week after he resigned his leadership of the main opposition National Party. Brash's five years in office, particularly the three as party leader, were characterized by controversy. As leader he elevated National's status but h [...]
2006-11-30 07:00:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON953NEW NATIONAL LEADER WANTS CLOSER TIES TO U.S. BUT
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition National Party's new leader, John Key, says that although he favors closer relations between the United States and New Zealand, he believes his country should maintain its nuclear-free policy. Key is clearly trying to remove the nuclear issue from the political ag [...]
2006-11-30 08:25:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON954FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER BRASH RESIGNS FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Dr. Don Brash has resigned from Parliament, barely a week after he resigned his leadership of the main opposition National Party. Brash's five years in office, particularly the three as party leader, were characterized by controversy. As leader he elevated National's status but h [...]
2006-11-30 18:21:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON958TALKING POINTS REGARDING VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-01 04:35:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON959 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUGENE KESELMAN,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce NOAA, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Official Eugene Keselman to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 5 - 22, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to support the [...]
2006-12-03 23:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TSPA NZ
06WELLINGTON96 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP/ANP
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP/ANP Director Howard Krawitz to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from February 8-11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy staff and New Zealand government officials. 2. (U) Embassy has provided hot [...]
2006-02-07 04:03:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON966NEW ZEALAND INCREASES SANCTIONS ON FIJI
[...] (U) Summary: At 4:45 pm on December 6 local time, Prime Minister Helen Clark and Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced stringent new sanctions "in response to the Fijian Military's unlawful seizure of power." In a public statement, Clark and Peters said the Cabinet had approved the measu [...]
2006-12-06 04:46:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON967E.O. 13382 ENTITIES -- EXAMPLES OF PROLIFERATION
[...] (S) On December 6, PE Couns delivered reftel information to David Taylor, Director of the North Asia Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Taylor said that the information will greatly help NZ officials understand the range of proliferation activities to watch for. He also s [...]
2006-12-07 04:51:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETKNNP PARM PREL PGOV NZ KN
06WELLINGTON969 NEW ZEALAND - TERRORIST LISTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 00:03:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER NZ
06WELLINGTON97USE OF TERM BOURBON BY NEW ZEALAND PRODUCER
[...] In response to reftel, post contacted New Zealand government officials regarding a New Zealand company that is manufacturing and selling a spirit called "OLD BUSMAN with a logo stating "Pot-stilled by Bourbon NZ Ltd." The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) is concerned ab [...]
2006-02-07 05:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD NZ
06WELLINGTON970NEW ZEALAND AGREES TO FUND HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: GNZ has approved necessary funding needed to implement an HSPD-6 agreement with the United States, and would like NZ's liaison in Washington to meet with CA to go over next steps. End summary. 2. (C) PE Couns and Econoff met on December 1 with Mike XXXXXXXXXXXX manager of the co [...]
2006-12-08 02:53:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALCVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON979 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S.T. AUTREY, FEBRUARY 11
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy Official S.T. Autrey to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 11-24, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Symposium and work in the laboratory with Dr. Mar [...]
2006-12-13 02:29:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG NZ
06WELLINGTON980 R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE GRANTED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-13 02:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON981 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JUSTIN GUAY, JANUARY 28
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to HHS/FDA Scientific Reviewer Justin Guay to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 28 - February 2, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to be the FDA liaison for the International Standards Organization Anesthesia and Respiratory [...]
2006-12-13 02:32:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TBIO NZ
06WELLINGTON982 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. LUCINDA LEE,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation Official Dr. Lucinda Lee to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from February 18 - March 1, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Conference on Sustainability Engineering and Science. 2 [...]
2006-12-13 02:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY NSF NZ
06WELLINGTON983 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GREGORY KUVER AND TODD
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Transportation Security Administration Specialists Gregory Kuver and Todd Oleson to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from January 13-22, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to perform airport visits and air carrier station se [...]
2006-12-13 03:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KHLS EAIR ASEC PTER TC NZ
06WELLINGTON984 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador to Venezuela William R. Brownfield and Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie A. Kenney to travel to Wanaka, New Zealand from December 26, 2006 - January 12, 2007. The purpose of this visit is personal travel. 2. (U) Embass [...]
2006-12-13 03:32:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON988COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: OLA THORSEN
[...] WELLINGTON COMPUTER MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT OLA THORSEN REQUESTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO VISIT BANGKOK FOR THE IA 201-0005 (IA FOR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATORS) CLASS TO BE HELD IN BANGKOK JANUARY 22-26, 2007. 2. MR. THORSEN WILL ARRIVE IN BANGKOK ON SUNDAY, JAN. 21, ON THAI AIRWAYS FLIGHT TG990 AT 21 [...]
2006-12-14 03:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON992NEW ZEALAND: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-15 04:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON1 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRIAN O'SHEA, MARCH 21 -
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy NNSA Official Brian O'Shea to travel to Rotorua, New Zealand from March 21 - 31, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the conference "A New Zeal for Old Galaxies". 2. (U) Embassy understands that country c [...]
2007-01-02 23:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG TRGY KNNP NZ
07WELLINGTON10 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LANDA PRATT AND THANE
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Botanist Landa Pratt and Biologist Thane Pratt to travel to Palmerston North, New Zealand from February 9 - 17, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to make a presentation at the International Association for Vegetatio [...]
2007-01-03 22:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
07WELLINGTON100 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TODD GRAVES, FEBRUARY 15
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Official Todd Graves to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from February 15-20, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the "Directions in Statistical Computing [...]
2007-01-31 04:15:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG TRGY KNNP NZ
07WELLINGTON101 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ARNOLD BAKER, FEBRUARY
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Official Arnold Baker to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from February 23 - 27, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 9th Annual National Power New Zeal [...]
2007-01-31 04:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG TRGY KNNP NZ
07WELLINGTON104DICK-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Jere Dick, Veterinary Medical Officer, Veterinary Services, APHIS/USDA to visit Waitangi, New Zealand from March 25-30, 2007 to attend the Animal Health Quadrilateral Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance req [...]
2007-02-01 03:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON107EDWARDS -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gavin Edwards, APHIS, International Services, US Embassy Canberra to visit Wellington and Queenstown, New Zealand from February 14-24, 2007 to attend Annual Plant Quad meetings. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance requir [...]
2007-02-02 02:51:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON108AS MCMURRAY'S VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND HIGHLIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-02 03:47:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG NZ
07WELLINGTON11 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DANIEL MULCAHY AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Veterninary Medical Officer Daniel Mulcahy and Research Wildlife Biologist Robert Gill to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from January 28 - February 12, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct field work and i [...]
2007-01-03 22:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
07WELLINGTON110 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DONALD PATTERSON,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to CDC Research Chemist Donald Patterson to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 7 - 11, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the EnviroAnalysis 2007 Conference on the topic of Biomonitoring for Assessing Human Exposure [...]
2007-02-04 23:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA CDC NZ
07WELLINGTON111ROSSON-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to James Rosson, Research Forester, US Forest Service to visit Palmerston North, New Zealand from February 09-18, 2007 to attend 49th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Vegetation Science and present a paper at the conference. 2. Embassy und [...]
2007-02-05 01:01:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON112LEVIS HANDLEY-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Levis Handley, Biotechnologist, Biotechnologist Regulatory Services Environmental Risk Analysis Division, APHIS, Maryland to visit Rotorua, New Zealand from February 23-28, 2007 to attend IAPTC&B Conference. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance [...]
2007-02-05 01:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON114COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STS JAY WILLIAMS AND SEO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Canberra STS Jay Williams and SEO Brian Knarr for travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 11-17, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to perform technical security maintenance. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country cl [...]
2007-02-06 22:51:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSEO ASEC
07WELLINGTON116COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FBI ASC RICHARD KOLLMAR FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Assistant Section Chief (ASC) Richard Kollmar, Counterintelligence Division, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time frame of 02/12/2007 through 02/17/2007. The purpose of this [...]
2007-02-07 01:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
07WELLINGTON117MCINNIS-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Donald McInnis, Research Geneticist, USDA/ARS/PWA, Hawaii to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from April 01-05, 2007 to collaborate on developing competitive sterile fruit fly or moth males for sit programs. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance i [...]
2007-02-07 03:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON118CLEMENT-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Stephen Clement, Research Entomologist, USDA/ARS/PWA/Washington to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from March 21 to April 02, 2007 to attend and present at the 6th International Symposium of Fungal Endophytes of Grasses. 2. Embassy understands that count [...]
2007-02-07 03:29:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON119HANG AND OBERT-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Andrew Hang and Donald Obert, Research Geneticist, USDA/ARS/PWA/Aberdeen, Idaho to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from February 13-20, 2007 to make plant and row selections and harvest selected populations. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance [...]
2007-02-07 03:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON120DAVID-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Michael David, Veterinary Medical Officer, Veterinary Services, APHIS/USDA to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from March 22-31, 2007 to attend OIE Quadrilateral Meetings. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. [...]
2007-02-07 03:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON122 NEW ZEALAND - FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] Right Honorable Helen Clark Prime Minister PO Box 18888 Parliament Buildings Wellington Now in her third term as PM, Clark is now the seventh- longest serving Prime Minister in New Zealand's history. In 2006, she was ranked by Forbes Magazine as the 20th most powerful woman in the world [...]
2007-02-07 04:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KWMN NZ
07WELLINGTON123 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEVEN CHU, FEBRUARY 11
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy Official Steven Chu to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 11 - 14, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to provide expertise in helping the world increase the efficiency of energy use and development of sus [...]
2007-02-07 04:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG NZ
07WELLINGTON124 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BILL IRVING, FEBRUARY 15
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Official Bill Irving to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 15 - 25, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) review of New Zealand green [...]
2007-02-07 04:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA SEN KSCA TPHY NZ
07WELLINGTON13CORRECTION TO WELLINGTON 00012: NEW ZEALAND
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate Auckland welcome SEO Gregg Johnstone to Auckland, 07-09 January 2007, and Wellington, New Zealand, 09-12 January 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide security engineering services. 2. (U) Consulate Auckland has made hotel reservations within p [...]
2007-01-03 23:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KSEO
07WELLINGTON130REQUEST FOR DVC WITH GREG NOTESS (First choice) or MARYDEE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-12 03:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP SCUL
07WELLINGTON131 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. RONALD MASON,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NIH Official Dr. Ronald Mason to travel to Akaroa, New Zealand from February 18 - 24, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to give a presentation at the Fifth International Meeting on Human Peroxidase. 2. (U) Embassy understands that [...]
2007-02-12 03:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TBIO NZ
07WELLINGTON135 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. HARRY MALECH,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NIH Official Dr. Harry Malech to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from February 19 - 26, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend and speak at the 5th International Conference on Human Peroxidases. 2. (U) Embassy understands [...]
2007-02-12 04:06:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TBIO NZ
07WELLINGTON136 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CT VISWANATHAN, FEBRUARY
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FDA Official CT Viswanathan to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from February 25 - March 3, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) GLP working group. [...]
2007-02-12 04:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TBIO SN NZ
07WELLINGTON138 GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND'S PUBLIC SUBMISSION FOR 2007
[...] On January 9, the United States Trade Representative submitted a Federal Register notice inviting public submission on the practices of U.S. trading partners to be reviewed under the Special 301 provisions of the 1974 Trade Act (as amended in 1988). On February 12, the Government of New Zealan [...]
2007-02-13 03:51:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ECON PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON139 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DARREN OGDEN, ERIC
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Officials Darren Ogden, Eric Hockersmith, Gordon Axel, William D. Muir, and John G. Williams to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from February 15 - March 3, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to make presentations and co-chair at [...]
2007-02-14 00:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS BEXP CW NZ
07WELLINGTON14 COOK ISLANDS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/TSA SPECIALISTS
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gregory Kuver and Suzanne Ventura, DHS/TSA, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from February 5 - 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct airport and air carrier station assessments/inspections. 2. (SBU) Embassy point of co [...]
2007-01-04 01:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS EAIR ASEC PTER OTRA NZ
07WELLINGTON140 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ALASDAIR STEVEN,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NIH Official Dr. Alasdair Steven to travel to Auckland and Rotorua, New Zealand from February 8 - 17, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk at University of Auckland and to speak at the Protein Structure, Function and Assembly [...]
2007-02-14 00:23:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TBIO NZ
07WELLINGTON141NZ PONDERS FUTURE FIJI, SOLOMONS POLICIES
[...] (C) Summary. PM Clark strongly supports the timeline and processes recently discussed by Australian, New Zealand, and US officials to encourage Fiji's return to democracy. The GNZ believes that the upcoming Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Eminent Person's Group report on Fiji will be key to deter [...]
2007-02-14 01:54:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XB XV FJ NZ
07WELLINGTON143Proposal for U.S. Speaker Dr. Karen Litfin to attend the
[...] Post requests U.S. speaker Dr Karen Litfin, Associate Professor, who specializes in international relations theory and international environmental politics at the University of Washington at Seattle, where she is primarily interested in the impact of science and technology on world politics. I [...]
2007-02-14 04:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP
07WELLINGTON146NEXT STEPS WITH ALLIES ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: The GNZ understands the pressures for more resources in Afghanistan and will review carefully our request for additional NATO/ISAF commitments. Current NZ Defence Force (NZDF) deployments to Afghanistan will likely be extended through September 2009, but GNZ will probably not i [...]
2007-02-15 21:00:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PINS PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON147COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR RAYMOND W. MILLAR TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington requests country clearance for Foreign Service National Investigator (FSNI) Raymond Millar for travel to Apia, Samoa during the period February 19-25 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct background investigations and security interviews and to train FSNI Apia. [...]
2007-02-16 01:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON148BURKE-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Joan Burke, Animal Scientist, USDA/ARS/SPA/Ar. to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from March 14-29, 2007 to attend 6th International Symposium. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. 3. Point of contact at the A [...]
2007-02-16 02:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON149TSUNEMUZI-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ronald Tsunezumi, Preclearance Coordinator, Maryland to visit Hastings, New Zealand from March 26 to June 8, 2007 to inspect Apple and Pear Preclearance. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. 3. Point of conta [...]
2007-02-16 02:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON15 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FREIFELD, DECEMBER 31,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist Ms. Freifeld to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from December 31, 2006 - January 26, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to assist with fluttering shearwater translocation to Man [...]
2007-01-04 01:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA SENV TBIO NZ
07WELLINGTON150COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR RSO JAMES P. DOHERTY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington requests country clearance for Regional Security Officer (RSO) James P. Doherty for travel to Apia, Samoa during the period February 19-23 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct a constituent post visit. 2 (SBU) Itinerary is as follows: Arrival: 19 February 200 [...]
2007-02-16 23:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON155 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DANIEL H. FEIL, FEBRUARY
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy Official Daniel H. Feil to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from February 18 - 24, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to present a paper at a conference. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is the [...]
2007-02-20 02:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG NZ
07WELLINGTON156ANGELO DEPAOLA AND WILLIAM BURKHARDT-NEW ZEALAND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Angelo Depaola, Microbiologist, and William Burkhardt, Research Officer, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA,HHS to travel to New Zealand from March 13-18, 2007 to exchange scientific and public health information on the identification and ris [...]
2007-02-20 03:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON157 COOK ISLANDS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PACIFIC REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Pacific Regional Environmental Officer Joe Murphy, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from February 23 - March 3, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Experts' Meeting on Ad [...]
2007-02-20 23:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA SENV CW NZ
07WELLINGTON158 YEAR 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - NEW ZEALAND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that New Zealand (GNZ) not/not be placed on the Special 301 List in 2007. The country's overall commitment to the protection of intellectual property (IPR) is relatively high as compared to most countries cited in the Special 301 review. The government continues [...]
2007-02-21 05:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON161GARY RICHARDS -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gary Richards, Microbiologist, USDA/ARS/NAA/Dover, DE to travel to Blenheim New Zealand from March 15-29, 2007 to attend conference on Mulluscan Shellfish Safety 2007 and participate in workshop. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only [...]
2007-02-22 00:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON168REPEAT - BURKE-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Joan Burke, Animal Scientist, USDA/ARS/SPA/Ar. to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from March 14-29, 2007 to attend 6th International Symposium. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. 3. Point of contact at the A [...]
2007-02-22 22:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON169COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: CHRISTINE VIVIAN
[...] WELLINGTON ARC DIRECTOR, CHRISTINE VIVIAN, REQUESTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO VISIT KUALA LUMPUR MARCH 5-9, 2007, TO ATTEND THE EAP IRC DIRECTOR'S CONFERENCE. 2. MS. VIVIAN WILL ARRIVE IN KUALA LUMPUR ON MONDAY, MARCH 5, ON MALAYSIAN AIRLINES FLIGHT MH130 AT 2000 HOURS. SHE WILL DEPART KL FOR AU [...]
2007-02-23 01:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KIRC OTRA NZ
07WELLINGTON17 NOAA KA'IMIMOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 02:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
07WELLINGTON170 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS KRAFT, MARCH 4 -
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Official Thomas Kraft to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from March 4 - 9, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 21st Informal South Pacific Air Traffic Services Coordinating Group Meeting and the 14th Future Air Navigation [...]
2007-02-26 01:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
07WELLINGTON171 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRYANT VANBUSKIRK, MARCH
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Official Bryant Vanbuskirk to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from March 1 - 3, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct C-TPAT Validations. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance [...]
2007-02-26 03:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
07WELLINGTON172 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID MAYNARD, JOHN
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration officials to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from March 4 - 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Informal South Pacific Air Traffic Services Group (ISPACG) meeting and to chair the ISPACG Pl [...]
2007-02-26 20:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAIR ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON175 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CECIL JENNINGS, MARCH 26
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Research Biologist Cecil Jennings to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand from March 26 - Arpil 30, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct research on the gender and fecundity of banded kokopu and the giant kokopu [...]
2007-02-27 04:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
07WELLINGTON176 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM WONG AND RAYMOND
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officials William Wong and Raymond Santos to travel to New Zealand from February 28 - March 16, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct C-TPAT validations in various cities in New Zealand, as listed [...]
2007-02-27 18:14:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
07WELLINGTON181THE NISSHIN MARU: AN EXAMPLE OF U.S.-NEW ZEALAND
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 15, a factory floor fire disabled the Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru in the environmentally fragile Southern Ocean off the Antarctic coast. For eleven days, the stricken vessel remained in the vicinity of the U.S. McMurdo Station and New Zealand Scott Base in [...]
2007-02-27 20:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIS SENV IWC AY NZ
07WELLINGTON182COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DSS SPECIAL AGENT PHILLIPE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Diplomatic Security (DS) Special Agent (SA) Phillipe Furstenberg for travel to Wellington, New Zealand from 08-09 March 2007. The purpose of this trip is attend meetings and conduct investigations regarding Operation Treasure Is [...]
2007-02-27 21:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
07WELLINGTON184 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARIANNE GUFFANTI, MARCH
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Research Biologist Marianne Guffanti to travel to Rotorua, New Zealand from March 25 - 31, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 4th International Workshop on Volcanic Ash and make a presentation. 2. [...]
2007-02-28 01:47:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
07WELLINGTON185 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFREY MICHAEL
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce NOAA National Weather Service Official Jeffrey Michael Osiensky to travel to Rotorua, New Zealand from March 25 - 31, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend and give a presentation at the World Meteorological [...]
2007-02-28 03:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV KSCI NZ
07WELLINGTON187DICK, JERE-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jere Dick, Veterinary Services, APHIS/USDA to visit Paihia, Bay of Island, New Zealand from March 23-31, 2007 to attend Animal Health Quadrilateral. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. 3. Point of contact at [...]
2007-03-01 02:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON188MORALES -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Joseph Morales, Preclearance Coordinator/APHIS/Florida to visit Hastings, New Zealand from March 26-June 8, 2007 to inspect apple and pears preclearance program attend 6th International Symposium. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only [...]
2007-03-01 02:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON19COYNE-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Clarice Coyne, Horticulturist, USDA/ARS/PWA/Pullman/WA, to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from February 3-March 2, 2007 to collaborate with New Zealand Institute for Corp and Food Research on a joint project. 2. Embassy understands that country cleara [...]
2007-01-07 21:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON191TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 3/2007
[...] (SBU) Following are responses for the Trafficking in Persons report for New Zealand, keyed to reftel: Begin responses: 27. Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: -- A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally traf [...]
2007-03-02 01:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ
07WELLINGTON192 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT TEGEDER, MARCH 4
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Robert M. Tegeder to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from March 4 - 9, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to participate in Informal South Pacific Air Traffic Coordinating Group (ISPACG) Meeting. 2. (U [...]
2007-03-02 04:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
07WELLINGTON193 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT HANSEN, MARCH 3 -
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration official Robert Hansen to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from March 3 - 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Informal South Pacific Air Traffic Services Group (ISPACG) meeting and to chair [...]
2007-03-02 04:06:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAIR ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON194PM CLARK GOES TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Clark has announced to New Zealanders that she will use her March 20-21 visit to Washington to discuss key regional and world events with the President and other Senior Officials. In reality, she has a broader agenda as well: to improve the tone of her dialogue w [...]
2007-03-02 04:55:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON197 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SCOTT M. SMOUSE, MARCH
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory Physical Scientist Scott M. Smouse to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from March 25 - 31, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the 33rd Meeting of the A [...]
2007-03-05 02:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
07WELLINGTON198(C) MR. NICE GUY - NEW ZEALAND'S NEW OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary. New Zealand opposition leader John Key's persona in private meetings with USG officials has differed little from the face he has presented to the New Zealand public since taking charge of the National Party last November. Key comes across as modest and moderate, determined not [...]
2007-03-05 03:41:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR NZ
07WELLINGTON2DR. LAURO- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Alexander Laura, Program Auditor, USDA/FSIS/OIA/International Audit Staff/Omaha/NE to visit New Zealand from January 22-Februrary 22, 2007 to conduct a routine audit of New ZealandQs meat inspection system. 2. Embassy is coordinating with New Zeal [...]
2007-01-03 00:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON20Thistle-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Harold Thistle, Jr. Program Manager, US Forest Service, to visit Auckland, New Zealand from January 12-February 25, 2007 to attend workshops on forest protection, spray drift and application modeling, aerial application etc. 2. Embassy understands th [...]
2007-01-07 21:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON200 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHEN P. STIYER, APRIL
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Safety Inspector Stephen P. Stiyer to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from April 18 - 24, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to perform facility inspections for FEDEX Express Corporation. 2. [...]
2007-03-05 20:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAIR NZ
07WELLINGTON203 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Robert D. McCallum Jr. to travel to New Zealand from 10-18 March 2007. The purpose of this visit is personal leave. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. 3. (SBU) Embassy po [...]
2007-03-07 01:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
07WELLINGTON204 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEROY BORTMES, CARLA
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officials Leroy Bortmes, Carla Brooks, and Carlos Cortez to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from March 17 - 25, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Heads of Intelligence Conference. 2. [...]
2007-03-07 21:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
07WELLINGTON205TEACHMAN-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Teachman, Senior staff Veterinarian, Veterinary Services, USDA/APHIS, Riverdale to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from March 22-30, 2007 to attend the Animal Quads Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance requir [...]
2007-03-07 21:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON206SHEESLEY-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dan Sheesley, Deputy Administrator, International Services, APHIS/USDA to visit Paihai, New Zealand from March 23-30, 2007 to attend Animal Health Quad Meetings. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. 3. Point [...]
2007-03-07 21:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON209DR. RAYMOND, MR. STEELE, MS. STUCK, MS. KENNARD, MR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Richard Raymond, USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety; Mr. Michael Steele, Confidential Assistant to the Under Secretary for Food Safety; Ms. Karen Stuck, Assistant Administrator for the FSIS; Ms. Edith Kennard, Staff Officer, US Codex Office; and Mr. Ro [...]
2007-03-08 00:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON211NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FBI SC BRUCE E.
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Section Chief (SC) Bruce E. Carlson and Unit Chief (UC) Russell L. Hunt, Counterintelligence Division, FBI Headquarters, for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period March 15-17 2007.The purpose of this visit is [...]
2007-03-08 20:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
07WELLINGTON212NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEAV TEAM
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to DEAV Repair Team Mark A. Schmidt and David L. Monsees for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period April 15-18 2007.The purpose of this visit to perform scheduled repair and assess Post's armored vehicles. 2. [...]
2007-03-08 20:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ASUP AMGT
07WELLINGTON213 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEVEN ALBERSHEIM, MARCH
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Program Management Analyst Steven Albersheim to travel to Rotorua, New Zealand from March 24 - 31, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the ICAO sponsored International Airways Volcanic Watch Operations Group (IAVWOPSG) and to [...]
2007-03-08 20:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAIR ASEC TH NZ
07WELLINGTON215COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR A/RSO JAMAL A. HORRY
[...] (SBU) Country Clearance is requested for Embassy Wellington Assistant Regional Security Office (ARSO) Jamal A. Horry for travel to Dili, East Timor, March 09-19 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide TDY support to serve as acting RSO for Embassy Dili. 2. (U) If there are any questi [...]
2007-03-08 22:32:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
07WELLINGTON216WALDRON-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Blair Waldron, Geneticist, USDA/ARS/NPA, UT to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from March 23-30, 2007 to attend and present a paper at the 6th International Symposium on Fungal Endophytes of Grasses. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the o [...]
2007-03-08 22:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON218 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BARBARA STUNDER, MARCH
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce NOAA Meteorologist Barbara Stunder to travel to Rotorua, New Zealand from March 22 - 31, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to present a paper and attend the Fourth International Workshop on volcanic ash. 2. (U [...]
2007-03-09 01:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
07WELLINGTON219NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1737 SANCTIONS ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is on track to implement UNSCR 1737 measures against entities and individuals linked to Iran's nuclear program. Phil Goff, Minister of Defense and Disarmament, recently delivered a strong message to the government of Iran stressing that it must comply with UNSCR 1737 an [...]
2007-03-09 21:21:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP UNSC ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL AORC TRGY IR NZ
07WELLINGTON221NEW ZEALAND EXTENDS AFGHAN DEPLOYMENTS FOR ONE YEAR
[...] (C) Summary: The New Zealand Cabinet today approved the extension of current NZDF deployments to Afghanistan for one year, through September 2008, vice the two years that MoD requested (reftel). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) told post that the Cabinet wanted the chance to [...]
2007-03-12 05:07:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PINS PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON223NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BU1 KIRK HENRY,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to BU1 Kirk Henry for travel to Wellington, New Zealand from 23-28 March 2007 and Auckland, New Zealand from 28-31 March 2007. The purpose of this trip is to perform technical security work. 2. (SBU [...]
2007-03-13 22:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSEO ASEC
07WELLINGTON224NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEO GREGG
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to SEO Gregg Johnstone for travel to Wellington, New Zealand from 25-18 March 2007. The purpose of this trip is to perform technical security work. 2. (SBU) Per REFTEL, Post has secured accomodations for Mr. Johnstone at the We [...]
2007-03-14 03:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSEO ASEC
07WELLINGTON225 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TONY OLSEN, APRIL 11-27,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Official Tony Olsen to travel to Hanmer Springs, Auckland, and Christchurch, New Zealand from April 11-27, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting of the New Zealand Institute of Mathematical Analysis (NZIMA) Programme [...]
2007-03-14 03:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA SENV KSCA TPHY EPA NZ
07WELLINGTON226 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO 33RD
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to State Department, EEB Energy Office Director Stephen GALLOGLY; Department of Energy, Chair Biofuels Task Force, Jeff SKEER; Argonne National Laboratory, Chair Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies, Cary BLOYD; and National [...]
2007-03-14 04:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG EPET NZ
07WELLINGTON227 PM Clark Says Visit to Washington is about Cooperation,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Parliamentary Question time on Wednesday, March 14, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark was bombarded with questions (from Parliamentary friends and foes) regarding her upcoming visit to Washington. Clark was asked about Climate Change, the US Human Rights record at Gu [...]
2007-03-14 05:39:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON228NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEO BRIAN KNARR,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to SEO Brian Knarr for travel to Wellington, New Zealand from 23-28 March 2007 and Auckland, New Zealand from 28-31 March 2007. The purpose of this trip is to perform technical security work. 2. (SB [...]
2007-03-14 19:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSEO ASEC
07WELLINGTON229GNZ PREPS FOR PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM
[...] (C) Summary: The March 15 PIF Foreign Ministers meeting will have a limited role for Fiji, in part to ensure that interim PM Bainimarama cannot complain that members acted behind Fiji's back. The GNZ believes the outlook is good for PIF ministers to agree that Fiji should abide by the EPG [...]
2007-03-15 18:42:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ XV FJ
07WELLINGTON232 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO PSI
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Government Officials listed below to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from on/about March 23 - 31, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) Meeting. 2 [...]
2007-03-16 03:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON234 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NANCY M. GORDON, APRIL
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Census Bureau Official Nancy M. Gordon to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from April 12 - 19, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 2007 23rd Population Census Conference. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearan [...]
2007-03-19 02:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
07WELLINGTON235NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE FOR SUPPORTING
[...] (U) On March 19, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Charles Kingston; Senior Policy Officer; United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division; New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kingston reiterated that New Zealand strongly condemns Zimbabwe's human rights abuses. Most [...]
2007-03-19 23:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM NZ
07WELLINGTON237NEW ZEALAND PLEASED WITH PIF MEETING OUTCOMES
[...] (C) Summary: The GNZ believes the March 16 Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Foreign Ministers meeting offered Fiji's interim government clear carrots and sticks for a return to democratic elections within 18-24 months, as recommended by the PIF Eminent Persons Group (EPG). New Zealand was very ple [...]
2007-03-20 05:33:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ FJ
07WELLINGTON238 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOSEPH ROTH, MARCH 23 -
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to CDC Career Epidemiologist Field Officer Joseph Roth to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from March 23 - 24, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to layover in Auckland in transit to Noumea, New Caledonia. 2. (U) Embassy understands tha [...]
2007-03-20 20:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA CDC FJ NZ
07WELLINGTON239 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NICHOLAS SEYMOUR, MARCH
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Official Nicholas Seymour to travel to Rotorua, New Zealand from March 23 - April 4, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the Massive Hosts of Radio Galaxies Across Cosmic Time Conference. [...]
2007-03-20 22:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TSPA NZ
07WELLINGTON242 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFREY SKEER, MARCH 26
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy Official Jeffrey E. Skeer to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from March 26 - April 2, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the APEC Working Group, 8th APEC Minister and EWG Group Chairs APEC Meeting. 2. ( [...]
2007-03-21 01:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG TRGY NZ
07WELLINGTON244AIKEN/BACON-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Glen Aiken, Animal Scientist, Lexington, KY and Charles Bacon, Plant pathologist, Athens, GA, USDA/ARS to visit Christchurch from March 20-30, 2007 to attend 6th International Symposium on Fungal Endophytes on Grasses meeting and present papers. 2. [...]
2007-03-22 00:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON247CLIFFORD-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. John Clifford, Administrator, veterinary Services, APHIS/USDA to visit Auckland, New Zealand from March 21-30, 2007 to attend Animal Health Quadrilateral Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. 3. P [...]
2007-03-23 03:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON248GUIDICIPIETRO-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Guidicipietroto, Deputy Director, Plant Protection and Quarantine, USDA/APHIS to visit Auckland, New Zealand from March 30- April 03, 2007 to attend meeting with Australian officials on Technical Issues. 2. Embassy understands that country clear [...]
2007-03-23 03:12:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON249FLEMING AND VO-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mary Fleming, Trade Specialist and Trang Vo, Management Analyst, trade Support Team, APHIS/USDA to visit Auckland, New Zealand from March 29-April 05, 2007 to attend meetings of the US-Australia Standard Technical Working Group. 2. Embassy understands th [...]
2007-03-23 03:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON250 MEDIA REACTION TO NEW ZEALAND'S AVIATION SECURITY
[...] (U) This message contains an action request at paras 2 and 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: In compliance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requirements, the GNZ recently introduced Aviation Security Legislation which will enhance the powers of airport security officials and strength [...]
2007-03-25 19:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PGOV PTER KTIA PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON251 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RONALD GERMAIN, APRIL 17
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Institute of Health Official Dr. Ronald Germain to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from April 17 - 20, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to serve as the Visiting Speaker for the Australasian Society for Immunology [...]
2007-03-25 21:39:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TBIO AS NZ
07WELLINGTON254QUICK-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mr. Bryce Quick, Deputy Administrator for Food Safety and Inspection Service, APHIS/OIA to visit Paihia, New Zealand from March 25-30, 2007 to attend Food Safety Quadrilateral Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance [...]
2007-03-26 02:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON26SCHNEEBERGER-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Steven Schneeberger, International Dairy Market News Reporter, Dairy Programs, Agriculture Marketing Service to visit New Zealand from February 26-March 02, 2007 to meet dairy industry contacts to meet with various dairy industry contacts that Diary Market [...]
2007-01-08 02:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON260 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BOBBY PHILIP, APRIL
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Official Bobby Philip to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from April 8-14, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to visit the Bioengineering Institute at the University of Auckland [...]
2007-03-28 21:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG TRGY KNNP NZ
07WELLINGTON261EDWARDS -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gavin Edwards, Agricultural Scientist, APHIS, International Services, US Embassy Canberra to visit Auckland, New Zealand from April 1-3, 2007 to accompany APHIS Administrator Ron de Haven. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assist [...]
2007-03-28 23:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON262NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CANBERRA
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Canberra Assistant Legal Attache Timothy K. Ryan, FBI Deputy Assistant Director Shawn Henry, and Supervisory Special Agent Shannon D. McGarry, Cyber Division, for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period April 17 [...]
2007-03-29 01:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON27KRETSCHMANN-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Kretschmann, Research General Engineer, US Forest Service, to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from January 26-February 02, 2007 to attend Compromised Wood Workshop. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. [...]
2007-01-08 02:06:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON270New Zealand - Prenotification Information Delivered
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-01 22:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NZ
07WELLINGTON272NZ AMBASSADOR HEADS TO PYONGYANG
[...] (C) Summary: During her April 3-7 trip to Pyongyang, NZ's Ambassador to North Korea, Jane Coombs, will carry a letter from Foreign Minister Peters urging the DPRK to comply with the Six Party Talks. She will also note the GNZ's willingness to contribute to the second tranche of energy assis [...]
2007-04-02 05:00:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP KNAR NZ
07WELLINGTON274NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CANBERRA
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Canberra Assistant Legal Attache Timothy K. Ryan and FBI Supervisory Special Agent Dean Phillips, Organized Crime Unit, for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period April 30 - May 4, 2007. The purpose of this visi [...]
2007-04-02 20:39:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON279STAUB-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mr. Jack Staub, Horticulturist, USDA/ARS/MWA/Madison to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from April 20-30, 2007 to observe preliminary results of cooperative research with Cropmark Seeds and continue dialog. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is [...]
2007-04-04 21:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON284CONTENTIOUS LEGISLATION AND POLICE ABUSE BRING TRYING TIMES
[...] (SBU) These are trying times for PM Clark, despite near universal kudos for her performance during her March trip to the U.S. Her Government is fending off widespread public dissent over legislation to ban the use of physical force to discipline children. Growing evidence of sexual abuse and co [...]
2007-04-10 02:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON285GNZ SHARES DRAFT OF ITS ACTION PLAN AGAINST HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 29, GNZ shared with DCM and Poloff a draft of its national action plan against human trafficking. From an operational standpoint, NZ government agencies already have an effective program in place to prevent trafficking. The "Action Plan" seeks to further improve inte [...]
2007-04-10 05:44:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ
07WELLINGTON289 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEVIN E. DEARDORFF,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Census Bureau Official Kevin E. Deardorff to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from April 15 - 20, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to chair a session on regional and international cooperation of census utilization at the 23rd Po [...]
2007-04-11 01:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAID NZ
07WELLINGTON29COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEGATT GREGORY B. GROVES FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants clearances for Canberra Legal Attache Gregory B. Groves to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands from January 17-20, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to meet with representatives from the Cook Islands Police Service and provide information on any trai [...]
2007-01-09 23:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC JUS XB XV
07WELLINGTON290NEW ZEALAND ON IRAQ COMPACT SIGNING
[...] (SBU) As requested reftel, Embassy conveyed information about the May Iraq Compact signing to New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Officials Darryl Dunn, Director of the Middle East and Africa Division, and Carl Worker, Director of the Americas Division. 2. (C) Dunn to [...]
2007-04-11 19:24:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL PGOV UN NZ
07WELLINGTON3JOHN RALPH - NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mr. John Ralph, Chemist, ARS/USDA to visit New Zealand from January 9 - February 1, 2007. 2. Point of contact at the U.S. Embassy is the Office of Agricultural Affairs. Contact details are: Atn: Laura Scandurra, Agricultural Attache Tel: 64-4-462-6012 [...]
2007-01-03 00:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON30FIESELMANN-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Daniel Fieselmann, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Raleigh, North Carolina, to visit Wellington and Christchurh, New Zealand from February 10-17, 2007 to attend pre-quad for Science and Technical Meetings/Border [...]
2007-01-09 23:51:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR NZ
07WELLINGTON300COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR RSO JAMES DOHERTY
[...] (SBU) Country Clearance is requested for Embassy Wellington Regional Security Officer (RSO) James P. Doherty and Foreign Service National Investigator (FSNI) Ray Millar for travel to Apia, Samoa during the period of April 16-20 2007. The purpose of this trip is provide constituent post servic [...]
2007-04-13 04:03:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
07WELLINGTON302GNZ WORRIES BAINIMARAMA IS IN A HOLE AND STILL
[...] (C) The GNZ worries that interim PM Bainimarama is increasingly fragile and his actions risk throwing the country into armed conflict. Heather Riddell, Director of the Pacific Division, calls Bainimarama's measures restricting the Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) "loopy." Bainimarama has now cu [...]
2007-04-13 06:00:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL FJ NZ
07WELLINGTON303 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAY K. KELLER, APRIL 15
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Census Bureau Official Jay K. Keller to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from April 15 - 20, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present a paper at the 23rd Population Census Conference. 2. (U) Embassy understan [...]
2007-04-15 19:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAID NZ
07WELLINGTON304NEW ZEALAND: PROPOSAL TO HOST SCIENCE FELLOW
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the 2007 Embassy Science Fellow Program, Embassy Wellington proposes to host for three months a USG scientist with research interests in biofuels and associated renewable energy technologies. Familiarity with hydrogen, geothermal and marine (wave and tidal) technologi [...]
2007-04-15 19:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA TSPL SENV AMGT OTRA APER NZ
07WELLINGTON305POTENTIAL FOR NZ FOREIGN MINISTER-GOVT SPLIT OVER NZ-CHINA
[...] (C) A source close to Foreign Minister Winston Peters, whose New Zealand First Party seriously lags in the polls, says Peters may openly voice his opposition to New Zealand's free trade deal with China in an effort to secure the loyalty of his voter base. Although the dispute could strain the [...]
2007-04-15 19:19:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON307 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PAUL FUJIMURA, APRIL 22
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Homeland Security Director for Asia/Pacific Office of International Affairs Paul FUJIMURA to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 22 - 25, 2007. The purpose of this visit is for official consultations with Embassy an [...]
2007-04-16 21:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC PTER AS NZ
Pages 1 2
1'000 rows / 1'490 results

This work is licensed under a creative common licence creative commons image creative commons another image