Press Release – Scoop Link

Links by China’s armed forces to Pacific countries were a growing concern for New Zealand on top of concerns about Beijing’s chequebook diplomacy, leaked diplomatic cables from the United States Embassy in Wellington show. A cable in February 2006 … Read more »

Press Release – The Scoop Team

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 … Read more »

Press Release – Wikileaks

February 14, 2007. 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 … Read more »

Press Release – Wikileaks

December 6, 2006. 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 … Read more »

Pacific Scoop:
Profile – By Kim Bowden.

Inspiring study-weary students, marking assessments and striving to get your own research published are part and parcel of most university lecturer’s job descriptions. Head-counting students after a suicide bomber attacks is not.

Rukhsana Aslam arrived home from work on October 20 last year to find her mother in tears. In the time it took to travel between her office at Islamabad’s International Islamic University and the home she shared with her family, two suicide bombers barged into the campus and detonated their vests. Turmoil. Read more »

Article – The Scoop Team

November 30, 2006. GNZ officials remain positive about yesterday’s talks in Wellington between Fiji PM Qarase and Commodore Frank Bainimarama, and say the PM now has a chance to win hearts and minds to his cause. But they say they believe a coup is … Read more »

Press Release – Wikileaks

November 30, 2006. GNZ officials remain positive about yesterday’s talks in Wellington between Fiji PM Qarase and Commodore Frank Bainimarama, and say the PM now has a chance to win hearts and minds to his cause. But they say they believe a coup is … Read more »

Press Release – Wikileaks

November 29, 2006. GNZ says Fiji talks constructive but is taking no chances. Fiji Prime Minister Qarase and Commodore Bainimarama today met for two and a quarter hours at Government House in Wellington. New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and … Read more »

Press Release – Wikileaks

November 28, 2006. In a meeting with Bainimarama on November 27, New Zealand’s Foreign Minister won his agreement to a meeting with Fiji’s PM Qarase; PM Clark then called the PM and persuaded him to come for the meeting. The meeting will take place at … Read more »

Press Release – Wikileaks

November 26, 2006. This is an action cable, see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: GNZ anticipates that Commodore Bainimarama will execute his plan to remove members of the government of Fiji on December 4 regardless of what he hears from foreign critics. New Zealand … Read more »