Previous Meetings:

7 March 2012: The Greek Financial Crisis with Speaker: Dr Neville Bennett, Economic Historian

14 November 2011: Liquidate, liquidate, liquidate? - Sovereign debt stresses in an over-indebted world with Speaker: Michael Reddell, Special Adviser in the Economics Department of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand

26 October 2011: Council for Security Co-operation in the Asia Pacific – New Zealand (CSCAP:NZ) – 'Projecting Our Voice' with Speakers: Stuart McMillan and Dr Jeremy Moses, Members of CSCAP

5 October 2011: China, India and the United States with Speaker: Dan Twining of the German Marshall Fund of the United States

31 August 2011: Challenges facing the biological and chemical weapons regimes with Speaker: Angela Woodward, Member Christchurch NZIIA Branch Committee

23 August 2011: Parliament’s Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade select committee with Speaker: John Hayes ONZM MP, Chair of FADTSC, & former Diplimat

3 August 2011: What Would a Democratic Russian Foreign Policy Look Like? with Speaker: Prof Mark Katz, George Mason University, Virginia, USA

6 July 2011: Forgotten Jubilee: The UN Declaration on Colonialism & New Zealand's Pacific Pioneering with Speaker: Professor David McIntyre, Macmillan Brown Centre

31 May 2011: An Agreement to Disagree - The Antarctic Treaty 1959 with Speaker: Michelle Rogan-Finnemore of the Antarctic Secretariat

5 May 2011: America’s Role: Is There an Obama Doctrine? with Speaker: Dr Peter Field, Head of History, University of Canterbury

12 April 2011: 'International Implications of Japan’s Nuclear Power Crisis ' with Speaker: Emeritus Professor David Elms (Retired), University of Canterbury

30 March 2011: 'The Significance of Wikileaks' with Speaker: Jim Tully, Canterbury University Journalism Co-ordinator

7 December 2010: 'Somali Sea Piracy & Terrorism' with Speaker: Stuart McMillan MBE, NBR Columnist, Adjunct Senior Fellow School of Social & Politiacal Science,University of Canterbury

25 November 2010: 'Two Plus Four - Revisiting a diplomatic masterpiece which paved the way for German Reunification ' with Ambassador Georg Julius Luy of the German Federal Republic

24 November 2010: 'Asia's Nuclear Politics: A New Era of Competition?' with Dr Muthiah Alagappa, 2010 Kippenberger Visiting Professor at Victoria University of Wellington & a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the East-West Center's Washington DC

11 November 2010: 'The Fable of a Stable Climate' a discussion with Dr Gerrit van der Lingen, member of the NZ Climate Science Coalition & Michael Greene, former chair of the NZ Chamber of Commerce

6 October 2010: 'Burma’s election: Why bother?' with Dr Peter Perry, formally Geography Dept, University of Canterbury

20 September 2010: 'Contemporary India and prospects for partnerships with New Zealand' with HE Mr Sureesh Mehta, High Commissioner of India to NZ

24 August 2010: 'Whaling and the International Whaling Commission' with Gerard van Bohemen, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade,who has been a member of NZ’s IWC delegation for a number years

28 July 2010: 'Strategic Trends in the Asia-Pacific & Their Implications for the US' with Dr Satu Limaye, Director of the East West Centre

14 July 2010: 'Red Democracy, Yellow Democracy: Political Conflict in Thailand' with Dr Jim Oxley, Political Science Lecturer, University of Canterbury

3 June 2010: 'Saving Globalization' with The Rt. Hon. Mike Moore ONZ, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and former Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, and NZ Amabassador designate to the USA

12 May 2010: 'The Commonwealth & its relevance today' with The Rt. Hon. Sir Donald McKinnon, ONZ, GCVO, former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth

15 April 2010 : 'New Zealand & China: Nearly 40 Years on' with Tony Browne, Acting Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, former NZ Ambassador to China

18 March 2010: ' Climate Change: Copenhagen and Beyond' with Professor Jonathan Boston, Director, Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington

11 March 2010: 'New Zealand & the BRIC Group - Brazil, Russia, India, China' with Brian Lynch, NZIIA Director

23 February 2010: 'The Commonwealth Summit- CHOGM 2009, Port of Spain, Trinidad-What was new?' with Professor David McIntyre

24 November 2009: 'The Next Step for Australia-New Zealand Relations' with HE Mr Paul O'Sullivan, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand

28 October 2009: 'The Geographical Position Of Iran in the Middle East, West Asia, and Central Asia: Economic Opportunities for New Zealand' with Mr Ali Nemati, First Secretary, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Wellington

23 September 2009: Jeremy Pope, Human Rights Commissioner addressed the Branch on the topic of 'Transparency International, the global anti-corruption NGO', of which he was founding Managing Director

15 September 2009: 'Beyond the Battlefield - NZ and its Allies 1939-1945' with Gerald Hensley, former Secretary of Defence

1 September 2009: 'International Security & International Law - A Green View: My Non-Aggression Bill currently before Parliament' with Dr Kennedy Graham MP, list Member of Parliament for the Green Party

25 August 2009: 'American Foreign Policy: Plus Ça Change. . .' by Dr John Wood, former New Zealand ambassador in Washington

28 July 2009: 'New Zealand’s Current Defence Review' with John McKinnon, Secretary of Defence.

14 July 2009: 'Reflections on the British experience of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars' by Professor Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford and the 2009 Kippenberger Chair of Strategic Studies at Victoria University of Wellington.

7 July 2009: ' Priorities for NZ Foreign Policy in the coming Three Years' by Hon Murray McCully, Minister of Foreign Affairs

10 June 2009: ' Afghanistan: A View from the Centre' by Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy Ramsden, MNZM. Head of Intelligence at HQ Joint Force, Trentham

27 May 2009: ' Transition to Democracy in Less Developed Countries' by Ms Helen Sutch, Economist

5 May 2009: ' Fiji's Coup Culture' by Associate Professor John Henderson, University of Canterbury

23 April 2009: 'Getting In - Immigration Politics & the 2008 US Election' by Dr Kate McMillan,Senior Lecturer, Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington

25 March 2009>: Civil Society Centenaries, 2009: Some Reflexions on the aims and work of Institutes of International Affairs by Professor David McIntyre, a former Branch Chairman

27 February 2009: 'Diplomacy/Academia & Politics - Can the Twain Meet? Reflections on NZ Foreign Policy' by Dr Kennedy Graham MP, retiring Branch Chairman

10 December 2008: 'The Global Financial Crisis' by Mike McFarlane, Managing Director, Investor Link Securities.

26 November 2008: 'International Repercussions of the US Election' by Dr Amy Fletcher, Senior Lecturer, University of Canterbury.

28 October 2008: 'Globalisation & NZ Business Challenges & Opportunities'< by Rod Oram, International Financial Journalist.

9 October 2008: 'Panel Discussion: An intergenerational panel will consider issues facing the UN' Panel: Representing UN Youth Association - Richard Evans & Erin Jackson & NZIIA members - Marie Peters & Roy Holmes.

3 & 17 September 2008: '2008 Election Campaign - New Zealand Foreign Policy - Political Party Views' by Spokespeople from the Labour & Green Parties.

12 August 2008: 'The Role of New Zealand Media in Reporting Global Affairs' by Anthony Holden, Editor, The Christchurch Press.

24 July 2008: 'EU and the Pacific – and Associated Thoughts' by George Cunningham, Chargé d'Affaires, European Commission Delegation to New Zealand.

21 July 2008: 'The 'Ecological Footprint' : Navigating Tough Decisions in a Resource-Constrained World' by Dr. Mathis Wackernage, Executive Director, Global Footprint Network, Oakland, California.

9 July 2008: New Zealand - Part of Asia or Just Good Friends? by Dr Richard Grant, Executive Director, Asia New Zealand Foundation.

11 June 2008: The US Election'08: Democracy or Horse-race? by Dr Therese Arseneau, Senior Fellow, School of Political Science and Communication, Universiry of Canterbury

14 May 2008: 'The Global Trade Agenda - Where To From Here?' by Wade Armstrong, Acting Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade

23 April 2008: 'The International Criminal Court - Trials and Tribulations' by Dr Chris Gallavin, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Canterbury

11 March 2008 'The 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings at Kampala, Uganda' by David McIntyre

27 February 2008: 'New Zealand & The World: Then and Now' by Hon Russell Marshall, CNZM, President of NZIIA

13 December 2007: Migration and Integration Policy in the 21st Century – A Perspective from the Netherlands' by HE Ms Rasha ter Braak, Royal Netherlands Ambassador to New Zealand

29 November 2007: 'Global Challenges: An Inter-generational dialogue' with UNYANZ Ms Erin Jackson & Mr Ben Land-Maycock plus two NZIIA representatives

15 November 2007: 'Reflexions on the Centennial of Dominion Status' by Dr Kennedy Graham & Prof. David McIntyre

31 October 2007: 'Japan - Global and Regional Trends' by Stuart McMillan, Foreign Policy Analyst & NBR Foreign Affairs Columnist

September 2007 'Reflections on RAMSI' by Paul Ash, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade

31 August 2007: 'The Expanding Global Counter-Terrorism Regime: Maintenance & Resistance in the Asia-Pacific' by Dr Tanya Ogilvie-White, Senior Lecturer, Political Science Department, University of Canterbury

26 July 2007: 'Antarctic Futures: Science, Commerce, The Environment - and the Legal Regime' by Prof Bryan Storey, Director, Gateway Antarctic & Ms. Karen Scott, Law School, University of Canterbury

29 June 2007: 'The Pacific in the 21st Century - Regional Concepts and Institutions' by Mr Vince McBride, Executive Director, Pacific Cooperation Foundation

17 May 2007: 'Aggression-Past, Present, and Future' by Assoc Prof Neil Boister, School of Law, Canterbury University

12 April 2007: 'The Role of the UN in International Security in the Post-Cold War Era' by Dr Kennedy Graham, Research Fellow, School of Law, Canterbury University and NZIIA Christchurch Branch Chair

27 March 2007: 'The North Korea-US Agreement - Prospects for Peace' by Dr Tim Beal, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington

14 March 2007: 'Fiji Coup Number 4 : By Accident or Design?' by Associate Professor John Henderson, University of Canterbury

6 December 2006: 'Reflections on the APEC Summit in Hanoi' by Brian Lynch, Director, NZIIA

24 October 2006: 'The Real Issues Behind the Israel-Lebanon War' by Assoc Prof William Harris, Department of Political Studies, University of Otago

11 October 2006: 'Some Reflections about New Zealand's Unofficial Diplomacy - A Visit to Japan' by Peter Cozens, Director, Centre for Strategic Studies, VUW

6 September 2006: 'Is the Commonwealth still relevant?' by Rae Julian, NZ Council for International Development

24 August 2006: 'Making Poverty History: The EU as a global development super-power' by Professor Martin Holland, NCRE

Transcript of speeches

Implications of 11 September for New Zealand : Speech to the Christchurch Branch of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs Statement by Michael Green, Deputy Secretary NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 27 November 2001