Wairarapa

Secretary: John Schnellenberg
32 Pownall Street
Masterton
Wairarapa 5810
Ph:(06) 370 3425
Email: Wairarapa NZIIA Contact

Subsription: $40 (Single), $50 (Family)

Upcoming Meetings:

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Date & Time:

All Meetings are held at St Luke's Church Hall, Worksop Rd, Masterton

Bios:

Previous Meetings:

27 October 2010: Bill Mansfield talked about New Zealand’s strategic interests in having a presence in Antarctica.

22 September 2010: Paul Kelly (Editor-at-large at The Australian newspaper) and author of several books about the Australian political scene commented on the current Australian Political scene

18 August 2010: 'How the media have moulded New Zealanders' Speakers: Ian Grant, Newspaper historian looked at the way it was, & Karl du Fresne, former Dominion editor and columnist, talked about the situation today.

21 July 2010: 'China and the Global Financial Crisis' with Brian Easton, Economist

30 June 2010: 'Prospects for International Co-operation and NZ Foreign Policy' by Terence O'Brien, former NZ diplomat

19 May 2010: 'An insider’s view of US media and the future of news in the global marketplace' by Dr Kenton Bird, former journalist & editor, Director of the School of Journalism & Mass Media at the University of Idaho, USA

21 April 2010: 'Palestine and Israel' by Dr John Gleisner

17 March 2010: 'The planes of August — WWI aviation history at Hood Aerodrome'

17 February 2010: 'Climate change—the state of play' by HE Dr Beat Nobs, Ambassador for Switzerland

18 November 2009: 'Who’s Got the Power? The Changing Geopolitical Status of Asia' by Dr David Capie, Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Victoria University of Wellington

21 October 2009 : ' South Africa’s Black and White tribes and their Uncertain Future' by Dr Derek Milne, a former director of the DSIR’s Soil Burea

16 September 2009 : 'Beyond the Battlefield - Peter Fraser at War' by Gerald Hensley

2 September 2009: 'On the Ground in Afghanistan' by Padre Chris Purdie, NZ Defence Force

19 August 2009: The Changing Character of War' by Professor Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of the History of war at Oxford University

22 July 2009: 'Twenty Years On: The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Dramatic Changes to Europe that followed it' by Dr John Leslie Lecturer, Political Science & International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington

17 June 2009: 'Behind The Scenes: How The Commonwealth of Nations Works' by The Rt Hon Sir Don McKinnon former Commonwealth Secretary-General and a former NZ Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs

20 May 2009: 'Obama’s Washington: A Democrat’s View from the USA’s West Coast' by Dr Shay Schual-Berke a former Washington State legislator & retired cardiologist

22 April 2009: 'Countering Terrorism in the Obama Era' by Jim Veitch, Associate Professor in the Strategic Studies degree programme at Victoria University of Wellington's School of Government

18 March 2009: 'The Age of Financial Turmoil: Prospects for New Zealand' by Brian Easton, Economist

25 February 2009: 'Refugees and other East African Challenges' by Fadela Novak, Supervisor the UNHCR programme for repatriating and reintegrating 400,000 returnees in Burundi

15 October 2008: 'Pakistan Security Difficulties' by HE Mr Munawar Saeed Bhatti, High Commissioner for Pakistan

17 September 2008: 'South Africa — A Lost Cause?' by Peter Rankin, Branch Member NZIIA

9 July 2008: 'Games nations play – the irresistible attraction of sports to modern politics' by Assoc. Professor Charlotte Macdonald, School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington

9 July 2008: 'What's Going On in Fiji Now?' by Michael Green, Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs & Trade

18 June 2008: 'Europe is changing: Can New Zealand be far behind?' by John Schnellenberg, NZIIA Wairarapa Branch Secretary

20 May 2008: 'Campaign '08: The Battle for the US Presidency' by Associate Professor Nigel Roberts, Political ScienceLecturer, Victoria University of Wellington

23 April 2008: 'Pacific Islanders in New Zealand' by Dr Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop, Director, Va'aomanu Pasifika, Victoria University of Wellington

13 March 2008: 'A 'terminal crisis'? The Eritrea-Ethiopia border conflict and why it matters' by Martin Pratt, Director of Research, International Boundaries Research Unit, Durham University, UK

20 February 2008: 'Denmark and New Zealand – similar but very different' by Mr Ken Fink-Jensen, Royal Danish Consulate-General, Wellington

14 November 2007: 'Reflections on RAMSI' by Mr Paul Ash, Deputy Director of the International Security & Disarmament Division, MFAT

8 August 2007: Sydney APEC - A Preview by Mr Brian Lynch, Director, NZ International Affairs National Office

20 June 2007: Thoughts On Farm Profitability - The Next Twenty Years by Mr Murray Gough OBE

16 May 2007: New Zealand Looking East: Brazil and South Americab by Ms Denise Almao, a former New Zealand diplomat, whose career has seen her posted to Brazil as our Ambassador

18 April 2007: What's next with the United States? By Mr Stephen Jacobi, Managing Director, Jacobi Consulting Ltd. & Executive Director, NZUS Council

21 March 2007: HE Mr John Dauth, Australian High Commissioner

21 February 2007: HE Mr George Fergusson, British High Commissioner

<15 November 2006: 'Distortions not bias: How the structure of international news shaped coverage of the conflict in southern Lebanon.'Dr Douglas Van Belle, Senior Lecturer in Media Studies in the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at Victoria University

25 October 2006: 'Afghanistan' Major Graeme Tod of the New Zealand Army

13 September2006: 'Background to understanding present-day events in Iran.' By HE Mr Kambiz Sheik Hassani, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran

12 July 2006: Dr Penny Reedie, Canadian High Commissioner

23 August 2006: 'International justice' By Rt Hon Sir Kenneth Keith KBE QC - Judge, International Court of Justice, The Hague