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  • 2003
  • 2004

    • Can Multilateralism Recover? [pdf 72kb], 3rd Foreign Policy Lecture,July 2004 given by Sir Shridath Ramphal, former Commonwealth Secretary-General and former Foreign Minister of Guyana.

  • 2006
  • 2007
    • 1 February 2007 James T Morris President, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme - The World Food Programme, Its Focus and Challenges
    • 21 March 2007 'The Europe Series'
    • 29 March 2007 India-New Zealand Relations (Download Speeches)
    • 30 March 2007 East Asia: Political and Economic Integration
    • 21 May 2007 To commemorate the 35th Anniversary of Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and New Zealand
    • 20 June 2007 'Strengthening International Environmental Governance: recent developments, next steps' By Mr Lucien Chabason, French specialist on Environment Governance
    • 2 July 2007 'How Far can Political caricature go in Europe and New Zealand' with Plantu and Tom Scott
    • 9 August 2007 'Human Security – an Essential Element for Creating a Culture of Peace ' By Anwarul K Chowdhury, former UN Under-Secretary-General & High Representative for the Least Developed Countires, Landlocked Developing Countries & Small Island Developing States
    • 9 August 2007 'Creating a Culture of Peace: The Right to Human Security' By Anwarul K Chowdhury, former UN Under-Secretary-General & High Representative for the Least Developed Countires, Landlocked Developing Countries & Small Island Developing States: Panel Discussion & Exhibition Opening at Parliament Buildings
    • 16 August 2007 'The United Nations at 62 – Relevant or Becoming Redundant
      - an update on reform and renewal efforts since the 2005 Summit,
      - with a focus on New Zealand interests and priorities as we look to the future       by HE Rosemary Banks, New Zealand's Permanent Representative to the United Nations
    • 31 August 2007 the Sixth Foreign Policy Lecture Dr Hans Blix
    • 8 October 2007 'Palestine refugees in ongoing crises: An UNRWA perspective' by Ms Karen Koning AbuZayd, Commissioner General for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
    • 10 October 2007 'New Zealand's Interests in the Middle East and Africa' with New Zealand's Ambassadors to the Middle East & Africa
    • 16 October 2007 'Britain and International Development: the Pacific and Beyond' by Meg Munn MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK
    • 21 November 2007 Seminar : 'Energy Security: The Foreign Policy Implications'
    • 28 November 2007 'Europe: The Way Forward - Recent Developments in the European Union and its Deepening Relations with New Zealand' by Ambassador Bruno Julien, Head of European Commission Delegation to Australia and New Zealand
  • 2008
    • 26 February 2008 ‘Emerging East Asia : The World Bank Perspective’ by James T Adams,Vice-President for East Asia and the Pacific Region,at the World Bank.
    • 28 February 2008 ‘Faith, Nationalism and Identity: Reflections on Contemporary Islam’ by Professor Tariq Ramadan, University of Oxford.
    • 12 March 2008 ‘Border Management in an Uncertain World’
    • 16 April 2008 ‘Stepping Up: New Zealand's Foreign Policy Footprint ’ by Rt.Hon. Winston Peters MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
    • 29 May 2008 'A Briefing by Heads of High Commissions and Embassies in Wellington on Recent Election Outcomes in some Key New Zealand Political and Trading Partners ’.
    • 11 June 2008 'The Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran' by H.E. Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini, Acting Deputy Minister for Asian - Pacific and Spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of I.R. of Iran.
    • 1 July 2008 'Australia and New Zealand: Cooperating for Regional Security' by Hon Dr Mike Kelly AM, MP,Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Defence
    • 30 July 2008 'The Global Financial Crisis: Where to next, and what does it mean for OECD Countries?' by Mr Angel Gurria, OECD Secretary-General Speech
    • 18 August 2008 the Seventh Foreign Policy Lecture HE Mr Kamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary-General
    • 10 October 2008 Launch of the New Zealand Australia Research Centre (NZARC) Chrischurch
    • 6 November 2008 India’s Foreign Policy & Asia by Professor Amitabh Mattoo, Vice Chancellor, Jammu University, Kashmir, India
    • 10 November 2008 Cartooning Elections and Political Leadership) Participating cartoonists this evening will be: Alan Moir (Australia, Sydney Morning Herald), Jim Morin (USA, Miami Herald), Nicolas Vadot (Belgium), Malcolm Evans (New Zealand, freelance), Jean Plantureux (Plantu) (France, Le Monde), and Tom Scott (New Zealand,The Dominion Post)
    • 27 November 2008 'The next NZ Defence White Paper – A few thoughts from the West Island' by Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies & Head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University
  • 2009
    • 2 February 2009 ‘The Role and Challenges of Development Assistance in a Globalised World’ by Dr Eckhard Deutscher, Chair, OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Download Flyer
    • 16 February 2009 Timor-Leste: Nation Building - The Challenges Ahead by President Jose Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste
    • 18 February 2009 The European Union and the World Financial Crisis (Speech) by HE Ambassador David Daly, European Commission Delegation to Australia & New Zealand
    • 30 March 2009 MEETING CANCELLED DUE TO AIRLINE STRIKE Japan: Recent Changes in Society and Party Politics by Professor Rei Shiratori, Professor of Political Science, Akita International University,Tokyo, Japan Speech Notes
    • 6 April 2009 75th Anniversary Lecture Series Governing the global financial crisis : Global crisis, global solution? by Professor Ngaire Woods, Professor of International Political Economy at University College, Oxford
    • 22 April 2009 What role for Transatlantic relations in the Pacific century? by Mr Alan Seatter, Director at the European Commission, Directorate-General for External Relations
    • 28 April 2009 Round Table Discussion on Governance and Development in the Pacific
    • 1 May 2009 Lifting New Zealand's Engagement in our own Regions Announcement by Hon. Murray McCully MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs Speech
    • 3 June 2009 The Global Financial Crisis: It's Impact on Japan &New Zealand by Mr Noboru Hatakeyama, Chairman & CEO of Japan Economic Foundation (JEF)
    • 15 June 2009 BOOK LAUNCH: Agents Abroad – The story of the New Zealand Trade Commissioner Service by the Hon Tim Groser, Minister of Trade
    • 7 July 2009 75th Anniversary Lecture Series 'Aggression in International Law And in New Zealand Law' by Professor Roger Clark, Professor of Law, Rutgers University - School of Law, New Jersey
    • 28 July 2009 75th Anniversary Lecture Series 'Recent Election Outcomes in some Key New Zealand Political and Trading Partners' - A Briefing by Heads of High Commissions and Embassies in Wellington
    • 11 August 2009 ‘Japan in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Path taken Between Two Powers, China and the USA’ with Keynote Address by Prof Akio Kawato, Visiting Professor at Waseda University,Tokyo & Former Ambassador of Japan to Uzbekistan & Tadzhikistan
    • 20 August 2009 ‘The British Experience in Iraq and Afghanistan’ by Professor Hew Strachan, The Sir Howard Kippenberger Chair in Strategic Studies, Centre for Strategic Studies, VUW
    • 26 August 2009 ‘Managing the Multilateral System: The Role of International Organisations and Their Networks’ by Rt Hon Sir Donald McKinnon ONZ, GCVO, former Commonwealth Secretary-General
    • 27 August 2009 Book Launch 'Presence of Mind: New Zealand in the World' witten by Terence O’Brien’ Launched by The Rt Hon Jim Bolger ONZ,Former Prime Minister, Current Chair of New Zealand Post, Kiwibank, Kiwi Rail & the New Zealand United States Council
    • 31 August 2009 ‘Poland and the sleeping beauty of the European Union, 1989-2019’ by Pawel Swieboda, EUCN European-in-Residence
    • 2 September 2009 ‘Brazil and the global economic crisis: what it means to New Zealand’ by Carlos Eduardo de Freitas, Brazilian Economist
    • 14 September 2009 ‘The New Zealand Defence Review’ :Chair: The Hon. Sir Douglas Kidd, Honorary Vice President NZIIA. Discussants - Hon. Dr Wayne Mapp, Minister of Defence: 'Keynote Introduction - Context and Objectives'; Dr Rod Alley:'Where do Disarmament and Peacekeeping fit?';Peter Cozens:'Prospects for a New Zealand Marine Corps';Peter Nichols:'Deployment of 'Soft Power' and the Competencies Required';Terence O'Brien:'Threat Perceptions and Realities'
    • 16 September 2009 ‘2009 On the Theme ‘Whither the Multilateral World?’’ Chair: Simon Murdoch CNZM, former Chief Executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Participants: Rosemary Banks, former New Zealand Permanent Representative, United Nations, New York (speech); Don Mackay, former New Zealand Permanent Representative, United Nations, Geneva
    • 23 September 2009 ‘The 70th Anniversary of the Beginning of World War Two: The Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact’ by Prof. Dr Adam Rotfeld, Former Polish Foreign Minister
    • 29 September 2009 ‘Beyond the Battlefield: Peter Fraser at War' by Gerald Hensley. Based on research Mr Hensley carried out for his recently published book Beyond the Battlefield; New Zealand and its Allies 1939-1945.
    • 5 October 2009: Roundtable Discussions: ‘New Zealand and the European Union Shared Interests: Meeting the Challenge. Special Focus: Promoting Sustainable Development in the South Pacific' - Chair: Dr Peter Adams, Most recently Executive Director, NZAID; Panellists: Mr Roger Moore, Director, D-G Development, European Commission, Brussels; HE David Daly, Ambassador of the European Commission to Australia & New Zealand; HE Aldo Dell’Ariccia, Ambassador of the European Commission to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands & Vanuatu; HE Wiepke van der Goot, Ambassador of the European Commission to the Pacific.
    • 13 October 2009 ‘Remaking the Trans-Tasman World’ Seminar The focus of this timely event was on the recent moves by the two governments to strengthen trans-Tasman integration including through the Single Economic Market (SEM) work programme. What practical benefits does the SEM promise to deliver? How might it enhance the ability of the two economies to withstand the current global recession, increase national productivity, foster job creation, promote international competitiveness, and improve the environment for doing business on both sides of the Tasman?
    • 15 October 2009 Book Launch: ‘Saving Globalisation' written by The Rt Hon Mike Moore. ONZ, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, former Director General of the World Trade Organisation.
    • 15 October 2009 Lecture: The Fifth address in the 75th Anniversary Series: ‘Saving Globalisation' by The Rt Hon Mike Moore. ONZ, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, former Director General of the World Trade Organisation.
    • 20-21 October 2009 ‘75th Anniversary National Conference'
    • 3 November 2009 Annual Foreigh Policy Lecture: ‘Meeting the Challenge of Nuclear Disarmament' by Dr Gareth Evans
    • 9 November Mini Seminar: ‘Agents Abroad, the Contribution of the Trade Commission Service'
    • 11 November ‘Dirt: The Erosion of Civilisations' with Professor David Montgomery Professor of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, USA
    • 19 November Mini Seminar: ‘Twentieth Anniversary of APEC'
    • 24 November Seminar: ‘New Zealand and the Emerging Major Powers (BRIC)'
    • 24 November The Sixth address in the 75th Anniversary Series:‘ North-South Divide: The G20 and Global Governance' by Professor Ramesh Thakur, Director, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Canada
  • 2010
    • 1 March 2010 ‘Canada’s role in Afghanistan’ by HE Ambassador William Crosbie, Canadian Ambassador to Afghanistan Download Flyer Address Video Link: HE Ambassador William Crosbie
    • 17 March 2010 Dr Robert Thomson,Department of Political Science,Trinity College, Dublin on 'Decision-making in the European Union: The Roles of the European Parliament & the European Commission' Download Flyer
    • 8 April 2010 The Right Hon Sir Kenneth Keith, ONZ, KBE, Judge, International Court of Justice on 'Resolving International Disputes: The Role of The Courts' Speech
    • 28 June 2010 Panel Discussion on 'China's Rise: Implications for Global and Regional Governance' with Professor David Shambaugh, Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University Professor Shen Dingli, Institute of International Relations, Fudan University Professor Sam Zhao, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver Professor Jin Canrong, School of International Relations, Renmin University of China
    • 21 July 2010 Dr Anna Gwiazda on 'The Issues and the Outcome of the recent presidential Election in Poland: What it means for Poland and Europe'
    • 25 August 2010 Hon Jim McLay NZ Permanent Representative, United Nations New York on 'Tracing our Footsteps; New Zealand and the UN Security Council'.Speech
    • 26 August 2010 Dr Daniel Pipes, Director,Middle East Forum on 'Changing US Middle East Policy'. details
    • 31 August 2010 Hon John Key MP,Prime Minister on 'New Zealand in the World'. VideoSpeech by Rt Hon John Key to NZIIA 31 August 2010
    • 12 October 2010 Annual Foreigh Policy Lecture by Prof Simon Tay, President SIIA, on 'Will Crisis Divide Asia from America?'
    • 13 October 2010 Panel Discussion on the Asia-Europe Leaders Meeting (ASEM)
    • 20-21 October 2010 : Seminar - Africa - 'A continent on the Move'
    • 20 October 2010 Address by Geoff Bascand, Government Statistician, to mark World Statistics Day
    • 20 October 2010 Panel Discussion on Africa chaired by Amanda Ellis, MFAT Deputy Secretary & Head of the International Development Group
    • 3 November 2010 Professor Adam Budnikowski & Mr Andrzej Lubowski Panel Discussion 'The International Financial Crisis'
    • 22 November 2010 Roundtable Discussion with Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr Alexander Nalbandov
    • 22 November 2010 Launch by Governor-General of the two volumes of 75th Anniversary Proceedings
    • 23 November 2010 Panel Discussion 'Two plus Four: How German Reunification was achieved'
    • 24 November 2010 Panel Discussion: 'Democracy and Islam in Contemporary Indonesia'
    • 16 December 2010 Hon Wayne Mapp, Minister of Defence on Defence White Paper. Speech
  • 2011
    • 1 February 2011 Mr Sven Alkalaj, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bosnia & Herzegovina
    • 3 February 2011 Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, NATO Deputy Secretary-General on 'NATO in a Globlised World'.
    • 16 February 2011 Reseliance in the Pacific Seminar
    • 8 March 2011 Kippenberger Professor of Strategic Studies, Dr Raja Mohan,on 'India, Pakistan & South Asia's Future Security'
    • 14 March 2011 HE Gábor Csaba, Hungarian Ambassador, Canberra, on 'The Hungarian EU Presidency's agenda' and George Cunningham, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. EU Delgation to NZ on 'European External Action Service: Flying the Flag for the EU Abroad'
    • 15 March 2011 Prof Anies Baswedan, Rector, Paramadina University Jakarta, Indonesia on 'Is Reformasi Working? Reform in Contemporary Indonesia'
    • 4 April 2011 ‘The European Union; A Unique Governance Mix’ with Professor Tanja A Borzel & ‘The End of the West? Challenges for the Transatlantic Security Community’ with Professor Thomas Risse from the Free University Berlin.
    • 5 April 2011 Hon. Murray McCully MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs on'Vision 2025: Delivering Foreign Policy and the challenges we face'. Speech
    • 14 April 2011 Dr Eugene Rogan, Director, Middle East Centre of St Antony’s College, Oxford University on 'People Power in the Middle East: Where to next?' Details
    • 29 April 2011 Nigel Roberts, Director and Special Representative WDR 2011 on 'The World Bank Study entitled:The World Development Report, 2011: Conflict, Security and Development'. Details
    • 1 June 2011 Gabriel Maklhouf, Deputy Chief Executive, The Treasury on 'New Zealand’s International Connections as a Contributor to Economic Growth'. Details
    • 14 July 2011 Dr Thomas Roe, European Union Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore Roundtable Discussion 'Europe's Role in Asia - Soft Power but not Hard Player?'
    • 19 July The Rt. Hon. Dominic Grieve QC MP, Attorney General, UK Parliament 'Current Legal Challenges facing the UK'
    • 19 July Professor Frank Schimmelfennig, Professor of European Politics Head of the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences,Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich 'Transforming Democracy in the European Union and promoting Democracy in Europe’s near neighbourhood'

    The Institute's key focus lies with New Zealand's perspective on international affairs. In recent years the Institute has hosted Admiral Charles Larson, the US Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific (CINCPAC) the first visit to New Zealand (April 1994) by a senior American armed services officer after the ANZUS dispute of 1985; a seminar in the Beehive to mark the 50th Anniversary of New Zealand's diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union/Russia (August 1994); a meeting in Parliament Buildings for the then United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, which over 400 people attended (August 1994); and in February 2000, jointly with the International Law Association and the UN Association, a very successful meeting for the previous UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan.