Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo

Currently released so far... 97115 / 251,287

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ETRD EAGR ETTC EAID ECON EFIN ECIN EINV ELAB EAIR ENRG EPET EWWT ECPS EIND EMIN ELTN EC ETMIN EUC EZ ET ELECTIONS ENVR EU EUN EG EINT ER ECONOMICS ES EMS ENIV EEB EN ECE ECOSOC EK ENVIRONMENT EFIS EI EWT ENGRD ECPSN EXIM EIAD ERIN ECPC EDEV ENGY ECTRD EPA ESTH ECCT EINVECON ENGR ERTD EUR EAP EWWC ELTD EL EXIMOPIC EXTERNAL ETRDEC ESCAP ECO EGAD ELNT ECONOMIC ENV ETRN EIAR EUMEM ENRGPARMOTRASENVKGHGPGOVECONTSPLEAID EREL ECOM ECONETRDEAGRJA ETCC ETRG ECONOMY EMED ETR ENERG EITC EFINOECD EURM EENG ERA EXPORT ENRD ECONEINVETRDEFINELABETRDKTDBPGOVOPIC EGEN EBRD EVIN ETRAD ECOWAS EFTA ECONETRDBESPAR EGOVSY EPIN EID ECONENRG EDRC ESENV ETT EB ENER ELTNSNAR ECHEVARRIA ETRC EPIT EDUC ESA EFI ENRGY ESCI EE EAIDXMXAXBXFFR EETC ECIP EIAID EIVN EBEXP ESTN EING EGOV ETRA EPETEIND ELAN ETRDGK EAIDRW ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EPEC ENVI ELN EAG EPCS EPRT EPTED ETRB EUM EAIDS EFIC EFINECONEAIDUNGAGM EAIDAR ESF EIDN ELAM EDU EV EAIDAF ECN EDA EXBS EINTECPS ENRGTRGYETRDBEXPBTIOSZ EPREL EAC EINVEFIN ETA EAGER EINDIR ECA ECLAC ELAP EITI EUCOM ECONEFINETRDPGOVEAGRPTERKTFNKCRMEAID EARG ELDIN EINVKSCA ENNP EFINECONCS EFINTS ECCP ETC EAIRASECCASCID EINN ETRP EAIDNI EFQ ECOQKPKO EGPHUM EBUD ECONEINVEFINPGOVIZ ENERGY ELB EINDETRD EMI ECONEFIN EIB EURN ETRDEINVTINTCS EIN EFIM ETIO ELAINE EMN EATO EWTR EIPR EINVETC ETTD ETDR EIQ ECONCS EPPD ENRGIZ EISL ESPINOSA ELEC EAIG ESLCO EUREM ENTG ERD EINVECONSENVCSJA EEPET EUNCH ECINECONCS ETRO ETRDECONWTOCS ECUN EFND EPECO EAIRECONRP ERGR ETRDPGOV ECPN ENRGMO EPWR EET EAIS EAGRE EDUARDO EAGRRP EAIDPHUMPRELUG EICN ECONQH EVN EGHG ELBR EINF EAIDHO EENV ETEX ERNG ED
KMDR KPAO KPKO KJUS KCRM KGHG KFRD KWMN KDEM KTFN KHIV KGIC KIDE KSCA KNNP KHUM KIPR KSUM KISL KIRF KCOR KRCM KPAL KWBG KN KS KOMC KSEP KFLU KPWR KTIA KSEO KMPI KHLS KICC KSTH KMCA KVPR KPRM KE KU KZ KFLO KSAF KTIP KTEX KBCT KOCI KOLY KOR KAWC KACT KUNR KTDB KSTC KLIG KSKN KNN KCFE KCIP KGHA KHDP KPOW KUNC KDRL KV KPREL KCRS KPOL KRVC KRIM KGIT KWIR KT KIRC KOMO KRFD KUWAIT KG KFIN KSCI KTFIN KFTN KGOV KPRV KSAC KGIV KCRIM KPIR KSOC KBIO KW KGLB KMWN KPO KFSC KSEAO KSTCPL KSI KPRP KREC KFPC KUNH KCSA KMRS KNDP KR KICCPUR KPPAO KCSY KTBT KCIS KNEP KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNNB KGCC KINR KPOP KMFO KENV KNAR KVIR KDRG KDMR KFCE KNAO KDEN KGCN KICA KIMMITT KMCC KLFU KMSG KSEC KUM KCUL KMNP KSMT KCOM KOMCSG KSPR KPMI KRAD KIND KCRP KAUST KWAWC KTER KCHG KRDP KPAS KITA KTSC KPAOPREL KWGB KIRP KJUST KMIG KLAB KTFR KSEI KSTT KAPO KSTS KLSO KWNN KPOA KHSA KNPP KPAONZ KBTS KWWW KY KJRE KPAOKMDRKE KCRCM KSCS KWMNCI KESO KWUN KPLS KIIP KEDEM KPAOY KRIF KGICKS KREF KTRD KFRDSOCIRO KTAO KJU KWMNPHUMPRELKPAOZW KEN KO KNEI KEMR KKIV KEAI KWAC KRCIM KWCI KFIU KWIC KCORR KOMS KNNO KPAI KBWG KTTB KTBD KTIALG KILS KFEM KTDM KESS KNUC KPA KOMCCO KCEM KRCS KWBGSY KNPPIS KNNPMNUC KWN KERG KLTN KALM KCCP KSUMPHUM KREL KGH KLIP KTLA KAWK KWMM KVRP KVRC KAID KSLG KDEMK KX KIF KNPR KCFC KFTFN KTFM KPDD KCERS KMOC KDEMAF KMEPI KEMS KDRM KEPREL KBTR KEDU KNP KIRL KNNR KMPT KISLPINR KTPN KA KJUSTH KPIN KDEV KTDD KAKA KFRP KWNM KTSD KINL KJUSKUNR KWWMN KECF KWBC KPRO KVBL KOM KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KEDM KFLD KLPM KRGY KNNF KICR KIFR KM KWMNCS KAWS KLAP KPAK KDDG KCGC KID KNSD KMPF KPFO KDP KCMR KRMS KNPT KNNNP KTIAPARM KDTB KNUP KPGOV KNAP KNNC KUK KSRE KREISLER KIVP KQ KTIAEUN KPALAOIS KRM KISLAO KWM KFLOA
PHUM PINR PTER PGOV PREL PREF PL PM PHSA PE PARM PINS PK PUNE PO PALESTINIAN PU PBTS PROP PTBS POL POLI PA PGOVZI POLMIL POLITICAL PARTIES POLM PD POLITICS POLICY PAS PMIL PINT PNAT PV PKO PPOL PERSONS PING PBIO PH PETR PARMS PRES PCON PETERS PRELBR PT PLAB PP PAK PDEM PKPA PSOCI PF PLO PTERM PJUS PSOE PELOSI PROPERTY PGOVPREL PARP PRL PNIR PHUMKPAL PG PREZ PGIC PBOV PAO PKK PROV PHSAK PHUMPREL PROTECTION PGOVBL PSI PRELPK PGOVENRG PUM PRELKPKO PATTY PSOC PRIVATIZATION PRELSP PGOVEAIDUKNOSWGMHUCANLLHFRSPITNZ PMIG PREC PAIGH PROG PSHA PARK PETER POG PHUS PPREL PS PTERPREL PRELPGOV POV PKPO PGOVECON POUS PGOVPRELPHUMPREFSMIGELABEAIDKCRMKWMN PWBG PMAR PREM PAR PNR PRELPGOVEAIDECONEINVBEXPSCULOIIPBTIO PARMIR PGOVGM PHUH PARTM PN PRE PTE PY POLUN PPEL PDOV PGOVSOCI PIRF PGOVPM PBST PRELEVU PGOR PBTSRU PRM PRELKPAOIZ PGVO PERL PGOC PAGR PMIN PHUMR PVIP PPD PGV PRAM PINL PKPAL PTERE PGOF PINO PHAS PODC PRHUM PHUMA PREO PPA PEPFAR PGO PRGOV PAC PRESL PORG PKFK PEPR PRELP PREFA PNG PGOVPHUMKPAO PRELECON PINOCHET PFOR PGOVLO PHUMBA PRELC PREK PHUME PHJM POLINT PGOVPZ PGOVKCRM PGOVE PHALANAGE PARTY PECON PEACE PROCESS PLN PRELSW PAHO PEDRO PRELA PASS PPAO PGPV PNUM PCUL PGGV PSA PGOVSMIGKCRMKWMNPHUMCVISKFRDCA PGIV PRFE POGOV PEL PBT PAMQ PINF PSEPC POSTS PHUMPGOV PVOV PHSAPREL PROLIFERATION PENA PRELTBIOBA PIN PRELL PGOVPTER PHAM PHYTRP PTEL PTERPGOV PHARM PROTESTS PRELAF PKBL PRELKPAO PKNP PARMP PHUML PFOV PERM PUOS PRELGOV PHUMPTER PARAGRAPH PERURENA PBTSEWWT PCI PETROL PINSO PINSCE PQL PEREZ PBS

Browse by classification

Community resources

courage is contagious

Viewing cable 06WELLINGTON10, PARLIAMENT'S COMMITTEE RESTRUCTURING REDUCES

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs

Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
  • The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
  • The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
  • The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #06WELLINGTON10.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06WELLINGTON10 2006-01-08 18:43 2011-04-28 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Wellington
VZCZCXYZ0000
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHWL #0010/01 0081843
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 081843Z JAN 06
FM AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2225
INFO RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
RHHMUNA/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI
RHHJJAA/JICPAC HONOLULU HI
UNCLAS WELLINGTON 000010 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/ANP 
SECDEF FOR OSD/ISA LIZ PHU 
PACOM FOR J2/J233/J5/SJFHQ 
NSC FOR VICTOR CHA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL NZ
SUBJECT: PARLIAMENT'S COMMITTEE RESTRUCTURING REDUCES 
LABOUR'S CLOUT 
 
1.  (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 especially difficult for Labour in the Foreign 
Affairs and Defense Select Committee, which has potential 
policy implications for us.  The new select committee 
configurations are also likely to reduce Labour's ability to 
pass ambitious legislation during this term.  End Summary. 
 
2.  (SBU) Select Committees are an important part of New 
Zealand,s parliamentary process as they are the principle 
means by which legislation is scrutinized. Despite their key 
role, New Zealand parliamentary committees have traditionally 
been more sedate and far less public than their U.S. 
Congressional counterparts. When it comes to influencing 
policy direction, NZ political parties tend to allocate more 
resources to floor debates rather than select committees. 
However, after the 2005 election and a subsequent 
reconfiguration, Labour has lost its dominance in select 
committee membership across the board.  Opposition MPs are 
therefore more likely to begin to use the committees to 
increase their influence, and this will make it harder for 
the Labour Government to promote its legislative agenda. 
 
What's Changed 
-------------- 
 
3.  (SBU) The 2005 election resulted in a reduced majority 
for Labour, a surge in support for the National party, and a 
diminished standing for most minor parties. As a result, 
National has a far greater representation in the new 
Parliament and nearly all 18 select committees are now 
divided equally between Labour and National.  This will 
enable National to more easily disrupt Labour's attempts to 
pass new legislation.  The prominent Foreign Affairs and 
Defense Select Committee (FASC) is a case in point. 
 
4.  (SBU) FASC was previously led by United Future leader 
Peter Dunne, a center right politician with close ties to 
Labour.  The new chair is Dianne Yates, a Labour stalwart 
with strong ties to the party's left.  Yates is joined by 
fellow Labourites Jill Pettis, HV Ross Robertson, and Paul 
Swain, who was most recently Minister of Immigration.  But 
Labour's taking over the chair will not likely bring any 
benefit to the Government.  For one thing, National now has 
an equal number of MPs on the Committee. They are: Deputy 
Chair Georgina TeHeuheu, Tim Groser, John Hayes, and Murray 
McCully. Nor can Labour expect support from the committee's 
ninth member, the Green Party's Keith Locke, despite the fact 
that the Greens strongly favor Labour over National.  Locke 
is a noted radical on foreign affairs issues, who among other 
things has criticized New Zealand's military involvement in 
Afghanistan.  He is treated with considerable wariness and 
reservation by nearly all sitting MPs. 
 
5.  (SBU) In addition to having the numbers to make life more 
difficult for Labour, the National MPs on the committee 
include policy heavyweights Groser and Hayes, both former 
ambassadors with considerable field experience. They will 
bring intellectual and practical heft that has been long 
absent from the committee. McCully lacks foreign policy 
expertise, but has been given the position of National's 
foreign affairs spokesman because he is a pugnacious debater 
skilled in the art of the attack.  His target?  NZ First 
leader Winston Peters, who holds the unorthodox position of 
Foreign Minister outside of Cabinet. 
National's Cunning Plan 
----------------------- 
6.  (SBU) National regards the unpredictable Peters and his 
position outside Cabinet as the chink in the Governing 
arrangement's armor.  The party has made no secret of it's 
strategy to question both the suitability of Peters as 
Foreign Minister and the delicate arrangement that allows him 
to hold the position. Most of National's attacks have been 
during floor debates in the House.  While few Kiwis seem to 
have become interested in the issue before Parliament's 
summer recess, they may become more engaged once Peters 
returns to New Zealand from a long series of foreign trips, 
and once Parliament is back in session and members of the 
media return to work.  In order to boost its attacks on 
Peters, it's very possible that National will take a 
 
parallel, more policy-oriented strategy within the FASC by 
providing greater and more exacting scrutiny of the 
Government,s foreign affairs policies and proposed 
legislation. 
 
7.  (SBU) Indeed, National has apparently already set in 
motion a more muscular approach to contesting policy via the 
committee. Prior to the election, the previous FASC members 
conducted hearings on the 2002 Terrorism Suppression Act. 
This legislation complies with UNSC resolutions 1267 and 
1373. Because there was some controversy - on human rights 
grounds - when the legislation was passed, a provision was 
included requiring a FASC review of the Act's key provisions. 
 The review was to be reported back to Parliament by December 
1, 2005.  In order to meet this deadline, the new FASC 
members were hurriedly briefed by officials and asked to 
finalize the report. National party committee members were 
critical of the report, with McCully leading the offensive by 
publicly arguing that it rang alarm bells both about the 
legislation and the way it is being used (or not used) by the 
New Zealand authorities. Although the issue received scant 
coverage in the national media and did not substantially 
bruise the Government, it could signal a more aggressive 
strategy by FASC,s National party members. 
 
Comment 
------- 
 
8.  (SBU) Labour can always limit its travails in the FASC by 
limiting its foreign policy initiatives this term. Both the 
potential for dust-ups in the committee on the one hand, and 
the potential for stagnation on the other, could have policy 
implications for us.  The Embassy will continue to monitor 
the committee closely.  FASC aside, the Government will have 
to choose to fight at least some battles within the select 
committees, or risk relative impotence during this third 
Labour term. 
Burnett