Media Round-up: Saturday 22 March to Friday 4 April 2008
This page identifies and where possible links to major development related news and stories featured by: Radio New Zealand; Dominion Post; NZ Herald; Christchurch Press; Sunday Star Times; and includes major relevant press releases from NZAID, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the New Zealand Government. We may occasionally publish stories from other sources.
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Aotearoa New Zealand
4 April, Radio NZ, Nine-to-Noon : Latest from the Pacfic region - NZ Foreign Minister threatens to move regional institutions out of Fiji.
At last week's Pacific Island Forum Foreign Ministers meeting NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Winstin Peters suggested moving the University of South Pacific and other regional institutions out of Fiji.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/ntn/pacific_correspondent2
4 April, NZ Government : Minister of Trade to sign NZ-China Free Trade Deal
Trade Minister Phil Goff will leave for China tomorrow where he will sign a historic Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between New Zealand and China.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0804/S00143.htm
2 April, Maori Party : Maori Party opposes FTA with China
The Maori Party caucus has confirmed that they will oppose the Free Trade Agreement with China.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0804/S00038.htm
2 April, Radio NZ : Submissions on the Climate Change Bill
Critical submissions on the controversial Climate Change Bill when public hearings begin today.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/mnr/submissions_on_the_climate_change_bill
1 April, The Press : PM 'shares protesters' concerns'
Colin Espiner. Prime Minister Helen Clark says she shares the concerns of protesters against the Chinese crackdown in Tibet, but it will not stop her signing a free-trade agreement with China..
http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4458749a24035.html
31 March, The Press : Christchurch community shows its power
Paul Gorman. The Earth Hour phenomenon that began in Sydney last year and found a new home in Christchurch on Saturday night appears set for even bigger worldwide success in 2009.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4457592a26443.html
28 March, Radio NZ : Government Biofuel Bill
The Government's Biofuel Bill hiccups as deadlines looms. Opposition claims a lack of Environmental Standards is an issue.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/ntn/government_biofuel_bill
26 March, DomPost : Wait for facts on Tibet, says Peters
Michael Field. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has come out on the side of China over Tibet and says not enough facts are known to make a judgment over who is to blame for turmoil there.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4451561a23917.html
26 March, Press : Greenpeace protest drains police from city
Police complain that a lone constable was attacked in a brawl in central Christchurch yesterday as 30 other officers spent hours dealing with a Greenpeace protest against climate change on Lyttelton Harbour.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4451578a10.html
25 March, NZ Herald : Still time for Fiji to commit to elections
Winston Peters. Foreign Ministers from Pacific Islands Forum nations will meet in Auckland tomorrow to discuss the progress Fiji's interim administration is making towards holding general elections.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=171&objectid=10499881
Pacific & Australia
27 March, Radio NZ International : Pacific ACP countries meet to plot way forward on EPA negotiations
Pacific ACP Trade Officials and Ministers are meeting in Nadi, Fiji to consider recent developments in the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations with the European Union.
http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=38786
27 March, Radio NZ International : Forum foreign ministers form group to monitor Fiji election plans
A lack of progress on an election timetable for Fiji has prompted foreign ministers at the Pacific Forum meeting in Auckland to form a ministerial contact group.
http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=38787
27 March, The Press : Fiji regime accuses Radio NZ, Fairfax journalist of 'bias'
A Kiwi lawyer working for Fiji's regime has issued a formal complaint against Radio New Zealand and a Fairfax journalist, saying their coverage of the country is "deeply biased".
http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4452987a6428.html
26 March, Radio NZ : Foreign Ministers From the Pacific Islands Meet Today
Winston Peters, says the meeting will be looking for a timetable with target dates in the run up to the election.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/mnr/foreign_ministers_from_the_pacific_islands_meet_today
26 March, NZ Herald : Australia's new man makes a good impression
Stephen Smith has held the job of Australian Foreign Minister for less than four months so with no track record, first impressions count a lot.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10500093
25 March, Radio NZ International : Fiji Human Rights Commission rejects NZ foreign minister criticism
Fiji’s Human Rights Commission has rejected comments by the New Zealand foreign minister, Winston Peters, who criticised a recent report the group commissioned on media freedom.
http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=38757
International
4 April, NZ Herald, China jails rights activist outspoken on Tibet
A Buddhist Chinese dissident outspoken on Tibet and other sensitive topics was jailed for three-and-a-half years on Thursday, a conviction likely to become a focus of rights campaigns ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10502017
4 April, Radio NZ, Zimbabwe police raid opposition office, arrest journalists
Police in Zimbabwe have raided the offices of the main opposition party, and have detained two foreign journalists in the capital Harare.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200804041217/bbd0e85
31 March, Radio NZ, Nine-to-Noon: Feature Guest Rodney Russ
Eco-Tourism pioneer Rodney Russ discusses the impact and significance of Eco-Tourism.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/ntn/feature_guest_-_rodney_russ
27 March, DomPost : Ice shelf cracking up
Rebecca Palmer & Paul Easton. A gigantic Antarctic ice shelf is collapsing and global warming is being blamed.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4452883a6000.html
25 March, Reuters : Protesters crash Olympic torch ceremony
Pro-Tibet demonstrators have tried to hijack the Beijing Olympic torch lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4450553a6428.html
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