Other obituaries include:
• Funeral oration by Bill Willmott
  The year before I met him, Wolf had taken a sabbatical trip to what we then called the socialist countries in Europe and Asia, places no tourists went in those days, 1972 China, North Korea, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, Albania and the Soviet Union. I have a photo of him with Guo Moruo, the famous communist intellectual, who hosted a banquet for him in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. He came back convinced that we had lots to learn from the socialist countries, particularly from the resolutely self-reliant North Korea, so he founded the NZ-DPRK Society and asked me to be president. Like the other organisations he supported, he was the secretary and did all the work, but he gave someone else the kudos as leader.
• Why it would help to cry Wolf
  The Dominion Post | Friday, 23 February 2007 By CHRIS TROTTER With the death last Friday of Wolfgang Rosenberg, the New Zealand Left lost its last great public intellectual of the Depression era.
• Economist Wolfgang Rosenberg leaves huge legacy
  Jim Anderton
  Posted on 20 February 2007 Topic: Jim Anderton's Press Releases “I mark with considerable regret and a great sense of loss, news of the passing of the Christchurch economic thinker and academic Wolfgang Rosenberg,” said M P for Wigram and Progressive leader Jim Anderton said today. “‘Woofy’, as he was affectionately known to family and close friends was one of our unsung heroes. He was probably best known to generations of Canterbury University students as an inspirational and stimulating teacher of economics, not a subject that often inspires that sort of enthusiasm. In that role he was not afraid to go against the orthodox or the powerful and publicly crossed swords with Prime Minister Robert Muldoon on more than one occasion.
• Wolfgang Rosenberg dies
  It is with great regret that I inform you that Wolfgang Rosenberg died today aged 92. He had been in poor health for the best part of a decade.
  A Berliner, Wolf arrived in NZ in 1937 as a refugee from Naziism (he had relatives and friends murdered in the Holocaust). Germany’s loss was New Zealand’s gain.
  He was an academic at the University of Canterbury from 1945 until his retirement in 1980, finishing up as a Reader in Economics. Following his compulsory retirement from academia he started a new career as a Christchurch lawyer, and practised in the courts until ill health forced him to finally retire at 83.
  During his 70 years in New Zealand Wolf became a wellknown public figure as one of the country’s foremost Leftwing economists, with a string of books to his name, not to mention a ceaseless flow of articles and Letters To The Editor. He was actively involved in virtually every Christchurch Left/liberal organisation and publication that you could name over those decades, from the Canterbury Council for Civil Liberties to the former Monthly Review, to name but two. He was involved in all the big campaigns, such as those against the Vietnam War and NZ’s ties to apartheid South Africa, plus those of recent years.
  He was a staunch proponent of socialism and travelled extensively in what used to be known as the Second World (or as the papers called it, the Communist bloc). He was the founder and driving figure behind the NZ Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Society, and spent many years fostering friendly relations with that country.
  He was a member and supporter of CAFCA from our foundation, more than 30 years ago, and he regularly wrote for Foreign Control Watchdog until his deteriorating eyesight would no allow it.
  Wolfgang Rosenberg was a major public figure in the New Zealand of the second half of the 20th Century.
  He is survived by Ann, his wife of 60 years, and his children, George, Bill and Vera, and grandchildren.
  The funeral will be at 1.30pm on Tuesday 20 February at Lamb and Hayward's chapel at 467 Wairakei Road, Burnside, Christchurch. In lieu of flowers you can make a donation to the Howard League for Penal Reform, for which there will be a collection box.
  Messages can be sent to: 26 Beckenham Street, Christchurch 8024, bill.rosenberg@canterbury.ac.nz
  Murray Horton Secretary/Organiser
• Socialist lawyer and economist
  Mike Crean
  Wolfgang Rosenberg sought paradise in New Zealand.
  As a socialist Jew escaping Hitler's Germany, he thought he had found it when he reached Wellington in 1937. His impression was confirmed when he picked up a good job in four days and from conversations on a hitchhiking tour of the country.
  But paradise was flawed and Rosenberg spent the next 70 years trying to change it
• Korea Report January 2007
  Newsletter from ROK embassy, Wellington
• N.Korea, U.S. 'Reached Agreement' in Berlin Talks
  North Korea and the U.S. reached “a certain level of agreement” during four days of talks that started Tuesday between the North’s top nuclear negotiator and his U.S. counterpart in Berlin, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said Friday. The remark, carried by the Korea Central News Agency, was echoed by U.S. chief negotiator Christopher Hill.
• President Roh Visits New Zealand
  Free Trade Agreement with South Korea no certainty
  Rich Bowden (sremmah) Email Article Print Article Published 2006-12-09 15:21 (KST)
  Exploratory talks on a mutual free trade agreement were held in Wellington, NZ yesterday between South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark, with both leaders agreeing to a joint study to examine the feasibility of such an accord amid warnings that such a deal could be a long way off.
  President Roh, though endorsing the study, warned that the process of convincing the Korean people of the benefits of the free trade agreement would take time, particularly with respect to the Korean agricultural sector where farmers may see an influx of cheap New Zealand products such as meat, dairy and seafood into the South Korean market as damaging to their own livelihood. [IM] [FTA]
• Korea Report December 2006
  Newsletter from ROK embassy, Wellington
• Korea Report October-November 2006
  Newsletter from ROK embassy, Wellington
• Letter to PM Helen Clark from Presbytery of Wellington
  26 October 2006
  
  Rt Hon. Helen Clark
  Prime Minister
  Parliament Buildings
  PO Box 18 888
  Wellington
  
  Dear Prime Minister
  
  At its recent meeting the Presbytery of Wellington resolved to write to you with the following motion which was unanimously agreed to.
  
  That an open urgent letter is sent to the Prime Minister noting:
  1. Nuclear weapons are a threat to humanity.
  2. Peace is promoted by talking.
  3. In the case of North Korea continuing economic and political sanctions will antagonise and increase distrust between nations.
  4. Urging New Zealand to support the positions taken by South Korea, China and Russia re negotiations with the DPRK.
  5. Asking the NZ Government to make an emergency grant for DPRK victims of the summer floods.
  
  A copy of this letter to be sent to the Korean Christian Federation, Pyongyang.
  
  We ask you to take appropriate action.
  
  We would be grateful for a reply to this letter.
  
  Yours sincerely
  
  Margaret Inch
  Moderator, Presbytery of Wellington
  cc Rev. Kang Yong-Sub, Chairperson of Central Committee of Korean Christian Federation

• Ambassador's Maori greeting
  Ambassador's Maori greeting: South Korea's new Ambassador to New Zealand Lee Joon-gyu, right, rubs noses with Elly Pickering at Government House in Wellington, Wednesday. Lee shared the traditional Maori welcome, known as a Hongi, when he went to New Zealand's Government House to present his credentials. [photo]
• NZ-DPRK Society media release on nuclear test
  Test firing of nuclear devices is regrettable whoever is responsible. In the case of the DPRK nuclear test it is important to remember that ever since the Bush Administration reneged on the Agreed Framework in 2002 the DPRK has been calling on the US to enter into bi lateral talks .
• Borrie wites to Radio NZ
  Editor, Radio NZ
  The United States is presently cynically using popular abhorrence of nuclear weapons to lock New Zealand into its campaign to defeat North Korea.
  The Bush Government , with its arsenal of nuclear weapons at the ready, has been engaged in a long campaign designed to collapse the North Korean economy through trade and investment embargoes, access to international finance .
  The Americans have consistently attempted to foment Korean civil unrest by blocking North Korea’s access to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund civil development finance, and interrupting the flow of emergency and development aid thereby keeping the population malnourished.
• Media Release on military exercises
  24-8-06
  In an act of provocation a massive US led military action named “Ulji-Focus Lens” is presently taking place in South Korea.
  Between 21 August and 1 September over 8,000 troops using ultra modern armaments and supported by a nuclear aircraft carrier are staging continuous military exercises as preparation for war against North Korea. b This offensive military exercise has created a dangerous level of anxiety within North Korea and can only strengthen the North Korean resolve to rely on military strength to defend itself.
  “I see this as a grave set back to the increasing conviction of Koreans that their peaceful future should be determined by and for Koreans free of the interference of outside powers, including the US.” said NZ DPRK Society Chairman, Rev Don Borrie.
  Despite its declared commitment to resolving international conflict through the United Nations the NZ Government is remaining silent as the US engages in yet another unilateral military action. “This compounds the NZ silence following the devastating loss of life and infrastructure through floods suffered by North Korea in the last three weeks”, said Mr Borrie.
• Korea trade pact with New Zealand won't be threat
    October 05, 2006 ? New Zealand is ready to begin a free trade agreement with Korea to export more of its lamb and dairy products, and the trade pact is not likely to threaten the livelihood of Korean farmers, said Michael Cullen, deputy prime minister and the minister of finance of New Zealand. "There are very few areas where New Zealand producers are threats to Korean farmers because we produce different things," Mr. Cullen said in an interview with the JoongAng Daily this week. Mr. Cullen visited Korea Oct. 1-3 to meet Korean president Roh Moo-hyun and other government officials to discuss education exchange and trade issues. Mr. Cullen said the New Zealand government is anxious to begin trade negotiation with Korea, which is New Zealand's seventh-largest trading partner. Mr. Cullen also tried to quiet possible opposition from Korean farmers, stressing that New Zealand exports have "never" pushed local producers in foreign markets out of business.
• Peters condemns Nth Korea nuclear test threat
  Rt Hon Winston Peters 4/10/2006
  North Korea's statement that it is planning to test a nuclear weapon is inflammatory and completely incompatible with efforts to build security in the Asia-Pacific region, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said today. North Korea last night announced plans for a nuclear weapon test, although it gave no time frame. Pyongyang has previously said it has nuclear weapons, but is not known to have conducted any test to prove its claim. “North Korea’s statement is intolerable, and New Zealand joins others in the international community in condemning it,” Mr Peters said. “If this threat is carried out, North Korea can expect a harsh response from the international community. There will certainly be serious repercussions, undoubtedly stronger than those following North Korea’s missile tests in July. The patience of even North Korea’s closest friends must be wearing thin." Mr Peters said a nuclear test would go against North Korea’s commitments under the Non-Proliferation Treaty and would be contrary to the moratorium on nuclear testing that has been in place for the past eight years. "Any threat to this moratorium would be a threat to us all and a significant step back for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. “North Korea must reconsider its plan and refrain from taking any further rash steps. We urge it to return to dialogue at the earliest possible opportunity,” Mr Peters said. [Double standards] [Bizarre]
• South Korea by Motorcycle
  New Zealander Gareth Morgan finds much to admire in the land of the morning calm
    Eric Shackle (shack) javascript:memo_send('at_code=362718')javascript:memo_send('at_code=362718') Email Article Print Article     Published 2006-09-27 12:51 (KST)   More than 70 years ago I rode a tiny two-stroke motorbike along perilous shingle roads on New Zealand's scenic South Island. I reveled in the feel of the wind ruffling my hair (no safety helmets in those days). The bike was belt-driven, similar to the ones that British Army dispatch riders used in World War I. When its leather belt became wet or oily -- as it often did -- it slipped, bringing the machine to a high-revving standstill. It was a real pain in the saddle. Motorbike technology has come on a great deal these days, as New Zealand money guru and travel writer Gareth Morgan would agree. This month 52-year-old Gareth, his wife Joanne, 54-year-old farmer Dave Wallace, and 52-year-old motorcycle dealer Brendan Keogh, have been doing a circuit of South Korea on their motorbikes.

  Floods in the DPRK – appeal by Rev Don Borrie

  • Appeal to Prime Minister
    Email from Don Borrie, 25 July 2006
  • Response from Prime Minister
    11 September
  • Don Borrie appeals again
    Dear Helen,
    Thank you for your email of 11 September in reply to mine of 25 July, requesting that the New Zealand Government provide humanitarian assistance to those affected by the recent flooding in the DPR of Korea….
    We remain convinced that it is only the Government that can make a meaningful contribution to the immediate crisis. We believe that a response will be very favourably viewed by South Korea and China, and most of all by those immediately in need in the DPRK.

• How New Zealand ended farm subsidies
    July 24, 2006 ? [First in a series] Agriculture Minister Park Hong-soo said in March that he wants to reform agricultural support programs, using New Zealand's system as a model. "The era where the government gives full support to everything has come to an end," the minister said, as he marked his first year in office. New Zealand is among the world's most competitive countries in agriculture, although in past years it was noted for its huge subsidies to farmers and was far from being able to hold its own internationally. But the government abolished subsidies to farmers in 1984 after New Zealand's economy came close to a breakdown because of their cost. Since then, New Zealand's farming industry has undergone a rigorous restructuring and has become robustly productive. Korean farmers, concerned about the free trade agreement with the United States, could learn much from the changes New Zealand's farming industry has made, and could also learn lessons from a few missteps New Zealand made along the road to reform.
• New Zealand farmers sacrificed as part of industry overhaul
    July 24, 2006 ? Jim Sutton, New Zealand's State Minister, said it would be difficult to improve the competitiveness of the nation's agriculture industry with government subsidies. Mr. Sutton said New Zealand learned a valuable lesson by reforming its agriculture industry and stopping government financial support. That move sparked more competition among farmers. A farmer since 1963, Mr. Sutton became a politician in 1984. For six years he contributed to the Labor Party's reform of New Zealand agriculture. After serving as Minister of Agriculture in 1990 and 1999, he became Minister of Forestry in 2002.
• N Koreans trapped in the past
  THE PRESS,    10 JUL 2006,    Edition 2,    Page 6. By: EATON Dan
  A New Zealand academic returning from a month in North Korea says its people are living in a time warp, while the country's repressive regime flexes its military muscle. North Korea last week test-fired seven missiles, rattling its neighbours and earning a sharp rebuke from the international community, which is considering sanctions. Lincoln University tourism professor David Simmons said North Koreans were malnourished and enjoyed few of the pleasures of modern life. [Bizarre]
• Don Borrie on article in The Press
  Published 20 July 2006-07-27
  Dear Editor,                 Professor David Simmons' article on North Korea, the DPRK, ( Press, 10 July ) accurately reflects the perspective of a western visitor who has yet to establish firm and trusted relationships with North Koreans.
• Don Borrie on missile tests
  The Editor, Dominion Post, Wellington.
  Dear Editor, When trying to understand the significance of the recent North Korean missile tests readers would be well advised to reflect on events over at least the last fifty years which have involved this much maligned and isolated country in the north Pacific. (letter from Rev Don Borrie)
• New Zealand effects experts advise Korean moviemakers
    July 17, 2006 ? The weta, looking like a bizarre blend of a cricket and a cockroach, is one of New Zealand's most ancient species that has survived unchanged since the Mesozoic era. They are nocturnal insects and are said to be considered by many New Zealanders to be repulsive creatures of the dark. The dark can bring many things to light, however. By recreating nightmares, daydreams and a mirage of wayward fairytales and illusive fantasies as actual visual images, New Zealand's Weta Workshop has been responsible for the realization of the visual poignancy and technical craftsmanship of movies such as "The Lord of the Rings," "King Kong" and "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."  
  The evening was accompanied by a screening of work from Weta Workshop, a selection of New Zealand wines, such as the Villa Maria Private Bin Merlot/Cabernet 2003, and staple New Zealand dishes such as golden kiwi pavlova and New Zealand brie cheese.
• NZ condemns North Korean tests
  05 July 2006
  Foreign Minister Winston Peters today joined international condemnation over North Korea's missile tests. Mr Peters said the tests showed wanton disregard for the warnings issued by the international community and showed it acting like a rogue state.
  Mr Peters said North Korea was "paranoid" about its security but the tests would only harm its reputation and could be raised at the United Nations Security Council.
  Australian Prime Minister John Howard condemned the act as "extremely provocative" and called on the five nations negotiating with Pyongyang to resolve nuclear tensions on the Korean Peninsula to unite in their condemnation. "I hope that what North Korea has done is condemned as provocative not only by Australia and Japan but also by other countries in the six-power group," he said. "North Korea is in total breach of international obligations in doing this and I hope that North Korea feels isolated and feels the condemnation not only of Australia, the United States and Japan but also of China and naturally of South Korea," he added. [Double standards] [Legality]
• Missile condemnation reeks of double standards The DominionPost, Wellington, 12 July 2006
  opinion piece by Tim Beal
• Military Talks With Australia, New Zealand to Be Held
  By Jung Sung-ki Staff Reporter Senior South Korean defense officials will meet their Australian counterparts in Canberra on July 6-7 for working-level talks on military cooperation, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
  They will also fly to New Zealand for similar talks with their New Zealand counterparts _ the seventh meeting such since 1999, a ministry official said.
• Kim Yong Nam Receives Credentials from Ambassador of New Zealand
  Pyongyang, June 21 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, received credentials from Jane Coombs, ambassador e.p. of New Zealand to the DPRK, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall Wednesday. On hand were Kim Yong Il, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, and staff members of the embassy of New Zealand. After receiving the credentials Kim Yong Nam had a conversation with the ambassador.
• DPRK-New Zealand Friendly Meeting Held
  Pyongyang, March 23 (KCNA) -- A friendly meeting took place at the Korea-New Zealand Friendship Haksan Co-operative Farm in Hyongjesan District, Pyongyang, on March 22 on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the DPRK and New Zealand. Present on invitation were members of the visiting New Zealand-DPRK Association. On hand were members of the Korea-New Zealand Friendship Association and officials of the farm. The guests helped farmers in carrying compost. They appreciated an art performance given by farmers and talked with them about the need to boost the relations between the two countries, deepening the friendship. They handed aid materials to the farm.
• Regrets over no FTA, but many great memories
  "When I started four years ago I had a full head of hair and no grey hair," New Zealand Ambassador David Taylor jokingly told the Korea Herald before leaving the harsh Korean winter for the green pastures of a Kiwi summer.
  But the humor was simply aimed at masking his emotions about leaving the country he and his wife, Theresa, have called home. Taylor said he is sorry to go, but at least in his new job, he won't be considered a stranger when he makes frequent visits to Seoul.
  "I've met people from all walks of life and all different fields of endeavor. and it was just so much fun. Korea is full of so many lively, interesting people and things to do and see, that it's really hard to leave," he said.
  At 46 years-old, Taylor is returning to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Wellington where he will be Director-General for the North Asia Division, which covers the two Koreas, Japan, China, Taiwan and Mongolia. Even with all the great memories and his tireless work in bringing close relations even closer, his one major regret is leaving without making significant progress on a free trade agreement.
• Hong Receives NZ Order of Merit
  By Lee Hyo-sik Staff Reporter
  Sonia Hong, head of the New Zealand tourism office in Korea, has been named one of the 2006 recipients for the nation's order of merit for her efforts to promote its image overseas. The order of merit has been awarded every year to non-New Zealand citizens who contribute to improving New Zealand's image abroad since 1996. Hong has become the first employee of New Zealand's tourism offices worldwide to receive the award.
  She is scheduled to fly to Wellington in March to attend an award ceremony.
• NZ Film Festival 2005
  The festival will screen in Seoul, Jeonju, Gwangju, Daegu and Busan, October-November
• Goff names new Ambassador to Seoul
  Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Phil Goff Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade 5 September 2005
  Media statement New Zealand? next Ambassador to South Korea will be career diplomat Jane Coombs, Foreign Minister Phil Goff announced today.
  [In fact, Ms Coombs will also be Ambassador to Pyongyang - Tim Beal]
• Insecticide detected in New Zealand beef
  September 24, 2005 ? The Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday it had banned beef imports from a New Zealand meat processing plant after residual insecticide beyond permissible levels had been detected. According to the ministry's National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, beef processed at the plant contained 0.5 parts per million of endosulfan, used to control insects and mites, higher than Korea's permissible level of 0.1 parts per million. If consumed in large quantities, endosulfan can cause vomiting and diarrhea. The ban does not affect beef imports from 32 other plants in New Zealand, the ministry said. A spokesman said the ministry was checking whether beef from the plant was being sold on the market, and would order a recall if it were. This year, 1,622 tons of beef have been imported from the plant.
• NZ-DPRK Society welcomes 'Fragile Breakthrough in Six Party Talks'
  Press release outlining key aspect of the Joint Statement of 19 September 2005 and calling on NZ Government to support the peace process with practical measures
• NZ International School Offers English Program
  By Kim Cheong-won Staff Reporter The New Zealand International School opened on Monday in Chonju, North Cholla Province, to offer English teaching programs to elementary school students. The school is the result of the city's ambitious project in seeking to become the nation's foreign language education hub. The school, registered as a language education institute with the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development, aims to provide various English experiences to its students with its syllabus focusing on child-oriented English courses for five hours a day, five days a week.
  The official opening ceremony is slated for Saturday. New Zealand Ambassador to Korea David Taylor and Chonju Mayor Kim Wan-joo are scheduled to attend the ceremony.
• Controversy over a giant of the sea
  Despite the ban on commercial whaling, many whales are caught in Korean waters. June 24, 2005 ? The annual whale festival at the Jangsaengpo wharf in Ulsan had a carnival atmosphere, featuring tacky rides and merchants selling goods that bore no relationship to the industry that used to sustain the area. At this year's event, which ended Sunday, a row of temporary restaurants housed in tents was selling whale meat served in two different styles: sashimi or roasted, which tastes like fatty beef. Not far from there was the new Whale Museum and a tent set up by Greenpeace, at which volunteers were body painting whales on children.
  Of course, not everyone is happy with the moratorium on whaling. The Maritime Affairs Ministry and Ulsan city government called for measures to allow whaling again in Korea, and restaurant owners and former whalers in Jangsaengpo want commercial whaling resumed. "These countries ? Britain, the United States, Australia and New Zealand ? are the ones that brought big whales to extinction," said Byeon Chang-myeong, the chairman of a group advocating the resumption of commercial whaling. "They caught whales not for food but for their oil. As whales were no longer needed for their oil [with the development of petroleum and other fuels] and whale oil was no longer profitable, they wanted us to stop whaling too."
• Australians, New Zealanders Find Home at ANZA
  Interview With Leaders (9) By Yoon Won-sup Staff Reporter If there are any Australians and New Zealanders who are trying to find some place to relax and have fun with likeminded people in Seoul, the Australia and New Zealand Association (ANZA) in Korea offers the perfect answer. The ANZA, which has over 300 members, is a non- profit and social club for Australians and New Zealanders living in Korea. ``The vision of the ANZA is to provide an easygoing and relaxed home for expatriates of Australia and New Zealand while they stay here,'' Annie Sharrock, president of the association, said in an interview with The Korea Times.
• North Korea - an enigma and an opportunity
  by Major Seth Le Leu
  IT'S easy to assume you know everything about a country from the way it's portrayed in the media. I found out just how wrong that view can be - or, at least, how one-sided - when I travelled to North Korea to see a venture The Salvation Army has entered into.
  North Korea is a beautiful country which, if it were not so isolated, would make a great tourist destination. And if I expected to see an unhappy people, suffering because of their country's isolation, I was in for a surprise.
  The people are industrious and proud. Local communities are entrusted with the upkeep of the roads in their area and everywhere we travelled there were teams of local people engaged in road repairs as part of their community service. It would be a brave mayor in the west who would suggest such a scheme in order to reduce local taxes!
  The country's economy is built on an agricultural foundation which relies on manual labour. Vast numbers of the population work the land and as we travelled we saw the harvest progressing. Teams of people with hand scythes were reaping the precious rice and maize which was loaded onto bullock carts to be taken to the stores.
  Each house in the rural areas had its own garden filled with vegetables, and in many places this produce was on sale from small roadside stalls. However, the North Koreans fear that all this work is not enough to ward off recurrent famine. To this end the government is engaged in a process of diversifying food production.
  For example, on one of the farms we visited ostriches were being farmed and their eggs were on sale in a supermarket in Pyong Yang. Another initiative to enhance food supplies is the establishment of a dairy industry. Dairy products are not a traditional food source in Korea, but for the past six or seven years the North Koreans have been working with the Swiss government to develop goat milk production and products. Children in kindergartens receive yoghurt from the dairy farms and the rest is sold in nearby towns. As people become more accustomed to these products the demand is growing and there is a need to provide machinery to package the yoghurt, which is where The Salvation Army comes in.
  Major Seth Le Leu is a New Zealand Officer serving as International Development Secretary, London.
• New Zealand gives NZ$400,000 to World Food Programme
• FM Ban Meets New Zealand Counterpart
  WELLINGTON (Yonhap) _ Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon met his New Zealand counterpart Friday and discussed ways to increase economic and other cooperation, officials said. Ban briefed Phil Goff on recent security developments on the Korean Peninsula, including the North Korean nuke issue, and asked for support for Seoul's efforts to resolve the dispute peacefully. Goff proposed an early conclusion of a free trade agreement between the two countries, but Ban replied that Seoul wants to discuss the issue over a longer period of time. New Zealand is the second leg of Ban's three-nation trip, which also includes stops in Thailand and Australia. He is the first South Korean foreign minister to visit Australia and New Zealand in 27 years.
• FM Ban Embarks on Foreign Tour
  By Yoon Won-sup Staff Reporter Foreign Affairs-Trade Minister Ban Ki-moon Tuesday embarked on an eight-day tour of Thailand, New Zealand and Australia. Ban will discuss North Korea's nuclear weapons programs, economic cooperation and pending bilateral issues with top officials in the countries he is to visit. He will pay courtesy calls on Prime Ministers Helen Clark of New Zealand and John Howard of Australia. He is also to hold talks with his counterparts Sathiratahai Surakiart of Thailand, Phil Goff of New Zealand, and Alexander Downer of Australia. On the first leg of the tour in Bangkok Aug 24- 25, Ban will sign an agreement on cooperation in culture and education with Thailand. While in Australia Aug. 28-31, he will sign a pact on cooperation in energy and mineral resources. In addition, Ban will deliver speeches at the Australian press club and the New Zealand Chamber of Commerce. When meeting with representatives of Korean residents living in the three countries, the minister will explain the Seoul government's recent policies and promote business opportunities. The trip is the first by a South Korean foreign minister to New Zealand and Australia in 27 years since 1977, and is aimed at consolidating bilateral relations.
• More Koreans Head to Australia, New Zealand
  By Seo Dong-shin Staff Reporter The number of overseas [South] Koreans residing in nations in the Asia-Pacific region other than China and Japan surged to some 196,000 by July 2003, an increase of 37.4 percent from July 2001, according to statistics released by the Foreign Affairs-Trade Ministry. The jump can mainly be attributed to the large number of Koreans who emigrated to Australia or New Zealand over the period.

• New Zealand to support UNICEF in North Korea
  26 April 2004
  New Zealand is providing NZ$540,000 to the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, for its programme in North Korea, says Foreign Minister Phil Goff.
• DPRK-New Zealand Friendship School Designated
  Pyongyang, April 12 (KCNA) -- Pyongyang June 9 Taesong Middle School No. 1 was designated as DPRK-New Zealand Friendship School�@with due ceremony today. Present there on invitation were Don Borrie, chairman of the New Zealand-DPRK Society, and its secretary on a visit to the DPRK.
  Present there were Vice-Chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries Jon Yong Jin who is chairman f the DPRK-New Zealand Friendship Association and other officials concerned, teachers and students of this school.
  Congratulatory speeches were made by the two chairmen.
  At the end of the ceremony its participants talked to one another about the need to boost the friendly relations between the two cuntries and enjoyed an art performance given by students.

  DPRK train explosion
  

• Letter to PM Helen Clark urging emergency aid
• Letter to Kim Jong Il expressing condolences

• DPRK-New Zealand Friendship Farm Designated
  Pyongyang, March 27 (KCNA) -- The Haksan Co- operative Farm in Hyongjesan District, Pyongyang, was designated as the DPRK-New Zealand Friendship Farm with due ceremony yesterday on the occasion of the third anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Jon Yong Jin, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who is chairman of the DPRK-New Zealand Friendship Association, and other officials concerned were present at the ceremony. The chairman of the Management Board of the Farm declared the farm was named the DPRK-New Zealand Friendship Farm. After hearing a congratulatory speech made by the chairman of the friendship association, the participants looked round photos and books introducing New Zealand.
• NZ artists to perform in 2004 April Spring Friendship Arts festival in Pyongyang
  Stories about the April Spring Friendship Arts festival in previous years

• NZ's donation to World Food Programme for North Korea welcomed
  Rev Don Borrie, Chairman of the NZ-DPRK Society welcomes the NZ government's donation of US$250,000 to the World Food Programme activities in DPR Korea
• 2 nations pledge food as aid to North Korea
  Responding to a World Food Program appeal for more aid to North Korea, New Zealand and Germany have said that they would provide additional supplies, AFP reported yesterday. New Zealand will donate $256,000 to the UN relief agency to help the famine-stricken communist country, Prime Minister Helen Clark reportedly said. Germany has offered 3 million euros ($3.84 million) to the UN operations in the North, the German aid ministry said.
• NZ to give $370,000 in aid to North Korea
  Miss Clark made her announcement on a week that the Council for International Development (CID) launched a campaign to increase New Zealand's contribution to overseas aid. New Zealand currently contributes only 0.22 per cent of gross national income (GNI) to overseas aid and the campaign aims to increase that to 0.7 per cent by 2015. - NZPA
• New Zealand supports North Korean food programme
  Rt. Hon Helen Clark 13 February 2004
  Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that New Zealand would contribute around $370,000 (US$250,000) to the United Nations World Food Programme's operations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
• NZ-DPRK Society asks NZ PM to support WFP
  Dear Ms. Clark, In view of the World Food Programmes' public declaration that they are being obliged to severely restrict food aid to the most needy in the DPR of Korea, on behalf of our Society I ask that the New Zealand Government make an emergency grant to the WFP DPRK aid project. In yesterday's appeal, which I am enclosing, the WFP Representative said that "Over four million core beneficiaries - the most vulnerable children, women and elderly people - are now deprived of very vital rations."
  In previous occasions the Government has responded to calls for an emergency response to a crisis in the basic food requirements in the DPRK. Given that this is in the middle of severe winter cold Korean people are now at their most vulnerable. Apart from donations of cereals, such as that coming from the US, the EU, Australia and Canada, I feel that New Zealand should be in a position to provide dried milk powder.
  Don Borrie, Chairman
• Greens compliment this site
  While we are all agonising over the Middle East...what exactly has been going on in North Korea? Eight years ago Jimmy Carter brokered an agreement between Washington and Pyongyang in which the US engaged to help North Korea build less dangerous nuclear reactors, to normalise relations with the DPRK, and to sign an agreement promising not to make a pre-emptive nuclear strike against North Korea. None of these things have happened - and indeed the Bush Administration has since named North Korea as one of the countries that it would consider launching a pre-emptive nuclear strike against. You won't get the full story in the Murdoch media - go instead to www.vuw.ac.nz/~caplabtb/dprk/ - where Tim Beal regularly updates a site on North Korea which now includes a separate section of latest news links on the nuclear programme.
  You can subscribe to the Green's free email nesletter by emailing christine.dann@clear.net.nz
• Photographs of Ambassador David Taylor presenting credentials in Pyongyang
• Nats urge action over North Korea
  [NPT]
• Peek inside the Hermit Kingdom
  {Graham Reid}
• The new DPRK Ambassador, Chon Jae Hong, was in Wellington 9-15 December to present credentials
• New Zealand threatens to suspend aid to North Korea over nuclear arms program -AP
  [Nuclear]
• Kim Yong Nam receives credentials from New Zealand Ambassador
• Photographs of presentation
• New Zealand Ambassador to Visit N.K. Late This Month
  [Training]
• THE HUMAN FACE
  Address by the Executive Director of Asia 2000 Foundation on NZ-Korea relations {Christopher Butler}

• DPRK business delegation visits NZ
• 3 foreign envoys present credentials [in ROK, includes NZ's David Taylor]
• Goff welcomes progress in inter-Korean relations

• Letter from NZ-DPRK Society to Prime Minister Helen Clark
  • Helen Clark's reply
• Korean-American League endorses letter to Clark

• Diplomacy needed on North Korea, Iran: Clark
• NZ Ambassador Named Honorary Tourism Envoy [ROK]
• NZ grant to UNICEF to support education in DPRK

• Ambassador visits North Korea
• New Zealand's first Ambassador to North Korea
• New Zealand Calls for North to Hold Talks with U.S.
• Paek Nam Sun meets new ambassador of New Zealand
• Newly appointed ambassadors arrive [NZ and Denmark]
• Kim Pyong Hong, DPRK Ambassador to Indonesia and Australia has been cross-credited to New Zealand. He was in Wellington 28 August - 1 September to present credentials.
  

• Yang Hyong Sop meets [NZ and other] foreign delegations
• NZ Delegation visits DPRK
• Tim Beal: Presentation to NZ Institute of International Affairs, 26 September 2001
• Tim Beal: Back to business on the Korean peninsula?
  National Business Review, 14 September 2001, p.25
• Don Borrie: the Pain of Change
• Tim Beal: North Korean crisis continues amidst signs of progress
  The Evening Post, Wellington, 25 July 2001, p.15

• NZ Donates Funds to UNICEF for its Work in North Korea
• Kim Dae-jung shakes hands with Helen Clark(photo)
• N.Z. premier skeptical over N.K. trade
• NZ Premier Pledges Continued Support for Sunshine Policy
• SNU, NZ University to Launch Joint Ph.D. Program
• New Zealand to donate 84,000 dollars for children in North Korea
• New Zealand to donate 84,000 dollars for children in North Korea
• New Zealand PM supports 'Sunshine Policy'
• New Zealand prime minister pays tribute at May 18 Cemetery
• NZ PM Pays Tribute to May 18 Victims
• New Zealand PM to Pay Tribute to Victims of May 18 Kwangju Uprising

NZ and DPRK establish diplomatic relations
26 March 2001

• Goff: HISTORIC DIPLOMATIC LINK WITH NORTH KOREA
• Diplomatic relations welcomed
• Diplomatic ties between DPRK and New Zealand opened
• DPRK Establishes Diplomatic Relations with New Zealand

• Dunne's criticism ill-informed
• Dunne Criticises Decision To Recognise North Korean
• US consults Asian allies on N Korea[reference to NZ-DPRK relations]

  past stories
  

• New Zealand denies report on normalization of ties with N.K.
• NZ Denies Report on Ties with NK
• NK, NZ to Set Up Ties Soon

• [Today's Editorial] A Lesson From New Zealand [ROK]

• NZ officials visit Pyongyang to discuss diplomatic relations
  • Press release from Foreign Minister Phil Goff
  • N. Korea proposes diplomatic ties with European countries

• NZ Government should extend direct aid, promote business and other links
  Press release from NZ-DPRK Society, 9 August 2000

• NZ and DPRK to establish diplomatic relations
  • KCNA: Joint communique on meeting of DPRK and New Zealand foreign ministers
  • NZ set to resume link with North Korea - Goff
  • Korea, NZ link-up soon
  • Historic meeting for NZ and North Korea