Phil Goff
Phil Goff
Philip Bruce Goffis the Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Mount Roskill. During the Fifth Labour Government, in office from 1999 to 2008, he served in a number of ministerial portfolios, including Minister of Defence of New Zealand, Minister of Corrections, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control and Associate Minister of Finance. He served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party between 11 November 2008 and 13 December 2011...
high level tension
indications of the high level of tension in Tonga.
action planned
Any action that may be planned will already be under way.
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We obviously hope that truce is not simply for the time of our visit, but that the truce could be entrenched as the first step towards getting people back to the negotiating table,
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Any offence that has been taken we obviously regret and we hope at this stage that will have no significant impact in terms of consequences on trade. But we can't rule out that potential at this point.
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that there were no immediate plans for a law change. But he would listen to the public debate, and it might be an area that officials could work on. Mr Goff said the case of deliberately not using protection and having intercourse was far more clear-cut.
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That obviously is a total collapse of the rule of law. Again that can't be allowed to continue,
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That means that the next government in Fiji will not be able to relax either. Fiji is fast heading down the road of becoming known as a banana republic,
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They can choose the path of reconciliation, negotiation and peace ... or go down the other road ... of devastation, of thousands losing their lives and the country stagnating,
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a man probably responsible for 50 deaths, the burning of hundreds of homes, destruction of villages and who currently holds several dozen people as hostage.
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People came to APEC with an expectation that the nature of the new administration would be known, and as of yet the answer to that question is not clear,