Appendix A – Official visit program

Monday, 24 August 2009

9.30 am           Meeting with Antarctica New Zealand

Mr Lou Sanson, Chief Executive

Mr Ed Butler, Manager, Science and Information

10.45 am         Inspection: Antarctic Visitors Centre

2.45 pm          Depart Christchurch for Wellington

3.45 pm          Arrive Wellington Airport

4.30 pm          Meeting with Australian High Commission

Ms Amanda Gorley, Deputy High Commissioner

Ms Sonja Weinberg, First Secretary (Political)

Mr Tony Wilson, Policy Analyst (Political)

Tuesday, 25 August 2009

10.00 am         Meeting with Dr Lockwood Smith MP, Speaker of the New Zealand Parliament

10.30 am         Tour of Parliament House

11.15 am         Meeting with an officer of the Ministry of Health, on the administration of health in the Tokelau and Chatham Islands

                        Ms Wendy Edgar, Manager – Global Health, Office of the Director of Public Health

12.30 pm        Informal lunch meeting with the New Zealand/Australia Friendship Group

2.00 pm          Observe Question Time and receive an overview of the workings of the House

2.45 pm          Meeting with officers of the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs

Dr Debbie McLeod, Acting Chief Executive and Director of Policy and Monitoring

Mr Heker Robertson, Chief Advisor, Policy and Monitoring

3.30 pm          Meeting with the Hon Murray McCully MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs

4.30 pm          Meeting with the Hon Chris Carter MP, Shadow Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs

7.00 pm          Dinner hosted by the Hon Dr Lockwood Smith, Speaker of the New Zealand Parliament

Wednesday, 26 August 2009

10.00 am         Round table meeting with officers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and New Zealand Aid

                        Mr David Payton, Director, Special Relations Unit

                        Ms Linda Te Puni, Deputy Director, Pacific Division

                        Ms Tiffany Babington, Special Relations Unit

                        Ms Megan Birnie, Policy Officer, Special Relations Unit

                        Mr Mike Pointer, Former High Commissioner, Niue

12.30 pm        Working lunch with officers of the Department of Labour and Immigration NZ, hosted by Mr Stephen Dunstan, A/g Group Manager, Workforce

2.15 pm          Meeting with officers of the Ministry of Environment and Planning

                        Ms Yvonne Weeber, Senior Analyst, Urban Design Protocol

                        Ms Joanne Harper, Analyst, Built Systems Policy

                        Mr Gerald Blunt, Chief Urban Designer, Wellington City Council

Ms Anna Wood, Urban Design Policy Advisor, Wellington City Council

3.15 pm          Meeting with His Excellency George Fergusson, High Commissioner, British High Commission, and Governor of the Pitcairn Islands

4.30 pm          Additional meetings

Thursday, 27 August 2009

9.00 am           Round table meeting – Antarctica

Mr Trevor Hughes, Head of Antarctic Policy Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Mr Tony Robinson, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Research, Science and Technology

Dr Mary Livingston, Principal Scientist, Ministry of Fisheries

Dr Richard Levy, Senior Scientist, GNS Science

10.10 am         Tour of Te Papa Tongarewa

11.30 am         Meeting with the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

                        Mr John Hayes MP, Chairperson

                        Ms Jacqui Dean MP, Deputy Chairperson

                        Hon Chris Carter MP

                        Mr Hone Harawira MP

                        Hon Pete Hodgson MP

                        Dr Paul Hutchison MP

                        Mr Keith Locke MP

                        Mr Todd McClay MP

                        Hon Maryan Street MP

12.30 pm        Working lunch with the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

1.30 pm          Depart New Zealand