| Aug 2003 | Aug 20, 2003 - In yet another public display of ignorance and arrogance, Australian Prime Minister John Howard intervened at last week's Pacific Islands Forum in New Zealand as part of a concerted push by Canberra for domination of the southwest Pacific. Having won the backing of the Bush White House ... www.wsws.org/articles/2003/aug2003/foru-a20.shtml
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| Apr 2004 | Apr 5, 2004 - "This is a story of how Australia and New Zealand bullied the Pacific Islands into an agreement they did not want." Prof. Kelsey said Australia and New Zealand's agenda, to create"a neo-liberal-style Pacific Economic Community", had the potential to "destroy" the Pacific Islands. ... news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-04/05/content_1401018.htm
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| Oct 2006 | Oct 24, 2006 - Prime Minister John Howard flew into a brewing diplomatic storm at the 37th Pacific Islands Forum at the plush resort island of Denaurau near Nadi in Fiji ... Sir Michael had earlier told Fiji television that Australia should stop bullying islanders and warned of possible consequences, ... www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,20633436-5006301,00.html
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| Oct 2007 | Oct 8, 2007 - New Zealand rejects allegations on bullying Pacific Islands News wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; April 5, 2004 ; 305 words . ... Xinhua) -- New Zealand Trade Negotiations...alleging that New Zealand and Australia...bullied" the Pacific Islands into a free. ... www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-169629325.html?refid=gnews_209
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| Aug 2008 | Aug 23, 2008 - Radio New Zealand International today reported that Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum had invited United Nations and Commonwealth officials to Fiji's election forum. He was commenting after this week's Pacific Islands Forum summit in Niue told Fiji it could be suspended from the forum if it did not ... www.nzherald.co.nz/pacific-islands-forum/news/print.cfm?c_id=1502729&objectid=10528616&pnum=0
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| Dec 2008 | Dec 19, 2008 - 19 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum members will meet in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in January to discuss suspending Fiji from the group, ... In a related development, Bainimarama has accused New Zealand and Australia of employing "bully-boy" tactics and in the process ... news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/19/content_10528391.htm
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| Jan 2009 | Jan 27, 2009 - New Zealand and Australia are being accused of bullying Fiji at the Pacific Islands Forum. Leaders of 15 Pacific island nations have been holding a special meeting in Port Morseby. They have told Fiji's self-appointed Prime Minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, that he must set an ... tvnz.co.nz/politics-news/fiji-defends-its-interim-govt-2454267
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| Feb 2009 | Feb 13, 2009 - "I hate bullies and New Zealand bullies the islands," O'Brien told Britain's Daily Telegraph after a meeting with the Samoan prime minister, ... Tew said New Zealand would keep helping Pacific Islands rugby and play Tests against them, and it was in New Zealand's interest for Samoa, ... www.fijilive.com/sports/rugby/news/2009/02/13/7849.Fijilive
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| May 2009 | May 6, 2009 - The Prime Minister of Samoa has dismissed claims that Australia and New Zealand bullied the Pacific Islands Forum into suspending Fiji. Fiji's interim attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum has accused Australia and New Zealand of pressuring other Pacific nations into suspending Fiji ... www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/06/2561971.htm?section=world
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| Aug 2009 | Aug 2, 2009 - Free trade negotiations will be a major talking point at the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Australia next week amid claims New Zealand and ... Ms Penjueli said island countries could "redress the compromises they have been bullied into" by supporting Fiji's call for a moratorium on ... www.nzherald.co.nz/kiribati/news/article.cfm?l_id=60&objectid=10588220
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