The NZIIA Podcast

On this episode of the NZIIA podcast, the Governor-General the Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy speaks to the NZIIA about the international dimensions to her role in this audio of the event. As the outgoing Governor-General, Dame Patsy reflects on her role in promoting NZ international relations, both within NZ and overseas (22/06/21).
To find out more about the NZIIA and the events we run check out our website at https://www.nziia.org.nz/

Produced by Francesca Georgia Pietkiewicz

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On 25 July 2023 in Wellington, David McAlister MEP delivered an address on trade, development, and security in the Pacific.
This event iwas delivered in collaboration with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the EU Delegation to New Zealand. It was chaired by Hamish McDougall, Executive Director of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs.
About David McAllister MEP

In the European Parliament, David McAllister is Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, substitute member of the Committee on International Trade and the Sub-Committee on Security and Defence.

He has been a MEP since 2014, when he was the CDU’s lead candidate in the European Parliament election campaign. In November 2014, he was elected Vice Chair of the International Democratic Union (IDU) in Seoul and has been Vice President of the European People’s Party since October 2015.

David studied law at the University of Hannover between 1991 and 1995. In 1996 he passed the first state examination in law. After his training as a junior lawyer, he took the second state exam in 1998 and has been a lawyer ever since.

He was Member of the for Lower Saxony parliament from 1998 to 2014, where from 2003 to 2010 he was Chair of the CDU Group. On 1 July 2010, the Lower Saxony parliament elected him Prime Minister of Lower Saxony as Christian Wulff’s successor, an Office which he held until 2013.

McAllister was born in Berlin on 12 January 1971. His father was from Glasgow and, as civilian official for the British Army, was stationed at a number of bases in Germany from 1955 onwards; prior to that, he had served in the 51st (Highland) Division of the British Armed Forces during the Second World War. His mother was a teacher of German and music. David and his two sisters grew up in Berlin-Charlottenburg. He was raised bilingually in German and English, and initially went to a British primary school. In 1982 his family moved to Northern Germany.

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In this episode of the NZIIA Podcast, Lachie and Tejas are joined by guest speaker Marçal Sanmartí, who in his second appearance with us discusses the what and why of Space Command. We explore New Zealand’s position in the geopolitics of space, and what we can and should do to best operate in this domain. The militarisation of space, the risks of space junk, and environmental concerns of rocket launches down here on Earth are just some of the topics covered in this discussion.

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Prof Harsh V Pant, Vice President, Studies and Foreign Policy, Observer Research Foundation talk focused on Modi 3.0 and India's Global Outreach, touching on its implications for the Indo-Pacific.

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On this episode of NZIIA Youth Panel, we discuss briefly some of the impacts of climate change including but not limited to both international and domestic obligations of NZ, as well as some of the environmental impacts, in particular, the most at-risk communities with our guest Ri Theodore, Youth Climate Activist. Does something brief like this work or is there a need for something more detailed

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