US embassy cable - 05WELLINGTON848

C O N F I D E N T I A L WELLINGTON 000848 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/ANP 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/27/2015 
TAGS: EAID, AEMR, ASEC, MASS, PGOV, PREF, PREL, PK, NZ, NATO 
SUBJECT: NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN 
EARTHQUAKE ASSISTANCE AND TO MESSAGE ON NATO SUPPORT 
 
REF: A. STATE 195483 
 
     B. STATE 194572 
 
Classified by: Charge d'Affaires David R. Burnett.  Reasons: 
1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
1. (U) Post on October 25 delivered the ref A demarche -- 
seeking New Zealand's contribution to earthquake relief and 
rehabilitation in Pakistan -- to the New Zealand Agency for 
International Development (NZAID).  Jane Coster of NZAID 
reported October 28 that New Zealand had contributed NZ $1.5 
million (US $1.05 million) for the relief effort, paid 
through the United Nations Development Program and the Red 
Cross. 
 
2. (C) Post's defense attache on October 28 delivered the ref 
B demarche -- encouraging New Zealand's contribution to the 
NATO relief effort -- to Air Vice-Marshal David Bamfield, 
vice chief of the New Zealand Defense Force.  Bamfield said 
his government would consider whether it could contribute. 
Separately, econoff alerted Coster to the NATO effort and the 
request that New Zealand consider participating in it. 
Burnett