National Office and branch activities.

• Jurisdiction: New Zealand
• Date: 01 November 2017

Tina van Erpers Roijaards took up the position of executive secretary in the National Office in late June.

On 29 August a panel discussion was held at VUW on 'Perspectives on the North Korean Stand-Off, More Than a War of Words?' Chaired by Michael Powles, a senior fellow at the Centre for Strategic Studies, the speakers included four ambassadors: HE Seung-bae Yeo (South Korea), HE Scott P Brown (United States), HE Wang Lutong (China), HE Toshihisa Takata (Japan). They were joined by two CSS senior fellows: Paul Sinclair and Terence O'Brien.

Auckland

The branch AGM was held on 10 April. The following officers were elected:

Chair--Gregory J. Thwaite

Deputy Chair--Dr Ashok Sharma

Events Co-ordinator--Noelene Buckland

Committee--Nick Laery and Naomi Basson

The following meetings were held:

7 Jun Prof Alan Tidwell (director of the Center for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Studies at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University), 'Recalibrating New Zealand's Small State Foreign...