House of Representatives Committees

Appendix A – Program

Sunday 27 August 2006

Depart Australia
Arrive Auckland International Airport

7.00pm Delegation briefing

Monday 28 August 2006

9.00am Meeting with Ms Ema Aitken, Chair, and Mr Brian Lewis, Branch Manager/Registrar, Refugee Status Appeals Authority 11.00am Visit Mangere Refugee Centre and meet with representatives from the Department of Labour: Mr Kevin Third, Director, Refugee Division, Service International Group; Ms Christina Fordyce, Branch Manager; and Mr Qemajl Murati, Immigration Manager 1.45pm Attend lunch meeting with Dr Nagalingam Rasalingam, President, Refugee Council of New Zealand; Mr Dinesh Tailor, President, Auckland Regional Ethnic Council; and other members of the Refugee Council of New Zealand and Auckland Regional Ethnic Council 3.00pm Briefing and tour of Immigration New Zealand’s border control operations at the International Terminal, Auckland International Airport, and meet with Mr Craig White, Branch Manager, Onshore Border Operations; Mr Lee Wilson, Branch Manager, Offshore Border Operations; and Mr Robert Clark, Immigration Manager, Border Operations 5.00pm Depart for Wellington

Tuesday 29 August 2006

10.15am Meeting with Speaker of the House of Representatives of New Zealand, the Hon Margaret Wilson MP 11.30am Discussions, following by lunch meeting, with Ms Mary Anne Thompson, Deputy Secretary, Workforce, and other senior officers from Immigration New Zealand 1.50pm Proceed to Speaker’s Gallery in the New Zealand Parliament to be introduced to the House 2.00pm View Parliament in session 2.45pm Guided tour of Parliament 3.30pm Meeting with the Hon Dr Lockwood Smith MP, National Party Spokesperson on Immigration 5.00pm Roundtable discussions with Mr Pancha Narayanan, National President, New Zealand Federation of Ethnic Councils, and other council members 7.30pm Attend dinner at the residence of the Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand, His Excellency Mr John Dauth, with embassy staff and New Zealand parliamentarians

Wednesday 30 August 2006

9.00am Meeting with Mr David Plunkett, Chair, and Ms Gail Powell, Senior Registrar, Residence Review Board and Removal Review Authority 10.10am Guided tour of Te Papa Museum 11.30am Meeting with the Hon David Benson-Pope MP, Minister of Social Development and Employment, accompanied by His Excellency Mr John Dauth, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand 12.00pm Meeting with Mr Keith Locke MP, Green Party Spokesperson on Immigration, Ethnic Affairs and Pacific Island Affairs 12.40pm Attend lunch meeting with the Australian Friendship Group 2.00pm Meeting with Mr Brett Denham, National Manager Operations/Acting Chief Executive, and Ms Jenni Broom, National Manager, Client Services, RMS Refugee Resettlement 3.30pm Meeting with Ms Pamela Hulston, Manager, Qualification Recognition Services, New Zealand Qualifications Authority 5.15pm Meeting with the Hon David Cunliffe MP, Minister of Immigration 6.00pm Attend dinner at the New Zealand Parliament, hosted by the Hon Mark Gosche MP, Chair, Transport and Industrial Relations Committee; and Ms Dianne Yates MP, Chair, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee

Thursday 31 August 2006

10.00am Meeting with Chair and members of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee 11.15am Meeting with Chair and members of the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee 3.50pm Depart Wellington

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