Ahmed Zaoui
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Ahmed Zaoui is an Algeria
n member of the Islamic Salvation Front
. He arrived in New Zealand
on 4 December 2002 where he sought refugee
status. Objections from the Security Intelligence Service
were withdrawn in September 2007, allowing him to remain in New Zealand.
, in Djelfa
Wilaya, and was the son of a Sunni Muslim
imam
. His family moved to the town of Médéa
when he was young, and after completing high school, he enrolled in Mohamed Ibnsaoud University, in Riyadh
, Saudi Arabia
between the years of 1980 and 1985, gaining a Bachelor of Arts
. He became engaged and married to an Algerian woman during this time. After returning, he took postgraduate studies at the University of Algiers
and gained a position as an imam, and as an associate professor
of theology
at the University of Algiers.
held its first multiparty elections since independence. Ahmed Zaoui stood as a candidate for the Islamic Salvation Front
or FIS. However, the government cancelled 1991 elections
after the first round results showed that the FIS would win, citing fears that the Islamist party would end democracy
. When the government then banned the FIS and arrested thousands of its members, Islamist guerrillas rapidly emerged and began an armed campaign against the government and its supporters which became the Algerian Civil War
.
In 1993, Zaoui fled to Europe. He was tried and convicted in absentia
by the Algerian government and was convicted of "establishing a terrorist organisation to destabilise state institutions and terrorise the population" and for "plotting against the state, criminal conspiracy, inciting armed rebellion and assassinations and destruction of property" in May 1996, and February 1997, respectively. Both convictions carry sentences of life imprisonment
. Disputing the reports from Interpol
as incomplete, Zaoui claimed and the RSAA found that there were six life sentences against him, as well as two death sentence
s. Human rights groups have criticised the Algerian trials for contravening basic norms of justice.
In March 1994, Belgium
charged him with being "the instigator or the head of a criminal organisation" and two charges of using false passports. He was acquitted at his first trial but was convicted on appeal and received a four-year suspended sentence.
While still under a Belgian home detention order which limited his movements to the street he lived on, he travelled illegally to Switzerland
. The Swiss authorities refused his request for asylum due to his ongoing political activities, and made a deal with Burkina Faso
to deport Zaoui and his family there, while still providing Zaoui with a 1500 Swiss franc monthly allowance.
In 2001 France
convicted him in absentia for "participation in a criminal group with a view to preparing terrorist acts".
During his time in Malaysia, the head of the Algerian police services visited to observe Malaysian policing methods. Zaoui believed that this was a pretext, that the real reason was his presence in Malaysia, and that the Malaysian authorities were preparing to detain him. He decided to leave Malaysia, and on December 2 of 2002 he arrived in New Zealand via Vietnam
on a fake South African passport.
His initial application for refugee status to the Refugee Status Branch of the New Zealand Immigration Service (RSB) was declined. Although he was recognised as having a well founded fear of persecution, he was excluded as the RSB held there was reason to believe he had committed serious criminal or terrorist activities, primarily on evidence given by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
.
The SIS issued a Security Risk Certificate
in March 2003. Mr Zaoui then requested a review of the certificate. While not made public at the time, in February 2004 the High Court ordered the SIS to release summary of its allegations to Zaoui's lawyers, who then released it to the media. The summary excluded classified information which the SIS was not required to disclose. Zaoui's lawyers issued a point-by-point response to the summary.
After his arrest, he was initially confined for ten months in the maximum security Paremoremo
prison where he was placed on a "non-association regime". While Zaoui and his supporters' have characterised this as being in solitary confinement
; this was dismissed as a ‘myth" by the Department of Corrections. However, in October 2003 his case was reviewed, and citing the "likely length of time before legal proceedings conclude", the Department of Corrections transferred him to the medium security Auckland Remand Prison
where he was placed on a ‘normal association regime".
declared both his Belgian and French trials to be "unsafe" and granted Zaoui refugee status. Commenting on the information available to them in order to evaluate Zaoui's claim, the RSAA stated that they "...were surprised at how limited it was and the questionable nature of some of the contents" and that "...it does not provide evidence that he has committed, directed or participated in any act of violence or terrorism that would require his being excluded under Article 1F from the protection of the Refugee
Convention."
's office stated that Zaoui had links to al Qaeda, but Clark later withdrew the claim, saying that her "office had probably gone too far in making the link" The New Zealand First Party
attacked Mr Zaoui's claim to asylum, while the Greens
challenged the processes that saw him imprisoned and at risk of deportation.
On 20 October 2004, many of his supporters participated in a launch of a biographical book in the Beehive
foyer in Wellington
.
In October 2005 Zaoui published Migrant Birds, a book of 24 poems he wrote as a response to being imprisoned. The poems are in Arabic and English. A 25th poem, He will come back, the one I'm waiting for, was called the most important New Zealand poem of 2004 by Emma Neale, editor of Best New Zealand Poems 2004
.
His case received attention from a number of celebrities and prominent New Zealanders. He was featured in the music video for Dave Dobbyn
's Welcome Home, and also appeared on stage with Dobbyn when the song was performed at the New Zealand Music Awards.
granted Zaoui bail
. Despite Crown opposition, the Court allowed him to reside in the Dominican
Priory
in central Auckland
. He was required to report to the Police twice a week and spend each night in the Friary between 10pm and 6am.
The withdrawal of the security risk certificate means that the New Zealand Government has withdrawn its security objections to his refugee status, which was confirmed by the RSAA in August 2003. Zaoui was "thrilled and delighted," and stated that he was "...happy not just because my name has been cleared but because the whole system of security risk certificates can now be reviewed."
, and gave amnesty to those jailed and convicted during the civil war, and critics have maintained that he is free to return safely. However, Zaoui has been granted refugee status in New Zealand, and is free to stay in the country.
Zaoui has a wife and four children who had been living illegally in Kuala Lumpur
, Malaysia since 2000 until they joined him in New Zealand on 26 October 2007.
A previous application for them to come to New Zealand was lodged in late 2006, but at that time, Immigration Minister David Cunliffe
said it would not be appropriate while the status of Zaoui's security risk certificate was being determined.
In 2009, Zaoui and his family moved to Palmerston North
where he intends to study at Massey University
. He initially worked part-time with the Manawatu Muslim Association. He has opened a kebab stall called the Desert Rose in Palmerston North.
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Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
n member of the Islamic Salvation Front
Islamic Salvation Front
The Islamic Salvation Front is an outlawed Islamist political party in Algeria.-Goals:...
. He arrived in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
on 4 December 2002 where he sought refugee
Refugee
A refugee is a person who outside her country of origin or habitual residence because she has suffered persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or because she is a member of a persecuted 'social group'. Such a person may be referred to as an 'asylum seeker' until...
status. Objections from the Security Intelligence Service
New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service is an intelligence agency of the New Zealand government.-Purpose:As a civilian organisation, the Security Intelligence Service takes no part in the enforcement of security...
were withdrawn in September 2007, allowing him to remain in New Zealand.
Pre 1991
Ahmed Zaoui was born as one of ten children in El IdrissiaEl Idrissia
El Idrissia is a town and commune in Djelfa Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 21,279.-References:...
, in Djelfa
Djelfa
Djelfa is the capital city of Djelfa province, Algeria. It has a population of 154,265 . The city lies at the junction of the N1 and the N46....
Wilaya, and was the son of a Sunni Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
imam
Imam (Sunni Islam)
In Sunni Islam, an imam khatib is a leader, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community. This compound title is merely a common combination of two elementary offices: leader of the congregational prayer, which in larger mosques is performed at the times of all daily prayers; and...
. His family moved to the town of Médéa
Medea
Medea is a woman in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of the sun god Helios, and later wife to the hero Jason, with whom she had two children, Mermeros and Pheres. In Euripides's play Medea, Jason leaves Medea when Creon, king of...
when he was young, and after completing high school, he enrolled in Mohamed Ibnsaoud University, in Riyadh
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a...
, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
between the years of 1980 and 1985, gaining a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
. He became engaged and married to an Algerian woman during this time. After returning, he took postgraduate studies at the University of Algiers
University of Algiers
The University of Algiers Benyoucef Benkhedda is a university located in Algiers, Algeria. It was founded in 1909 and is organized into seven faculties.-History:...
and gained a position as an imam, and as an associate professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
at the University of Algiers.
1991-2000: Algeria and Europe
In 1991, AlgeriaAlgeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
held its first multiparty elections since independence. Ahmed Zaoui stood as a candidate for the Islamic Salvation Front
Islamic Salvation Front
The Islamic Salvation Front is an outlawed Islamist political party in Algeria.-Goals:...
or FIS. However, the government cancelled 1991 elections
Algerian National Assembly elections, 1991
Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 26 December 1991. The first multi-party elections since independence, they were cancelled by a military coup after the first round, triggering the Algerian Civil War, after the military expressed concerns that the Islamic Salvation Front, which was...
after the first round results showed that the FIS would win, citing fears that the Islamist party would end democracy
Democracy
Democracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law...
. When the government then banned the FIS and arrested thousands of its members, Islamist guerrillas rapidly emerged and began an armed campaign against the government and its supporters which became the Algerian Civil War
Algerian Civil War
The Algerian Civil War was an armed conflict between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups which began in 1991. It is estimated to have cost between 150,000 and 200,000 lives, in a population of about 25,010,000 in 1990 and 31,193,917 in 2000.More than 70 journalists were...
.
In 1993, Zaoui fled to Europe. He was tried and convicted in absentia
In absentia
In absentia is Latin for "in the absence". In legal use, it usually means a trial at which the defendant is not physically present. The phrase is not ordinarily a mere observation, but suggests recognition of violation to a defendant's right to be present in court proceedings in a criminal trial.In...
by the Algerian government and was convicted of "establishing a terrorist organisation to destabilise state institutions and terrorise the population" and for "plotting against the state, criminal conspiracy, inciting armed rebellion and assassinations and destruction of property" in May 1996, and February 1997, respectively. Both convictions carry sentences of life imprisonment
Life imprisonment
Life imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime under which the convicted person is to remain in jail for the rest of his or her life...
. Disputing the reports from Interpol
Interpol
Interpol, whose full name is the International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL, is an organization facilitating international police cooperation...
as incomplete, Zaoui claimed and the RSAA found that there were six life sentences against him, as well as two death sentence
Death Sentence
Death Sentence is a short story by the American science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the November 1943 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and reprinted in the 1972 collection The Early Asimov.-Plot summary:...
s. Human rights groups have criticised the Algerian trials for contravening basic norms of justice.
In March 1994, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
charged him with being "the instigator or the head of a criminal organisation" and two charges of using false passports. He was acquitted at his first trial but was convicted on appeal and received a four-year suspended sentence.
While still under a Belgian home detention order which limited his movements to the street he lived on, he travelled illegally to Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. The Swiss authorities refused his request for asylum due to his ongoing political activities, and made a deal with Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
to deport Zaoui and his family there, while still providing Zaoui with a 1500 Swiss franc monthly allowance.
2000-2002: Travel to Asia then New Zealand
Zaoui left Burkina Faso and travelled to Malaysia with his family in 2000. He engaged in political activity with the FIS in exile.In 2001 France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
convicted him in absentia for "participation in a criminal group with a view to preparing terrorist acts".
During his time in Malaysia, the head of the Algerian police services visited to observe Malaysian policing methods. Zaoui believed that this was a pretext, that the real reason was his presence in Malaysia, and that the Malaysian authorities were preparing to detain him. He decided to leave Malaysia, and on December 2 of 2002 he arrived in New Zealand via Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
on a fake South African passport.
Imprisonment in New Zealand
En route to New Zealand, Zaoui attempted to destroy his fake South African passport, and upon arrival, applied for refugee status. Although his identity was initially secret, his name was illegally leaked to the media, and he became the subject of political debate and media scrutiny.His initial application for refugee status to the Refugee Status Branch of the New Zealand Immigration Service (RSB) was declined. Although he was recognised as having a well founded fear of persecution, he was excluded as the RSB held there was reason to believe he had committed serious criminal or terrorist activities, primarily on evidence given by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service is an intelligence agency of the New Zealand government.-Purpose:As a civilian organisation, the Security Intelligence Service takes no part in the enforcement of security...
.
The SIS issued a Security Risk Certificate
Security Risk Certificate
A Security Risk Certificate is part of a New Zealand legal process whereby a person suspected of being a security risk can be incarcerated prior to expulsion from the country. The Security Risk Certificate is based on unchallengeable “classified security information”...
in March 2003. Mr Zaoui then requested a review of the certificate. While not made public at the time, in February 2004 the High Court ordered the SIS to release summary of its allegations to Zaoui's lawyers, who then released it to the media. The summary excluded classified information which the SIS was not required to disclose. Zaoui's lawyers issued a point-by-point response to the summary.
After his arrest, he was initially confined for ten months in the maximum security Paremoremo
Paremoremo
Paremoremo is a largely rural locality about 8 km southwest of Albany on the northern fringe of Auckland, New Zealand. Coatesville is about 7 km to the north, and Riverhead is about 8 km to the west....
prison where he was placed on a "non-association regime". While Zaoui and his supporters' have characterised this as being in solitary confinement
Solitary confinement
Solitary confinement is a special form of imprisonment in which a prisoner is isolated from any human contact, though often with the exception of members of prison staff. It is sometimes employed as a form of punishment beyond incarceration for a prisoner, and has been cited as an additional...
; this was dismissed as a ‘myth" by the Department of Corrections. However, in October 2003 his case was reviewed, and citing the "likely length of time before legal proceedings conclude", the Department of Corrections transferred him to the medium security Auckland Remand Prison
Mount Eden Prisons
Mount Eden Prisons refers to two New Zealand prisons, located in Lauder Road in the Central Auckland suburb of Mt Eden. They are:* Mount Eden Prison, which holds about 420 sentenced male prisoners...
where he was placed on a ‘normal association regime".
Refugee Status
In August 2003 the Refugee Status Appeals AuthorityRefugee Status Appeals Authority
The New Zealand Refugee Status Appeals Authority or RSAA, isan independent body which was set up to hear the appeals of people who have been declined refugee status by the Refugee Status Branch of the New Zealand Immigration Service....
declared both his Belgian and French trials to be "unsafe" and granted Zaoui refugee status. Commenting on the information available to them in order to evaluate Zaoui's claim, the RSAA stated that they "...were surprised at how limited it was and the questionable nature of some of the contents" and that "...it does not provide evidence that he has committed, directed or participated in any act of violence or terrorism that would require his being excluded under Article 1F from the protection of the Refugee
Convention."
Political attention and cause célèbre
The case attracted considerable media and political attention. The New Zealand Government defended the treatment of Zaoui, and maintained they had information that he was a credible risk. In September 2004, Prime Minister Helen ClarkHelen Clark
Helen Elizabeth Clark, ONZ is a New Zealand political figure who was the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand for three consecutive terms from 1999 to 2008...
's office stated that Zaoui had links to al Qaeda, but Clark later withdrew the claim, saying that her "office had probably gone too far in making the link" The New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First
New Zealand First is a political party in New Zealand that was founded in 1993, following party founder Winston Peters' resignation from the National Party in 1992...
attacked Mr Zaoui's claim to asylum, while the Greens
Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party that has seats in the New Zealand parliament. It focuses firstly on environmentalism, arguing that all other aspects of humanity will cease to be of concern if there is no environment to sustain it...
challenged the processes that saw him imprisoned and at risk of deportation.
On 20 October 2004, many of his supporters participated in a launch of a biographical book in the Beehive
Beehive (building)
The Beehive is the common name for the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings, located at the corner of Molesworth Street and Lambton Quay, Wellington...
foyer in Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
.
In October 2005 Zaoui published Migrant Birds, a book of 24 poems he wrote as a response to being imprisoned. The poems are in Arabic and English. A 25th poem, He will come back, the one I'm waiting for, was called the most important New Zealand poem of 2004 by Emma Neale, editor of Best New Zealand Poems 2004
Best New Zealand Poems series
The Best New Zealand Poems series, begun in 2001 is an annual online selection of poems chosen by guest editors. The program is run by the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand....
.
His case received attention from a number of celebrities and prominent New Zealanders. He was featured in the music video for Dave Dobbyn
Dave Dobbyn
Dave Dobbyn, ONZM is an award-winning New Zealand musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. In his early career he was a member of the rock group Th' Dudes and was the main creative force in pop band DD Smash...
's Welcome Home, and also appeared on stage with Dobbyn when the song was performed at the New Zealand Music Awards.
Bail
On 9 December 2004 the Supreme Court of New ZealandSupreme Court of New Zealand
The Supreme Court of New Zealand is the highest court and the court of last resort in New Zealand, having formally come into existence on 1 January 2004. The court sat for the first time on 1 July 2004. It replaced the right of appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, based in London...
granted Zaoui bail
Bail
Traditionally, bail is some form of property deposited or pledged to a court to persuade it to release a suspect from jail, on the understanding that the suspect will return for trial or forfeit the bail...
. Despite Crown opposition, the Court allowed him to reside in the Dominican
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
Priory
Monastery
Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...
in central Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
. He was required to report to the Police twice a week and spend each night in the Friary between 10pm and 6am.
Withdrawal of the Security Risk Certificate
On 13 September 2007, the head of the Security Intelligence Service, Dr Warren Tucker, withdrew the Security Risk Certificate against Zaoui citing three main reasons:- Mr Zaoui's cooperation in providing information to the authorities.
- Additional classified information which showed that his associates were involved in terrorism, but not Zaoui himself.
- The length of time he has been in New Zealand, and the length of time which has passed from the offenses he was convicted of.
The withdrawal of the security risk certificate means that the New Zealand Government has withdrawn its security objections to his refugee status, which was confirmed by the RSAA in August 2003. Zaoui was "thrilled and delighted," and stated that he was "...happy not just because my name has been cleared but because the whole system of security risk certificates can now be reviewed."
Prospects
On 29 September 2005 a referendum was held in Algeria which resulted in the Charter for Peace and National ReconciliationCharter for Peace and National Reconciliation
The Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation was a charter proposed by Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in an attempt to bring closure to the Algerian Civil War by offering an amnesty for most violence committed in it...
, and gave amnesty to those jailed and convicted during the civil war, and critics have maintained that he is free to return safely. However, Zaoui has been granted refugee status in New Zealand, and is free to stay in the country.
Zaoui has a wife and four children who had been living illegally in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
, Malaysia since 2000 until they joined him in New Zealand on 26 October 2007.
A previous application for them to come to New Zealand was lodged in late 2006, but at that time, Immigration Minister David Cunliffe
David Cunliffe
David Richard Cunliffe is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party, and the sitting member of parliament for New Lynn, West Auckland. He served as the Minister of Health and Minister for Communications and Information Technology for the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand...
said it would not be appropriate while the status of Zaoui's security risk certificate was being determined.
In 2009, Zaoui and his family moved to Palmerston North
Palmerston North
Palmerston North is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an inland city with a population of and is the country's seventh largest city and eighth largest urban area. Palmerston North is located in the eastern Manawatu Plains near the north bank...
where he intends to study at Massey University
Massey University
Massey University is one of New Zealand's largest universities with approximately 36,000 students, 20,000 of whom are extramural students.The University has campuses in Palmerston North , Wellington and Auckland . Massey offers most of its degrees extramurally within New Zealand and internationally...
. He initially worked part-time with the Manawatu Muslim Association. He has opened a kebab stall called the Desert Rose in Palmerston North.
Publications
- Migrant Birds (2005) ISBN 1-877333-36-0
- O Poetry, My Shadow in LandfallLandfall (journal)Landfall is New Zealand's oldest extant literary journal. First published in 1947 by Caxton Press, under the editorship of Charles Brasch, it features new fiction and poetry, biographical and critical essays, cultural commentary, and reviews of books, art, film, drama and dance.Additionally, the...
Issue 211 (Autumn 2006) edited by Tze Ming MokTze Ming MokTze Ming Mok , born 1978) is a fiction writer and sociopolitical commentator, and has been a prominent New Zealand Asian community advocate...
ISBN 1-877372-90-0
External links
News stories
- The Ahmed Zaoui Case – The Gordon Campbell Series
- Terrorism and betrayal: the untold Zaoui story
- Zaoui party: high ideals and terror
- Benefit for Zaoui may cost $10,000, says MP
- Zaoui a reluctant celebrity
- Tracing Ahmed Zaoui's trial in Belgium
- Belgians convinced Zaoui involved with terrorists
- European lawyers deny Zaoui 'flaws'
- Judges loath to take up SIS position
- Naive Zaoui supporters ignoring evidence, says National
- Ahmed Zaoui transferred to ACRP following management plan review
- Fearful wait for Zaoui's family - Joffe Quote