SIGNIFICANCE TO NEW ZEALAND
Luckily, as a nation, New Zealand did not have a huge amount of involvement in regards to the 9/11 attacks. We were not directly involved or affected, unlike America. However, there were a small number of factors that were felt across the nation, as well as some ongoing effects that have come up because of the attacks that continue to impact New Zealand today, both personally and as a nation. There were two New Zealanders who were directly involved in the 9/11 attacks and both died because of the attacks and their families and friends are still feeling the effects today. Even the people in New Zealand not directly involved were affected by the terrorist attacks on September 11. The country is now exposed to and involved in wars and we are impacted economically due to the economic effect on the United States preceding the attacks. As well as this, the events in America also helped to shape New Zealand in a few positive ways. We learnt a lot about nationalism and freedom on that day and New Zealand changed its ways due to those events.
There were unfortunately two New Zealanders who were killed as direct result of 9/11. They both died immediately because of the terrorist attacks. One of these men was Alan Beaven. He was a 48 year old environment and was in America at the time. He was a passenger on the hijacked Flight 93 and was killed when it crashed into a paddock into Pennsylvania. The other man was 45 year old John Lozowsky. While he was born in America, he had held a New Zealand citizenship for twelve years. He was working in insurance on the 95th floor of the World Trade Centre North Tower and was killed when Flight 11 slammed into the building between floors 93 and 99. Both of their friends and families still feel the impact of the attacks, struggling with the emotional pain of losing their son, brother, nephew, grandson, father and beloved friend. While everyone loses someone they care about at some part of their lives, families like John's and Alan's feel it in the worst possible form, having their loved ones ripped away from them in the most inhumane way, with no warning or preparation whatsoever, and definitely no chance to say "goodbye" or "I love you" one last time. This amount of grief and pain can bring out emotions in people that can not just simply go away. There are a lot of negative emotions that are bought upon the families of the victims, such as depression, anxiety, a fear of flying and post traumatic stress. These kind of ongoing psychological problems can affect jobs, social lives and daily activities. Even people not directly involved still have vivid memories of the videos shown on TV and remember the pain and emotions felt that day; this is not something that is very easy to forget. There is no doubt that people both close to the victims and not directly affected still continue to feel psychological and emotional effects of the events of 9/11 today.
One of the biggest impacts that is still very significant and real in New Zealand today is that the country is involved in an aggressive war in Afghanistan as a result of the attacks. New Zealand is in an international alliance with the United States and this coalition means the country has a strategic working relationship with United States armed forces. Because of this, New Zealand has been fighting in Afghanistan on and off since late 2001 as part of "Operation Enduring Freedom", also known as the ongoing "War on Terror" set up by the U.S Government. This conflict has impacted New Zealand in many ways. Firstly, this is a possibly illegal war because there are still some hidden facts about 9/11 and if the United States Government is lying or hiding valuable information, this is a problem for the New Zealand government because they could be prosecuted with serious war crimes, along with the countless men who signed up to fight in Afghanistan. The war is very threatening to New Zealand - a country that did not have anything to do with the terrorism in America. There have been casualties on both sides of the war, including ten New Zealand soldiers - O'Donnell, Mila, Grant, Smith, Hughes, Malone, Durrer, Baker, Harris and Tamatea - killed in the conflict, the Taliban being responsible for most of these deaths. The fear of death and injury is a major issue for the family members of those directly involved in the conflict and this can provoke psychological and emotional problems.
New Zealand was affected economically as a result of the September 11 terrorist attacks. For one, the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are very, very expensive for the United States and they are in extreme debt in an attempt to control and win the wars. The U.S alone spent $737 billion on 'military defense' in 2012; this puts just how much money goes into the conflict. Because the United States have been borrowing money to afford this, this is very detrimental in relation to the international banking system and this is how New Zealand is impacted economically. New Zealand will see people lose their job after being laid off, as well as a large economic downturn. As well as this, oil and food prices have grown dramatically as a result of the war and the attacks on 9/11. The New Zealand population is being drained financially and it is becoming very hard to live here as people can not afford housing or even basic necessities such as food. As a result, hundreds of New Zealanders have moved, or plan to move overseas so they can try and have a stable future.
There are have been a lot of new laws that have arisen preceding 9/11. These new laws have seen an increase in national security, in particular the anti terror law. In 2002, the New Zealand Parliament passed the Terrorism Suppression Act. The official purpose of this act is "to make further provision in New Zealand law for the suppression of terrorism and to make provision to implement in New Zealand law New Zealand's obligations" under the bombing, financing, nuclear material, plastic explosives and nuclear terrorism conventions and the anti terrorism resolution. It also aimed "to make further provision to implement, in part, the Al-Qaida and the Taliban Sanctions Resolutions." There has been a major increase in airport and border security and there are strict laws in regards to what is and isn't allowed in and out of the country in an effort to prevent another terrorist attack. New Zealand airport security states there is a very long list of prohibited items such as sharp objects like knives and box cutters, club-like items like baseball bats and hammers and other items such as lighters and liquids over 100mL. There is a list of what is prohibited on New Zealand flights here. There are rules that apply to both domestic and international flights.
New Zealand also had some very minor positive effects as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. International relations between New Zealand and America are the strongest they have ever been and these positive relations were encouraged by the fact New Zealand stuck by it's alliance and helped the United States fight the war in Afghanistan. New Zealand has also become a more secure and independent country as we woke up to how horrific the world can be.
There were unfortunately two New Zealanders who were killed as direct result of 9/11. They both died immediately because of the terrorist attacks. One of these men was Alan Beaven. He was a 48 year old environment and was in America at the time. He was a passenger on the hijacked Flight 93 and was killed when it crashed into a paddock into Pennsylvania. The other man was 45 year old John Lozowsky. While he was born in America, he had held a New Zealand citizenship for twelve years. He was working in insurance on the 95th floor of the World Trade Centre North Tower and was killed when Flight 11 slammed into the building between floors 93 and 99. Both of their friends and families still feel the impact of the attacks, struggling with the emotional pain of losing their son, brother, nephew, grandson, father and beloved friend. While everyone loses someone they care about at some part of their lives, families like John's and Alan's feel it in the worst possible form, having their loved ones ripped away from them in the most inhumane way, with no warning or preparation whatsoever, and definitely no chance to say "goodbye" or "I love you" one last time. This amount of grief and pain can bring out emotions in people that can not just simply go away. There are a lot of negative emotions that are bought upon the families of the victims, such as depression, anxiety, a fear of flying and post traumatic stress. These kind of ongoing psychological problems can affect jobs, social lives and daily activities. Even people not directly involved still have vivid memories of the videos shown on TV and remember the pain and emotions felt that day; this is not something that is very easy to forget. There is no doubt that people both close to the victims and not directly affected still continue to feel psychological and emotional effects of the events of 9/11 today.
One of the biggest impacts that is still very significant and real in New Zealand today is that the country is involved in an aggressive war in Afghanistan as a result of the attacks. New Zealand is in an international alliance with the United States and this coalition means the country has a strategic working relationship with United States armed forces. Because of this, New Zealand has been fighting in Afghanistan on and off since late 2001 as part of "Operation Enduring Freedom", also known as the ongoing "War on Terror" set up by the U.S Government. This conflict has impacted New Zealand in many ways. Firstly, this is a possibly illegal war because there are still some hidden facts about 9/11 and if the United States Government is lying or hiding valuable information, this is a problem for the New Zealand government because they could be prosecuted with serious war crimes, along with the countless men who signed up to fight in Afghanistan. The war is very threatening to New Zealand - a country that did not have anything to do with the terrorism in America. There have been casualties on both sides of the war, including ten New Zealand soldiers - O'Donnell, Mila, Grant, Smith, Hughes, Malone, Durrer, Baker, Harris and Tamatea - killed in the conflict, the Taliban being responsible for most of these deaths. The fear of death and injury is a major issue for the family members of those directly involved in the conflict and this can provoke psychological and emotional problems.
New Zealand was affected economically as a result of the September 11 terrorist attacks. For one, the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are very, very expensive for the United States and they are in extreme debt in an attempt to control and win the wars. The U.S alone spent $737 billion on 'military defense' in 2012; this puts just how much money goes into the conflict. Because the United States have been borrowing money to afford this, this is very detrimental in relation to the international banking system and this is how New Zealand is impacted economically. New Zealand will see people lose their job after being laid off, as well as a large economic downturn. As well as this, oil and food prices have grown dramatically as a result of the war and the attacks on 9/11. The New Zealand population is being drained financially and it is becoming very hard to live here as people can not afford housing or even basic necessities such as food. As a result, hundreds of New Zealanders have moved, or plan to move overseas so they can try and have a stable future.
There are have been a lot of new laws that have arisen preceding 9/11. These new laws have seen an increase in national security, in particular the anti terror law. In 2002, the New Zealand Parliament passed the Terrorism Suppression Act. The official purpose of this act is "to make further provision in New Zealand law for the suppression of terrorism and to make provision to implement in New Zealand law New Zealand's obligations" under the bombing, financing, nuclear material, plastic explosives and nuclear terrorism conventions and the anti terrorism resolution. It also aimed "to make further provision to implement, in part, the Al-Qaida and the Taliban Sanctions Resolutions." There has been a major increase in airport and border security and there are strict laws in regards to what is and isn't allowed in and out of the country in an effort to prevent another terrorist attack. New Zealand airport security states there is a very long list of prohibited items such as sharp objects like knives and box cutters, club-like items like baseball bats and hammers and other items such as lighters and liquids over 100mL. There is a list of what is prohibited on New Zealand flights here. There are rules that apply to both domestic and international flights.
New Zealand also had some very minor positive effects as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. International relations between New Zealand and America are the strongest they have ever been and these positive relations were encouraged by the fact New Zealand stuck by it's alliance and helped the United States fight the war in Afghanistan. New Zealand has also become a more secure and independent country as we woke up to how horrific the world can be.