1986 — In January 1986, following the rift between New Zealand and the USA in respect of the ANZUS security arrangements Prime Minister Tom Davis declared the Cook Islands a neutral country, because he considered that New Zealand ( which has control over the islands ' defence and foreign policy ) was no longer in a position to defend the islands.

Alternatively, if Bishop Cellach was appointed by Giric, it may be that the gathering was intended to heal a rift between king and church.

Although Chernenko had called for renewed détente with the West, little progress was made towards closing the rift in East − West relations during his rule.

This caused a rift between Stephenson and Locke, which was never healed.

As Fox was held prisoner at Launceston, Nayler moved south-westwards towards Launceston intending to meet Fox and heal any rift.

Yet so deep was the rift in Greek society, that on his return to Greece, an assassination attempt was made on Venizelos by two royalist former officers.

This is said to be the beginning of a rift between the band members, as Jones was not even told of the reunion.

" Choiseul's suggestion, advanced to the other ambassadors, was that they should press, in addition to the Jesuit issue, territorial claims upon the Patrimony of Peter: the cession of Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin to France ; to Spain the duchies of Benevento and Pontecorvo ; for Naples an extension of territory adjoining the Papal States ; and for Austria an immediate and final settlement of the vexed question of Parma and Piacenza that had occasioned a diplomatic rift with Pope Clement XIII.

The Gulf of Khambhat was formed by a major rift that resulted in a down sliding of the Khambhat region.

Unable to stop the rift within Calvinism, his father was forced to resign from his ministerial position, which he had held for three decades.

Given an ongoing rift in the sport during the 1860s between the northern professionals and Surrey, MCC feared the loss of its authority should Grace " throw in his lot with the professionals " so it was considered vital for them and their interests to get him onside.

Meanwhile, a rift was forming at Harvard between its sixth president Increase Mather and the rest of the Harvard clergy, whom Mather viewed as increasingly liberal, ecclesiastically lax, and overly broad in Church polity.

In 1984, it was reported that a meeting occurred between the CDF and the CELAM bishops, during which a rift developed between Ratzinger and some of the bishops with Ratzinger issuing official condemnations of certain elements of liberation theology.

Luther's contention that the human will was incapable of following good, however, resulted in his rift with Erasmus finally distinguishing Lutheran reformism from humanism.

He also argued for more socially responsible economic policies, and was elected in 1995 after campaigning on a platform of healing the " social rift " ( fracture sociale ).

An additional natural disaster was the Rhine rift earthquake of 1356, one of Europe's worst which made ruins of Basel.

Louis VI, King of France, was discontented about Normandy and England united and as such, promoted the claim of William Clito as heir, in order to attempt to cause a rift in the court.

Although the IWW was built on the basis of uniting workers of industry, a rift began between the union and the Socialist Party.

The rift presented a problem for Debs, who was influential in both the IWW and the Socialist Party.

Khrushchev was reportedly taken aback and denied he had meant to interfere in the UAR's affairs and the issue was settled since both leaders did not want a rift between their two countries.

Dumont was one of the first to explain the consequences of what was to be called globalization, demographic explosion, productivism, pollution, shantytowns, malnutrition, rift between northern and southern countries.

This eventually led to a rift between the two artists.

Hawks went both over schedule and over budget on the film, which began the rift between him and Sol Wurtzel that would eventually lead to Hawks leaving Fox.

However, it is Patrick's rift with Victor which eventually transforms him into a rather cynical character, much like Victor.

Houston opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, and correctly predicted that it would cause a sectional rift in the country that would eventually lead to war, saying: " ... what fields of blood, what scenes of horror, what mighty cities in smoke and ruins – it is brother murdering brother ...

The rift valley eventually failed ( see aulacogen ) as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge continued to separate North America, Europe, and Africa.

The British eventually agreed to a settlement, but Austria refused to accept this, creating a rift between the two countries which endangered the Anglo-Austrian Alliance.

The Reuchlin affair caused a wide rift in the church and eventually the case came before the papal court in Rome.

Although the rift with his brother Dave was never resolved, Max eventually formed a friendship with his old rival Walt Disney, who welcomed Max to a reunion with former Fleischer animators who were by then employed by Disney.

Shaw was greatly distressed when the irreligious tone of Black Girl caused a rift in his long-term friendship with Dame Laurentia McLachlan, Abbess of Stanbrook ; eventually they reconciled.

Its annexation into the French Empire, in 1810, was one of the causes for the diplomatic rift between former allies France and Russia, a dispute that would lead to war in 1812 and eventually to Napoleon's downfall.

Diesel was the last wrestler eliminated in the Royal Rumble match by Shawn Michaels, which eventually led to a rift between the two men.

The rift will eventually lead to a civil war on Minbar in the series fourth season.

The main premise of this idea is that the village within the stone circle exists in a time rift, where the same actions are played out ( with minor variations ), over and over again, with the end result being that the power of the circle will eventually be released to the outside world.

The thinnest continental crust is found in rift zones, where the crust is thinned by detachment faulting and eventually severed, replaced by oceanic crust.

Langer eventually mended his rift with the NPL and was elected governor of North Dakota in 1932.

The Tethys rift eventually extended westward to split Pangaea in two, and the growing Atlantic Ocean separated the northern supercontinent of Laurasia from the southern supercontinent Gondwana.

The subsequent rift that arose between the foster father and son eventually saw the death of Dong Zhuo by the hands of Lü Bu.

Melanchton was accused of supporting Calvin, and the debates between the various groups eventually caused a further rift between the followers of Luther and Zwingli.

The Narmada River in central India drains its valley from east to west, in a rift valley and eventually into the Arabian Sea after traveling.

He eventually discovers a plan by CIA agent Foster and another person named Clancy to utilize an interdimensional rift to create and control a race of energy-infused superhuman mutants.

Meanwhile Pug and Tomas begin searching the world, and eventually beyond, for the famed sorcerer Macros the Black, thought killed when he helped to destroy the rift ( at the end of Magician ).

She eventually broke off from her father and his crusade, which resulted in a rift between them.

To explain this strange marital problem, historians have supposed some sort of rift between Cleopatra and Juba that was eventually mended after Juba's divorce from Glaphyra.

" Cozort states that different disagreements " led to a rift between Lama Yeshe and his students and Geshe Kelsang Gyatso and his, and eventually the Manjushri Board of directors ( comprised of Geshe Gyatso's students ) severed the connection of the between institute and FPMT.