Maori

Waitangi Tribunal opts for pragmatic outcome

Press Release – Te Ringahuia Hata The substance of the Waitangi Tribunals report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), vindicates the claimants concerns, especially about foreign investors special rights under the Agreement. But in the end pragmatism held sway …

Waitangi Tribunal report contradictory

Press Release – Te Ringahuia Hata A contradictory report released by the Waitangi Tribunal, following an urgent hearing into the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), has upheld virtually all of the claimants concerns about the potential risks to Maori yet concluded that the …

Talking with TPK on TPP is not Māori engagement

Press Release – Te Ringahuia Hata Leaked emails have been filed as evidence today by lead claimant counsel Annette Sykes in the TPPA Inquiry and presented as part of the cross examination of chief negotiator for the TPPA, Dr David Walker.

Consultation over TPPA not enough

Press Release – Green Party Te Puni Kkiri (TPK) officials were barely consulted over the Governents formal analysis of the impact of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement on New Zealand, leaving doubts that the impact on Mori was properly assessed, the Green Party says. …

Registrations open for TPP roadshows

Press Release – New Zealand Government Trade Minister Todd McClay announced today the Government will be running nation-wide roadshows on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The roadshows are for interested members of the public to learn more about this important trade agreement, and to …