January 2016

New Research reveals threats to the Environment from TPPA

Environment a significant casualty under the TPPA. A new research paper, authored by Simon Terry, Executive Director of the Sustainability Council of New Zealand, reveals that the TPPA’s impact on the environment will be even worse than had been expected from leaked drafts. There are few gains for the environment and serious threats. Foreign investors

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Maori Rights, te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

Press Release 21 January Government fails to meet its obligations to Maori. This expert research paper, the third in a series, reveals that the TPPA will hamper the ability of future governments to develop Treaty of Waitangi-consistent law and policy law relating to issues such as traditional knowledge, biodiversity and environmental management. The ‘Treaty of

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