March 2016

Questions and Answers – March 30

Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. ANDREW LITTLE (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister : Does he stand by his statement with regard to multinational corporations that I suspect they are legally paying their correct amount of tax; the question is are they ethically …

Goodhew: Speech to ForestWood Conference 2016

Speech – New Zealand Government It is wonderful to see such excellent industry-wide attendance at this conference. The ForestWood conference is an important event for the forestry and wood processing sectors. During this address I would like to briefly outline some of my priorities …

Public to have their say on TPPA in three main centres

Press Release – Office of the Clerk Public to have their say on TPPA in three main centres The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee are hearing public submissions on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and the four TPPA related intellectual property treaties in Christchurch, …

TPP ‘atrocious’, Reich tells Labour future of work event

Article – BusinessDesk March 23 (BusinessDesk) – In comments that raised a cheer from many of the approximately 200 Labour Party members, trade unionists, economists and businesspeople attending the Labour Party’s two Future of Work conference, former Clinton era US Labor Secretary …

PM to attend Nuclear Security Summit

Press Release – New Zealand Government Prime Minister John Key will attend the fourth and final Nuclear Security Summit in Washington next week. The Nuclear Security Summit is an opportunity to address nuclear terrorism threats at the global level, says Mr Key. New Zealand is …