Over the last week Australian public health expert Dr Deborah Gleeson has given a series of lectures on the public health risks of the TPPA in Auckland and Wellington. For those who missed out, Deborah wrote an excellent op-ed outlining the risks the TPPA poses to PHARMAC in the New Zealand Herald. It didn’t take Big […]
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As we predicted, the next TPPA negotiating round will be taking place in Auckland from the 3rd to the 12th of December. This is our best chance to mobilise opposition against the TPPA, so let’s get organising!
Press Release – TVNZ Sunday 30th September 2012 Attached are the transcripts from today’s panel discussions. Q+A, 9-10am Sundays on TV ONE. Thanks to the support from NZ ON Air. Q+A is on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/NZQandA#!/NZQandA and on Twitter, http://twitter.com/#!/NZQandA …
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Press Release – NZNO The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) believes the role of drug-buying agency PHARMAC will change radically under the terms of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) currently being negotiated between 11 Asian and Pacific-rim countries including …
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Article – Connie Lawn A fascinating talk about the trade situation was held at the offices of the US – New Zealand Council in Washington, D.C. The invited guest was MP Clayton Cosgrove, a spokesman for the Labour Party Shadow Cabinet. He spends about a week in the US, …
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Article – BusinessDesk Sept. 26 (BusinessDesk) – The New Zealand government’s decision to force foreign fishing vessels to register under the local flag was the best option to protect the nation’s reputation, which was under scrutiny in the US and UK amid reports of abuse …
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Press Release – New Zealand Government 21 September 2012 In this issue: Encouraging signs from GDP growth Backing LSV graduates into work Reforming welfare The Chathams
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Press Release – Science Media Centre GM Wheat; HPV Vaccine; IgNobel Prizes; New from the SMC; Sciblogs highlights; Research highlights; Policy News; Sci-tech events
SMC Heads-Up: GM-Cancer link questioned, vaccines, IgNobels Read More »
Press Release – NZTEU Union members at Victoria University of Wellington won an extra week of paid parental leave when negotiations concluded with their employer last week. Members will get to vote on whether to ratify the new agreements next week. TEU organiser Nicki Wilford …
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Press Release – Auckland Airport Media Release – 18 September 2012 $1/4 million fund launched to stimulate Japanese tourism Auckland Airport initiative supports PM’s focus on Japan, with new fund to help tourism industry attract Japanese travellers Japanese market poised to rebound …
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Column – Gordon Campbell Don’t ask, don’t tell. The “gays in the military” strategy that John Key has chosen to adopt with respect to the John Banks Affair is daily calling for more and more implausible declarations of prophylactic ignorance by the Prime Minister.
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Press Release – Joint Press Release Students from Victoria University will today be hitting the streets of Wellington in an action intended to highlight Maori ownership of Aotearoa New Zealand’s fresh water resources. Flyers stating the position will be handed out, and the public are …
Māori students: Key get your dirty hands off our water! Read More »