Press Release – US State Department Thank you Ambassador Negroponte for those kind words and to the Council of the Americas and the Center for Strategic and International Studies for hosting this event. I would also like to thank the Council for its continued leadership on hemispheric …
U.S. Policy and Engagement in the Americas Read More »
Press Release – Ohariu Citizens’ Select Committee The community group Ohariu People’s Power is establishing a Citizens’ Select Committee this Thursday at a public meeting in Johnsonville. The committee will give the voters in the Ohariu electorate, and other New Zealanders, a voice as it examines the asset …
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Press Release – Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch As organizations dedicated to government openness, scientific integrity and accountability, we are writing to urge you to increase the transparency of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiating process. Currently, without any public …
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Press Release – Creative Freedom Foundation Last week the CFF attended a Stakeholders Briefing on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a treaty that will affect copyright in New Zealand, the United States and other nations. New Zealanders have just spent in excess of $600,000 to develop an …
How TPP affects NZ artists Read More »
Press Release – The Institute of Policy Studies More than 100 Economists Call for Trans-Pacific Trade Deal to Allow Capital Controls to Prevent Crises
Economists Call for TPP Deal to Allow Capital Controls Read More »
Press Release – Joint Media Statement The 11th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement negotiations between Australia , the US , New Zealand , Malaysia and four other countries starts in Melbourne on March 1. Civil society groups from those countries are in Melbourne to contest …
Civil society groups slam corporate influence on TPP talks Read More »
Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network Tuesday February 28, 2012 The 11th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement negotiations between Australia, the US, New Zealand, Malaysia and four other countries starts in Melbourne on March 1. Civil society groups from those countries …
International Civil Society Groups Slam Corporate Influence Read More »
Press Release – People’s Power MP Peter Dunne’s silence on how his support for the partial sale of state assets may expose the New Zealand Government to the possibility of being sued by international investors has been challenged by a local group People’s Power Ohariu. The group …
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Press Release – Green Party The Government needs to tell the public if it authorised Washington Ambassador Mike Moore’s co-hosting of a dinner party co-sponsored by tobacco giant Philip Morris, Green Party Health Spokesperson Kevin Hague said today.
Govt must give public full details of Moore’s dinner party Read More »
Press Release – University of Otago Clear goals and detailed planning are critical to achieve the government’s aim of making New Zealand ‘smoke-free’ by 2025, according to health researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington.
Political leadership needed to achieve tobacco-free goal Read More »
Press Release – Public Health Association The Public Health Association (PHA) has condemned New Zealand’s ambassador to the US Mike Moore co-hosting a Trans Pacific Partnership (TPPA) trade event sponsored by tobacco company Phillip Morris.
Ambassador co-hosting event a backward step Read More »
Press Release – InternetNZ InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) and non-profit IT organisation NZRise will this week travel to the 11th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations in Melbourne to represent the interests of New Zealand’s Internet and IT communities.
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