Article – BusinessDesk Feb. 5 (BusinessDesk) Electricity companies are absorbing nearly twice as much new cost as theyre passing on to their customers as the retail market for power becomes increasingly competitive, the industrys regulator, the Electricity Authority, …
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Column – Gordon Campbell The fog of secrecy around the Trans Pacific Partnership has always triggered concern about what New Zealand may be willing to give away in these talks, without any substantive Parliamentary debate of these concessions beforehand.
Gordon Campbell on the alleged gains to NZ from the TPP Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The fig leaf of over $5 billion in gains to the New Zealand economy from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement has been stripped away, said Auckland University law professor Jane Kelsey, a long-term critic of the proposed TPPA. The Sustainability …
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Article – BusinessDesk Feb. 3 (BusinessDesk) Pharmac, which manages an annual drug-funding budget of more than $780 million, plans to extend a three-year hiring spree after expanding in medical devices, vaccines and hospital medicines.
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Article – Byron Clark The Internet Party is going to fundamentally change this countrys political landscape, apparently. Its unusual for a party that has not registered with the electoral commission, and who havent announced any concrete policy or candidates, to be …
The Internet Party: A progressive force? Read More »
Press Release – Beef And Lamb NZ The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) must include total elimination of tariffs on agricultural and seafood products, say leading New Zealand food producers. A coalition of 18 New Zealand agricultural and food organisations, led by Beef + Lamb New Zealand …
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Speech – New Zealand Government The Government is continuing to implement its plan to build a faster-growing economy with more jobs and rising incomes, and to support New Zealanders and their families.
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey If the EU can release draft texts, why do we have to rely on Wikileaks?
Why do we have to rely on Wikileaks? Read More »
Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party Labour pushes NZ trade interests in US Labours Trade and Defence spokesperson, Phil Goff, today concludes a week long visit to the United States.
Labour pushes NZ trade interests in US Read More »
Press Release – Green Party Government failing the environment in TPP talks The latest Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) leak proves the National Government is not committed to protecting our environment, the Green Party said today. Secret details of the TPP have been …
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Press Release – Wikileaks Today, 15 January 2014, WikiLeaks released the secret draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Environment Chapter and the corresponding Chairs’ Report. The TPP transnational legal regime would cover 12 countries initially and encompass …
Secret TPP Environment Chapter Consolidated Text released Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The governments negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement need to wave a white flag and agree to release the whole draft text, said University of Auckland Professor Jane Kelsey as another leaked chapter was posted on Wikileaks.
Another Month, Another Leak – Wikileaks Posts TPPA Text Read More »
