Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey With less than two months until the window is likely to close for President Obama to get a deal in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) under his watch, the administration has put a bill before Congress to grant him fast track authority, …
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Press Release – Wikileaks Today, 16 April 2015, WikiLeaks publishes an analysis and search system for The Sony Archives: 30,287 documents from Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and 173,132 emails, to and from more than 2,200 SPE email addresses. SPE is a US subsidiary of the Japanese …
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Press Release – Its Our Future Christchurch ‘Its Our Future Christchurch’ is holding a Public Meeting to discuss the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in Oxford. The TPPA is a trade agreement the government is currently negotiating with the US and 11 other Pacific Rim countries.
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Press Release – Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Suva, FIJI,10 April 2015 — Dame Meg Taylor, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, is looking forward to hosting the seven distinguished individuals making up an important new sub-committee on the new Framework for Pacific …
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Press Release – iPredict Trade Minister Tim Groser is set to become New Zealands next Ambassador to the United States as hopes of a successful outcome to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations fade, according to the combined wisdom of the 8000+ registered traders …
Groser Set for Washington as Hopes for TPP Fade Read More »
Press Release – Rotary New Zealand World Community Service It is now almost 4 weeks since Cyclone Pam tore through some of the 83 islands of Vanuatu killing eleven people. There has been a flurry of activity by relief agencies including Rotary to delivery aid to the 22 islands most affected. 1,000 Rotary Emergency …
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Column – Gordon Campbell As the New Zealand dollar edges towards parity with the Aussie dollar, it seems facile to treat this as some game of Transtasman arm-wrestling that yay, were winning. The political rhetoric is all about our economic strength versus their …
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Press Release – iPredict Paula Bennett is now the clear favourite to succeed John Key as leader of the National Party after Steven Joyces prospects plunged to just 13%, only one point ahead of Jonathan Coleman, according to the combined wisdom of the 8000+ registered traders …
Bennett Now Clear Favourite to Succeed Key Read More »
Press Release – It’s Our Future The Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade committee is now accepting public submissions on the NZ-Korea Free Trade Agreement, providing Kiwis with a rare chance to break the silence on the controversial investor-state dispute settlement provisions in …
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Press Release – iPredict NZ First leader Winston Peters is expected to win the Northland by-election tomorrow with a majority of 1394 , according to the combined wisdom of the 8000+ registered traders on New Zealands predictions market, iPredict. Prime Minister John Keys …
Peters Triumphant; Key Weakens; Shaw Emerges Read More »
Press Release – Bridget Williams Books As a document leaked yesterday demonstrates the potential effect of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement upon sovereign rights, Professor Margaret Wilson at Waikato University says that changes to the structure of the state are already affecting …
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Article – Jane Kelsey On Radio NZs Morning Report Stephen Jacobi said New Zealand would have protections from obligations in the investment chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) that were not part of the text posted by Wikileaks yesterday.
TPPA leak: Jacobi misleads about protections for NZ Read More »
