What happens when the power structure ignores the people
Speech – New Zealand First Party This has been as stunning 24 hours in world politics.
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USA
Horticulture Welcomes Decision To Allow Biological Control
Press Release – Horticulture NZ Horticulture New Zealand welcomes a decision by the Environmental Protection Authority to allow the release of a bug which will act as a natural control against the devastating Tomato Potato Psyllid.
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‘Brexit’ – a Window of Opportunity
Press Release – New Zealand First Party Prime Minister John Key may say, “it is in New Zealand’s interests for the UK to remain in the EU, but thatll be news to a great many New Zealanders.
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Gordon Campbell on the RCEP trade deal and other entanglements
Article – Gordon Campbell So China and the US both have competing trade deals on offer the TPP for the US and the RCEP for the Chinese – each of which pointedly exclude the other superpower. That fact alone should signal that these deals are not primarily about mere trade …
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Gordon Campbell on our refugee response, and a TPP rewrite
Column – Gordon Campbell T he miserly nature of New Zealands response to the global refugee crisis continues apace. Yesterdays announcement of an increase in our intake of UNHCR refugees from 750 to 1,000 refugees will only kick in from 2018, after the recent special …
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Secretive talks on China-led rival to TPPA at Sky City
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The 13th round of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the China-led rival to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), will be held at Sky City in Auckland in the coming week.
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Gordon Campbell on tobacco politics, and the TPP death watch
Column – Gordon Campbell Has Act leader David Seymour got the easiest job in the world, or what? Roll out of bed, turn on the radio and hmmthere do seem to be a lot of problems out there in the world. Must think of something. And so it came to pass that this morning ,
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Free Press
Press Release – ACT New Zealand Does Government Waste Taxpayers Money? In the lead-up to the Budget, David Seymour asked Bill English why his government gives taxpayer money to fund Jane Kelseys research, programs such as X-Factor season two, and the Ultimate Waterman Stand Up …
US political change may slow efforts to free up agriculture
Article – BusinessDesk May 20 (BusinessDesk) – Political change in the US may slow efforts to free up agricultural trade, impacting New Zealand which had hoped to gain better access to the world’s largest economy through the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, according to a US …
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TPPA Treaty clause not a breach, Tribunal says
Press Release – Waitangi Tribunal The Treaty of Waitangi clause in the TPPA should provide a reasonable degree of protection to Mori interests, the Waitangi Tribunal has found.
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The Failed Cruz-Kasich Pact: Trump and GOP Desperation
Article – Binoy Kampmark Having Trump as a candidate for the GOP presidential run may look bad. Having a pact against him within the Republican movement designed to quash his chances to get the nomination looks even worse. It reeks of backroom deals, frustrated officials and …
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Gordon Campbell on Trump and the Madman Theory
Column – Gordon Campbell Years ago, Richard Nixon explained to his chief adviser Bob Haldeman what has since become known as the Madman Theory of foreign policy .
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