Press Release – Green Party The New Zealand Government should take controversial and outdated Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions off the table in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade negotiations in Auckland this week, the Green Party …
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey 30 January 2016 Do your homework Export NZ: The TPPA is the China FTA on Steroids! Claims by Export NZ that the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is basically no different from the NZ-China FTA shows appalling ignorance of both agreements, …
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Offshore confirmation: Ministers to sign TPPA in NZ on 4 February 2016 The ministers from the twelve countries who negotiated the the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will sign it in New Zealand on 4 February, a government spokesperson from …
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey High Court says it cant make Groser provide TPPA information faster for now This week we went back to court to challenge Trade Minister Grosers stalling tactics over the release of information on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement …
Press Release – LawFuel Ministry of Justice CEO Andrew Bridgman (No. 1) takes the top spotout of 50 on LawFuels inaugural rankinig of New Zealands most powerful lawyers.
Article – Martin Goetz The Reason TPP Does Not Discuss Software Patents is Because the Term is Meaningless. Martin Goetz
Article – BusinessDesk Sept. 28 (BusinessDesk) – Ministers cannot make blanket refusals to release documents under the Official Information Act without reviewing them first or by arguing the only information that could be made public would be anodyne, the High Court …
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Tomorrow, the High Court in Wellington will hear an application for judicial review of Trade Minister Tim Grosers blanket refusal to release information relating to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) sought under the Official Information …
Opinion – Bianca Mueller The Trans-Pacific Partnership TPPA is a free trade agreement that has been negotiated by Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Mexico, United States, and Canada since 2010. If signed, the TPPA will cover a about …
Article – Billy McKee When is it possible for a non-owner of a property and agricultural stock-in-trade to take control over the owner’s right and freedom to choose what he grows and produces on his own property and to whom he chooses to sell his produce?
Opinion – Steve Edwards The Governor-General of New Zealand has reserve powers that can be exercised to decline accent to legislation, dismiss a prime minister and force a dissolution of Parliament and call new elections. This letter requests the Governor-General to investigate …
Column – Werewolf Hi and welcome to the 41st edition of Werewolf, in which were kicking back against the real Nanny State . Here at the Wolf were dead against the kind of Big Government that passes laws that (a) condone mass surveillance (b) penalise legitimate protest …
