Press Release – GE Free NZ Industry Trying to Use TPPA to Stop Labelling of GM Food A biotech industry group in the US has been pushing for the TransPacific Partnership agreement to prevent labelling of almost all GMO products and leave consumers in the dark. A submission …
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Press Release – AFTINET The TPP negotiations between Australia, the US and ten other Asia-Pacific Countries are being driven by the US on behalf of its major industries, Dr Patricia Ranald, Convenor of The Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network, said today.
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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?
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Press Release – GE Free NZ The Former Deputy Secretary of Agriculture at the USDA is warning farmers to get involved with government policies that affect their industry, including fighting against the growing threat from GE contamination.
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Press Release – Federated Farmers An expected $4.9 billion surge in New Zealand’s primary exports confirms why CNBC labelled New Zealand a ‘rock star’ economy. The announcement came at the Riddet Institute’s Agri-Food Summit. “It is significant that Riddet Institute’s co-director, Professor …
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Press Release – Auckland University Proposals from the US on climate change and biodiversity, tabled as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement talks resume this week in Singapore, have been leaked by Peru environment group RedGE.
US Takes Hard Position On Climate Change In TPPA Read More »
Press Release – World Wildlife Fund Posted on 15 January 2014 Washington DC:Today, WikiLeaks posted a draft environment chapter of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that governments have negotiated in secret for nearly four years.
Green Groups: Leaked TPP Environment Chapter Unacceptable Read More »
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 …
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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 »
Press Release – Federated Farmers New Zealands foremost rural lobby will face more than the General Election this year with the term of the Federations 28th National President, Bruce Wills, ending in July.
2014 and a year of change for Federated Farmers Read More »
Speech – New Zealand Government For over a century, dams and the infrastructure associated with them have been a vital but often overlooked part of the fabric of this country.
Guy: Speech to the NZ Society of Large Dams (NZSOLD) Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Nov. 8 (BusinessDesk) The New Zealand dairy industry is a decade its primary competitors from Europe in its approach to social and environmental sustainability, according to Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings.
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