Overseas Investment (National Interest Test And Other Matters) Amendment Bill — Second Reading
Press Release – Hansard Overseas Investment (National Interest Test and Other Matters) Amendment Bill Second Reading 18 November 2025
General Politics
McClay To Promote Trade In China, UAE, India, Singapore And Australia
Press Release – New Zealand Government Mr McClay says all these visits are part of the Government’s plan to double the value of exports over 10 years, creating jobs and increasing incomes for all New Zealanders.
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CAFCA Welcomes Labour’s Big Shift On Foreign “Investment”
Press Release – CAFCA CAFCA Organiser Murray Horton says Labour Leader Chris Hipkins signal that the Party wants to retain more business profits in Aotearoa and reduce the number of skilled Kiwis leaving the country is very positive.
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Why Labour Might Struggle To Repeal The Government’s Foreign Buyer Plan
Article – RNZ The opposition party says New Zealand homes should be for New Zealanders, but real estate firms are welcoming the changes.
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NZ Is Looking For A Deal Over Trump’s New Tariffs – That Could Come With A High Political Price
Article – The Conversation Governments are scrambling to cut deals before new US tariffs kick in on August 7. But with Trump using the process for political leverage, NZ must tread carefully.
Why Has A Bill To Relax Foreign Investment Rules Had So Little Scrutiny?
Article – The Conversation The law change may significantly reduce effective scrutiny of foreign investors and soften the national interest test for approving applications.
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Canada To Honour Dairy Access Under CPTPP Dispute Agreement
Press Release – New Zealand Government Under the agreement, Canada has committed to making commercially meaningful changes to the way it administers its dairy quotas under CPTPP, including faster and more efficient access to quotas for New Zealand exporters, reallocation of underused quotas, …
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On Why The Regulatory Standards Bill Should Be Dumped
Article – Gordon Campbell If you blinked on a recent Friday afternoon, you might have missed the passing under urgency of the first reading of the Regulatory Standards Bill. The Bill purports to be a kind of legislative WOF test that all of us should welcome, right?
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Aid Is Under Attack – Meet Pacific Community Leaders Implementing Kiwi Funded Aid
Press Release – ChildFund New Zealand Pacific community leaders from Kiribati, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu are visiting New Zealand to talk about their projects funded by the New Zealand public and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill — First Reading
Press Release – Hansard United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill First Reading – Sitting date: 10 April 2025
WTF: Weird Tariff Frenzy – What It Means For NZ And The World
Article – RNZ Analysis: The US and China are head-to-head in a trade war, and as the saying goes ‘when two elephants fight, it’s the grass that gets trampled’.
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New Zealand Government Downplays Trump’s Tariffs, Despite Business Fears
Press Release – Socialist Equality Group Tariffs express the madness of the capitalist system, in which the world remains divided into rival nation states and imperialist powers, which are determined to strengthen their grip on natural resources and supply chains at the expense of their …
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