Column – Peter Dunne 3 December 2015 The announcement that Japan intends to resume scientific whaling, as it prefers to call blatant slaughter, in the Southern Ocean this season received surprisingly scant attention last week. There were the ritualistic expressions of …
Dunne Speaks – Time to end Japanese Whaling Read More »
Column – New Zealand National Party The political scene is much like the spring weather: changeable and stormy. It has always been that way, with a focus on who said what to whom yesterday, or the day before.
Goldsmith Update: November 2015 Read More »
Press Release – New Zealand Government Trade Minister Tim Groser will depart today for the Philippines to attend the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting.
Trade Minister travels to Philippines for APEC Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Nov. 10 (BusinessDesk) – The foreign affairs, defence and trade select committee is likely to start public hearings on the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and associated National Interest Assessment soon after governments sign the accord, expected …
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Following release of the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) last night, President Obama has given the 90-day notice to Congress that is required before he can sign the agreement.
Obama’s 90 days start of US politicing to rewrite TPPA Read More »
Article – BusinessDesk Nov. 6 (BusinessDesk) – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand and its 11 counterparts in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment pact have agreed to avoid unfair currency manipulation as part of a regionwide push for greater cooperation, adopting …
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Article – BusinessDesk TPP document shows net benefit for countries such as NZ dominated by SMEs, Ballingall says
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey As expected, access to the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement reveals major holes in the governments fact sheets, says Auckland University law professor Jane Kelsey. An initial review of the most controversial chapters confirms …
Government’s snow job on TPPA now exposed Read More »
Press Release – New Zealand First Party A second consecutive fall in Global Dairy Trade (GDT) will likely reignite fears about how solid Fonterras forecast payout is for the 2015/16 season.
Global Dairy Trade Fall Will Worry Farmers – Peters Read More »
Press Release – Anne Tolley Prime Minister John Key and Maori Party leader Te Ururoa Flavell visited Gisborne recently, stopping in to the A&P show, C Company Trust, and visiting Kaiti and Waikirikiri schools.
Press Release – New Zealand First Party As the Prime Minister tries to distract with talk of a European Union free trade deal, New Zealand First warns that wording of the TPPA may further water that deal down.
Key Can’t Cut EU Deal as TPPA Truth Emerges Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell So Canada has delivered a resounding goodbye and good riddance to Stephen Harper and his Conservative government. Yesterdays landslide victory for Justin Trudeaus Liberal Party was the outcome of a campaign that (a) started out as a …
Gordon Campbell on the lessons of the Canada election result Read More »
