Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network The 12th round of Trans-Pacific partnership (TPP) negotiations begins in Dallas, Texas today between Australia, the US, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam, amid criticism by fair trade groups and prominent lawyers.
Press Release – Warwick Taylor The New Zealand Stock Exchange will be the focus of a protest against privatisation at 12 noon on Thursday 10 May. The protest, which is part of the Aotearoa is Not for Sale hikoi will draw attention to the real beneficiaries of the proposed partial …
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey More than 100 jurists from New Zealand and other countries currently or potentially engaged in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, including some of their most eminent lawyers, ave sent an open letter to the negotiators calling for the right …
Press Release – Green Party New Zealand must follow the lead of Australia and refuse to sign any trade agreement that includes investor state dispute settlement provisions, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today.
Press Release – iPredict For the first time since the last election, iPredict expects National to win the next New Zealand General Election, most likely supported by the NZ First Party.
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey “The tobacco industry will use every legal avenue it can to stop New Zealand introducing plain packaging laws”, predicts University of Auckland Professor Jane Kelsey, who is just completing a report on the impact of trade and investment agreements on New …
Press Release – New Zealand First Party Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs 20 April 2012 Government Faces US Lawsuit Floodgates New Zealand First says veiled legal threats against the Government’s plans for plain packaging on cigarettes …
Column – iPredict The 6000 traders on New Zealand’s online predictions market, iPredict, see a Liberal National Party win in Queensland as close to a dead cert with the party expected to win as many as 68 of the 89 seats in the State Parliament.
Press Release – GE Free NZ A US court decision backing Monsanto against farmers disputing contamination by patented GE seed could impact the rights of New Zealand farmers.
Press Release – Ohariu Citizens’ Select Committee The community group Ohariu People’s Power is establishing a Citizens’ Select Committee this Thursday at a public meeting in Johnsonville. The committee will give the voters in the Ohariu electorate, and other New Zealanders, a voice as it examines the asset …
Press Release – University of Otago Clear goals and detailed planning are critical to achieve the government’s aim of making New Zealand ‘smoke-free’ by 2025, according to health researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington.
Press Release – InternetNZ InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) and non-profit IT organisation NZRise will this week travel to the 11th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations in Melbourne to represent the interests of New Zealand’s Internet and IT communities.
