Press Release – Green Party The Government must rule out mass sales of New Zealand rural land to overseas buyers if its to avoid a double disaster as the dairying slump forces farmers to the wall, the Green Party says. Finance Minister Bill English this morning admitted the …
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Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. BRETT HUDSON (National) to the Minister of Finance : What reports has he received about progress in improving New Zealands external financial positionparticularly in bringing down the longstanding current account deficit?
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Press Release – New Zealand First Party As farmers suffer another blow with a further drop in the farmgate milk price, the PM still refuses to enter the Russian market with NZ dairy and meat exports, says New Zealand First.
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Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. BRETT HUDSON to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received about progress in improving New Zealands external financial position particularly in bringing down the longstanding current account deficit?
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Column – Gordon Campbell Fonterras explanation for its behavior towards the small firms it engages it has reportedly asked its suppliers to reduce their charges in order to boost efficiency is the sort of behavior you’d expect from Tony Soprano. As in : …
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Article – BusinessDesk March 7 (BusinessDesk) – Five other countries have informally expressed interest in joining the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement once it has been ratified by the original 12 signatories, according to chief negotiator David Walker.
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Article – BusinessDesk March 7 (BusinessDesk) – The first of the government’s 16 roadshows and huis around the country explaining detail on the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement has kicked off in Auckland with four protesters dressed as clowns being ousted from a meeting …
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Press Release – New Zealand Government The first roadshow on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was held in Auckland today to an audience of around 300 people. Trade Minister Todd McClay says this is the first of 16 roadshows and hui throughout New Zealand.
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Press Release – New Zealand First Party The government is stacking the scales in favour of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement and stifling the debate, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters.
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Press Release – New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Some voices will be heard on TPPA others not In February CTU Secretary Sam Huggard wrote to the Parliamentary Committee about the very brief timeline to hear from the public about the TPPA. Yesterday we heard back from the committee that it refused …
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Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. Hon ANNETTE KING (Deputy LeaderLabour) to the Minister of Health : What was core Crown health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in 2010/11 and what is it in 2015/16?
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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Nationals majority on the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade committee has refused to extend the deadline for submissions on the 30-chapter Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) past the 15 sitting days set out in the Cabinet manual, despite …
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