PM: I don’t want to ban foreign buyers from buying
Press Release – TVNZ PM: I don’t want to ban foreign buyers from buying & SERCO about consistent with other prisons
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Patrick Gower interviews Trade Minister Tim Groser
Press Release – The Nation T im Groser says a legal challenge against future government ban on foreign property buyers cant be ruled out under the TPP but says the real issue is whether it could succeed. So what well be doing over the next few days is ensuring …
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TPP must deliver, say beef producers
Press Release – Five Nations Beef Alliance Beef producers from five Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) member countries are calling for a high-quality market access deal on beef to be secured at the TPP ministerial meeting in Hawaii this month.
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Dunne Supports Corporations Suing NZ Taxpayers
Press Release – Democrats for Social Credit Ohariu MP Peter Dunne will be remembered as the man who delivered Corporate Control of New Zealand to big multinational companies.
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The ‘Free Trade’ horse is already bolting
Press Release – Public Good On Tuesday David Parker wrote in the NZ Herald that the government’s signing of the South Korea Free Trade Agreement creates risks for NZ. Yesterday the Labour Party has withheld support until certain guarantees are made. However the specific risk …
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Union accuses Government of sabotaging New Zealand Post
Press Release – Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa While finance minister Bill English says the Government does not intend to sell New Zealand Post, they are doing a very good job at trying to sabotage the state owned postal service, says Postal Workers Union spokesperson John Maynard.
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Labour gives conditional support for TPP
Article – BusinessDesk July 23 (BusinessDesk) – The Labour Party is giving conditional support for the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership, with party leader Andrew Little saying Labour is “pro-free trade” but will only support TPP if it contains “key protections” …
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Labour will not support TPP if it undermines NZ sovereignty
Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party The Labour Party will not support the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement unless key protections for New Zealanders are met, Opposition leader Andrew Little says. Labour supports free trade. However, we will not support a TPP agreement that …
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TPPA More Important than Public Concern
Press Release – New Zealand Government TPPA More Important than Public Concern The government has robbed New Zealanders of a chance to address concerns about the TPPA, says New Zealand First. New Zealand Firsts Fighting Foreign Corporate Control Bill gave New Zealanders a chance to …
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Urgent TPPA hearing critical to honouring Treaty
Press Release – New Zealand Council of Trade Unions It is critical that the Waitangi Tribunal agrees to an urgent hearing into allegations the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) breaches the Treaty of Waitangi, says Council of Trade Unions Vice-President Mori Syd Keepa.
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Gordon Campbell on new bureaucratic tests for solo parents
Column – Gordon Campbell Offhand, its hard to think of a more cynical example of political opportunism than the requirement that solo parents will now need to re-apply for their benefits each year. This new rule is being enforced in the full knowledge that a significant number …
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Our Sovereignty is Not for Sale
Press Release – Te Ringahuia Hata Six applications and nine interested parties are seeking an urgent hearing in the Waitangi Tribunal arguing that the TPPA would breach the Treaty of Waitangi. The Tribunal will decide today whether to give the claim urgency. The Crown says it is …
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