Press Release – Green Party The positive health initiative of introducing plain packaging for cigarettes is being undone by the Governments free trade obsession, Green Party health spokesperson Kevin Hague said today.
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Press Release – Soil and Health Association The Trans Pacific Partnership agreement is the biggest threat to consumer rights New Zealand has ever seen says Debbie Swanwick, Spokesperson, Soil & Health Organic NZ. Her comments come following the closure of the 15th round of TPPA negotiations …
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Press Release – Soil and Health Association “The failure of Proposition 37, the initiative requiring mandatory labeling of GMOs, at the polls this week in California is a sad day for consumers” says Debbie Swanwick, Spokeperson for Soil & Health – Organic NZ.
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Press Release – GE Free NZ President Obama’s legacy must be to require labelling of GE foods to protect public health across America, and to impose regulation on out-of-control agrochemical corporations.
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Press Release – GE Free NZ Proposals to label GM food being voted on in California alongside the presidential elections, could determine the fate of international negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).
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Press Release – AFTINET “Thirty trade unions, church, environment, health and other community groups have written to the Trade Minister urging him to implement his policy of opposing the right of corporations to sue governments in international tribunals in the 14th round …
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Press Release – Mana Party “I’m glad tobacco giant Phillip Morris is planning to take ‘robust action’ against our government’s plan to introduce plain packaging” said MANA leader Hone Harawira “because we all need to see how far these bastards will go to protect …
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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 …
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