New Zealand

13Jun

Address to New Zealand National Fieldays

Speech – New Zealand Government This arresting phrase Agriculture: New Zealands Silicon Valley is not mine. It is Sir Graeme Harrisons and I cant improve on it. Sir Graeme, you will recall, is the founder and Chairman of ANZCO Foods, one of New Zealands …

09Jun

Statement on Partnership between Japan and NZ

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Press Release – New Zealand Government The partnership between the two countries is founded on common values, such as democracy, human rights and the rule of law, as well as a strong commitment to peace and security, free trade and investment, and sustainable development.

07Jun

Japan Foreign Minister to visit

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Press Release – New Zealand Government Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully today announced his Japanese counterpart, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, will visit New Zealand this weekend.

06Jun

US terms for Japan’s entry holds Japan and TPPA to ransom

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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey US terms for Japans entry holds Japan and TPPA to ransom The bon homie bound to be shown between Japans Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his New Zealand counterparts this week should not disguise the realities of the Trans-Pacific Partnership …

06Jun

Big Fish and Little Fish

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Press Release – Noel Cheer “In Conversation with Noel Cheer”, Face Television, Monday June 10th at 7:00pm, repeated on Tuesday June 11th at 12 noon.

04Jun

Coming soon to your backyard, Monsanto and gang!

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Article – Andrea Brower When the handful of corporations set on owning, controlling and ber-profiting from our common seed heritage Monsanto, Syngenta, DuPont, Dow, BASF and Bayer began experimenting with their proprietary chemicals and genetically engineered crops …

02Jun

Chile’s ex-chief negotiator drops a bombshell on TPPA

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Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey 2 June 2013 For immediate release Chiles ex-chief negotiator drops a bombshell on TPPA

27May

Panel Discussions – In response to MURRAY McCULLY interview

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Press Release – TV One Time now to welcome the panel. Good morning to you, Dr Jon Johansson from Victoria University; Helen Kelly from the CTU; and Charles Finny, and Charles is a former diplomat and trade negotiator and now a lobbyist, which is quite a mouthful.

27May

TPPA & TSA will undermine sovereignty

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Press Release – Democrats for Social Credit There are two international agreements currently being negotiated which could, if adopted, stop governments from being able to reverse the National government’s destructive electricity strategy, John Ring, Foreign Affairs spokesperson for …

26May

Q+A: Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully

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Press Release – TVNZ Relationship with US is now non-contentious, but will continue to maintain independent foreign policy.End of deployments in Afghanistan and Timor Leste means there are peacekeeping forces available, expect to have requests for assistance.

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I believe a TPPA would pose a barrier to our City Councils

We recently elected a new Auckland Council that wants to build resilient communities across the region, support local business and retain our public assets. I believe a TPPA would pose a barrier to those three laudable roles and give foreign investors too much power in New Zealand.”

Cathy Casey Auckland Councillor

We expect that the proposed TPPA has serious negative consequences for the expression of our culture

We expect that the proposed TPPA has serious negative consequences for the expression of our culture both in literature and more broadly, our intellectual property protections. That unique culture must not be sacrificed for illusory or minor economic advantages.”

Tony Simpson President, Society of Authors

NZ governments fall over themselves to sign free trade agreements

NZ governments fall over themselves to sign free trade agreements where foreign multi-billion dollar corporates come first and indigenous peoples and the Treaty of Waitangi come last. We all remember the savage impact of trade liberalization on workers, particularly Maori in manufacturing jobs; now a TPPA threatens open season on assets, plunder of intellectual and cultural heritage, and health care only the rich can afford. Is this the Aotearoa we want?”

Hone Harawira Mana Party Leader

Intellectual property laws meant I couldn’t use my own name to sing in Germany!

Then I discovered that Ford, Sony and other US companies had exclusive rights over Maori language, cultural icons and other taonga that were guaranteed in our own Treaty. A TPPA will make that ten times worse. We need to protect our unique culture, environment and land for the next generation. It’s in all our interests to say Taihoa.”

Moana Maniapoto Musician

Why should we cede yet more control over our economy?

Why should we cede yet more control over our economy – allowing foreign corporations to enforce rights against our government that are not available to our own firms – in pursuit of much greater access to the American market for our dairy products that the US dairy industry will never allow?”

Bryan Gould Economic commentator, former Vice-Chancellor & MP

Don’t give transnational companies rights even we don’t have.

A TPPA could give transnational companies the right to sue future governments if they legislated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or restrict the use of Genetic Engineering technology. It would give away the freedom of our children and grandchildren to determine their own future. Please help us stop it.”

Jeanette Fitzsimmons Former Green Party Co-leader

It is our right to know what is in our food.

If the TPPA is signed we will lose the right to have labeling of GE food. Labeling of GE food is the best way to oppose the GE corporate takeover that brings serious environmental, health, and legal issues. How can we vote with our feet if we don’t know what’s in our food?

Lisa’s Hummus was possibly the first in the world to label GM and preservative free. The business grew because of this. If New Zealand stays GE free in field and food, we have a huge business opportunity to supply the GE free market worldwide, so labeling is essential.”

Lisa Er Founder, Lisa's Hummus