Why I supported the TPPA Protest Marchers It’s 6.30pm on Tuesday 4th February 2016, I have just come home from the Hastings protest rally about the TPPA treaty being signed in Auckland today. In Auckland there were over ten thousand protesters; in Hastings probably about 400-500 but I was impressed by the turnout never the…

Kiwiwatch is non political in the sense of supporting individual political parties in New Zealand. However, Kiwiwatch makes no bones about opposing this treaty that has been negotiated in secret and includes powerful clauses that will alter democratic rights of all New Zealanders. The Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) clause(s) is the reason why Kiwiwatch opposes…

Source: Setting the Record Straight | NZCPR Site

While New Zealand rushes headlong into being the first country to sign the controversial and still secret TPP ‘free trade’ deal with its Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) clause empowering corporates to rise above local (national) laws there is mounting and plenty of opposition to the deal in the U.S. Once more, because the media…

I was thinking…… How dare I put this under NZ related articles but then it is -related! While New Zealander’s remain divided over race issues based on the Treaty of Waitangi  and the massive compensation payments that are being dished out to tribal complainants rightly or wrongly, just ‘over the ditch’ many of us think…

This is a lengthy article but very important as it backgrounds the geopolitics behind TPPA from the American perspective. New Zealand on the other hand, having signed what appears to be a very successful trade agreement with China that has added $billions to the NZ economy has under the National government thrown its towel in…

It is clear that John Key’s National government has been determined to sign the TPPA agreement right from the start. Now being exposed as the flag bearer for this disgraceful treaty that will have New Zealand sovereign law over ridden by corporate giants in courts outside the jurisdiction of New Zealand courts shows the contempt…

Another one of Mike Butlers researched articles about the heritage of New Zealand Source: Breaking Views: Mike Butler: Disinterest in pre-Maori history stuns

Don Brash has the ability to polarize opinion….no question! Whether you ‘like’ him or disapprove of him he is an intelligent man. He advances arguments and commentary that demonstrates thinking worthy of consideration about a number of issues. One of these issues is the creation of unelected Iwi power through non democratic processes that is…

Hands off our Water http://www.nzcpr.com/tribes-plan-for-1b-plus-water-ownership/