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Archives for April 2016

25 April 2016 by Jan Rivers

Who owns our water?

Reposted from by Urban Earthtalk with permission. Author Charmaine Pountney. When I saw this heading in huge capitals on a one-page article in the NZ Herald… SHOULD ONE RACE CONTROL NEW ZEALAND’S FRESH WATER? my first thought was “could this be an article about how Pakeha colonists have taken over the country’s natural water sources […]

Filed Under: Democracy, Sectors, The Environment

22 April 2016 by Jan Rivers

The Select Committee and the arbitrators

I presented my submission on the TPPA’s National Interest Analysis to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Select Committee and hung around afterwards to see who was next up. A few speakers later the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand made their presentation. Unlike the private individuals who had 10 minutes apiece or […]

Filed Under: Democracy

21 April 2016 by Jan Rivers

On cutting the time available to the Waitangi Tribunal

This paper formed part of my presentation to the Foreign Affairs and Trade Select Committee on the TPPA treaty consideration Yesterday it was revealed that fast-tracking the report date for the Select Committee considering the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will have the effect of giving the Waitangi Tribunal three rather than seven weeks to produce […]

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4 April 2016 by Jan Rivers

The Panama Papers in New Zealand

Today journalists from across the world, and co-ordinated through the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists,  have started to publish stories from the biggest ever leak of commercial information. All the prospects are that the flood of information will continue over the days and weeks to come. There are more than 11 million documents which “show […]

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@AnneliseJoy @radionz a) its a news website - publicly funded addressing an issue about a bill that has been withdrawn b) to the right of the article there are more stories written from an uncritical pro trans view c) You are claiming fear,ignorance & hate? I don't see that. What are you seeing?

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