Radio NZ | 17 Aug 2015 A new report reveals Canada was the dominant foreign investor in New Zealand in the last two years. The study by financial services firm KPMG found Canada accounted for 22 percent of overseas investment in 2013-2014. It looked at major transactions, but did not include residential property. China –…
Radio NZ | 14 Aug 2015 The United States Consulate has issued a warning to US citizens about “the risk” of attending a large anti-Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal rally planned for Auckland tomorrow. TPP protests will be held in several cities, with the biggest one set to march down Auckland’s Queen Street. The US Consulate…
Radio NZ | 11 Aug 2015 The Security Intelligence Service has warned greater openness about its activities has prompted the people it is monitoring to change the way they communicate, to avoid being snooped on. But its director Rebecca Kitteridge said the SIS could be more open without unduly compromising its effectiveness. Listen to more…
The Daily Blog | 13 July 2015 The allegations levelled at the NZ Police are serious and deeply concerning. It is very difficult, having read Martyn’s post, to avoid the conclusion that Nicky Hager may be the victim of deliberate political persecution, and that among the principal agents of that persecution may be members of…
NZ Herald | 7 August 2015 The scandal over the Government’s Saudi sheep deal has been going on for months now, and with the release of hundreds of pages of documents this week we may finally have enough evidence to reach some sort of verdict It’s a shadowy and bizarre saga that has spanned 12…
NZ Herald | 1 Aug 2015 A legal challenge will be lodged in the High Court next week over the secrecy around the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations. Outspoken TPPA critic Professor Jane Kelsey was met with a blanket refusal when she made an Official Information Act request to Trade Minister Tim Groser back in January.…
NZ Herald | 28 July 2015 Pressure to get sign off, as process breeds suspicion Negotiators from the US, Japan, New Zealand and nine other Pacific Rim countries could put the finishing touches on the most ambitious trade and investment deal in decades when they meet this week in Hawaii. But with the details of…
Scoop | 11 July 2015 New Zealand may not have warmed at all in the past 100 years, according to a peer-reviewed paper published in the international science journal, Environmental Modeling & Assessment. The paper, “A Reanalysis of Long-Term Surface Air Temperature Trends in New Zealand,” by New Zealand authors, Chris De Freitas, Bob Dedekind…
Stuff | 22 July 2015 When your money goes into KiwiSaver it goes on a journey into the global financial system and some of the places it ends up will surprise you. Some KiwiSaver schemes invest a lot in New Zealand deposits, bonds and shares, but most have big chunks invested in overseas companies and…
NZ Herald | 27 July 2015 The leaking of information can often perform a public service. The Pentagon papers about the war in Vietnam played a crucial role in changing the American public’s perceptions of the war. The secret informant named ‘deep throat’ (later revealed to be an Associate Director of the FBI) most famously…