Bill Rosenberg: TPP wrong path – a nuclear-free moment
OPINION: By Bill Rosenberg
Politicians, journalists and commentators who cannot understand why the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement marks the end of bipartisan support for similar...
Lesson is to protect mana, integrity, Henare tells Ngapuhi
Labour MP Peeni Henare says Ngapuhi have allowed the mana of Te Tii Marae to be "dragged through the mud" with the way they...
‘The biggest protest this country has seen in years’ – Germans...
Zero Hedge
By Tyler Durdan, a blog commentary written after the anti-TTIP protests in Berlin last October when more than 250,000 people demonstrated.
FLASHBACK: When it...
TPP deal signed off as thousands take to central Auckland to...
Te Karere TVNZ
New Zealand is now officially part of the world's largest ever free trade deal.
Local officials joined ministers from 11 other countries to...
TPP signing sparks dozens of protests across US over biggest trade...
Pacific Media Centre
More than 35 protests were organised in US cities to mark opposition to the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a huge international...
Jane Kelsey: All pain, no gain – why not a TPP-free...
Pacific Media Centre
OPINION: By Professor Jane Kelsey
In New Zealand, we dared to declare ourselves nuclear-free in the 1980s - dire warnings that ditching the...
Bauerfield runway ‘safe’, says Air Vanuatu independent report
From Vanuatu Daily Post
Air Vanuatu has received an independent assessment of Bauerfield International Airport from the Airport Consultancy Group (ACG) in Australia and has...
Lawyers for NFP demand explanation over suspension
From The Fiji Times
By Tevita Vuibau and Nasik Swami in Suva
Lawyers acting for Fiji's now-suspended National Federation Party (NFP) have demanded an explanation from...
Controversial TPP pact signed amid huge Auckland protest
One of the biggest and most controversial trade deals in history has been signed by ministers from the Asia-Pacific region and the Americas, as...
Regenvanu ‘available’ for position of Vanuatu’s next prime minister
Vanuatu Loop
The former Lands Minister, Ralph Regenvanu, says he is available for the position of Vanuatu's next Prime Minister, Vanuatu Loop reports.
Regenvanu's Graon mo...
Tokelau’s new ferry Mataliki slips quietly into Apia port
Tokelau Office
By Jaap Jasperse in Apia
The brand-new Tokelau ferry Mataliki slipped quietly into Apia port this week, awaited by staff of the Tokelau Transport...
PM Key needs to answer for his actions, says Harawira
Radio Waatea
Mana leader Hone Harawira says Prime Minister John Key has deliberately set the stage for protest at Waitangi.
The former Te Taitokerau MP, who...
Māori lead massive TPP democracy protest in NZ + video, photos
From Café Pacific
Video and photos by Del Abcede in Auckland
Māori protesters at the forefront of a massive people's protest for democracy in Auckland today...
Protesters peacefully blockade central Auckland as ministers sign TPPA
Pacific Media Centre
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement has been signed at Sky City in Auckland today as the downtown heart of New Zealand's largest...
Lobbying intensifies to form next Vanuatu government
From Vanuatu Daily Post
By Jane Joshua in Port Vila
Lobbying for numbers to form Vanuatu’s next Government is continuing in earnest after the official declaration...
German judges oppose ‘investment courts’ for Europe trade deal
Stop TIPP
In a statement, Germany’s largest association of judges and public prosecutors has firmly rejected the European Commission’s proposal to create an investment court ...
Iwi don’t have Treaty right on TPP issues, says Turei –...
From Waatea News
Greens co-leader Metiria Turei says the Treaty of Waitangi protection clause in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement isn't as strong as the New...
Congress should oppose TPP trade pact, says Senator Warren
Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke on the Senate floor on the eve of the signing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement by the 12 countries member...
High Court ruling leaves asylum seeker families facing deportation to Nauru
From SBS News
Scores of asylum-seeker families, including babies born in Australia, face the prospect of deportation to Nauru after a High Court ruling, reports...
Raided journalist: ‘If you phone a source, you’re a bloody idiot’
From Pacific Media Watch
By Bill Goodwin in London
New Zealand investigative journalist Nicky Hager was working in Auckland when the police raided his Wellington home.
His...
TPP out of step with human rights – don’t sign, says...
From United Nations
Special correspondent in Geneva
United Nations human rights expert Alfred de Zayas has called on governments not to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership without...
Cut back on $530m smelter bond, Freeport mine tells Indonesia
From ETAN
By Wilda Asmarini In Jakarta
Freeport McMoRan Inc has asked Indonesia to reduce a US$530 million smelter bond the local unit of the US...