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2014 Roger Award Finalists Named
Monday, 8 December 2014, 9:54 am | CAFCA
The six finalists for the 2014 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand are: More >>
Picket Of Leaders Christchurch Debate
Monday, 1 September 2014, 12:01 pm | CAFCA
KEEP OUR ASSETS PICKET OF LEADERS CHRISTCHURCH DEBATE TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 2nd, 6 p.m. ST MARGARETS COLLEGE, SHREWSBURY STREET, MERIVALE More >>
Who's Running The Show? And In Whose Interests?
Friday, 4 July 2014, 1:26 pm | CAFCA
Who's Running The Show? And In Whose Interests? Having now concluded my national speaking tour, we have uploaded my speech to the CAFCA Website. Plus we have also uploaded the excellent Powerpoint which Warren Brewer created to accompany it. Obviously ... More >>
Rio Tinto Wins 2013 Roger Award
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 12:56 pm | CAFCA
Sky City Casino Second, Chorus Third - The criteria for judging are by assessing the transnational (a corporation with 25% or more foreign ownership) that has the most negative impact in each or all of the following categories: economic dominance ... More >>
2013 Roger Award People's Choice
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 4:37 pm | CAFCA
The organisers of the Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand in 2013 invite you to have your say by voting online for the People’s Choice winner. This is an online poll only; the field is restricted ... More >>
Key's Double Talk on Land Sales Disturbing
Tuesday, 18 March 2014, 11:25 am | CAFCA
John Key is reported ( Press, 18/3/14) as telling iwi leader Sir Mark Solomon and the public different things concerning NZ land sales to China. Solomon was told the Government is encouraging China to lease rather than buy NZ land, whilst publicly ... More >>
2013 Roger Award People's Choice
Thursday, 23 January 2014, 7:20 pm | CAFCA
The seven finalists for the 2013 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand are: ANZ, Chorus, IAG Insurance Group, Imperial Tobacco, Rio Tinto, Sky City Casino and Talent 2. More >>
Waihopai Spy Base Protest Saturday January 25
Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 3:44 pm | CAFCA
•WAIHOPAI SPY BASE PROTEST SATURDAY JANUARY 25th •WAIHOPAI & THE GCSB SPY ON NEW ZEALANDERS •NSA SPIES ON EVERYONE More >>
Who Owns NZ? Foreign Control Key Facts Updated
Tuesday, 7 January 2014, 5:11 pm | CAFCA
For the first time in several years, CAFCA has completely updated the Foreign Control Key Facts page on our Website. Big thanks to CAFCA Committee member Bill Rosenberg who did all the work. And, for the first time, the Key Facts are accompanied by the ... More >>
2013 Roger Award Finalists Named
Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 4:21 pm | CAFCA
The seven finalists for the 2013 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand are: ANZ, Chorus, IAG Insurance Group, Imperial Tobacco, Rio Tinto, Sky City Casino and Talent 2 . More >>
Blackmail & Corporate Welfare
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 6:24 pm | CAFCA
CAFCA says you could have knocked us down with a feather. So, Rio Tinto is not going to close down its Bluff smelter as it threatened to do a few months ago (and has threatened to do every time it feels that its charmed existence in New Zealand is ... More >>
The 2012 Roger Award: Taejin Fisheries Wins
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 12:47 pm | CAFCA
TAEJIN FISHERIES WINS ; RIO TINTO & KING SALMON EQUAL RUNNERS UP ; GOVERNMENT & UNITED FISHERIES SHARE ACCOMPLICE AWARD More >>
May Day Award For New Zealand's Worst Transnational
Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 9:47 am | CAFCA
The Roger Award, which has run annually since 1997, accepts nominations from the public and assesses transnationals against four criteria: economic dominance, people, envrionment and political interference. More >>
2012 Roger Award People’s Choice
Friday, 21 December 2012, 1:03 pm | CAFCA
The Website is at http://bit.ly/UIq28W For the first time, the organisers of the Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand are inviting the public to have their say by voting online for the People’s Choice ... More >>
2012 Roger Award Finalists Named
Monday, 3 December 2012, 9:42 am | CAFCA
2012 Roger Award Finalists Named The eight finalists for the 2012 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand are: the Australian-owned banks (ANZ/ASB/BNZ/Westpac collectively), BAT (British American Tobacco), IAG (Insurance ... More >>
Rio Tinto, Tell the Truth
Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 3:48 pm | CAFCA
Every time that Rio Tinto, the gargantuan mining and processing transnational which owns 80% of the Bluff smelter, feels that its charmed existence in New Zealand is going to become less cushy, it threatens to pull the plug, close the smelter and ... More >>
Who Owns the South Island Power Grid?
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 12:58 pm | CAFCA
Who Owns the South Island Power Grid? Good Question. Don’t Assume It Is Transpower The Government’s proposed partial privatisation of Mighty River Power, Meridian and Genesis Energy has focused attention on the ownership of our State-owned electricity ... More >>
Rio Tinto, Stop Crying Wolf
Friday, 7 September 2012, 1:46 pm | CAFCA
Rio Tinto, Stop Crying Wolf Just Close The Bluff Smelter & Bugger Off Here we go again. Every time that Rio Tinto, the gargantuan mining and processing transnational which owns 80% of they Bluff smelter, feels that its charmed existence in New Zealand ... More >>
OIA Says Murdoch of Good Character Because He Told Them So
Friday, 17 August 2012, 12:53 pm | CAFCA
Overseas Investment Says Rupert Murdoch of Good Character Because He Told Them So! In May the Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) wrote to the Overseas Investment Office: “In light of the recent finding by a British Parliament Select ... More >>
Time to Put the Boot into Insurance Companies
Friday, 27 July 2012, 2:55 pm | CAFCA
Time to Put the Boot into Insurance Companies The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) congratulates Gerry Brownlee for “losing patience” with the insurance companies who are restricting Christchurch’s earthquake recovery to a ... More >>