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Foreign Control Watchdog 129
Sunday, 3 June 2012, 6:01 pm | CAFCA
Foreign Control Watchdog 129 April 2012 National's Big Idea: Let's Burn Down The House & Hope We Can Get The Insurance by Murray Horton Overseas Ownership Of Land: Far Greater Than The 1% The PM Claims by Bill Rosenberg Fool Me Once: The Return ... More >>
Time for Truth About How Much NZ Land is Foreign-Owned
Friday, 20 April 2012, 11:00 am | CAFCA
It’s Time for Truth About How Much NZ Land is Foreign-Owned The endlessly fascinating Crafar Farms soap opera focuses attention once again on the political hot potato of foreign ownership of New Zealand land. The Prime Minister, recognising the political ... More >>
Roger Award: 2011 Winner/s To Be Announced April 20
Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 3:52 pm | CAFCA
The eight finalists are: Adidas, Newmont Waihi Gold, Oceania, New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd/Rio Tinto Alcan NZ Ltd, Sajo Oyang Corporation, Sky City , Telecom and Westpac . There is one finalist for the Accomplice Award – the Government (in its ... More >>
Roger Award Finalist Transgresses on a Global Scale
Thursday, 8 March 2012, 2:50 pm | CAFCA
The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) declares its solidarity with the Canadian members of the United Steelworkers Union who are currently visiting New Zealand (Invercargill today; Wellington tomorrow) to gain support for their struggle ... More >>
Roger Award Finalists Just Keep on Digging
Friday, 2 March 2012, 3:39 pm | CAFCA
Old habits die hard. In the news today are two of the finalists for the 2011 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand who seem intent on getting themselves nominated again for the 2012 Roger Award. More >>
Crafar Court Decision a Welcome Outbreak of Sanity
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 6:10 pm | CAFCA
Justice Miller’s decision to order a review of the decision to approve the sale of the Crafar Farms to the appropriately named Milk NZ, owned by Shanghai Pengxin of China, is a welcome outbreak of sanity in this whole sorry saga. Not to mention ... More >>
Increase the Tax on Profiteering Aussie Banks
Saturday, 11 February 2012, 8:15 pm | CAFCA
Increase the Tax on Profiteering Aussie Banks News that the Big Five Australian-owned banks made a combined NZ profit of $3 billion in 2011 means only one thing – they’re making too much money out of us. They must be laughing all the way to the bank. Hang ... More >>
Welcome to Johnkeyistan!
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 2:48 pm | CAFCA
Foreign Control Watchdog 128, December 2011 CAFCA Welcome to Johnkeyistan! Don’t Worry, She’ll Be Right (In Every Sense Of The Word) - Murray Horton There was never any doubt that National was going to win the 2011 election; the only question was ... More >>
2011 Roger Award Finalists Named
Monday, 5 December 2011, 12:47 pm | CAFCA
The eight finalists for the 2011 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand are: Adidas, Newmont Waihi Gold, Oceania, New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd/Rio Tinto Alcan NZ Ltd, Sajo Oyang Corporation, Sky City, ... More >>
Bill Rosenberg's Landmark NZ Media Ownership Report Updated
Sunday, 2 October 2011, 12:16 pm | CAFCA
The Journalism, Media and Democracy Research Centre (JMAD) at the AUT School of Communications is now working on updating this report and maintaining it as part of their larger Media Mapping Project. Some of the work in progress can be seen in • the New Zealand ... More >>
Nominations Are Open For 2011 Roger Award
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 4:30 pm | CAFCA
Nominations are now open for the 2011 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand. All details are on the attached nomination form. More >>
Message from the grass roots - Pharmac is non-negotiable
Friday, 27 May 2011, 1:40 pm | CAFCA
After visiting more than a dozen provincial towns and cities* on a speaking tour focussed on informing the public about the downsides of the TransPacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), which New Zealand is currently negotiating with the US and several ... More >>
Selling Out, Everything Must Go!
Friday, 20 May 2011, 11:18 am | CAFCA
Privatisation is an integral part of the strategy to turn even more of this country and its economy over to being owned and/or controlled by transnational corporations. National was so desperate to get back into power at the 2008 election that, against ... More >>
No Selloff Of Christchurch’s Publicly-Owned Assets!
Monday, 2 May 2011, 2:04 pm | CAFCA
The revelation that all of Christchurch’s publicly-owned trading assets could be in danger of being sold due to a “legal loophole” in the law establishing the new State authority to run the city whilst it is rebuilt after the earthquakes should ... More >>
CAFCA campaigner coming to Kapiti
Friday, 8 April 2011, 4:28 pm | CAFCA
One of New Zealand's most informed and entertaining campaigners will be speaking in Paekakariki next week. Murray Horton, spokesperson for the Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) will discuss a range of issues including the Trans-Pacific ... More >>
New Zealand is Not for Sale - Murray Horton Speaking Tour
Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 1:07 pm | CAFCA
The November 26 election is one of the most important in decades. Both major parties are committed to policies by which the New Zealand economy is even more dominated by transnational corporations; more and more of our farmland is owned by foreigners; ... More >>
Murray Horton - New Zealand is Not for Sale
Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 12:37 pm | CAFCA
I am the spokesperson for the Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) - my actual job title is Secretary/Organiser. CAFCA is a Christchurch-based organisation dating back to the mid 1970s, whose aim, summed up in one sentence, is to expose ... More >>
Murray Horton Speaking Tour
Thursday, 17 March 2011, 2:16 pm | CAFCA
The November 26 election is one of the most important in decades. Both major parties are committed to policies by which the New Zealand economy is even more dominated by transnational corporations; more and more of our farmland is owned by foreigners; ... More >>
2010 Roger Award Winner/S To Be Announced
Tuesday, 15 March 2011, 7:44 pm | CAFCA
2010 Roger Award Winner/S To Be Announced MONDAY APRIL 4TH, 7.30 P.M TRADES HALL, 147 GREAT NORTH ROAD, GREY LYNN, AUCKLAND The winner/s will be announced by the Roger Award’s Chief Judge, Christine Dann. The other speaker will be Murray Horton, from ... More >>
Murray Horton Speaking Tour
Monday, 28 February 2011, 8:26 pm | CAFCA
NEW ZEALAND IS NOT FOR SALE MURRAY HORTON SPEAKING TOUR The November 26 election is one of the most important in decades. Both major parties are committed to policies by which the New Zealand economy is even more dominated by transnational corporations; ... More >>