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The Feltex Debacle: New Zealand’s ENRON?
Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 3:32 pm | CAFCA
Sue Newberry is Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Sydney, and a member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants More >>
Barclays Offer For ABN AMRO Initially Suppressed
Monday, 3 December 2007, 4:43 pm | CAFCA
An almost $1 billion approval has been given whose details were initially almost completely suppressed. After CAFCA appealed to the OIO, it was fully released (on 1 December 2007). Barclays Bank PLC of the UK, has approval to “indirectly acquire” ... More >>
Questions Over Collapse Of Feltex
Sunday, 14 October 2007, 12:57 am | CAFCA
We have two major questions arising from the collapse of Feltex last year and the purchase of its assets by the Australian based Godfrey Hirst group. Firstly, did shareholders, creditors and employees get a fair deal? Secondly, did the Overseas ... More >>
Pull The Plug On Corporate Welfare
Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 9:37 am | CAFCA
Just when longsuffering domestic power consumers were asking: “How much longer do we have to go on subsidising one of the biggest transnational corporations in the world, which gets the biggest single chunk of NZ’s electricity at a secret ... More >>
Nominations Open For Roger Award
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 1:57 pm | CAFCA
Reasons why you think your nominee is the worst TNC in NZ in 2007 (see below More >>
National Asset Sale Plans: Reheated 90s Leftovers
Tuesday, 25 September 2007, 3:53 pm | CAFCA
All the polls tell us that National will be back in power in 2008. They don’t deserve to be if all they can offer is reheated 1990s’leftovers such as State asset sales – and they didn’t taste any good first time around either. More >>
Public Meeting State Repression In The Philippines
Wednesday, 16 May 2007, 1:40 pm | CAFCA
Northland: Sun 27 May, 7pm, St John’s Church Centre, 149 Kamo Rd, Whangarei Monday 28th May, Waitangi, 8pm, Venue to be confirmed More >>
Local Independent Documentary To Hit Big Screens
Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 10:00 am | CAFCA
"If you live in New Zealand... you owe it to yourself to see this film at least once." - Graeme Tuckett - Dominion Post/Radio New Zealand. More >>
Who Owns New Zealand? Key Facts
Tuesday, 9 January 2007, 5:09 pm | CAFCA
Foreign direct investment (ownership of companies) in New Zealand increased from $9.7 billion in 1989 to $82.7 billion at September 2006 - over 700% more. More >>
Nominations Now Open For 2006 Roger Award
Tuesday, 5 September 2006, 2:41 pm | CAFCA
The Roger Award is for The Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand in 2006 Nominations are now open for the annual Roger Award, which is organised by the Christchurch-based groups Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) ... More >>
Nominations Now Open For 2006 Roger Award
Monday, 3 July 2006, 3:08 pm | CAFCA
The Roger Award is for The Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand in 2006 Nominations are now open for the annual Roger Award, which is organised by the Christchurch-based groups Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) ... More >>
Foreign Control - Key facts
Monday, 9 January 2006, 2:02 pm | CAFCA
Foreign direct investment (ownership of companies) in New Zealand increased from $9.7 billion in 1989 to $78.4 billion at September 2005 - 700% more. Foreign owners now control 44% of the share market. In 1989, the figure was 19%. More >>
2005 Roger Award Finalists Chosen
Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 1:20 pm | CAFCA
The finalists have been chosen for the 2005 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand. There are eight transnational corporations (TNCs), equalling the highest number ever (from 2003). They are (in no particular ... More >>
Origin Forgot OIC Rubberstamp For Contact Takeover
Friday, 2 September 2005, 4:49 pm | CAFCA
One of the biggest deals of 2004 was the $1.7 billion buyout of Edison Mission Energy’s (US) 51% stake in Contact Energy by Origin Energy of Australia. More >>
Waihopai Spybase Protest
Monday, 29 August 2005, 4:26 pm | CAFCA
The public face of New Zealand's role as an American ally is the NZ military presence in Afghanistan. But New Zealand's most significant contribution to that, and other American wars, including the one in Iraq, is the Waihopai spybase. More >>
Winner Of Roger Award For The Worst Transnational
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 11:19 am | CAFCA
The full 18 page Judges' Report, including a Financial Analysis, is attached as a PDF. It will also be online at www.cafca.org.nz from midnight tonight. More >>
The Roger Award
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 11:22 am | CAFCA
The Roger Award for the worst transnational corporation operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand: The 2004 Winner(s) will be announced on Monday, May 2nd 7.30pm, Knox Hall, 28 Bealey Ave, Christchurch More >>
Resources Available On Overseas Investment Bill
Tuesday, 21 December 2004, 3:28 pm | CAFCA
The Overseas Investment Bill had its First Reading , under Urgency, in one of the very last acts of the Parliamentary year, and has been referred to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee. February 28 is the deadline for submissions. More >>
Resource Material On Overseas Investment Bill
Friday, 10 December 2004, 10:00 am | CAFCA
Go to www.cafca.org.nz and you will find a whole section on the Overseas Investment Bill. There are links to the Bill itself; a CAFCA leaflet about it; a model submission of opposition to it; and several articles about it from recent issues of Foreign ... More >>
Gov To Transnationals: Come In And Help Yourselves
Thursday, 12 August 2004, 11:39 am | CAFCA
The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) sees more minuses than pluses in the proposed overseas investment law changes announced in July by Dr Cullen, the Minister of Finance. Predictably his press release was headed "Tougher protection ... More >>
