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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 >>
OIC Finds Roger Winner To Be Of Good Character
Wednesday, 30 June 2004, 11:57 am | CAFCA
The Japanese forestry company, Juken Nissho, won the 2003 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Judges' Report detailing why they picked it as the winner can be read online at More >>
Removal Of All Scrutiny Of Foreign Co. Purchases?
Monday, 19 April 2004, 2:56 pm | CAFCA
In November 2003 the Minister of Finance Michael Cullen announced a "first principles" review of the Overseas Investment Act. The purpose of this review is twofold. More >>
Letter To Cullen Re Roger Award & OIA Review
Friday, 12 March 2004, 3:26 pm | CAFCA
I enclose the Judges’ Report for the 2003 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand. More >>
Who Owns The NZ Media? The Answer Is Online
Friday, 27 February 2004, 12:25 am | CAFCA
There is a major 39 page update of Bill Rosenberg's article on News Media Ownership in New Zealand now available on CAFCA's Website. It has been updated to take account of the Fairfax takeover of INL's newspapers, plus numerous other pieces of new information ... More >>
2003 Roger Award Finalists Chosen
Tuesday, 2 December 2003, 5:21 pm | CAFCA
The finalists have been chosen for the 2003 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand. There are eight finalists, a record number - the previous highest figure was six. More >>
Christchurch Protest At Labour Party Conference
Monday, 3 November 2003, 3:17 pm | CAFCA
Supporters of the protest include: Peace Action Network, GE Free Canterbury, Anti-Bases Campaign, Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa, GATT Watchdog, Alliance, Anarchist Roundtable, Anti-Capitalist Alliance and Socialist Worker. More >>
Get Your Nominations In For The 2003 Roger Award
Tuesday, 2 September 2003, 6:30 am | CAFCA
Nominations close at the end of October for the annual Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand. More >>
Judges Named For 2003 Roger Award
Monday, 21 July 2003, 9:54 am | CAFCA
The judges have been named for the 2003 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand. More >>
Roger Award: 2002 Winners Announced: Judges Report
Wednesday, 7 May 2003, 12:31 am | CAFCA
The winners were announced at an Auckland event on the night of Friday May 2. The six finalists for 2002 were: Tranz Rail; Carter Holt Harvey; Novartis; Shell; Sky City Entertainment Group and Telecom. More >>
Roger Award: Tranz Rail Tries It On
Thursday, 4 April 2002, 12:13 am | CAFCA
The finalists take the Roger Award very seriously indeed. This year, for the first time ever, one of them (Tranz Rail) approached all the judges and the organisers, asking for senior managers to meet with us to discuss "safety and company ownership ... More >>
The Roger Award 2001 - Open Air Event - Auckland
Wednesday, 3 April 2002, 2:16 pm | CAFCA
For the first time the award will be announced in Auckland at an open-air multi-media event with live music, street theatre and video in Freyberg Square, High Street, central Auckland on Friday 12 April at 7.30pm. Speakers at the event will be Murray ... More >>
Finalists Named For The Roger Award
Friday, 22 March 2002, 9:36 am | CAFCA
What do Tranz Rail; Monsanto; Carter Holt Harvey; Mobil; United Water and British American Tobacco (BAT) have in common? Apart from being TransNational Corporations (TNC) with significant interests in New Zealand, these companies have all been nominated ... More >>
An Activist Response To Globalisation - Tour
Friday, 15 March 2002, 4:05 pm | CAFCA
Murray Horton is the organiser for the Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA), based in Christchurch. He speaks on the fundamental issues that are not being addressed by politicians or the mainstream media: More >>
Finalists Named For 2001 Roger Award
Thursday, 24 January 2002, 5:25 pm | CAFCA
FINALISTS NAMED FOR THE ROGER AWARD FOR THE WORST TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION IN NEW ZEALAND IN 2001 More >>
"Foreign Control Watchdog" 98 On Line
Thursday, 6 December 2001, 10:49 am | CAFCA
Contents: * "In the national interest": What a novel idea - let's have more of it * Take back the track * What price free trade with the US? * Myths of MFAT consultation and expertise disturbed in Hong Kong negotiations More >>
New Aussie Anti-Globalisation Video Available
Friday, 30 November 2001, 2:36 pm | CAFCA
This excellent 80 minute video (in two parts) shows some key areas where the Australian progressive movement differs, favourably, from its New Zealand counterpart. Firstly, it takes May Day (inevitably referred to as “M1”) seriously and has a very long tradition ... More >>
November 9: Christchurch Action On The WTO
Wednesday, 31 October 2001, 11:03 am | CAFCA
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9th is the first day of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Summit, in Qatar (Arabia). It is the first such Summit since the illfated 1999 one in Seattle. Under the leadership of its Director-General, New Zealand's very own Mike Moore, More >>
