I am wondering how many of the raucous protesters in Auckland and elsewhere, have actually read the 6000-page TPPA?
I think I can safely bet none have, including the nurse Josie Butler who threw a dildo at Minister Stephen Joyce on Waitangi Day. This ridiculous woman claimed it was to draw attention to the 'atrocity that is the TPPA”.
Atrocity? That word is defined in the dictionary as 'cruelty, monstrosity, brutality, obscenity”.
Whereas in fact, the TPP Agreement is a document signed by 12 key economies from Asia, the Pacific and the Americas, forming a new trading bloc that makes it easier for goods and services to be traded between these nations. Without being part of this agreement, New Zealand exports would be blocked by huge tariffs to other countries costing jobs and hurting the New Zealand economy.
Incidentally, there is not a single Clause in the TPPA that will impact the Crown's obligations to Maori.
In fact the TPPA includes a special provision preserving the pre-eminence of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Ms Butler's insulting behaviour to a Minister of the Crown has been shown globally. So much for New Zealand's image overseas.
As for her statement, she is worried what the TPPA 'will mean for her patients” – pleeeeease!
M Brooks, Tauranga
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TPPA ARTICLE 29.6
Posted on 15-02-2016 08:11 | By crazyhorse
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) includes a specific provision preserving the pre-eminence of the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand. Nothing in TPP will prevent the Crown from meeting its obligations to Maori. TPP will provide significant opportunities for Maori exporters and businesses, and help grow the Maori asset base further. t
but another example
Posted on 15-02-2016 08:22 | By crazyhorse
Of "facts" and the "truth" having nothing to do with anything "these" people want, just get out there scream, abuse, protest, and roll out the old favourite, we are all racist's, everyone keeps forgetting The Treaty itself has never been ratified or enacted as statute law in New Zealand, although it does appear in authoritative collections of treaties, and is sometimes referred to in specific pieces of legislation. There are two major points of legal debate concerning the Treaty: Whether or not the Treaty was the means by which the British Crown gained sovereignty over New Zealand Whether or not the Treaty is binding on the Crown
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