Hold The Phone! For The First Time, OIO Does Something About One Of CAFCA’s “Good Character” Complaints
No acknowledgement of CAFCA’s role and the OIO hasn’t bothered to tell us but we’ll take the credit and chalk it up as a first. More please. The whole subject of “good character” is one that needs to be front and centre in the Government’s stage 2 review of the Overseas Investment Act, which is being undertaken this year.
Read More →New Overseas Investment Amendment Act. CAFCA Says Don’t Expect Much And You Won’t Be Disapppointed
The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) congratulates the Government for passing the Overseas Investment Amendment Bill, which will become law within weeks. At least New Zealand now has a Government that recognises that foreign control is an issue. More than that, it recognises that it is a problem and has set out to […]
Read More →CAFCA Says It’s Time To Get Tough With Tax Dodging Transnationals
For several years now the New Zealand media have drawn attention to the scandalously low amount of tax paid in this country by some of the biggest transnational corporations (TNCs) in the world, particularly the digital economy giants such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon. For instance, in 2016, it was reported that Facebook had paid […]
Read More →Demilitarising the Pacific Starts at Home, Jacinda – CAFCA
The Anti-Bases Campaign (ABC) congratulates the Prime Minister for saying: “New Zealand is opposed to the militarisation of the Pacific”. She said it in response to reports of China possibly eyeing up the chances of getting itself a military base in Vanuatu. It must be said that these reports have to be taken with a […]
Read More →Jacinda Says NZ Has “Independent Foreign Policy” If Only That Was True – CAFCA
The Aotearoa Independence Movement (AIM) congratulates the Prime Minister for explicitly defying President Trump’s bullying in relation to New Zealand’s United Nations vote against the US declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. She went on to say that “New Zealand has, and always has had, an independent foreign policy”. Fine words. If only they bore […]
Read More →Overseas Investment Office Needs to Pull Finger on “Not of Good Character” Complaints – CAFCA
The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) is pleased that the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) has rejected the application from China’s HNA Group to buy finance company UDC Finance. The reason given was that the OIO could not determine from the information provided who is the “relevant overseas person” intending to make the purchase. […]
Read More →New Farmland Restrictions on Foreign Buyers Welcome – CAFCA
The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) is very pleased that the Government announced that, as of December 2017, the rules around foreigners buying NZ farmland have been tightened up. Such buyers will now need OIO permission for all purchases of more than five hectares (previously, that requirement only applied to purchases of sheep […]
Read More →Government Takes First Baby Steps On Foreign Control – Cafca
Government Takes First Baby Steps On Foreign Control But Needs To Get Its Arse-Kicking Boots On, And Fast The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) congratulates the Government on taking its first baby steps on the major issue of foreign control. Of course we are pleased that it is going to ban foreign speculators […]
Read More →CAFCA LAUNCHES AOTEAROA INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT
The advent of Donald Trump in the US provides an unprecedented opportunity to take a good, hard look at Aotearoa’s place in the world. And to ask the question – why are we still a loyal member of the American Empire? As the old saying goes, you are judged by the company you keep. CAFCA […]
Read More →Who Owns New Zealand? CAFCA Releases Latest Key Facts
The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) has uploaded the 2017 edition of its Key Facts.
Read More →CHCH TO HOLD SECRET VOTE ON WEDNESDAY WHETHER TO RESTORE ENABLE & CITY CARE TO STRATEGIC ASSETS LIST
Keep Our Assets Canterbury (KOA) has it in writing from Christchurch’s Mayor, Lianne Dalziel, that the agenda for the City Council meeting this Wednesday (November 2nd) will include a decision on whether to restore Enable to the Council’s strategic assets list. Enable is the Council’s broadband infrastructure company and is in charge of the ultra […]
Read More →DALZIEL TEAM TRY TO STOP MINTO REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKING TO GREY POWER MEETING – CAFCA
On September 21st I spoke, on John Minto’s behalf, to a Christchurch Grey Power meet the candidates meeting. John is a high school teacher and can’t accept daytime engagements during term time. He offered to send me along as his representative as the Keep Our Assets candidate and Grey Power accepted that. Shortly before the […]
Read More →New Zealand Intelligence and Security Bill 2016- CAFCA
Submissions to the Select Committee on the New Zealand Intelligence and Security Bill 2016. What should we be concerned about? 1. The powers of the spy agencies – the Government Communications Security Bureau [GCSB] and the Security Intelligence Service [SIS] are enormously expanded from their powers in 2012. 2. Central to this expansion is the […]
Read More →Renegotiation Of Christchurch City Council/Government Cost Share Agreement Should Wait Until After Local Body Election
Keep Our Assets Canterbury has consistently called for the Christchurch City Council/Government Cost Share Agreement (entered into by the 2010-13 Council headed by Mayor Bob Parker) to be renegotiated. That is one obvious way to alleviate the pressure from central Government for the Council to have to sell public assets in order to pay for […]
Read More →OVERSEAS INVESTMENT OFFICE GOOD CHARACTER PROCESS REVIEW – CAFCA
What NZ Needs Is A Bouncer, Not A Doorman Land Information NZ released today the independent review of the Overseas Investment Office’s “good character” process in the wake of its 2014 approval of the sale of Onetai Station to buyers who figure in the Panama Papers. Once again the people in question were deemed to […]
Read More →Christchurch City Council Is Flying Blind On The Impact Of Its Changes To Council Housing
The Christchurch City Council (CCC) is the second biggest landlord in NZ (after the State). So, any changes with the city’s publicly-owned housing portfolio are a big deal. Just such a major change is about to take effect from July, when the Council becomes a Community Housing Provider (transferring its social housing to a Trust […]
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