Foreign Ownership
Aotearoa is for sale, and it’s going cheap on the world market, yet the Labour Government wants to make it even easier for foreign investors to buy up even more of our land, buildings and businesses. Meanwhile, company takeovers by trans-national corporations totaling billions of dollars each year far exceed the value of land sales. Most of our economy is now controlled from the boardrooms of London, Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo and New York. We want New Zealand to regain control of our economic destiny. And we want property prices down to realistic levels so that Kiwis can realise their dream of owning their own home or a bach at the beach and young farmers can afford to buy a family farm.
What's New
The Geopolitics of Oil
A public talk by Keith Locke Green MP on the repercussions for New Zealand of the Mid-Eastern oil conflicts.
Grid buyback essential if foreign owners go under
30 Sep 2008The Green Party is calling on the New Zealand Superannuation Fund to buy back the South Island electricity grid if Wachovia Bank - which effectively owns the grid - collapses as expected.
Pharmac, GE free, ownership at risk in US trade deal
23 Sep 2008The Green Party is calling on the Government to make a public commitment not to weaken Pharmac and not to weaken laws on genetic engineering or foreign ownership in any trade deal with the United States.
Conservation Policy
12 Sep 2008Conservation policies and practices must safeguard and enhance ecosystems and all native plants and animal species, especially those that are unique to Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Overseas speculators could shut out first home buyers
24 Aug 2008The Greens are calling on the Government to take action after a report that overseas buyers are swooping on the New Zealand property market, keeping out first time home buyers.
Foreign Ownership Links
Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) believes that the independence of most countries is being eroded away. This erosion has taken place because most of the world's economy is now owned and controlled by a relatively small number of huge transnational corporations (TNCs).