QEII National Trust
LOVE AND CARE FOR NEW ZEALAND
Educate the Government!
Let’s drive reform to stop the Government entering into these negotiations. Let’s get tough with the Overseas Investment Office.
Overseas Investment Office?
The OIO charter is to make sure New Zealand’s sensitive assets are in good hands, and enables overseas investment that benefits New Zealand. Are they doing this the way we think they should?
The Government has launched public consultation on the second phase of its reforms to the Overseas Investment Act. Read the related media statement by Hon David Parker Less red tape, new national interest test focus of consultation on overseas investment rules.
We need to push back HARD again this!
The governments approach looks at managing allocations to ensure the’takes’ are sustainable – the assumption is that the goal should be to make the most money out of our water.
BUT WHAT IF, MAKING THE MOST MONEY FROM WATER DOESN’T ALLOW US TO MAKE THE MOST FROM OUR LAND (FOR EXAMPLE)?
BUT WHAT IF, THOSE USES HAVE MASSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS THAT AREN’T ACCOUNTED FOR AND WHAT IF SMALL KIWI-OWNED ENTERPRISES ARE SHUT OUT OF THE WATER MARKET AND WE END UP WITH (ESSENTIALLY) MONOPOLY CONTROL OF OUR WATER BY LARGE CORPORATES?
Cap and trade is a market system and if foreign interests have access to that system (which they would) then we are doomed.
WE NEED TO REGULATE HOW OUR WATER IS USED.
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