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Gehan Gunasekara: Trust a vital asset as NZ faces future

COMMENT: Data-driven businesses are the way forward, and spying rules must be tight for others to use our services.

Alexandra Sims: Relax law and let artists go crazy

COMMENT: The economic and cultural disadvantages of a longer period of protection outweigh the economic benefits to copyright owners.

TPP: No reason big pharma supply would stop

Trade Minister Todd McClay says he sees no reason why big pharmaceutical firms would stop supplying new medicines in New Zealand.

Fear-mongering on the TPP and prescription drugs

No argument against the proposed TPP packs more emotional punch than the claim that the deal would be bad for people's health.

Why TPP would be bad for China

COMMENT: Recent estimates show that most members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership will make substantial gains, unlike those who opt not to participate.

Joshua Freeman and George Laking: Threat to medicine pipeline in TPP

COMMENT: The cost and availability of expensive new medicines like Keytruda are still at risk from the TPP despite government assurances.

TPP 'falls short on protecting Maori'

Annette Sykes has told the Waitangi Tribunal a clause to protect the Treaty of Waitangi under the TPP does not offer the protection it appears to.

Five other countries interested in joining TPP

Five other countries have informally expressed interest in joining the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement.

Watch: Protesters outside TPP Roadshow

TPP high on Parliament's agenda

Fierce debate that surrounded the TPP signing will move to Parliament today as the Government starts the process to ratify the huge trade deal

TPP ministers' lunch cancelled

A celebration lunch for TPP ministers was cancelled at short notice because of concerns protesters could breach security and invade the premises.

Audrey Young: Harawira and Co. do heavy lifting on TPP

The good news for the Government is that Hone Harawira and his friends just made its sales job a lot easier, writes Audrey Young.

Editorial: Maori anger over TPP hard to grasp

John Roughan: Waitangi event has lost mana

The last thing we need this morning is another lament about protests at Waitangi and this will not be one, writes John Roughan.

Fran O'Sullivan: Welcome for NZ's new man in Washington

United States Trade Representative Mike Froman has rolled out a welcome mat to newbie ambassador to the US, Tim Groser.

TPP is signed but hurdles remain

Signed and sealed but not yet delivered, the TPP will now be put through the wringer in member countries for ratification.

We came, we disrupted, we were heard

Protesters who stormed Auckland's CBD for five hours and shut down on-ramps to the motorway believe they achieved their goal of total disruption and had their voices heard.

Fran O'Sullivan: China looms large at TPP