Mana Movements Rueben Taipari Porter is the only candidate in the by
election proposing to use Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the document that
will save Northland from the TPPA which will take away local business
choices.

The TPPA has been criticised for its secrecy and lack of transparency.
The TPPA would eliminate tariffs and other barriers to goods and
services trade and enforcement of patents and copyrights.
The TPPA can hinder access to affordable medicine in the developing
world and can force you to buy inferior medicine.

The NZ Government denies the claims, Trade Negotiations Minister Tim
Groser saying opponents of the deal are “fools” who are “trying to
wreck this agreement”

Countries would be obliged to conform all their domestic laws and
regulations to the TPP’s rules, even limiting how governments could
spend their tax dollars.
The TPP proposal includes the setting up of corporate tribunals, which
can be used to attack domestic public interest laws.
TPPA is a “Trojan horse in a global race to the bottom, giving big
corporations and Wall Street banks a way to eliminate any and all laws
and regulations that get in the way of their profits.”

Taipari Porter believes that only Te Tiriti o Waitangi can protect
Northlands freedom of choice. In 1840, two partners signed Te Tiriti o
Waitangi. This historical document can help us by using the articles
within this document to combat all the secrecy and deals without the
people who are asking questons