NZ unrest over TPP

New Zealand it seems has known about the TPP for a lot longer than Australians. This video is from Dec 2012, a protest march against the TPP in Auckland. They were doing so as officials were at a hotel meeting to negotiate the TPP in secret.

It's pretty full on. I'd say there's a lot of anger in New Zealand about the TPP.

 

They've recently had a national day of protest over there on March 30:

Thousands of people took part in rallies and marches across the country yesterday to stand up for New Zealand’s right to determine its own future, in a national day of action against the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement. 

The day of action was coordinated by Its Our Future, and was supported by the Green, New Zealand First, Maori and Mana parties. Formal sponsors included Oxfam, Greenpeace and the Council of Trade Unions. 

Oxfam Senior Policy Advisor Sarah Meads spoke at the Wellington rally. 

“The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement will give corporations wide sweeping power to limit the rights of governments to regulate in the public interest, to disrespect national legal systems and democratic institutions and to lift the bar far higher to access affordable medicines.” 

“It is unacceptable that these issues would be subject to negotiations undertaken in secrecy with no democracy or public consultation,” Sarah Meads said. more