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HMC’s recent purchases have made Harvard the second largest forest owner in New Zealand...
...leaders could hardly be better: both support free trade in principle, and they fought as allies in Afghanistan and Iraq. Congress had given Bush fast-track approval to pursue FTAs; Howard saw a chance to prise open the U.S. agricultural market. This FTA (following agreements between Australia and New Zealand and between the U.S. and Canada) is only the third between developed nations. Many minor FTAs are being written that have not required the toil and sweat of the AUSFTA. But as with exercise, no pain, no gain. The agreement, while far from ideal for either country, will...
...upper hand? Australia's government wanted (needed, even) an FTA more than the U.S. did. Culturally and economically, America is where Australian exporters hope to make it. And smaller countries tend to benefit more than larger ones in such deals; just ask Canada and New Zealand. If the aim of the game is to reduce protection at home and abroad - because protection ultimately hurts consumers and impedes the market - the more open nation (Australia) wins...
...what's wrong with that? says Hamilton lawyer Angeline Greensill, a leader of the Mana Maori Movement. After all, Maori have lost most of their land: "We started with 66 million acres and now we're down to 3 million." This and other wrongs mean New Zealand's half-million Maori "are not doing as well economically and socially and in health terms. You've got to have policies that address that and bring them up to the same level as white New Zealanders...
Lawyer Greensill scoffs at the idea that Maori are just part of a multi-ethnic New Zealand. "The ideal under the Treaty was a partnership. Pakeha were welcome to come here to our country and share it. Mr. Brash wants us to become New Zealanders. But the British when they came here referred to Maori as New Zealanders. I'm sure he doesn't want everybody to become Maori. I personally don't want to be like him." Shop owner Wilson is more easygoing. She doesn't like Brash: "He's just trying to grab votes." But she thinks...