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Speech to 2015 Green Party AGM – Metiria Turei
Saturday, 30 May 2015, 10:58 am | Green Party
It’s certainly been a while since I’ve had four men chasing after me to become my partner. More >>
Greens moving forward and setting agenda
Saturday, 30 May 2015, 10:53 am | Green Party
Green’s Co-leader Metiria Turei has kicked off the Party’s AGM in Auckland with a speech celebrating the achievements of the past year and claiming credit for some recent political wins. More >>
NZ’s environment once again at risk from seabed prospectors
Friday, 29 May 2015, 1:06 pm | Green Party
The Government should immediately implement a moratorium on seabed mining, the Green Party said today. More >>
Government won’t act to protect kids from pesticide residues
Friday, 29 May 2015, 11:43 am | Green Party
29 May 2015 Government won’t act to protect Kiwi kids from pesticide residues in food More >>
Auditor General must investigate Saudi sheep pay-off
Thursday, 28 May 2015, 2:35 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has asked the Office of the Auditor General to investigate the pay-offs given to a disgruntled Saudi businessman by the Government. A Cabinet paper released earlier in the week shows that the Government spent nearly $11 million dollars to ... More >>
Norway moves first to dump coal investments
Thursday, 28 May 2015, 10:55 am | Green Party
The Green Party today called on the Government to secure cross-party support to sell its investments in coal mining companies. The Norwegian Parliament’s finance committee agreed in a bipartisan motion yesterday to instruct the $1.2 trillion Government ... More >>
Judith Collins puts workers’ lives at risk
Thursday, 28 May 2015, 10:49 am | Green Party
28 May 2015 Judith Collins puts workers’ lives at risk Judith Collins’ backbench machinations in “her” caucus are putting workers’ lives at risk, the Green Party said. “National’s backdown on health and safety legislation shows that ... More >>
Dairy price drop means Landcorp must stop dairy conversions
Thursday, 28 May 2015, 9:05 am | Green Party
Today’s cut to Fonterra’s forecast farmgate milk price means that government-owned Landcorp must stop converting forests to dairy farms or risk doing serious damage to the rural economy, the Green Party said. More >>
PPP for Holiday Highway will double cost to taxpayer
Wednesday, 27 May 2015, 12:58 pm | Green Party
The use of private sector finance to build the Pūhoi-Warkworth motorway will make an already uneconomic project more expensive, the Green Party said today. The National Government today announced it was putting the financing and construction of the Pūhoi-Warkworth ... More >>
Govt leaves Maori and domestic violence victims stranded
Wednesday, 27 May 2015, 12:27 pm | Green Party
The Government’s closure of Relationships Aotearoa creates a worrying gap in the provision of specialist counselling services to Maori and domestic violence victims and perpetrators, the Green Party said today. “By shutting down Relationships Aotearoa, ... More >>
New dodgy deal revealed in Cabinet paper
Tuesday, 26 May 2015, 8:29 pm | Green Party
New dodgy deal revealed in Cabinet paper New information shows the Government did a second dubious deal with a disgruntled Saudi businessman who was blocking progress on the Gulf States Free Trade Agreement (FTA), says the Green Party today. A Cabinet ... More >>
Maui’s dolphin numbers fall
Tuesday, 26 May 2015, 1:48 pm | Green Party
Maui’s dolphin numbers fall It’s time for the Government to pull out all the stops to protect Maui’s dolphin in the wake of news that estimated numbers have fallen to between 43 and 47 individuals, said the Green Party today. Research from ... More >>
NZ forces should not be risked training Iraqi army
Tuesday, 26 May 2015, 12:19 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to withdraw New Zealand troops from Iraq given the Iraqi army seems unwilling to fight the Islamic State, Green Party defence spokesperson Dr Kennedy Graham said today. More >>
Echoes of GFC with huge trade deficit
Tuesday, 26 May 2015, 12:04 pm | Green Party
26 May 2015 Echoes of GFC with huge trade deficit New Zealand is now experiencing the worst annual trade deficit since the height of the global financial crisis because the National Government has failed to diversify the economy away from dairy and oil, ... More >>
$367 m Contact pay-out shows cash comes before customers
Tuesday, 26 May 2015, 10:31 am | Green Party
Contact Energy’s decision to pay nearly 100% of its profit to its shareholders rather than drop retail electricity prices, invest in clean energy technology exports, or pay down debt, shows that it doesn’t put its customers first, the Green Party ... More >>
Govt must listen to public on climate change action
Monday, 25 May 2015, 1:14 pm | Green Party
Government must listen to public on climate change action The Green Party is today calling for the Government to listen to the hundreds of people who called for real climate action at the Government’s own climate change consultation meetings so ... More >>
Why are we paying climate polluters $31m to pollute?
Sunday, 24 May 2015, 1:28 pm | Green Party
Why are we paying climate polluters $31m to pollute? Figures in National’s 2015 Budget revealing that nearly $31 million is being spent on increasing greenhouse emissions show just how much the emissions trading scheme (ETS) is unfair to New ... More >>
Environmental protection the winner on the day
Friday, 22 May 2015, 4:47 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is celebrating a victory for the environment, as John Key admits lack of support from other political parties has halted plans to gut the principles of the Resource Management Act. More >>
MPs announce cross-party working group on LGBTI rights
Friday, 22 May 2015, 12:52 pm | Green Party
Pink Shirt Day is the perfect time for politicians of all stripes to launch a cross-party LGBTI working group. MPs put aside their differences today and donned pink shirts to take a stand against the bullying of LGBTI people in New Zealand. The group has ... More >>
Conservation funding cuts a sad way to mark biodiversity day
Friday, 22 May 2015, 12:39 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is disappointed that Budget 2015 continues Government cuts to conservation spending, increasing the risks to our native species. The Department of Conservation’s operational funding has been cut by $8.7million down from a budgeted $352million ... More >>
