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National Minister misleads Parliament over Maui's dolphins
Thursday, 26 June 2014, 8:48 am | Green Party
Conservation Minister Nick Smith misled Parliament with his statement that not a single Maui's dolphin has been sighted inside an area opened up by the Government for oil drilling, the Green Party said today. More >>
Council needs to stop wasting money on dam
Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 3:35 pm | Green Party
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council needs to show environmental and financial leadership and stop throwing its pet dam project a lifeline, the Green Party said today. The Council today approved a $80 million spend on the proposed dam project. Trustpower ... More >>
NZ needs more crime prevention not more prisons
Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 9:19 am | Green Party
New Zealand needs more initiatives aimed at reducing our prison population, Green Party justice spokesperson David Clendon said today. Today JustSpeak a non-partisan network wanting to change New Zealand’s criminal justice system released a report ... More >>
National Minister misleads Parliament over Maui’s
Tuesday, 24 June 2014, 4:47 pm | Green Party
Conservation Minister Nick Smith misled Parliament with his statement that not a single Maui's dolphin has been sighted inside an area opened up by the Government for oil drilling, the Green Party said today. More >>
Green Party candidate to share lessons in leadership
Monday, 23 June 2014, 10:57 am | Green Party
Green Party candidate and ex-pupil to share lessons in leadership with Westlake Girls High School More >>
NZ needs to work within UN framework on Iraq crisis
Sunday, 22 June 2014, 4:47 pm | Green Party
John Key should not be making up foreign policy on the hoof and pledging support for possible unilateral action by the United States in Iraq, the Green Party said today. In New York earlier this week, New Zealand Foreign Minister McCully talked ... More >>
New Zealanders don’t believe John Key about US spying
Saturday, 21 June 2014, 2:14 pm | Green Party
New Zealanders believe Edward Snowden ahead of John Key when it comes to the US spying on us, the Green Party said today. John Key has previously downplayed New Zealanders concerns that the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been involved ... More >>
Key doing deal with US that benefits Wall Street
Friday, 20 June 2014, 5:04 pm | Green Party
John Key needs to tell the public why New Zealand is currently involved in a trade deal to benefit Wall Street at the expense of Queen Street, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
A storm is no reason to change our conservation law
Friday, 20 June 2014, 3:04 pm | Green Party
New Zealand’s wild conservation land should be protected from logging, the Green Party said today. National has announced plans to allow logging of native forest on public land on the West Coast damaged in Cyclone Ita. “It was illegal to log ... More >>
Govt tricky on real cost of asset sales
Friday, 20 June 2014, 2:11 pm | Green Party
The true costs of the Government’s asset sales are over $640 million, more than five times the $120.6 million National is claiming today, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said. More >>
Denniston gamble more eco-vandalism from National
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 1:38 pm | Green Party
Allowing opencast mining at Denniston is another example of short-sighted environmental vandalism from National, the Green Party said today. More >>
GDP up but households not getting their fair share of it
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 11:17 am | Green Party
New Zealand households facing increasing costs from rising interest rates and stagnant wage growth are not getting their fair share of economic growth, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. Figures released today by Statistics New Zealand show that ... More >>
Funding cuts results in loss of sexual violence services
Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 4:06 pm | Green Party
The only 24/7 sexual violence crisis callout service in Christchurch will have to stop its services because the Government has cut its funding, said the Green Party today. More >>
Key used Banks’ vote to sell our assets
Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 1:19 pm | Green Party
The Key Government has been able to sell our assets, make life worse for New Zealand workers, and weaken our environmental laws due to John Banks’ sole, discredited vote, Green Party open government spokesperson Holly Walker said today. More >>
Green Party celebrates EPA iron sands decision
Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 1:17 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed the Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision not to allow massive seabed mining in the habitat of the world’s most endangered dolphin - the Maui’s Dolphin - and close to a blue whale breeding ground. More >>
Govt opens Maui’s dolphin habitat for petroleum exploration
Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 11:08 am | Green Party
The situation for New Zealand’s highly endangered Maui’s dolphin is dire, and the Government is making it worse by opening up more of their habitat to petroleum exploration and drilling, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens will put kids at heart of election priorities
Tuesday, 17 June 2014, 11:07 am | Green Party
Greens will put kids at heart of election priorities The Green Party is committing to put kids at the heart of the election campaign, and is supporting the major new Tick for Kids initiative launched today by over thirty children’s’ education, ... More >>
Cross party strategy needed on abuse
Monday, 16 June 2014, 1:08 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to join with all political parties in Parliament to develop a national strategy and accord on domestic violence and child abuse, in the wake of a review that shows the current system is not working. More >>
Climate change ignored in National’s transport budget
Monday, 16 June 2014, 10:49 am | Green Party
National’s transport budget for the next decade is a fantasy plan that pretends climate change doesn’t exist and locks New Zealanders into their cars for the next 50 years, said the Green Party today. More >>
RBNZ rate hike equals more pain for home owners
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 10:31 am | Green Party
Today’s Reserve Bank interest rate hike means home owners with a floating rate mortgage of $250,000 will pay more than $1200 a year extra in interest than they did in March, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said. More >>
