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NZers have a right to know if privacy violated
Friday, 28 February 2014, 10:29 am | Green Party
Prime Minister John Key needs to give an assurance to the New Zealand public that their privacy has not been breached, following new revelations that the UK’s security agency has been collecting hundreds of thousands of images from private webcam videos, ... More >>
New oil drilling regulations muzzle New Zealanders
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 2:32 pm | Green Party
Risky exploratory deep sea drilling should be a prohibited activity in our Exclusive Economic Zone, but if the Government is going to recklessly allow it to happen, the public should have a say on each and every proposal, the Green Party said today. More >>
Government error hides true size of child poverty
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 1:37 pm | Green Party
The Government is continuing to fail our kids who are in poverty by not even measuring the size of the problem correctly, the Green Party said today. The Government has today admitted that it got its calculations wrong when measuring child poverty and ... More >>
Lochinver farm sale highlights weak foreign ownership laws
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 12:01 pm | Green Party
Tenders close today for the sale of one of New Zealand’s most valuable farms, raising the distinct possibility it will fall into foreign ownership, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Ryall still has questions to answer
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 10:30 am | Green Party
Departing Health Minister Tony Ryall still has questions to answer about his role in the management of a potential fraud case involving public money, Green Party health spokesperson Kevin Hague said today. More >>
Genesis sale sends asset sales cost over 1/2 billion dollars
Wednesday, 26 February 2014, 2:24 pm | Green Party
John Key’s inability to admit that his asset sales have been a complete failure has now cost the New Zealanders taxpayer over half a billion dollars, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Govt needs to speed up processes for at risk Afghan
Wednesday, 26 February 2014, 11:05 am | Green Party
The New Zealand Government has an obligation to safeguard any former Afghan staff that worked in its service, Green Party defence spokesperson Dr Kennedy Graham said today. More >>
Stable inflation expectations show rate hikes not the answer
Tuesday, 25 February 2014, 4:56 pm | Green Party
Stable inflation expectations released today show that the Reserve Bank doesn’t need to start hiking interest rates, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said. More >>
Bathurst’s job losses shows coal not sustainable
Tuesday, 25 February 2014, 2:14 pm | Green Party
The National Government’s plan for digging and drilling our way to economic prosperity is coming undone, the Green Party said today. Today, coal mining company Bathurst Resources announced it is making 29 staff redundant and signalled a delayed start ... More >>
Genesis sale decision is pure political expediency
Tuesday, 25 February 2014, 9:22 am | Green Party
National’s decision to privatise Genesis Energy only a few months after the last asset sale is all about pure political expediency, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Greens would have lifted minimum wage to $15/hr immediately
Monday, 24 February 2014, 4:18 pm | Green Party
National’s small movement of the minimum wage is too little for the hundreds of thousands of Kiwis working for low pay and their families. The Greens would have immediately raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour, Green Party Co-leader Metiria ... More >>
Green Party suspends David Hay membership
Monday, 24 February 2014, 10:08 am | Green Party
The Green Party has suspended David Hay's membership for one year following an investigation into misconduct. A panel found Mr Hay’s behaviour breached party rules, and recommended he be suspended for one year. More >>
GE Food should be labelled
Monday, 24 February 2014, 8:53 am | Green Party
New Zealanders should be able to choose not to eat GE food, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens will defend defamation case, if it happens
Friday, 21 February 2014, 5:21 pm | Green Party
“The Green Party will vigorously defend any case of defamation brought by Colin Craig because we believe in the freedom of political speech and we believe in an inclusive and tolerant society,” said Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman today. More >>
Government fails meat inspection
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 5:05 pm | Green Party
The Government needs to stop allowing large meat processors to undertake their own meat safety inspections, the Green Party said today. More >>
Health Minister needs to get his story straight
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 4:32 pm | Green Party
Health Minister Tony Ryall has today raised more questions than answers and needs to get his facts straight on what he knew about potential fraud involving publically funded health dollars, the Green Party said today. More >>
Households on their own over rising power prices
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 3:18 pm | Green Party
Consumers cannot count on the Government to tackle rising power prices because it won’t even admit they’re a problem, the Green Party said today. More >>
Environment reporting must be independent from Ministers
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 1:53 pm | Green Party
National has broken its 2011 election promise to have fully independent state of the environment reporting, the Green Party said today. "In 2011 the National Government promised to have the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) independently ... More >>
GCSB bungles again
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 12:39 pm | Green Party
Serious questions need to be asked about why the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) got fundamental reporting numbers wrong in their Annual Report, the Green Party said today. The GCSB has today been forced to acknowledge errors in their ... More >>
Key telling porkies on Working for Families
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 12:17 pm | Green Party
Prime Minister John Key is trying to mislead the public of New Zealand over his history of cutting Working for Families payments to families, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today. More >>
