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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 >>
Calls for investigation into potential health spend fraud
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 12:14 pm | Green Party
An investigation is needed into a dispute between South Island DHBs and GP organisation South Link Health (SHL) and allegations of possible fraud involving millions of dollars, Green Party health spokesperson Kevin Hague said today. More >>
Tertiary education cuts leading to skills shortage
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 3:09 pm | Green Party
The National Government’s cuts to postgraduate student allowances will add to skills’ shortages, the Green Party said today. More >>
Green Party vision of health for New Zealand
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 10:08 am | Green Party
Green Party vision of health for New Zealand Green Party health spokesperson Kevin Hague is taking the Green Party vision of an active, educated, and healthy society on the road. In conjunction with local Green Party branches, Mr Hague is travelling ... More >>
Green Party Co-leader statement on allegation of defamation
Monday, 17 February 2014, 6:16 pm | Green Party
Statement by Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman on Colin Craig’s allegation of defamation “I stand by my views, made both in my opening speech to Parliament earlier this year and restated at the Big Gay Out on Sunday February 9. “Colin ... More >>
Key and Joyce stuck in the dark ages on solar
Monday, 17 February 2014, 11:05 am | Green Party
Key and Joyce stuck in the dark ages on solar John Key and Steven Joyce are stuck in the dark ages, making ridiculous arguments to try to defend the power of big electricity companies, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. The Greens launched ... More >>
Minister must stop oil propaganda ‘lessons’
Monday, 17 February 2014, 10:51 am | Green Party
The Education Minister must intervene to ensure school pupils are not being exploited and misled by oil and gas industry “lessons” which suggest petrol is largely made from dinosaurs, the Green Party said today. More >>
Green Party launches Solar Homes policy
Sunday, 16 February 2014, 1:37 pm | Green Party
Green Party launches Solar Homes policy The Green Party has today launched a new policy to deliver cleaner, cheaper power to New Zealanders. “People are paying too much for their power. The Greens are committed to fixing this. What we’re announcing ... More >>
Rio Tinto profit shows Key’s hand-out unjustified
Friday, 14 February 2014, 10:20 am | Green Party
The $3.7 billion profit posted by Rio Tinto yesterday shows that the $30 million taxpayer hand-out that National gifted to the owners of the Tiwai smelter last year was unjustified, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. Multi-national ... More >>
Obama Reveals Key Misleading On Spying
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 10:21 am | Green Party
Assurances by Prime Minister John Key that the United States is not spying on New Zealanders have been undermined by statements by US President Barack Obama that the US does not have a “no-spy” agreement with any country, the Green Party said ... More >>
D grade warns that time for action on child poverty is now
Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 10:05 am | Green Party
The Salvation Army’s ‘D’ grade for the Government’s lack of progress on child poverty must be seen as the final warning and that the time to act is now, the Green Party said today. “A ‘D’ for child poverty is a failure for our kids, there ... More >>
Greens join call for the release of TPPA text
Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 9:11 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-leaders Russel Norman and Metiria Turei today joined other legislators from Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand and Peru in seeking the release of the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) before ... More >>
Greens go ‘all black’ for Internet freedom
Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 3:06 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is taking part in a global day of action against mass surveillance by blacking out their website to stand up for Internet freedom tonight. More >>
