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Whittall decision wrong
Thursday, 12 December 2013, 11:46 am | Green Party
Whittall decision wrong Peter Whittall should have gone to court over his role in relation to the 2010 disaster at Pike River, Green Party MP Kevin Hague said today. Charges against former Pike River Coal Chief Executive Peter Whittall in relation ... More >>
Win for our environmental law
Thursday, 12 December 2013, 10:51 am | Green Party
The Green Party is today celebrating the National Government’s failure to carry out its plans to gut New Zealand’s environmental law this year. More >>
Future OCR rises highlight National’s big economic fail
Thursday, 12 December 2013, 10:45 am | Green Party
The signalled Official Cash Rate (OCR) hikes next year highlight National’s failure to build a strong, resilient, and jobs-rich economy, the Green Party said today. More >>
Groser must tell NZ public downside of TPPA talks
Wednesday, 11 December 2013, 12:46 pm | Green Party
Trade Minister Tim Groser needs to give the New Zealand public far more information about the end game for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) than he has so far, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Smarter approach to LVRs welcome
Tuesday, 10 December 2013, 12:50 pm | Green Party
Smarter approach to LVRs welcome The Reserve Bank’s decision to exempt new house construction from loan-to-value restrictions is a positive move that should help to ease the housing shortage, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. ... More >>
Conservation board proposal weakens independence/planning
Tuesday, 10 December 2013, 11:26 am | Green Party
Conservation board proposal weakens independence and planning Tampering with conservation boards weakens their independence and Department of Conservation’s (DOC) conservation planning, the Green Party said today. The report released yesterday from the Conservation ... More >>
Govt must release evidence to back up TPPA claim
Monday, 9 December 2013, 10:41 am | Green Party
The Government needs to release any official reports that back-up Gerry Brownlee’s claims in the House about the economic benefits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. When questioned in ... More >>
Government warned to measure child poverty in 2009
Monday, 9 December 2013, 10:24 am | Green Party
As far back as 2009, Health Officials recommended the Government measure and target child poverty as a way to improve child health, but the Government has continued to keep its head in the sand about the biggest threat to child wellbeing in New Zealand, ... More >>
Report proves Government’s poverty denial is harming kids
Monday, 9 December 2013, 8:59 am | Green Party
A new report from the Children’s Commission shows the National Government’s poverty denial is threatening the lives of three out of five children living below the breadline, who experts say will spend at least seven years being poor, the Green ... More >>
Green Party proposal will keep more Meridian in public hands
Sunday, 8 December 2013, 6:41 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has announced it will offer investors in Meridian Energy the choice of not paying their second instalment payment in return for the Government retaining more shares in public ownership, Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Govt enabling money laundering in SkyCity
Saturday, 7 December 2013, 11:40 am | Green Party
Govt enabling money laundering in SkyCity Today’s revelations that SkyCity Casino is caught up in an alleged international crime syndicate comes as no surprise given the Government’s inaction over money laundering in casinos, the Green Party said ... More >>
Green Party gets in behind NZEI’s day of action
Friday, 6 December 2013, 2:11 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is 100% behind the NZEI’s green day of action, Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty said today. This day of action is about reversing the cuts to kindergarten teacher funding that put quality at risk and proper funding for head teachers of ... More >>
Green Party saddened by death of Nelson Mandela
Friday, 6 December 2013, 12:24 pm | Green Party
The Green Party expressed sadness at the passing today of Nelson Mandela. “Nelson Mandela’s life showed how one person’s struggle against the injustices of apartheid and colonisation made a difference,” said Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman. More >>
National needs to apologise for huge cost of asset sales
Friday, 6 December 2013, 11:58 am | Green Party
The latest Crown financial statements show that National’s failed asset sales have carved a path of destruction through the government books, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Greens back call for environmental rights
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 4:16 pm | Green Party
New Zealanders are asking for the preservation and protection of New Zealand’s environment and resources to be a constitutional priority, according to today’s final report by the Constitutional Advisory Panel on New Zealand’s ‘Constitutional ... More >>
Govt silent over growing foreign ownership in Meridian
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 3:30 pm | Green Party
New information suggests that New Zealand ownership of Meridian Energy has now dropped below the Government’s threshold of 85 percent, the Green Party said today. More >>
National hiding true cost of Transmission Gully Partnership
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 1:49 pm | Green Party
The Government must release the findings of a Treasury study comparing the cost of procuring Transmission Gully through normal public funding with the cost of a Public-Private Partnership before any contract is signed, Green Party transport spokesperson Julie ... More >>
UNICEF calls Govt on their failure to protect Children
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 1:34 pm | Green Party
Government inaction on children’s rights is trapping children in poverty and failing to provide them a route out. Today’s ‘Kids Missing Out’ UNICEF report demonstrates the lack of progress that has been made on the United Nations Convention on the Rights ... More >>
National hiding true cost of Transmission Gully Partnership
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 12:14 pm | Green Party
National hiding true cost of Transmission Gully Public Private Partnership The Government must release the findings of a Treasury study comparing the cost of procuring Transmission Gully through normal public funding with the cost of a Public-Private Partnership ... More >>
Oil announcement benefits foreign owned companies
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 12:06 pm | Green Party
Oil announcement benefits Norwegian pensioners and foreign-owned companies The Government is further putting our New Zealand beaches at risk of an oil spill by today awarding four new permits to mainly foreign-owned companies for deep sea oil exploration, ... More >>
