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Locals protest mineral prospecting in Schedule 4
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 10:27 am | Green Party
Coromandel locals are today protesting the prospecting of minerals by Sea Group Holdings Limited in a Schedule 4 area – an area the National Government has promised to protect from mining, the Green Party said. More >>
Metiria’s Mohua wins bird of the year
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 6:56 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei is thrilled her campaign for the Mohua was successful in taking out Forest and Bird’s annual bird of the year ompetition, and is calling on the Government to derail plans for a monorail to be built in the Mohua’s habitat ... More >>
Fonterra’s string of failures
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 4:04 pm | Green Party
Today’s independent report into the WPC80 events at Fonterra paints a worrying picture about the high error rate within the company, the Green Party said today. More >>
Treasury warned against flood of asset sales
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 10:16 am | Green Party
Treasury warned the National Government that it shouldn’t attempt to sell assets in quick succession because there would be insufficient demand and the revenue to the Crown would be reduced, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Govt's child poverty denial an international embarrassment
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 9:58 am | Green Party
The National Government’s head in the sand approach to child poverty risks becoming an international embarrassment as the Children’s Commissioner turns to a philanthropist to fund a project to measure the number of kiwi children living below the bread line, ... More >>
Waihopai activists liable while GCSB off scot-free
Saturday, 26 October 2013, 2:58 pm | Green Party
The $1.2 million liability bill given to three peace activists at the Court of Appeal yesterday contrasts strikingly with the lack of consequences for GCSB's illegal spying and links to international spying scandals, the Green Party said today. More >>
National fails to act as more manufacturing jobs lost
Friday, 25 October 2013, 3:38 pm | Green Party
The closure of Tachikawa Forest Products in Rotorua with the loss of 120 jobs is another example of manufacturers losing their jobs because of the high dollar while the current National Government does nothing, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman ... More >>
Green Party comment on Bathurst coal mine decision
Thursday, 24 October 2013, 3:56 pm | Green Party
“We are deeply disappointed that the stunning Denniston Plateau will be sacrificed for a climate damaging open cast coal mine,” said Green Party mining spokesperson Catherine Delahunty. More >>
Risky deep sea well gets EPA go ahead without consent
Thursday, 24 October 2013, 3:30 pm | Green Party
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has given oil giant Anadarko the green light to drill an exploratory deep sea oil well offshore from Auckland’s iconic west coast beaches without a consent or public consultation, the Green Party has ... More >>
Greens call on Auditor-General to investigate police
Thursday, 24 October 2013, 3:16 pm | Green Party
The Auditor-General needs to investigate how police made errors that could have seen criminals escape justice, the Green Party said today. Today Parliament was required for a second time to pass retrospective legislation to remedy an error that meant ... More >>
Treasury backs call for restrictions on foreign house buyers
Thursday, 24 October 2013, 2:10 pm | Green Party
Treasury loan-to-value (LVR) documents released today show the Government isn’t listening to their economic advisors’ calls for restrictions on overseas buyers of homes to help dampen housing demand and rapidly rising house prices. More >>
NZ must front up on international spying
Thursday, 24 October 2013, 12:41 pm | Green Party
The New Zealand Government must front up on what it knew about the United States’ monitoring of overseas leaders, the Green Party said today. More >>
Meridian flop another failure for National’s asset sales
Thursday, 24 October 2013, 9:02 am | Green Party
The Meridian Energy flop is another failure for National’s asset sales agenda, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
National MP must explain SkyCity contradiction
Tuesday, 22 October 2013, 6:59 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is raising serious questions about contradictory evidence provided to a parliamentary select committee by National Party MP Sam Lotu-Iiga’s electorate chairman in relation to the SkyCity Convention Centre deal. More >>
Bennett’s sanctions against kids must stop
Tuesday, 22 October 2013, 1:17 pm | Green Party
Paula Bennett must immediately stop her benefit sanctions regime following new revelations it is actively hurting children, the Green Party said today. Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) research today damns Ms Bennett’s sanction regime for harming children, ... More >>
SkyCity deal bad for the people and bad law too
Tuesday, 22 October 2013, 10:44 am | Green Party
SkyCity deal bad for the people and bad law too Crown Law advice that future Governments could repeal laws allowing SkyCity to expand its gambling business without paying the casino compensation is further proof that the deal is not only bad for Auckland, ... More >>
Massive increase in New Zealand’s projected emission
Monday, 21 October 2013, 10:37 am | Green Party
Ministry for the Environment projections show we are on the wrong track when it comes to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, the Green Party said today. More >>
Afghan amnesty needs to include SAS interpreters
Monday, 21 October 2013, 10:22 am | Green Party
The Minister of Defence Jonathan Coleman needs to widen the amnesty regarding Afghan interpreters who assisted New Zealand forces to include those that served with our recent SAS deployment, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens support public option for KiwiSaver
Monday, 21 October 2013, 10:01 am | Green Party
The Green Party sees New Zealand First’s proposal for a public option for KiwiSaver as a move in the right direction, providing that it is about providing competition to the existing private KiwiSaver funds and not proposing to nationalise them. More >>
Green Party to crack down on problem gambling
Friday, 18 October 2013, 8:50 am | Green Party
The Green Party today released a package of measures to reduce the harm caused by problem gambling. More >>
