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Green Party selects David Moorhouse for Christchurch East
Monday, 30 September 2013, 1:02 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has today announced David Moorhouse as its candidate for the Christchurch East by-election. More >>
Power price rise shows it’s time to fix broken market
Monday, 30 September 2013, 10:39 am | Green Party
The rocketing price of electricity and rising power company profits show that National’s broken electricity market needs fixing, Green Party energy spokesperson Gareth Hughes said today. More >>
IPCC report a call for action on climate change
Friday, 27 September 2013, 8:16 pm | Green Party
The Inter-government Panel on Climate Change’s latest 5-year report shows that climate change is here and now, and we need to act urgently to prevent catastrophe, Green Party climate change spokesperson Dr Kennedy Graham said today. More >>
Green Party submits Kiwi Bid to protect our beaches
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 1:23 pm | Green Party
The Green Party submitted the Kiwi Bid to the Government today with over 14,000 signatures from New Zealanders who want to protect our oceans and beaches from risky deep sea drilling. More >>
NZ Super Fund caught using tax havens
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 10:09 am | Green Party
The New Zealand Super Fund’s use of tax havens is ethically wrong and undermines New Zealand’s attempts to stop international tax avoidance, the Green Party said today. More >>
Crime stats must show domestic violence
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 7:17 pm | Green Party
The Government must ensure crime statistics next week show the true extent of domestic violence crime as CYF’s chief social worker confirmed today it is a key driver of child abuse, the Green Party said today. More >>
Green celebrate huge win for transgendered prisoners
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 2:25 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is celebrating the Government’s decision to change the current policy around transgendered prisoners’ rights. The Minister of Corrections today announced that Cabinet has decided to change the corrections rules to allow prisoners ... More >>
Green Party welcomes the High Court decision
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 12:39 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today welcomed the High Court decision that allows the Horizons Regional Council's One Plan to proceed. More >>
Manufactured exports shrink further
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 11:45 am | Green Party
Manufactured exports continue their free-fall, evidence of the simplification of New Zealand’s export economy under National’s high dollar strategy, the Green Party said today. More >>
Kids will suffer from Minister’s bullying
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 10:20 am | Green Party
The education of kiwi kids will suffer if unreliable national standards data and NCEA results are used to determine if schools will be taken over by the Education Ministry, the Green Party said today. More >>
Failure to invest in R&D to blame for low productivity
Monday, 23 September 2013, 2:04 pm | Green Party
The failure of successive governments to invest in research and development (R&D) has resulted in New Zealand’s poor productivity record, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. More >>
Time for Minister to recognise reality and dump RMA changes
Monday, 23 September 2013, 11:42 am | Green Party
The Green Party is today calling on Environment Minister Amy Adams to dump her attack on New Zealand’s environmental law. In an open letter being sent to the Minister today, 5,608 people joined with the Green Party in calling on the Minister to drop ... More >>
Auckland united in need for City Rail Link start in 2015
Sunday, 22 September 2013, 12:08 pm | Green Party
Aucklanders are united in the need for construction of the City Rail Link to begin in 2015, Green Party transport spokesperson Julie Anne Genter said today. More >>
Police still failing to protect vulnerable road users
Sunday, 22 September 2013, 11:13 am | Green Party
The Police are ignoring valuable data that could be used to help protect road users, especially the most vulnerable ones, the Green Party said today. More >>
Cut-price Meridian sale shows National’s warped priorities
Friday, 20 September 2013, 2:37 pm | Green Party
National’s plan to sell Meridian shares off cheaply shows that it is fixated on trying to avert political disaster, rather than focusing on what is best for the New Zealand economy, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Lastest DOC leak puts holes in Smith’s story
Friday, 20 September 2013, 11:32 am | Green Party
Another leaked document shows Conservation Minister Nick Smith is playing fast and loose with the facts, the Green Party said today. More >>
Denniston Court Decision Highlights Need For Law Change
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 2:58 pm | Green Party
New Zealand law must change so that climate change can be taken into account when councils consider consents for fossil fuel mining, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens celebrate suffrage with Generation Y
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 1:40 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is encouraging a new generation of 18 to 20 year old women to use their power as we celebrate the 120th anniversary of New Zealand becoming the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote. More >>
Nick Smith needs to explain or resign
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 8:54 am | Green Party
Conservation Minister Nick Smith said he did not interfere in the Department of Conservation’s (DOC) submission on the Ruataniwha irrigation project and plan change but an email made public today shows that he did, the Green Party said today. More >>
Auckland rail delay will cost $100 million a year
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 3:10 pm | Green Party
An Auckland Council paper shows that the National Government’s delayed timetable for building the Auckland City Rail Link will cost the city $100 million a year, the Green Party said today. More >>
