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Reserve Bank must regulate banks, not be their champion
Friday, 9 November 2012, 9:10 am | Green Party
New Zealand’s foreign-owned banks are some of the most profitable in the world, the Green Party said today. More >>
Bill rips heart out of Emissions Trading Scheme
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 4:39 pm | Green Party
Polluters can now relax in the knowledge they won’t have to reduce their carbon emissions and the taxpayer will continue to pick up the bill, Green Party climate change spokesperson Kennedy Graham said today. More >>
Promotion of petroleum is not a smart way to run the economy
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 3:52 pm | Green Party
The National Government is gambling with New Zealand's economy by proposing the sale of further petroleum exploration permits in deep water, the Green Party said today. More >>
Green Bill Will Help Clean Up Super Fund Investments
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 2:59 pm | Green Party
8 November 2012 Green Bill Will Help Clean Up Super Fund Investments The Green Party is urging all other parties to support changes to the responsible investment criteria used by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund following their Climate Change (NZ Superannuation ... More >>
We need the full story on food
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 12:10 pm | Green Party
8 November 2012 We need the full story on food Consumers have the right to full information about the healthiness of food they are purchasing, the Green Party said today. This is in response to a recent complaint made to the Commerce Commission about the Heart ... More >>
Of course frackers don’t want more fracking regulations
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 12:06 pm | Green Party
8 November 2012 Of course frackers don’t want more fracking regulations The public debate and Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report into fracking needs to be based on the facts, not industry spin, the Green Party said today. The ... More >>
Shock unemployment numbers show failure of Nats’ policies
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 11:22 am | Green Party
The shocking rise in unemployment to 175,000 is the final nail in the coffin for the National Government’s economic credibility, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today. More >>
Changes to RMA will undermine environmental protection
Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 11:31 am | Green Party
The National Government is actively undermining environmental protection and looks likely to obstruct local councils seeking to safeguard water quality, the Green Party said today. More >>
One vote needed to help lift 100,000 kids out of poverty
Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 10:04 am | Green Party
One more vote in Parliament this evening could help to lift 100,000 children out of poverty via the Income Tax (Universalisation of In-work Tax Credit) Amendment Bill, which would transform the In-work Tax Credit into a child payment for all children ... More >>
Green Party proposal to save ETS to be debated
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 3:22 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is putting up a positive alternative to the National Government’s Bill to gut the ETS, which is likely to be debated in Parliament today. Green Party climate change spokesman Kennedy Graham has proposed an amendment via a supplementary ... More >>
Time for National to wake up to the crisis in manufacturing
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 11:45 am | Green Party
The latest dire jobs numbers mean the National Government can no longer ignore the crisis in manufacturing arising from its failed economic management, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Time to put worker safety first
Monday, 5 November 2012, 4:42 pm | Green Party
The Government must move rapidly to implement all the recommendations of the Royal Commission report into Pike River, West Coast based Green Party MP Kevin Hague said today. More >>
MMP Changes Should Be Adopted
Monday, 5 November 2012, 2:22 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed the recommendations of the Electoral Commission on the Review of MMP released today. More >>
Westpac profits, admits manufacturing is faltering
Monday, 5 November 2012, 11:24 am | Green Party
Westpac profits, admits manufacturing is faltering Westpac today announced record profits while at the same time admitting that it was a tough time to be an exporter or an import-competing manufacturer, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt must respond on health and safety after report tabled
Sunday, 4 November 2012, 4:56 pm | Green Party
The Green Party hopes that the Royal Commission report into Pike River provides positive solutions for improving law and regulations around health and safety, and their enforcement, that will prevent any further tragedies occurring. More >>
Greens work with Government to support conservation
Friday, 2 November 2012, 3:29 pm | Green Party
2 November 2012 Greens work with Government to support conservation Green Party Conservation spokesperson Eugenie Sage and Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson today launched the use of self-resetting stoat and rat traps in Nelson Lakes National Park. “These ... More >>
Minister Bennett passes the buck on client privacy
Friday, 2 November 2012, 11:00 am | Green Party
The Minister of Social Development is passing the buck on client privacy, following the release of the damning Deloitte report on privacy breaches at the Ministry of Social Development, the Green Party said today. More >>
Minister Needs To Step In To Protect Ross Sea
Thursday, 1 November 2012, 3:45 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on Foreign Minister Murray McCully to convene a Ministerial level meeting on protecting the Ross Sea, after reports suggesting that CCAMLR delegates will fail to reach a resolution at their meeting in Hobart today. More >>
Government leaves needs of transgender people on backburner
Thursday, 1 November 2012, 2:36 pm | Green Party
The Government’s shelving of the Citizenship Amendment Bill is making the lives of transgender people needlessly difficult, the Green Party said today. The Minister of Internal Affairs replied to a member of the public in July saying that the Government ... More >>
Minister, is it worthwhile training as a teacher?
Thursday, 1 November 2012, 1:22 pm | Green Party
1 November 2012 Minister, is it worthwhile training as a teacher? The Education Minister needs to immediately clarify whether teaching qualifications will be optional for people wanting teacher registration, to give certainty to hundreds of young people ... More >>
