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Glossy reports can’t hide economic failure
Thursday, 1 November 2012, 12:42 pm | Green Party
1 November 2012 Glossy reports can’t hide economic failure Yet another glossy report regurgitating old ideas won’t get New Zealand working again, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. The National Government today released another economic ... More >>
BNZ’s profits at high cost to NZ businesses, households
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 11:28 am | Green Party
31 October 2012 BNZ’s profits at high cost to NZ businesses, households Near record profits announced by BNZ today comes at high cost to New Zealand businesses and households and reinforces the need for Government to focus on how it can reduce the costs to ... More >>
Vulnerable workers’ rights go under National
Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 3:19 pm | Green Party
Workers will be the big losers with National’s decision to amend employment laws that protect many low paid and vulnerable New Zealanders, Green Party industrial relations spokesperson Denise Roche said today. More >>
Ross Sea protected area: for science or commercial fishing?
Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 1:38 pm | Green Party
30 October 2012 Ross Sea protected area: for science or commercial fishing? The Green Party is encouraged by reports New Zealand and the United States have finally agreed to a joint proposal for a marine protected area in Antarctica’s Ross Sea, but want ... More >>
More manufacturers close shop under National
Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 12:13 pm | Green Party
30 October 2012 More manufacturers close shop under National Nearly 8,000 manufacturing firms have closed their doors in the past four years, in another sign of the crisis in manufacturing under National, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. ... More >>
Greens question elimination of competition in telco market
Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 9:12 am | Green Party
The Green Party is questioning the Commerce Commission’s decision to allow two of the biggest players in the telecommunications market to merge. More >>
More sprawl a costly choice for New Zealand
Monday, 29 October 2012, 4:07 pm | Green Party
Building more suburbs in rural areas far from city centres will not make housing more affordable or New Zealand’s cities more liveable, Green Party housing spokesperson Holly Walker said today. More >>
Ministry must foster local innovation in education
Monday, 29 October 2012, 2:43 pm | Green Party
The Government should be supporting innovation from within the public education system to improve overall student outcomes, rather than importing failed ideas from overseas, the Green Party said today. More >>
Police appoint senior team to look into illegal GCSB spying
Monday, 29 October 2012, 2:21 pm | Green Party
Police have appointed a team of senior investigators to look into a Green Party complaint about the Government Communications Security Bureau’s illegal interception of Kim Dotcom’s communications, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. More >>
Government anti-local government and anti-democracy
Monday, 29 October 2012, 11:14 am | Green Party
The real agenda behind the increased powers of Ministerial intervention in National’s Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill is now clear, the Green Party said today. More >>
National scraps crucial environmental report
Monday, 29 October 2012, 9:09 am | Green Party
29 October 2012 National scraps crucial environmental report The National Government has decided to stop producing the essential five-yearly State of the Environment Report, the Green Party revealed today. “The Government is keeping New Zealanders ... More >>
New Zealand must commit to real climate change targets
Sunday, 28 October 2012, 8:36 pm | Green Party
28 October 2012 New Zealand must commit to real climate change targets The Government must commit quickly to real climate change targets and stop deceiving New Zealanders about its intentions, the Green Party said today. Green Party climate change spokesperson, ... More >>
Sprawl not solution for Auckland housing affordability
Saturday, 27 October 2012, 6:13 pm | Green Party
27 October 2012 Sprawl not solution for Auckland housing affordability crisis It would be a mistake for the Government to allow more development on Auckland's urban fringe in its attempt to address the growing housing affordability crisis, said Green ... More >>
Companies must pay what they owe to workers
Friday, 26 October 2012, 2:04 pm | Green Party
The Labour Minister should publicly commit to keeping the protections for vulnerable workers in the Employment Relations Act, the Green Party said today. Last night the High Court released their decision that Pacific Flight Catering must pay the accrued ... More >>
Green solution to wrap around vulnerable kids
Friday, 26 October 2012, 11:37 am | Green Party
26 October 2012 Green solution to wrap around vulnerable kids Protecting parents is the only way to protect vulnerable children, the Green Party said today. In her speech to the Women’s Refuge, Metiria Turei announced the Green Party’s solutions ... More >>
Asset sales agenda costs West Coast jobs
Thursday, 25 October 2012, 1:46 pm | Green Party
“The loss of jobs with the closure of the Spring Creek Mine is yet another cost of the Government’s asset sales agenda,” West Coast-based Green Party MP Kevin Hague said today. More >>
Record ANZ profits stripping economy of capital
Thursday, 25 October 2012, 11:10 am | Green Party
Record profits posted by ANZ bank today highlight the on-going weakness of having 94 percent of our banking industry owned offshore, said Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman today. More >>
Reserve Bank confirms over-valued dollar to blame for crisis
Thursday, 25 October 2012, 11:07 am | Green Party
25 October 2012 Reserve Bank confirms over-valued dollar to blame for manufacturing crisis The Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler’s unwillingness to lower the Official Cash Rate (OCR) despite acknowledging the devastating effect that the over-valued ... More >>
Government must work in partnership with disabled
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 1:27 pm | Green Party
The monitoring report on the human rights of disabled people shows that there is still a long way to go for disabled people in New Zealand, Green Party disability spokesperson Mojo Mathers said today. The 2012 monitoring report on how New Zealand ... More >>
Government must step up support for aged care
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 1:18 pm | Green Party
The Government must step up its support for the aged care sector after the Health Select Committee was told of a number of issues facing residents and workers in the sector, the Green Party said today. More >>
