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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 >>
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 >>
