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Govt's backwards transport policy leads to job losses
Monday, 24 September 2012, 10:01 am | Green Party
24 September 2012 Government’s backwards transport policy leads to job losses The Key Government’s under-funding of rail to pay for grandiose motorway projects is to blame for the loss of 158 jobs at Kiwirail, Green Party transport spokesperson ... More >>
Standards publishing will set back education
Saturday, 22 September 2012, 11:50 am | Green Party
22 September 2012 Standards publishing will set back education The publishing today of primary school league tables based on unreliable data will be used as a defacto league table and is a big step backwards for education in New Zealand, Green Party ... More >>
National standards release another blow for schools
Friday, 21 September 2012, 1:03 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Education Minister not to release her national standards data next week. “Schools already know very well which of their kids are not achieving. More >>
Action is needed on child poverty now
Friday, 21 September 2012, 11:54 am | Green Party
21 September 2012 Action is needed on child poverty now A new study that shows too many children are suffering from poverty and deprivation highlights that the Government is doing nothing to address it, Green Party children’s spokesperson Holly Walker ... More >>
Exodus to Australia breaks another record as Nats fail
Friday, 21 September 2012, 11:46 am | Green Party
21 September 2012 Exodus to Australia breaks another record as Nats fail to act The growing exodus of New Zealanders for Australia is the result of National’s failure to act to protect and create jobs, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. ... More >>
NZ votes to kill Maui’s dolphins
Friday, 21 September 2012, 10:53 am | Green Party
21 September 2012 NZ votes to kill Maui’s dolphins It is outrageous that New Zealand was one of only two countries to vote against protection measures for the critically endangered Maui’s dolphin at the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s ... More >>
NZ out of step on GE
Friday, 21 September 2012, 10:41 am | Green Party
The New Zealand Government needs to follow the lead of Austria and France who are taking action around their approval processes for genetic engineering (GE), the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt can’t be a pacifist in a currency war
Thursday, 20 September 2012, 5:26 pm | Green Party
The Government today passed over a huge opportunity to empower the Reserve Bank to take the pressure off the overvalued New Zealand dollar by signing a weak Policy Target Agreement with the new Reserve Bank Governor, said the Green Party. More >>
Govt can’t be a pacifist in a currency war
Thursday, 20 September 2012, 5:00 pm | Green Party
The Government today passed over a huge opportunity to empower the Reserve Bank to take the pressure off the overvalued New Zealand dollar by signing a weak Policy Target Agreement with the new Reserve Bank Governor, said the Green Party. More >>
Immediate withdrawal of unsafe GE corn vital
Thursday, 20 September 2012, 11:56 am | Green Party
Research released yesterday shows the Government’s lax policy on genetic engineering is putting the health of New Zealanders at risk, the Green Party said today. More >>
New Zealanders need the Prime Minister to do his reading
Wednesday, 19 September 2012, 3:48 pm | Green Party
John Key’s refusal to read important documents is an insult to ordinary New Zealanders who care about democracy and to 270,000 children living in poverty, the Green Party said today. More >>
CAD figures show economic rebalancing failing
Wednesday, 19 September 2012, 11:46 am | Green Party
CAD figures show economic rebalancing failing Today’s worsening current account deficit figures reveal that the National Government’s goal of rebalancing the New Zealand economy is failing, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. More >>
Green Party 'Take the Step’ Auckland campaign launch
Wednesday, 19 September 2012, 10:58 am | Green Party
Following a successful launch last week in Wellington, the Green Party is bringing the 'Take the Step - Be a Champion for Children' campaign to end child poverty to Auckland, with an event tomorrow morning at Edmund Hillary School in Papakura. More >>
Govt delays paying carers following court victory
Wednesday, 19 September 2012, 10:55 am | Green Party
The actions of the Government since its decision not to appeal the Court of Appeal ruling in the family carers’ case are looking more and more like delaying tactics, Green MP Catherine Delahunty said today. More >>
Petroleum wrong focus for economy
Tuesday, 18 September 2012, 3:23 pm | Green Party
18 September 2012 Petroleum wrong focus for economy The Green Party says the Government should be creating an energy strategy that reduces New Zealand’s dependence on fossil fuels rather than acting as a cheerleader for the petroleum industry at their ... More >>
Key - Signing false documents okay, just don’t check them
Monday, 17 September 2012, 12:27 pm | Green Party
17 September 2012 Key - Signing false documents okay, just don’t check them The Prime Minister’s test for ethical behaviour has reached a new low, now it’s okay to sign false documents so long as you don’t check them first, the Green Party ... More >>
WINZ culture no better than ACC’s
Sunday, 16 September 2012, 11:50 am | Green Party
An institutional culture of cost saving has lead WINZ to the same strategy of disentitlement as ACC, said the Green Party today. More >>
Government should respond to US Fed moves
Friday, 14 September 2012, 1:34 pm | Green Party
The Government should respond to moves by the US Federal Reserve to purchase mortgage securities to put downward pressure on the overvalued dollar and stimulate the economy said the Green Party today. More >>
School closure criteria needs to be made clear
Friday, 14 September 2012, 12:18 pm | Green Party
The Education Minister must explain to the people of Christchurch the criteria on which she made the decisions about which schools will stay and which will go, the Green Party said today. More >>
ACC specialists fees reveal huge doubts about independence
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 3:45 pm | Green Party
Evidence that ACC is paying some medical specialists up to half a million dollars a year, an average of up to $1666 each client, reveals huge doubts about the independence of some of the corporation’s favourite doctors, the Green Party said today. More >>
