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Government closing schools and giving up on the east
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 2:32 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is worried that the Government is exploiting the crisis in Christchurch to push through their unpopular education agenda. More >>
Reserve Bank failing exporters, economy
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 9:37 am | Green Party
The Reserve Bank’s reliance on one tool – the Official Cash Rate – to deliver economic rebalancing is failing, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. More >>
NZ proposes Ross Sea protection for fishing interests
Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 1:20 pm | Green Party
Murray McCully’s proposal for an ineffective Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Ross Sea focuses on protecting the fishing industry – not the environment, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt’s surplus at risk from ETS subsidies
Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 12:06 pm | Green Party
The National Government’s aim of returning to surplus by 2015 will be put at risk by on-going and indefinite subsidies of major polluters if planned changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme go ahead, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. More >>
Government’s local body reforms create false economies
Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 11:20 am | Green Party
The Government’s pressure on councils to cut spending is forcing them into false economies that will costs Kiwis jobs and wages, said Green Party small business spokesperson David Clendon today. More >>
Wiri private prison waste of money
Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 5:22 pm | Green Party
The $300 million dollars being spent to set up a private prison is a waste of money that further pushes New Zealand down the dangerous road of privatising our justice system, said the Green Party today. More >>
Government ETS changes make scheme toothless
Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 5:21 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for the National Government to drop its proposed changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) which the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) today said would render the scheme toothless. More >>
Green Party’s search for Champions for Children
Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 12:37 pm | Green Party
The Green Party wants ordinary New Zealanders to talk with their feet and take a step to help end child poverty. More >>
Independent medical assessments must be a top priority
Monday, 10 September 2012, 9:54 am | Green Party
The newly constituted ACC Board needs to demonstrate its commitment to culture change in the organisation by immediately changing the way it commissions the services of specialist medical assessors, Green Party ACC spokesperson Kevin Hague said today. More >>
Key against all measures to end child poverty
Monday, 10 September 2012, 9:47 am | Green Party
John Key’s statement that measures to alleviate child poverty, like food in schools, are not needed shows he is out of touch with the facts and against every good idea to decrease child poverty, the Green Party said today. More >>
Claims mining won’t destroy Plateau ecology laughable
Sunday, 9 September 2012, 10:50 am | Green Party
Claims by Bathurst Resources Ltd, CEO Hamish Bohannan that, after open cast mining on the Denniston Plateau, the company can “put things back pretty well as they were before” are completely at odds with any basic understanding of ecology More >>
No democracy for Canterbury until 2016
Friday, 7 September 2012, 12:14 pm | Green Party
The National Government is trampling on democracy by cancelling elections and denying Cantabrians the right to vote for their regional councillors for the second time in a row, the Green Party said today. More >>
Why is National copying Australia’s failed highway PPPs?
Thursday, 6 September 2012, 10:46 am | Green Party
Public-Private Partnerships to build highway projects have been expensive failures in Australia, with the public bearing the cost, and National should not be looking to copy this failed model, Green Party transport spokesperson Julie Anne Genter said ... More >>
Environment Court ruling a win for clean rivers
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 2:54 pm | Green Party
5 September 2012 Environment Court ruling a win for clean rivers and a signal to Government The Green Party today welcomed the Environment Court decision on the Horizons Regional Council’s One Plan. The Environment Court has ruled that nutrient management ... More >>
No need to sell assets to return to surplus
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 12:49 pm | Green Party
The Government’s target of returning to surplus by 2014/15 will be easier to achieve if the asset sales don’t go ahead, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Genetic Engineering not in our best interest
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 11:21 am | Green Party
The United States State Department and American multinational companies have been pushing for the release of genetically engineered food into the New Zealand environment at a biotechnology conference being held in Rotorua this week, the Green Party said ... More >>
Roll-call of blunders marks asset sales agenda
Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 1:22 pm | Green Party
4 September 2012 Roll-call of blunders marks asset sales agenda National’s flagship asset sale policy has been marked by mismanagement and crisis while the real economic problems facing our country have been neglected, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman ... More >>
Rebstock’s appointment highlights opportunity for ACC
Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 10:40 am | Green Party
The appointment of Paula Rebstock as permanent chair of ACC is an opportunity to steer the corporation back towards the role and principles it was founded on, the Green party said today. More >>
National’s cosy relationship with Westpac needs to end
Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 9:19 am | Green Party
The National Government continues to drag its heels on tendering the government master banking contract, the Green Party said today. More >>
Delay gives Kiwis a chance to stop asset sales
Monday, 3 September 2012, 4:36 pm | Green Party
3 August 2012 Delay gives Kiwis a chance to stop asset sales The delay in the sale of shares in Mighty River Power gives New Zealanders the chance to have their say in the citizens-initiated referendum and stop asset sales, Green Party Co-leader ... More >>
