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Govt must honour Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Thursday, 9 August 2012, 9:54 am | Green Party
On the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, the Key Government needs to honour its commitments under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP) and agree to negotiate with the pan-Maori group on water rights, Green Party ... More >>
Release Of Dodgy National Standards Data Will Hurt Kids
Wednesday, 8 August 2012, 12:11 pm | Green Party
The Government’s plan to release National Standards data will inevitably result in schools being ranked and judged on inaccurate data, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today. More >>
Auckland should be going for better not bigger
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 3:47 pm | Green Party
7 August 2012 Auckland should be going for better not bigger Auckland City Council should be focused on growing into a better city, not a bigger one, the Green Party said today. The Auckland Plan Committee has today decided to investigate greenfield ... More >>
Green Party comment on the National War Memorial Park
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 2:23 pm | Green Party
The Green Party supports the National War Memorial Park with reservations over the cost of the new tunnel and the process around it, Green Party transport spokesperson Julie Anne Genter said today. More >>
Government must show good faith over water rights
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 11:50 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling upon the Government to negotiate with the united Maori forum on water rights in good faith and genuinely consider the Waitangi Tribunal’s findings, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today. More >>
Australian farmers warn against GE
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 11:39 am | Green Party
Two Australian farmers have travelled to New Zealand to warn against releasing genetically engineered (GE) crops, the Green Party said today. More >>
Safe families, not cost, should drive Family Court reforms
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 11:26 am | Green Party
Advice to the Government, in a regulatory impact statement on the Family Court Review, announced last week, focuses on an “urgent” need to reduce costs in the system. More >>
Kiwis want nothing to do with Key’s asset sell-off
Monday, 6 August 2012, 6:50 pm | Green Party
Poll results confirm that the vast majority of New Zealanders aren’t interested in buying shares in assets that they already own, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. More >>
No incentive for NZ polluters to reduce emissions under ETS
Monday, 6 August 2012, 3:08 pm | Green Party
“The fall in carbon prices, both in New Zealand and overseas, shows the Government's blind faith in the market is wrong,” said Green Party climate change spokesperson Kennedy Graham. More >>
Green Party expresses sadness at deaths
Sunday, 5 August 2012, 12:50 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has expressed their sadness at the loss of lives of two soldiers and injury of six New Zealand Defence Force personal overnight. More >>
ACC computer claims must be properly investigated
Friday, 3 August 2012, 10:21 am | Green Party
The Police may need to investigate whether or not former ACC Chairperson John Judge has deliberately destroyed information potentially crucial to two current investigations, Green Party ACC spokesperson Kevin Hague said today. More >>
Squid decision lacks backbone
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 3:42 pm | Green Party
2 August 2012 Squid decision lacks backbone We shouldn't allow the squid fishery to kill any of our critically endangered New Zealand sea lions, Green Party ocean spokesperson Gareth Hughes said today. Mr Hughes was responding to the decision by ... More >>
Family court review welcomed, but more protection needed
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 2:48 pm | Green Party
The Green Party welcomes the emphasis on children in Family Court reforms, but is concerned families could be locked out by the cost of accessing the cornerstone dispute resolution service, which could put women and children at risk. More >>
Key/Banks Government sells kids out
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 11:38 am | Green Party
Vulnerable pupils need a strong state education system, not to be forced into schools run by corporate or religious groups that could impose their agenda while trying to make a buck from them, the Green Party said today. More >>
Canterbury University staff cuts short sighted
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 5:47 pm | Green Party
The slashing of 150 jobs at the University of Canterbury is academically short sighted and bad for the local economy says the Green Party. More >>
Seismic let-down for marine mammals
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 5:46 pm | Green Party
The Department of Conservation’s Code of Conduct for Minimising Acoustic Disturbance to Marine Mammals from Seismic Survey Operations, released today, is too weak and ought to be mandatory the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens propose way forward on lax local government laws
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 10:45 am | Green Party
A good way forward to keep local government politics clean, after the recent John Banks fiasco, is to lower the amount of money able to be donated anonymously, Green Party local government spokesperson Denise Roche said today. More >>
Govt needs to move on pay equity after UN report
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 1:06 pm | Green Party
The Government must reconsider the impact of its policies on women in light of the latest Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) report, Green Party women’s affairs spokesperson Jan Logie said today. More >>
Asset sales cost passes $10 million
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 12:21 pm | Green Party
New figures show that the cost of asset sales has already passed $10 million, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. In answer to a written question lodged by Dr Norman, Finance Minister Bill English stated that $3.947 million had been spent ... More >>
Current assets shouldn’t be sold to fund new ones
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 10:49 am | Green Party
Christchurch’s proposed new public facilities and spaces should not come at the cost of selling existing great public assets, the Green Party said today. More >>
