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Green Party MP celebrates Bill being drawn
Thursday, 26 July 2012, 1:35 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty’s Resource Management (Restricted Duration of Certain Discharge and Coastal Permits) Amendment Bill was drawn from the ballot today. More >>
PM needs to rethink Banks' role as Minister
Thursday, 26 July 2012, 1:19 pm | Green Party
ACT leader and Minister of Regulatory Reform John Banks memory around donations, and ability to sign off false documents should be of great concern to the Prime Minister, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today. More >>
Invest in our future – support paid parental leave
Thursday, 26 July 2012, 10:25 am | Green Party
Invest in our future – support paid parental leave The Green Party is supporting the 26 for Babies Coalition campaign to extend paid parental leave to 26 weeks, and is calling on the Government to ditch their threat of a financial veto of Sue Moroney's ... More >>
Solar water heating good for environment and families
Thursday, 26 July 2012, 9:12 am | Green Party
The Green Party is challenging the key findings of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report on solar water heating, saying that solar is good for the environment and families. More >>
Public to have their say on lobbying
Wednesday, 25 July 2012, 11:15 pm | Green Party
25 July 2012 Public to have their say on lobbying A Green Party member's bill to establish the country’s first publicly accessible register of lobbyists unanimously passed its first reading tonight, on the same day the Speaker of Parliament released ... More >>
Prime Minister ignorant of costs of flagship policy
Wednesday, 25 July 2012, 3:55 pm | Green Party
National’s asset sales policy is descending into a shambles with the Prime Minister today admitting he doesn’t know the Government is planning to spend $56 million on share-brokers, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. More >>
Action needed on Coroner’s report
Wednesday, 25 July 2012, 11:25 am | Green Party
The Government needs to act on key recommendations from the Kahui inquest and front up with the additional resources needed to protect children from harm, the Green Party said today. More >>
Labelling needs to be supported by law
Wednesday, 25 July 2012, 9:01 am | Green Party
New Zealand’s current labelling laws do not give consumers the information they want and need to make good purchasing decisions, the Green Party said today. More >>
Brownlee needs powers reined in
Tuesday, 24 July 2012, 10:09 pm | Green Party
24 July 2012 Brownlee needs powers reined in The High Court’s decision to overturn parts of Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee’s decision to change Canterbury’s planning rules and rezone land highlights the need for the overdue review of the ... More >>
Key’s numbers mean few ‘mum and dad’ shareholders
Tuesday, 24 July 2012, 2:43 pm | Green Party
24 July 2012 Key’s numbers mean few ‘mum and dad’ shareholders John Key’s back of the envelope calculation of the cost of a share give-away is a tacit concession that it wouldn’t work, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. Just an ... More >>
John Key needs to get a backbone
Tuesday, 24 July 2012, 12:14 pm | Green Party
John Key needs to put the health of New Zealanders ahead of the interests of tobacco giants. John Key yesterday said a proposal to require plain packaging of cigarettes and tobacco was not a “slam dunk” because of the risk of legal action by tobacco ... More >>
Public don’t want dangerous deep sea drilling
Tuesday, 24 July 2012, 11:38 am | Green Party
The government has got the economics and politics of dangerous deep sea oil drilling wrong, said Green Party energy spokesperson Gareth Hughes today. More >>
John Key Needs To Get A Backbone
Tuesday, 24 July 2012, 11:28 am | Green Party
24 July, 2012 John Key Needs To Get A Backbone John Key needs to put the health of New Zealanders ahead of the interests of tobacco giants. John Key yesterday said a proposal to require plain packaging of cigarettes and tobacco was not a “slam ... More >>
How much would share give-away cost taxpayers?
Monday, 23 July 2012, 10:35 am | Green Party
It’s past time for National to come clean on the cost of its planned give-away of shares in our energy companies, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. More >>
Government trying to buy support for unpopular asset sales
Sunday, 22 July 2012, 4:16 pm | Green Party
The confirmation of a bonus scheme for asset sales is a cynical measure to attempt to get public support for the Government’s deeply unpopular assets sales programme, said the Green Party today. More >>
Discrimination against poorest children needs to end
Saturday, 21 July 2012, 1:19 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed Child Poverty Action Group’s decision to appeal discrimination against New Zealand’s vulnerable children in the Court of Appeal. More >>
Philip Morris Should Butt Out Of Efforts To Reduce Smoking
Friday, 20 July 2012, 12:16 pm | Green Party
Philip Morris knows its product kills New Zealanders but is pushing addicts to pressure the Government to drop measures which would make it harder to smoke. The Government is proposing a series of tax hikes which will mean a pack of cigarettes will cost ... More >>
Greens to keep tabs on asset sales spend up
Thursday, 19 July 2012, 1:56 pm | Green Party
New Zealanders deserve to know just how much is being spent on selling off their assets, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. From today the Green Party website will keep a running tally of information gained from using parliamentary ... More >>
Government abusing their veto to rob kids
Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 6:26 pm | Green Party
The Government is abusing its power of veto by scuppering a Green Party amendment designed to protect children on the grounds it has already budgeted for savings from slashing their parents’ benefits, the Green Party said today. More >>
Key In La-La-Land On Home Ownership Crisis
Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 3:15 pm | Green Party
18 July 2012 Key In La-La-Land On Home Ownership Crisis John Key’s National Government is in denial over the fact that record house prices are hurting families, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. In answer to oral questions today, the Prime ... More >>
