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Green Party Celebrates Mokihinui Decision
Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 11:24 am | Green Party
The Green Party is today welcoming the news that Meridian Energy is pulling out of plans to dam the Mokihinui river. The campaign to save the Mokihinui has been running since 2007. More >>
Asset sales will leave Govt and economy worse off
Monday, 21 May 2012, 12:06 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today released the detailed findings of a new report that shows the Government and the economy will be permanently worse off if asset sales go ahead. More >>
Govt agencies neglected workers safety at Mapua
Saturday, 19 May 2012, 2:48 pm | Green Party
The Government must support workers who have suffered health problems from cleaning up the toxic site at Mapua, Green Party toxics spokesperson Catherine Delahunty said today. More >>
Green Party comment on police staff cuts
Friday, 18 May 2012, 5:12 pm | Green Party
“National’s cuts will turn police into paper shufflers,” Green Party police spokesperson David Clendon said today. “Cutting 125 non-sworn police jobs will inevitably mean police officers spend more time on administration and less time catching ... More >>
Green Party Supports Call For New Water Rules
Friday, 18 May 2012, 1:47 pm | Green Party
The Government should implement the Land and Water Forum’s recommendations to set national environmental standards for freshwater, Green Party water spokesperson Eugenie Sage said today. The Land and Water Forum released its second report today which ... More >>
Billion dollar highway not fiscally responsible
Thursday, 17 May 2012, 1:43 pm | Green Party
The National Government needs to explain why it is pushing ahead with uneconomic projects like the four-lane highway from Warkworth to Wellsford, while crying poverty and cutting services in the coming Budget, Green Party transport spokesperson Julie ... More >>
Govt needs to reveal performance pay model
Thursday, 17 May 2012, 11:20 am | Green Party
The Government needs to reveal what model of performance pay they intend to use for teachers, Green Party education spokesperson Catherine Delahunty said today. More >>
Social Housing need – A ticking time bomb
Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 11:57 pm | Green Party
National’s announcement today of successful applicants to the $25.3 million Social Housing Unit (SHU) Growth Fund is just a drop in the ocean, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt’s cost cutting hits NZ kids learning
Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 10:56 am | Green Party
The Government has taken Treasury’s bad advice and increased class sizes despite knowing that this policy will negatively affect children, Green Party education spokesperson Catherine Delahunty said today. More >>
150,000 families in warmer, drier, greener homes
Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 10:48 am | Green Party
The Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart home insulation scheme is a good example of smart, green economics at work, said the Green Party today. More >>
Groser promoting race to the bottom on food standards
Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 10:43 am | Green Party
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) risks dragging down our food standards to meet the lower level standards of other countries, the Green Party said today. More >>
EEZ Bill Makes Risky Deep-Sea Drilling E-Z
Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 4:59 pm | Green Party
The Government’s Bill to regulate activity in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) will facilitate risky deep sea drilling and destructive sea bed mining, rather than protect our oceans, the Green Party said today. More >>
Fruit fly is no excuse for irradiating our food
Monday, 14 May 2012, 7:52 pm | Green Party
Last week’s discovery of a Queensland fruit fly in Auckland should not be a catalyst for irradiation of staple produce such as tomatoes, yet this is exactly what is happening, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt Must Heed Latest Court Victory for Carers
Monday, 14 May 2012, 1:15 pm | Green Party
Today’s victory in the Court of Appeal for families caring for disabled family members should be taken notice of by the Government, Green MP Catherine Delahunty said today. More >>
Greens challenge English to back up tax switch claim
Monday, 14 May 2012, 11:27 am | Green Party
The Green Party is challenging Finance Minister Bill English to produce evidence to back up his claim made last night that the 2010 tax cuts are fiscally neutral. More >>
Govt’s 2010 tax cuts costing $2 billion and counting
Sunday, 13 May 2012, 9:30 pm | Green Party
13 May 2012 Govt’s 2010 tax cuts costing $2 billion and counting The Green Party has today revealed that the National Government has so far had to borrow an additional $2 billion dollars to fund their 2010 tax cut package for upper income earners. New ... More >>
Ministry Of Primary Industries Taking The Wrong Risks
Friday, 11 May 2012, 2:34 pm | Green Party
11 May 2012 Ministry Of Primary Industries Taking The Wrong Risks The Ministry of Primary Industries’ shaky assurances that our existing border control procedures are enough to kerb potential fruit fly infestations are undermined by ‘risk profiling’ ... More >>
Govt fails to honour Pike River promise
Friday, 11 May 2012, 9:22 am | Green Party
The Government has let down the families of the Pike River miners by allowing their body recovery to be conditional on the commercial viability of the mine, the Green Party said today. More >>
Boost our biosecurity staff, don’t boot them
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 6:16 pm | Green Party
The trapping of a Queensland fruit fly today shows that once again our primary industries are at threat because of biosecurity leaks, the Green Party said today. More >>
Nats Borrow A Page From Roger Douglas’ Playbook
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 3:29 pm | Green Party
National’s attempt to use debt to scare New Zealanders into accepting asset sales is straight from Sir Roger Douglas’ playbook and, as Sir Roger himself admitted, makes no sense, Green party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. More >>
