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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 >>
Asset sales don’t add up
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 7:56 pm | Green Party
New figures, which show that New Zealand has lost $21 billion in dividends since the sales of BNZ, Telecom, and Contact, prove that asset sales are a folly that we don’t need to repeat, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. More >>
Minister’s Akaroa Marine Reserve decision quashed
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 1:54 pm | Green Party
09 May 2012 Minister’s Akaroa Marine Reserve decision quashed The Minister of Conservation needs to do the right thing now and approve the Akaroa Marine Reserve proposal, the Green Party said today. The High Court yesterday quashed the Minister of Conservation’s ... More >>
Govt needs to do the research on student loans
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 1:15 pm | Green Party
The Government’s student loan and allowance changes are so poorly researched that the Minister doesn’t even know how they will interact with other key policies, the Green Party said today. More >>
Half of New Zealanders know poverty first hand
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 11:58 am | Green Party
New Zealand needs a major re-think of what is a liveable family income, as a new study reveals half of all households are likely to have spent time in poverty, the Green Party says. More >>
Green MPs Back International Opposition to TPP
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 10:05 am | Green Party
New Zealand must follow the lead of Australia and refuse to sign any trade agreement that includes investor state dispute settlement provisions, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today. More >>
Government Should Get Out of Our Bedrooms
Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 4:08 pm | Green Party
The Prime Minister is unable to deny that young women on welfare will be forced to take long term contraception in order to stop their benefits being cut, the Green Party said today. More >>
Minister contradicting Ministry on school league tables
Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 11:31 am | Green Party
The Minister of Education Hekia Parata is contradicting the Ministry on the issue of publishing school league tables, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt. crashes the books even further
Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 11:21 am | Green Party
The National Government’s poor fiscal management and, in particular, its very expensive 2010 tax cut package, has driven the Government’s books even further into the red, the Green Party said today. More >>
Where Will the Cuts Come From?
Monday, 7 May 2012, 5:35 pm | Green Party
“Today’s announcement of shuffling of money within the social development budget to pay for the Government’s punitive welfare reforms begs the question of where the money will come from,” said Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei. More >>
