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Dams could be sold under partial privatisation
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 11:32 am | Green Party
The Government’s plans to retain 51 percent of our state-owned enterprises does not guarantee individual strategic assets, like our dams, will not fall 100 percent into foreign private control, the Green Party said today. More >>
No whalers in our waters
Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 8:49 pm | Green Party
28 February 2012 No whalers in our waters The Government should do more than just warn off Japanese whalers reported to be in New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone, the Green Party said today. "It is offensive that Japanese whalers are in New ... More >>
Govt must give public full details of Moore’s dinner party
Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 11:42 am | Green Party
The Government needs to tell the public if it authorised Washington Ambassador Mike Moore’s co-hosting of a dinner party co-sponsored by tobacco giant Philip Morris, Green Party Health Spokesperson Kevin Hague said today. More >>
Comment on National’s welfare reforms announcement
Monday, 27 February 2012, 5:27 pm | Green Party
National’s latest welfare reforms regarding solo mothers will put children at risk, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today. More >>
Greens support review of National's two tier legal system
Monday, 27 February 2012, 4:30 pm | Green Party
The Green Party fully supports the Criminal Bar Association's legal challenge to National's unfair legal aid scheme, Metiria Turei, Green Party Co-leader said today. More >>
Affco’s 700-worker lockout callous
Sunday, 26 February 2012, 12:13 pm | Green Party
Affco’s 700-worker lockout callous Affco’s plan to lockout 762 workers from five sites on Wednesday is an appalling reaction to its disagreement regarding workers’ rights, says the Green Party. Green Party industrial relations spokesperson Denise ... More >>
Two more endangered dolphin deaths requires immediate action
Thursday, 23 February 2012, 7:24 pm | Green Party
23 February 2012 Two more endangered dolphin deaths requires immediate Govt action The death of two Hector’s dolphins in set nets near Christchurch yesterday is a warning for the Government to step up their protection for this endangered species, ... More >>
Hawke’s Bay Trails opening a model Cycle Trail
Thursday, 23 February 2012, 4:16 pm | Green Party
The opening of the Hawke’s Bay Trails this weekend is an exciting milestone for cycling in a region that’s establishing itself as one of the best places in New Zealand to ride a bicycle, the Green Party said today. More >>
Green Party comment on MFAT restructuring announcement
Thursday, 23 February 2012, 3:36 pm | Green Party
Comments from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Chief Executive John Allen suggest the future direction of New Zealand’s foreign policy will be dominated by purely trade interests, Green Party Foreign affairs spokesperson Dr Kennedy Graham ... More >>
Risk of privatising youth employment services too high
Thursday, 23 February 2012, 9:58 am | Green Party
The Green Party has called on the Government to abandon plans to privatise the Ministry of Social Development’s youth employment services, following the release of a Cabinet paper which reveals Treasury has significant concerns about the plan. More >>
22 February Earthquake – One year on
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 9:43 am | Green Party
22 February 2012 22 February Earthquake – One year on The Green Party hopes we all will pause tomorrow to remember the 185 individuals who lost their lives as a result of last year’s severe Christchurch earthquake. “Their passing has torn ... More >>
NZ fishing industry under international scrutiny
Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 5:30 pm | Green Party
New Zealand’s fishing industry practice is jeopardising our clean green brand, the Green Party said today. International researchers have today identified New Zealand as one the world’s areas most biologically and economically vulnerable to overfishing, ... More >>
Sick kids: urgent need to improve housing
Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 1:36 pm | Green Party
High rates of infectious diseases, especially those associated with poverty and poor housing, highlight an urgent need to improve the quality and quantity of housing in New Zealand, says the Green Party. More >>
Green Party comment on MFAT restructuring
Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 11:27 am | Green Party
The current restructuring of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade is driven by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully’s desire to bring those from the business community into the Ministry at the expense of those already in the jobs, ... More >>
Govt’s books deteriorate for no apparent gain
Monday, 20 February 2012, 1:41 pm | Green Party
The National Government’s economic mismanagement has led to a widening budget deficit with no apparent gain in sight, the Green Party said today. Treasury numbers out today show that the overall operating deficit for the six months to the end of ... More >>
Metiria Turei address to Green Party policy conference
Sunday, 19 February 2012, 3:21 pm | Green Party
Tēnēi te mihi ki te whare e whakawhaiti nei i te tangata, Tuturu Pumau, e tū… e tū… e tū… More >>
Report shows Govt failing children
Friday, 17 February 2012, 11:11 am | Green Party
Report shows Govt failing children A new report confirms the National Government is failing our children, and shows the urgent need for policies to end child poverty in New Zealand, the Green Party said today. “In the past year there has been no ... More >>
Govt’s focus on asset sales ignores wider economic problems
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 12:37 pm | Green Party
The Government’s focus on debt reduction through asset sales will do little to transform the wider structural weaknesses of the New Zealand economy as indicated by Treasury’s worse than forecast current account deficit figures, the Green Party ... More >>
Green Party comment on High Hazard Unit staffing
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 12:07 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today welcomed news of a fully staffed High Hazards Unit but questioned whether appropriately qualified staff have been secured, given the Government’s history of underfunding mine safety. More >>
Bennett denies women same education support she had
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 11:33 am | Green Party
The Government should reinstate the Training Incentive Allowance for sole parent beneficiaries in higher level degree courses, in light of new evidence that students are unhappily turning to prostitution in order to make ends meet, the Green Party ... More >>
