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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 >>
Maiden Speech - Holly Walker
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 6:13 pm | Green Party
Mr Speaker, I never met Rod Donald. To many people, it will seem amazing that, just six short years since his tragic death, there is already a Green MP who never met Rod. To many, it will seem very sad - indeed it is. More >>
Maiden Speech Eugenie Sage, Green MP
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 6:03 pm | Green Party
When I first walked onto Parliament’s grounds as a member of this House last November, I heard a tui, practising its scales below the Beehive. The tui’s chorus is sweeter than anything I might say in this chamber so I took its song as auspicious. A sign ... More >>
Maiden Speech - Steffan Browning
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 5:43 pm | Green Party
I acknowledge my parents both no longer with us, Ivan passing away a few years ago, and Alice just a week and a day before the election. I wish you were here. And my late half-brother Trevor, you also were so supportive of my vision. More >>
Maiden Speech - Julie Anne Genter
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 5:09 pm | Green Party
It is with gratitude and humility that I stand here. Gratitude to those who have gone before, gratitude to all those who have taught me on my journey so far. Special thanks to my father John and my brothers Sean and Liam, who are here today; to my ... More >>
Mojo Mathers - Maiden Speech
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 5:04 pm | Green Party
Mr Speaker, it was the desire to save a very special river, the Waikirikiri, which led directly to my involvement in politics. More >>
Ministers’ Crafar blunder the result of NZ China Strategy
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 4:45 pm | Green Party
The decision to allow Shanghai Pengxin to buy the Crafar farms was a politically motivated one aimed at keeping the Chinese Government happy, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Sky City profits high:no need to subsidise conference centre
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 12:59 pm | Green Party
Sky City’s record profits released today highlight how unnecessary it is for the Government to change legislation in exchange for a new convention centre, says the Green Party. More >>
Update on accessibility funding for Mojo Mathers
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 12:15 pm | Green Party
This morning the Green Party has written to the Speaker of the House requesting that he convene the Parliamentary Services Committee meeting as soon as possible to that issues relating to the funding of electronic note taking for Mojo Mathers can be ... More >>
Green MPs’ maiden speeches to be translated live into NZSL
Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 11:56 am | Green Party
In honour of Green Party MP Mojo Mathers’ introduction to Parliament, New Zealand Sign Language interpreters will be signing from the front of the House during the Green Party’s maiden speeches on Wednesday. More >>
