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Greens lead way on MPs remuneration change
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 3:26 pm | Green Party
New legislation that takes some decisions regarding MPs' and ministers' entitlements out of the hands of MPs will be good for transparency, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today. More >>
Greens question Treasury spend-up on consultants
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 12:46 pm | Green Party
Over the last two-and-a-half years, Treasury has employed the services of 200 consultants costing taxpayers $13.8 million, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman revealed today. More >>
Govt, let the navy protect whales
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 12:10 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is today calling on the Government to send an offshore patrol vessel to monitor the planned Japanese whale hunt in the Southern Ocean and ensure the safety of protest vessels. More >>
Green MP accepts rail petition from 13,000 Northlanders
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 11:23 am | Green Party
What: Gareth Hughes, Green MP accepts petition from Save Our Rail Northland with over 13,000 signatures Where: Parliament steps, Wellington When: TODAY 12.30 - 1 pm, Wednesday 5th October Who: Gareth Hughes, Green MP; Vivienne Shepherd from Save ... More >>
Greens support Parliamentary cleaners
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 11:02 am | Green Party
The Green Party supports the Parliamentary cleaners’ bid for better wages, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei says. More >>
Earthquake levy cheaper than credit downgrade
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 3:57 pm | Green Party
The Green Party’s earthquake levy would have cost householders considerably less than likely interest rate rises as a result of the recent credit downgrades, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. More >>
Video: TV3's Patrick Gower sings US anthem to Greens
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 1:30 pm | Green Party
"TV3's political reporter Patrick Gower lost a bet to the Green Party about who would win the USA versus Russia Rugby World Cup match. Patrick reckoned Russia, the Greens had their money on the USA." More >>
Greens call for Govt to stop supporting cruel hen cages
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 10:48 am | Green Party
The Government needs to come clean and tell New Zealanders whether or not it intends to phase out all cage systems for hens, Green Party animal welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Bill gives all state agencies free reign
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 10:08 am | Green Party
The Video Surveillance Bill as it has come back from the Select Committee remains offensive to the rule of law, Green Party Police spokesperson Keith Locke said today. More >>
Greens join animal welfare groups opposing cruel hen cages
Monday, 3 October 2011, 4:23 pm | Green Party
Green Party animal welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley will join New Zealand’s leading animal welfare advocacy groups SAFE and the RNZSPCA in calling on the Minister of Agriculture to prevent the use of colony cages. The Government is considering replacing ... More >>
John Key closes school used to promote National Party
Monday, 3 October 2011, 3:54 pm | Green Party
The Green candidate standing for the Wairarapa electorate has condemned John Key’s hypocrisy in using Ohorere School in Masterton as a backdrop for his PR video and then closing it down. “Last election the Prime Minister used this school and its ... More >>
Govt bungling adds cost of earthquake levy to mortgages
Sunday, 2 October 2011, 12:01 pm | Green Party
2 October 2011 Govt bungling adds cost of earthquake levy to mortgages The Government’s decision not to introduce an earthquake levy to pay for the rebuild of Christchurch means we will be paying at least the cost of the levy in increased mortgage payments, ... More >>
S&P downgrade shows Govt’s economic management in disarray
Friday, 30 September 2011, 4:09 pm | Green Party
Standard and Poor’s sovereign credit downgrade this afternoon is further evidence that the Government’s economic management is in disarray, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Widespread support for irrigation charge
Friday, 30 September 2011, 1:48 pm | Green Party
An extensive new Lincoln University study has found that water pollution is rated by New Zealanders as the most important issue facing our country and that New Zealanders want solutions that include stronger regulation of polluters and a price on the use ... More >>
Fitch fails Government’s management of the economy
Friday, 30 September 2011, 11:11 am | Green Party
Fitch Ratings has given the thumbs down to the National Government’s management of the New Zealand economy by downgrading the country’s creditworthiness for failing to address major structural savings and investment imbalances in our economy, Green ... More >>
Wardak raid needs thorough inquiry
Friday, 30 September 2011, 10:20 am | Green Party
There needs to be a thorough inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of SAS soldier Leon Smith in Afghanistan's Wardak province this week, Green Party foreign affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today. More >>
Does Nick Smith know what a subsidy is?
Thursday, 29 September 2011, 4:06 pm | Green Party
Following his answers at Question Time in the House today, the Green Party is questioning whether Minister of Climate Change Issues Nick Smith knows what the word ‘subsidy’ means. “The Government is convening the international group ‘Friends of Fossil ... More >>
New research shows Hector’s dolphins under threat
Thursday, 29 September 2011, 4:04 pm | Green Party
“Our damaging fishing practices in New Zealand are threatening Hector’s dolphins with extinction, and the world is beginning to find out,” said Green Party Oceans Spokesperson Gareth Hughes. UK paper the Guardian has published research which shows ... More >>
Green Party supports Aged Care Charter
Thursday, 29 September 2011, 11:29 am | Green Party
The Green Party strongly supports the Aged Care Charter and the call for compulsory safe staffing levels, and fair pay and conditions for aged care workers, Green Party aged care spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
NZ democracy curtailed during China VP visit
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 6:10 pm | Green Party
Instructions given by the Speaker of the House of Representatives that stopped Falun Gong protestors from quietly unfurling a protest banner is an attack on New Zealand’s democracy, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
