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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 >>
Keith Locke’s Valedictory Speech to Parliament
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 6:07 pm | Green Party
It has been a great honour to be an MP these last 12 years. I have been lucky to have been an MP during the MMP era, in much more representative Parliament. More >>
Inquiry into status of Māori children begins
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 5:03 pm | Green Party
The terms of reference for the Māori Affairs select committee inquiry into the status and wellbeing of Māori Children were today confirmed. The committee agreed to hold the inquiry in June of this year, but had not confirmed either the terms of reference ... More >>
Greens welcome new EMA CEO’s vision
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 2:05 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today welcomed comments made by the newly appointed head of the Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) – Kim Campbell – who believes sustainability offers New Zealand firms ‘the greatest business opportunity in a generation’. More >>
Minister needs to keep his head down on VSM
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 11:36 am | Green Party
Minister of Tertiary Education Steven Joyce has one last chance to reconsider his support for the voluntary student membership (VSM) bill, the Green Party said today. More >>
Keith Locke Speech: Video Camera Surveillance Bill
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 10:43 am | Green Party
KEITH LOCKE (Green): The Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Bill is one of the worst bills to pass through this Parliament. It is being rushed through completely unnecessarily and is a retrospective bill that legalises illegal behaviour by the ... More >>
Sue Kedgley’s Valedictory speech
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 12:01 am | Green Party
I am what you might call an accidental MP – someone who arrived in this House by accident, not by design. I casually agreed to put my name on a Green Party list for the ninety-nine election, at a time when the Green Party was polling at zero per ... More >>
Kedgley calls for Parliamentary reform in valedictory speech
Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 5:25 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley will for a major reform of Parliament’s rules in her valedictory speech, saying it still operates a lot of the time like an old boys’ club that is out of step with a rapidly changing world. More >>
More transparency from DoC needed over Denniston Mine
Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 5:24 pm | Green Party
The Minister of Conservation has refused to take any action over a potential conflict of interest after a Department of Conservation (DoC) employee with a senior role in respect to the application Department’s strategy on the Denniston Plateau was ... More >>
Auditor-Gen report shows need for stronger water regulation
Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 4:38 pm | Green Party
A report by the Office of the Auditor-General highlights the need for strong national direction to clean up our freshwater, direction which the Government has so-far failed to provide, the Green Party said today. More >>
