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Report provides more reasons to invest in children
Friday, 2 September 2011, 10:38 am | Green Party
Another report highlighting the plight of poor children provides more reasons to invest in bringing children out of poverty, the Green Party said today. More >>
MPs should investigate Hager’s claims about Defence
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 3:16 pm | Green Party
Nicky Hager’s latest book, Other People’s Wars, should prompt a parliamentary review of our Defence and Intelligence relations with the United States, Green Party Defence Spokesperson Keith Locke said today. Other People’s Wars, contains evidence ... More >>
SkyCity winds back clock on smoking
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 11:43 am | Green Party
The Green Party supports ASH and the Problem Gambling Foundation’s opposition to SkyCity Casino’s plan to open an enclosed smoking pokies balcony. More >>
Foreign ownership of SOEs inevitable under National
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 2:14 pm | Green Party
The National Government’s tinkering with ten per cent ownership caps will not stop state-owned assets ultimately falling into foreign hands, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Earthquake levy must now be considered
Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 12:35 pm | Green Party
The Government must consider a temporary earthquake levy to help address the skyrocketing costs of the Canterbury earthquakes, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. The Government this morning upgraded the cost of the Canterbury earthquakes ... More >>
Govt misses opportunity for green energy future
Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 11:49 am | Green Party
The Government’s energy strategy shows they have no plan to develop a clean, green economy for the 21st century, said the Green Party today. More >>
Greens Warn Of Kiwifruit Spraying Dangers To Health
Monday, 29 August 2011, 11:56 am | Green Party
The kiwifruit industry should abandon plans to spray the antibiotic Streptomycin over kiwifruit orchards, Green Party food spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Sue & Keith: 12 years campaigning from Parliament — Podcast
Monday, 29 August 2011, 11:10 am | Green Party
At the 2011 election Sue Kedgley and Keith Locke, lifelong campaigners and two of our longest standing Green MPs, will be standing down after 12 years in Parliament. In this podcast they reflect on their parliamentary careers, their greatest achievements, ... More >>
Children’s Social Health Monitor cause for concern
Monday, 29 August 2011, 11:04 am | Green Party
Too many New Zealand children are exposed to hardship and suffer poor health outcomes because of it, the Green Party said today. More >>
MAF statistics show Green’s irrigation charge affordable
Sunday, 28 August 2011, 4:33 pm | Green Party
Recent farm profitability statistics released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry show that the Green Party’s suggested charge for irrigation is 4.8 percent of total farm income for the average Canterbury dairy operation, the Green Party ... More >>
Denniston Mine should not go ahead
Saturday, 27 August 2011, 2:45 pm | Green Party
The consent granted just for the Denniston open cast coal-mine was trenchantly criticised by the Green Party today. More >>
Government scrimps on marine reserves
Friday, 26 August 2011, 4:00 pm | Green Party
The announcement of five new marine reserves on the West Coast is a missed opportunity that leaves the Government well short of its own goal of 10 percent of our marine environment being protected, the Green Party said today. More >>
Protest against the Infringing File Sharing Amendment Bill
Friday, 26 August 2011, 11:33 am | Green Party
What: Protest against the Infringing File Sharing Amendment When: 12–3pm Saturday 27 August Where: Aotea Square Who: Green MP Gareth Hughes More >>
Alcohol lobbyists expose pitfalls of FTAs
Friday, 26 August 2011, 10:37 am | Green Party
Attempts by overseas corporations to scuttle New Zealand efforts to reduce the harm of alcohol should be strongly resisted, Green Party alcohol spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Super Fund found investing in illegal cluster bombs
Friday, 26 August 2011, 9:23 am | Green Party
The Green Party has discovered the New Zealand Superannuation Fund is investing in cluster bomb manufacturers - a practice likely to contravene the Government's commitments under the international convention on cluster munitions. More >>
"Ambulance at Te Waihora lakeside"
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 5:32 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming the Government’s announcement to clean up Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere but is asking how the proposal will be effective in light of the proposed dramatic expansion of intensive irrigated dairying in the catchment of the lake. More >>
Govt fails binge-drinking youths
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 4:32 pm | Green Party
The Government’s Alcohol Reform Bill stills fails to address advertising, sponsorship and price issues, despite these being the underlying drivers of New Zealand’s entrenched drinking culture, the Green Party says. More >>
New EEZ legislation won’t plug a leak, stop climate change
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 5:23 pm | Green Party
New Zealand needs clean, green jobs, not risky deepwater drilling that will exacerbate climate change, said the Green Party today. David Clendon, Green Party spokesperson on resource management and off shore drilling was responding to news that the Government ... More >>
Government can improve safety in sunbed industry now
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 1:13 pm | Green Party
The Government should stop procrastinating and regulate the sunbed industry immediately in order to protect consumers’ health, the Green party said today. The Green Party has repeatedly called for regulation of the sunbed industry for many years. More >>
Fishing Inquiry: First-hand evidence of affected seafarers
Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 1:33 pm | Green Party
The announcement of a panel and terms of reference for an inquiry into the conditions on foreign charter vessels operating in New Zealand waters is good news, Green Party industrial relations spokesperson Keith Locke said today. More >>
