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New Zealand’s pure advantage
Friday, 8 July 2011, 9:54 am | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming the launch this evening of a new business leaders’ initiative to promote green economic opportunities for New Zealand. More >>
Govt tax tinkering a job creation scheme for tax accountants
Thursday, 7 July 2011, 12:14 pm | Green Party
The National Government’s tinkering with the rules around investment properties is a job creation scheme for tax accountants and lawyers but it doesn’t address the underlying problem of the tax system’s preference for investment property, ... More >>
Green MPs sleep rough to raise the plight of homeless
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 3:44 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei and Green Party housing spokesperson Gareth Hughes will this Thursday brave the elements and take part in the Lifewise Big Sleepout . This event aims to hi-light the plight of the homeless. More >>
Alasdair goes, but gender pay gap still needs action
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 2:37 pm | Green Party
The Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) could support law changes to improve pay equity following the dismissal of northern chief Alasdair Thompson, said the Green Party today. Green Party spokesperson on women’s affairs Catherine Delahunty ... More >>
Taxing capital gains will help make homes affordable
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 12:06 pm | Green Party
A tax on capital gains (excluding the family home) will enable more people to own their own homes, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Govt proud of gender pay gap in NZ
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 3:27 pm | Green Party
The Government confirmed today that it is unwilling to take any practical steps to reduce the gender pay gap and that it was proud of the size of the gap in New Zealand, said the Green Party today. More >>
New Zealand must support Australian moves on palm oil
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 10:31 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the New Zealand Government to support Australia over the mandatory labelling of palm oil, Green Party food spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Govt infrastructure plan full of contradictions
Monday, 4 July 2011, 4:11 pm | Green Party
The Government’s National Infrastructure Plan is full of contradictions, said the Green Party today. More >>
Time for Govt to show leadership on equal pay
Saturday, 2 July 2011, 12:14 pm | Green Party
The Government should take the lead and immediately modernise the Equal Pay Act in the wake of the Alasdair Thompson saga the Green Party says. More >>
72,000 NZers Drinking Faecally Contaminated Water
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 5:27 pm | Green Party
The Annual Report on Drinking-Water in New Zealand 2009/10 shows that 72,000 New Zealanders are drinking faecally contaminated water, said the Green Party today. More >>
Equitable and fair quake levy vs National debt
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 1:53 pm | Green Party
Equitable and fair quake levy vs National debt Christchurch City Council’s proposed earthquake levy is a good way to avoid future debt and the concept should be adopted by the Government to pay its share of the city’s rebuild, the Green Party says. ... More >>
Keith Locke on SAS action in Afghanistan
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 12:54 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke has long been a vocal critic of the war in Afghanistan. In light of yesterday’s attack involving New Zealand SAS soldiers the Green Party thinks it’s time for the Government to reconsider our military involvement in Afghanistan. ... More >>
Transport law changes bad for communities, economy
Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 4:02 pm | Green Party
The Government’s proposed changes to the Land Transport Management Act will take decision making away from communities and give it to faceless motorway building officials, said the Green Party today. More >>
Government intervention needed to save Waituna Lagoon
Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 10:37 am | Green Party
“The fate of the internationally recognised Waituna Lagoon in Southland lies in Nick Smith’s hands,” said Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman today, in response to the Environment Minister’s visit to the lagoon today. More >>
Phillip Morris could sue NZ Govt under current trade rules
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 10:37 am | Green Party
Phillip Morris’ legal action against the Australian Government’s attempts to introduce plain packaging for tobacco is a timely reminder of the perverse rights granted to foreign companies in our free trade and investment agreements said the ... More >>
Govt cuts fuel coming health epidemic
Monday, 27 June 2011, 3:24 pm | Green Party
Latest figures on New Zealanders’ rising diabetes levels expose the folly of the Government’s refusal to promote healthy eating policies, the Green Party says. More >>
Will EMA support law change to fight pay inequity?
Friday, 24 June 2011, 5:21 pm | Green Party
If the Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) really did support pay equity, it would support Catherine Delahunty’s members bill, said the Green Party today. Alasdair Thompson, head of Employers and Manufacturers Association issued an apology ... More >>
All-male EMA demonstrates need for law change
Friday, 24 June 2011, 10:41 am | Green Party
The credibility of the Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) will be in tatters if the all-male board of the EMA continues to back Alasdair Thompson and his offensive comments that women are less productive than men because they have periods, the Green ... More >>
Quake package leaves issues unresolved
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 4:09 pm | Green Party
The Canterbury earthquake package released by the Government today leaves a number of issues unresolved, says Green Party earthquake recovery spokesperson, Dr Kennedy Graham. More >>
Government inaction threatens oceans
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 11:21 am | Green Party
A further delay of the Marine Reserves Bill, which has been in select committee for nine years, shows the Government doesn't care about ocean protection, the Green Party says. More >>
