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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 >>
Green Party critical of Ag Research censorship
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 10:41 am | Green Party
Attempts by Crown Research Institute Ag Research to stifle a scientific report critical of its practices are disturbing and verge on censorship, the Green Party says. More >>
Govt must make safety changes to mining industry now
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 3:57 pm | Green Party
New Zealand should move to improve mine safety by reinstating check inspectors and a fully funded mine inspectorate, West Coast based Green Party MP Kevin Hague said today. More >>
MAF puts farming lobby ahead of human health
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 3:38 pm | Green Party
The just released Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) report that says New Zealand has a conservative policy on administering antibiotics to food producing farm animals is misleading, Green Party food spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Inquiry into status of Māori and Pacific children a win-win
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 1:26 pm | Green Party
MPs from across the political spectrum are joining forces to support a crucial inquiry into the status and wellbeing of Māori and Pasifika children. The Aotearoa Equality Group, convened by Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei and Rāhui Katene Māori Party ... More >>
Equal pay issues go under the spotlight in new Bill
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 10:16 am | Green Party
On-going equal pay issues for women have prompted a push to modernise employment law from the Green Party. More >>
Superfund profits from nuclear proliferation
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 11:25 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the New Zealand Superannuation Fund to divest from its $2.1 million stake in Larsen & Toubro, a Mumbai-based multinational involved in designing and building a fleet of nuclear-armed submarines for India. More >>
Greens oppose Aussie regulating New Zealand
Monday, 20 June 2011, 4:07 pm | Green Party
The Government’s plan for a trans-Tasman agency to regulate pharmaceuticals and medical devices would undermine New Zealand’s sovereignty, said the Green Party today. More >>
Funding cuts leave faeces in drinking water
Sunday, 19 June 2011, 1:59 pm | Green Party
A Government funding freeze and cuts have left rural communities drinking dirty water, the Green Party said today. More >>
Double double-standards on internet termination?
Friday, 17 June 2011, 3:56 pm | Green Party
Labour’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maryan Street is criticising National for their double standard of supporting strong statements at the UN against internet termination whilst bringing in the ‘Skynet’ Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) ... More >>
