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Govt stalling tactics cost taxpayers thousands
Friday, 10 June 2011, 11:49 am | Green Party
After spending many months and $70,000 of taxpayer money, the Ministry of Health has finally filed for a hearing date to appeal a High Court decision which upheld the rights of disabled people to pay family carers, the Green Party said today. More >>
Joyce creates jobs overseas by selling out NZ workers
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 1:21 pm | Green Party
Steven Joyce must take the blame for another 41 Kiwis being put out of work by this Government’s policies, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today. More >>
Greens celebrate tender of NZ’s biggest banking contract
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 3:10 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is celebrating the Government’s decision to tender New Zealand’s biggest banking contract and is calling for a public interest test to be included in the tender process. Finance Minister Bill English officially confirmed in the ... More >>
Greens work on alternatives to 1080
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 11:07 am | Green Party
The Green Party welcomes the new report on 1080 released today but remains committed to finding alternatives to the poison. More >>
Schmoozed Ministers Have Final Sign Off On Banking Contract
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 4:30 pm | Green Party
The Government needs to front with some clear answers about whether or not Ministers who have been schmoozed by Westpac will be signing off the Government’s master banking contract, Green Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Speech: Turei - Our Goals, Our Achievements, Our Position
Sunday, 5 June 2011, 11:32 am | Green Party
FULL TEXT METIRIA TUREI’S AGM SPEECH Our Goals, Our Achievements, Our Position Metiria Turei Green Party AGM, 5 June 2011 I am here for... you. I am here for you and the many thousands of New Zealanders just like you. I began this year in Parliament ... More >>
Independent Greens could support Labour, National ‘unlikely’
Sunday, 5 June 2011, 11:28 am | Green Party
The Green Party confirmed its post-election political position today, stating it was an independent party that could support a Labour-led Government in the right circumstances but support for National was ‘highly unlikely.’ More >>
Speech: Norman - A Clean Green Economy that works
Saturday, 4 June 2011, 12:00 pm | Green Party
FULL SPEECH TEXT A Clean Green Economy that works for Everyone Russel Norman Green Party AGM June 4, 2011 Introduction I give greetings to the mana whenua of this place, Ngāti Whātua and ngā hapū katoa o Tāmaki Makaurau me ngā hau e wha. E ngā ... More >>
Boost Kiwibank and supercharge energy companies
Saturday, 4 June 2011, 11:54 am | Green Party
A capital boost for Kiwibank is part of the Green Party’s clean, green economic prescription outlined by Co-leader Russel Norman today. More >>
New Zealand, get ready for Australian Carbon Tax
Thursday, 2 June 2011, 12:23 pm | Green Party
2 June 2011 New Zealand, get ready for Australian Carbon Tax New Zealand needs to get ready for a carbon price in Australia, the leaders of the Green Parties in both countries said today. More >>
Environmental Protection Authority won’t live up to its name
Thursday, 2 June 2011, 12:21 pm | Green Party
2 June 2011 Environmental Protection Authority won’t live up to its name The Government’s Environmental Protection Authority won’t live up to its name, the Green Party said today. More >>
Cell phone health gamble
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 3:38 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has called for cell phone health warnings after a World Health Organization (WHO) study found they could cause an increase in the risk of a malignant type of brain cancer. Green Party MP Sue Kedgley said she would like to see labelling information ... More >>
ECE Taskforce toes Govt line on registered staff
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 3:17 pm | Green Party
It is disappointing that the Early Childhood Education Taskforce has toed the Government line and only recommended that 80 percent of staff in early childhood centres should be registered teachers, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens in category of their own
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 1:03 pm | Green Party
As the Green Party prepare for their annual conference this weekend, the Electoral Commission has for the first time formally recognised their status as NZ's official third largest party, in a 'medium size' class of their own, granting them more significance ... More >>
ACC takeover by Australian insurance companies will hurt NZ
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 9:48 am | Green Party
The Government's plan to privatise work coverage of ACC would undermine our world leading system and lead to more suffering for accident victims, said the Green Party today. More >>
Westpac gifts to Ministers a potential conflict of interest
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 9:35 am | Green Party
Senior government ministers and their staff continue to regularly accept generous corporate hospitality from Westpac Bank at a time when the Government’s master banking contract, held by Westpac, is under review. More >>
Act is now National’s “mini me”
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 9:16 am | Green Party
Green Party candidate for Epsom mocks Act and National on personal blog Writing on his personal blog last night, David Hay, the Green party candidate for Epsom, mocked the Act Party, accusing it of being no more than a “mini me” of National. More >>
Key Needs to Take Responsibility for Scrapping Kiwi Jobs
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 4:03 pm | Green Party
The state sector mergers announced today will put more Kiwis out of work at a time of already high unemployment, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today. More >>
Key and Bennett Promote Out of Touch Welfare Report
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 3:36 pm | Green Party
The Government’s planned changes to the welfare system are out of touch with New Zealand communities and prey on our most vulnerable, says Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty. More >>
CBD rail loop needs big donor lobby group
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 12:56 pm | Green Party
The independent review of the CBD rail loop released by Auckland Council is well-informed by a number of internationally credible transport experts, but clearly the Government is only interested in transport projects supported by big donors like the Road Transport ... More >>
