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Council rail-roaded into supporting roads

Thursday, 21 April 2011, 1:40 pm | Green Party

Green Party MP Gareth Hughes has written on the Green Party’s blog about his disappointment that the Wellington City Council voted last night to support the Government’s $2.4 billion roading plans. More >>

Tony Ryall misleads over cost of disability support care

Thursday, 21 April 2011, 12:07 pm | Green Party

Health Minister Tony Ryall needs to stop using discredited figures to deny justice to parents seeking financial support for looking after their disabled children, the Green Party said today. More >>

Where are the photos from the black tie dinner Mr Key?

Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 10:04 am | Green Party

The New Zealand Air Force should not be ferrying John Key around New Zealand so he can attend black tie dinners at exclusive golf clubs, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Tūrei said today. More >>

Relieve petrol costs with more buses and trains

Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 12:16 pm | Green Party

The Government can lessen the impact of the price of oil, even if it can’t reduce the price, the Green Party said today. More >>

Prices, GST, inflation hit families hard

Monday, 18 April 2011, 12:49 pm | Green Party

Rising prices are hurting Kiwi families, and the Government’s tax changes have left thousands worse off, the Green Party said today. More >>

Govt must stop subsidies to risky deep sea oil

Monday, 18 April 2011, 11:50 am | Green Party

The Government must not subsidise overseas oil giants to explore and drill in our deep waters when the technology to avoid a catastrophic oil spill is entirely unproven, said the Green Party today. More >>

Children need Minsters’s action not talk

Sunday, 17 April 2011, 5:20 pm | Green Party

The Green Party today welcomed Minister Bennett’s suggestion of a national conversation on children’s issues, but expressed serious scepticism that the Government was at all interested in action to genuinely better “value, nurture and protect children”. More >>

NZ under threat from massive land grab

Friday, 15 April 2011, 12:20 pm | Green Party

Selling the Crafar farms to an overseas consortium cannot possibly be in New Zealand’s economic interests, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>

Nationwide survey of antibiotic use urgently needed

Friday, 15 April 2011, 11:03 am | Green Party

Green MP Sue Kedgley is strongly supporting the call made today for a nationwide survey of antibiotic use in public hospitals in New Zealand, and is seeking a survey of antibiotic use in animals as well. More >>

Kedgley lodges Commerce Commission complaint over meat glue

Friday, 15 April 2011, 10:16 am | Green Party

The Commerce Commission needs to investigate scraps of meat being glued together with ‘meat glue’ and then being sold as prime cuts of meat, Green Party consumer affairs spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>

Timber importers step up where Government falls short

Thursday, 14 April 2011, 4:37 pm | Green Party

The Green Party today congratulated the New Zealand Imported Tropical Timber Group (ITTG) for volunteering to only purchase and trade legal timber from Indonesia, but called on the Government to level the playing field for all by implementing regulation. More >>

Digital copyright debated in the House and online

Thursday, 14 April 2011, 3:23 pm | Green Party

Green Party spokesperson for Information & Communication Technology, Gareth Hughes, was the voice of opposition to the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill that passed this morning under urgency. More >>

Government makes a pig’s ear of biosecurity risks

Thursday, 14 April 2011, 12:51 pm | Green Party

The Government’s decision to relax border standards for the importation of pig meat places the New Zealand pork industry at unacceptable risk, said the Green Party today. More >>

Call to halt Japanese food imports

Thursday, 14 April 2011, 11:26 am | Green Party

“New Zealand must start halting food imports from Japan,” Green Party food spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>

Greens acknowledge Fitzsimons CNZM investiture

Thursday, 14 April 2011, 11:22 am | Green Party

The Green Party congratulated former Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today on her investiture as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. More >>

Green Party Proxy voting for Hone Harawira

Thursday, 14 April 2011, 10:28 am | Green Party

The Green Party has agreed to cast proxy votes for Te Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira. More >>

Govt gambles with our shores

Wednesday, 13 April 2011, 12:43 pm | Green Party

John Key's Government gave permission to Petrobras to drill in the absence of an environmental framework, and without the capacity to deal with a catastrophic deep water oil spill, said the Green Party today. “The Government issued a permit to ... More >>

CERA needs to be reviewed and improved

Wednesday, 13 April 2011, 12:24 pm | Green Party

The people of Christchurch deserve to have their say on the CERA Bill before it is passed into law. The Bill is being rushed through Parliament this week with no input from the public, said the Green Party today. “A one day review process with selected ... More >>

Rising food prices hit struggling families

Wednesday, 13 April 2011, 11:35 am | Green Party

Rising food prices are hurting Kiwi families who are already struggling to make ends meet, the Green Party said today. More >>