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The Beehive needs to pay attention to our beehives
Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 12:06 pm | Green Party
“The Government must intervene to protect New Zealand honeybees from pesticides that have been implicated in bee deaths,” Green Party food spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. The Green Party today launched a nationwide petition calling on the Government ... More >>
Earthquake Recovery needs to focus on sustainability
Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 10:41 am | Green Party
The new Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority established today needs to have a focus on sustainability, said the Green Party. More >>
Kedgley: NZ must deal with youth drinking
Monday, 28 March 2011, 11:53 am | Green Party
Reports today that children are being treated for alcohol and addiction, show the urgent need for the Alcohol Law Reform bill to be significantly strengthened, Green Party alcohol spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Images in Vice magazine needed age restriction
Sunday, 27 March 2011, 1:28 pm | Green Party
Green Party Women’s Affairs Spokesperson Catherine Delahunty today confirmed that she had lodged a complaint with the Office of Film and Literature Classification concerning a recent issue of Vice magazine depicting nude young women in scenes of ... More >>
Welfare Working Group and its distinctly unambitious target
Friday, 25 March 2011, 2:26 pm | Green Party
At page 60 of its report (PDF) the Welfare Working Group suggests: From the modelling reported in Chapter 10, we are of the view that the evidence from welfare reform in New Zealand and overseas indicates that a reduction of around 100,000 people [in ... More >>
Food from Japan: A small risk is still a risk
Friday, 25 March 2011, 11:55 am | Green Party
New Zealand should follow Australia and halt imports of food from Japan, Green Party food spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Children exposed to saturation advertising
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 1:35 pm | Green Party
Voluntary guidelines touted today as reducing advertising to children will still allow up to 10 minutes of advertising to be screened every hour during school age children’s TV programming, Green Party broadcasting spokesperson Sue Kedgley said ... More >>
Credit downgrade last thing a fragile economy needs
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 1:12 pm | Green Party
Credit downgrade last thing a fragile economy needs now The Government has raised the risk of a credit downgrade by borrowing to pay for the Christchurch earthquake rather than raising a levy, the Green Party said today. “John Key’s strategy ... More >>
Christchurch Ministry needs sustainability focus
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 11:31 am | Green Party
The new Christchurch Ministry needs to have a focus on sustainability from the start, said the Green Party today. More >>
Cuts on the table for low and middle income families
Wednesday, 23 March 2011, 3:15 pm | Green Party
In order to save anything like the figure intended, John Key’s Government will have to cut Working for Families support from more than just so-called ‘high income’ families, the Green Party said today. “Earlier this week, John Key signalled he ... More >>
Auckland sees smart green future, Govt sees more of same
Wednesday, 23 March 2011, 9:35 am | Green Party
The Green Party welcomed the Auckland Council's draft spatial plan discussion document released today as an exciting opportunity for Auckland to become a world class Eco-city. More >>
Debt Response to Earthquake Bill Fiscally Irresponsible
Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 4:29 pm | Green Party
The Government’s economic response to the Christchurch earthquake is fiscally irresponsible and will result in massive cuts to social spending and a blow-out in government debt, the Green Party said today. More >>
Milk pricing inquiry urgently needed
Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 11:05 am | Green Party
The Minister of Commerce needs to listen to New Zealanders' concerns over milk pricing and initiate a Commerce Commission inquiry, Green Party consumer affairs spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. A Consumer New Zealand survey found 79% of New Zealanders ... More >>
Cabinet paper confirms foreshore bill discriminatory
Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 9:30 am | Green Party
Information obtained under the Official Information Act from the Ministry of Justice confirms that National's foreshore bill is discriminatory, said the Green Party today. More >>
Green MP to host Disability and Home Care forum
Monday, 21 March 2011, 3:07 pm | Green Party
21 March 2011 Green MP to host Disability and Home Care forum at Parliament What: Forum on ‘Disability and Home Care: The Right to Pay Family Members’ Where: The West Foyer, Beehive, Parliament Buildings When: 12.30- 1.30pm, Wednesday 23 March ... More >>
Government can protect sharks now
Monday, 21 March 2011, 12:44 pm | Green Party
Government can protect sharks now The Green Party is calling for an end to shark finning at the start of World Shark Week this week. “I think many New Zealanders would be shocked to discover shark finning the practice of killing a shark, cutting ... More >>
Higher prescription charges on way
Sunday, 20 March 2011, 11:36 am | Green Party
Higher prescription charges on way unless John Key’s government stands firm The cost of getting a prescription could be going up if John Key doesn't take action to ensure access to affordable medicine isn't traded away in the Trans Pacific Partnership, ... More >>
Further debt not the only way to pay for rebuilding
Sunday, 20 March 2011, 11:34 am | Green Party
Further debt not the only way to pay for rebuilding Christchurch The Government’s plan to simply borrow to fund the rebuilding of Christchurch will cost us millions in interest; a levy makes more economic sense, Green Party Co-Leader Dr Russel Norman ... More >>
Dump Day Decision Dumps on Dolphins
Saturday, 19 March 2011, 11:05 am | Green Party
Dump Day Decision Dumps on Dolphins The Government has placed the endangered Hector’s dolphin at further risk of extinction by lifting restrictions on commercial fishers in the South Island, said the Green Party today. “Minister of Fisheries Phil Healey ... More >>
Pain at the pump - Green Party Podcast
Friday, 18 March 2011, 11:48 am | Green Party
In this week’s podcast, Green MPs Gareth Hughes and Kevin Hague about the significance of high oil prices to New Zealand, including lessons from the oil shocks of the 70s, and how Finance Minister Bill English thinks it’s a virtue not to have a plan to ... More >>
