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Rising dairy prices could cost the environment
Sunday, 20 February 2011, 11:57 am | Green Party
The rise in dairy prices will be very bad news for the environment unless the Government acts swiftly to implement clear rules for clean water, and puts a moratorium on diary conversions until these rules are in place, said the Green Party today. More >>
Life on a benefit about to get more impossible
Sunday, 20 February 2011, 11:54 am | Green Party
Making ends meet on a benefit is already next to impossible, and will get even harder if tough recommendations expected from the Welfare Working Group this week are adopted, the Green Party said today. “John Key said last week that people on the benefit ... More >>
Japan, congrats on whale fail
Friday, 18 February 2011, 7:31 pm | Green Party
New Zealand can help make this Japanese whaling season the last ever, the Green Party said today. More >>
No four dollar an hour minimum wage in NZ
Friday, 18 February 2011, 1:29 pm | Green Party
The Government must make sure that workers in the care sector are paid more than four dollars an hour, Green Party industrial relations spokesperson Keith Locke said today. The Court of Appeal this week upheld an Employment Court ruling that workers ... More >>
Road-building jobs cost the govt over half a million each
Friday, 18 February 2011, 10:07 am | Green Party
The Government's "Transport Stimulus" would have created many more jobs if they hadn't cut funding for everything else to build new motorways said the Green Party today. "Research consistently shows that investment in public transport, walking, cycling ... More >>
Ministers BMW cost more than ambulances
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 12:18 pm | Green Party
The average cost of an ambulance is less than a BMW 7 series, revealed the Green Party today. “John Key’s Government needs to review its priorities, are BMWs for Ministers or ambulances more important?,” said Green Party Co-leader Metiria ... More >>
Key gets NZ ready for sale
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 3:19 pm | Green Party
The Government pledge that New Zealand investors will get first crack at buying shares in any future sell off of state owned assets will likely only delay the inevitable movement of these assets offshore, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. ... More >>
John Key needs to come clean on cars
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 1:55 pm | Green Party
John Key needs to make public the information on the BMW for Ministers deal, or pull out of it, said the Green Party today. “John Key should cancel the BMW contract or make public the details of the deal to prove the Government’s claims that cancelling ... More >>
Government can make Community Max work
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 1:07 pm | Green Party
On-going publicity about the Government’s Community Max scheme continues to highlight why investment in long-term job creation is so important, the Green Party said today. “Community economic development schemes are fantastic when they work well. Many ... More >>
Communities need real jobs
Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 10:56 am | Green Party
Revelations that projects from Work and Income’s Community Max scheme have not created jobs or skills show how important it is to invest in meaningful long-term job creation, not short-term PR exercises, the Green Party said today. “Community ... More >>
Greens welcome Gillard visit
Monday, 14 February 2011, 12:05 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today welcomed the forthcoming visit of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. More >>
Mubarak goes, but Egyptian Democrats still need NZ support
Sunday, 13 February 2011, 12:41 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed the departure of Egypt’s dictator Hosni Mubarak, but says New Zealand should remain engaged to help ensure the transition to democracy. More >>
John Key’s recipe for poverty & inequality is bearing fruit
Friday, 11 February 2011, 11:02 am | Green Party
John Key’s Government is growing inequality and cutting social spending which is a recipe for disaster, said the Green Party today. “A new Salvation Army report confirms that this Government is failing New Zealand’s most vulnerable people,” ... More >>
More openness needed regarding overseas buyers of NZ land
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 3:37 pm | Green Party
The Government must move to make the Overseas Investment Office more transparent so the public have the full facts about who is buying up New Zealand land, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Govt’s target will actually increase emissions
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 9:58 am | Green Party
The Government is trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the New Zealand public about plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, revealed the Green Party today. “Minister for Climate Change Issues Nick Smith is being a bit too tricky when he ... More >>
Foreshore bill same injustice different name
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 2:19 pm | Green Party
Revised legislation on the foreshore and seabed repeats the injustices of the original act and does nothing more than paper over the cracks, the Green Party said today. The Select Committee report into the Marine and Coastal Area Bill has been released ... More >>
Is Auckland remand prison in safe hands?
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 12:28 pm | Green Party
It has been revealed that a Serco prison has the worst record of self-harm in Scotland, said the Green Party today. Serco’s contract to run Auckland remand prison is due to be tabled in Parliament shortly. It has been reported in the UK: “ that Kilmarnock ... More >>
Parliament: Metiria Turei Address in Reply - 8/2/2011
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 3:01 pm | Green Party
I am here for my father and the many thousands of New Zealanders like him. My father was an ordinary man from Palmerston North who wanted an ordinary life. He wanted a decent, regular job with decent take home pay, he wanted a home where he could ... More >>
Social policy recipe for failure
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 2:15 pm | Green Party
John Key’s social policy is a tired recipe for failure and division, the Green Party said today. “We already have hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders struggling to get by, and the Prime Minister plans to make it harder for them,” said Green ... More >>
Hen code forgets that a cage is still a cage
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 12:49 pm | Green Party
The Government must move to rid New Zealand of battery hen cages completely, and not seek to replace them with so-called ‘enriched’ cages, Green Party animal welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
