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Stalling wage growth highlights inequality
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 2:51 pm | Green Party
Stalling wage growth highlights inequality Stalling wage growth will hurt Kiwi families who are already struggling financially, the Green Party said today. “Wage growth in the last year barely kept pace with inflation, and we had the smallest increase ... More >>
ERMA allows use of Methyl Bromide to continue
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 2:16 pm | Green Party
The Environmental Risk Management Authority’s (ERMA) decision to allow the continued use of Methyl Bromide, a highly toxic and ozone destroying gas, for another ten years, without any requirements to use recapture technology, is deeply disappointing the ... More >>
Auckland speaks trains. Government replies roads.
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 12:29 pm | Green Party
Auckland speaks trains. Government replies roads. Len Brown has again made it clear the priority for Auckland transport must be investment in trains yet John Key’s Government is still refusing to listen, the Green Party said today. Len Brown set ... More >>
Defence review harks back to ANZUS
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 11:36 am | Green Party
The Defence Review released today is a missed opportunity to formulate an independent defence policy, Green Party defence spokesperson Keith Locke said today. More >>
Council needs to work with Wilderland community
Monday, 1 November 2010, 10:40 am | Green Party
Thames-Coromandel Council needs to work with the Wilderland community to find a fair process for bringing their buildings up to standard, said Green Party MP and Coromandel resident Catherine Delahunty today. More >>
Green MP Joins Coromandel Residents In Protest
Sunday, 31 October 2010, 12:45 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty is today joining with local Coromandel residents who are protesting against the Newmont Gold drilling rig in the coastal community of Opoutere at 1pm. More >>
Speaker should call for an independent review
Saturday, 30 October 2010, 11:47 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei is calling on the Speaker of the House Dr Lockwood Smith, to promote genuine transparency over MPs expenses in the wake of his announcement to change the current expenses disclosure regime. More >>
Leadership needed from industry on water quality
Friday, 29 October 2010, 11:40 am | Green Party
New Zealand needs large industry players like Fonterra to show leadership on the issue of water quality, the Green Party said today. More >>
National's legislation makes NZ look Braindead
Friday, 29 October 2010, 10:39 am | Green Party
National's legislation to appease Warner Brothers is braindead and will send all workers in the film industry back to the days of the Employment Contracts Act, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. More >>
Invest in homes not landlord subsidies
Wednesday, 27 October 2010, 3:50 pm | Green Party
The Government needs to invest in building new houses to address the current shortage of 70,000 homes, otherwise there will be a massive blowout in housing subsidies to landlords. More >>
Don’t turn Hobbiton into Mordor, Mr Key
Wednesday, 27 October 2010, 1:37 pm | Green Party
Overseas investors should have no say in changing New Zealand laws, Green Party industrial relations spokesperson Keith Locke said today. More >>
Canterbury earthquake law: Home by Christmas?
Wednesday, 27 October 2010, 12:39 pm | Green Party
The controversial Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act can be repealed early, said the Green Party today. More >>
NZFSA must investigate pesticide residues in food
Tuesday, 26 October 2010, 5:37 pm | Green Party
It is unacceptable that more than 90% of fruit and vegetables tested in the latest Food Residue Surveillance programme contained pesticide residues, Green Party food safety spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Gollum at risk of extinction in the Nevis River
Tuesday, 26 October 2010, 4:06 pm | Green Party
While everyone is worrying about The Hobbit , a unique, rare, and threatened native fish species called Gollum is at risk of extinction in the Nevis River in Central Otago, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt's housing plan inadequate
Monday, 25 October 2010, 12:04 pm | Green Party
The solution to New Zealand’s housing crisis is to increase the housing stock, not simply shuffle the existing inadequate resources around, the Green Party said today. More >>
Southland coal would be climate disaster
Friday, 22 October 2010, 12:33 pm | Green Party
Digging up the reserves of lignite in Southland can only increase global greenhouse gas emissions, said the Green Party today. More >>
Govt has no plan for high oil prices
Thursday, 21 October 2010, 4:30 pm | Green Party
Minister of Finance Bill English demonstrated that the Government has no plan for coping with high oil prices, said the Green Party today. More >>
Special ed target welcome but needs commitment
Wednesday, 20 October 2010, 5:23 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today welcomed the Government’s long-awaited response to the review of special education, but sounded a note of caution about how its changes would be implemented without new funding. More >>
Fonterra to subsidise overseas-owned competitors?
Wednesday, 20 October 2010, 2:52 pm | Green Party
News that a Chinese company is looking to purchase another New Zealand dairy company underlines the short-sightedness of requiring Fonterra to continue to subsidise milk supply to its competitors the Green Party said today. More >>
Green proposal for Disability Commissioner adopted
Wednesday, 20 October 2010, 1:42 pm | Green Party
News that the Government has adopted a Green Party proposal to appoint a full-time Disability Commissioner was welcomed by Green MP Catherine Delahunty today. More >>
