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Government needs to retain role in state housing

Friday, 6 August 2010, 1:44 pm | Green Party

John Key’s Government needs to invest in state housing not divest itself of a role in looking after our most vulnerable citizens, said the Green Party today. More >>

Greens launch judges' pecuniary interests register

Friday, 6 August 2010, 10:48 am | Green Party

The Green Party has launched a member’s bill to set up a pecuniary interest register for judges. More >>

DHBs have no more fat to cut

Friday, 6 August 2010, 10:32 am | Green Party

Statements made by outgoing Capital and Coast DHB Chief Executive Ken Whelan show that frontline health services are being cut, the Green Party said today. More >>

Sow crates could be in our past with Green Bill

Thursday, 5 August 2010, 4:00 pm | Green Party

Sow crates could soon be a thing of the past if Parliament bands together to support the Green Party’s Animal Welfare Amendment Bill, Green Party animal welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>

Disability Commissioner Bill pulled from ballot

Thursday, 5 August 2010, 3:35 pm | Green Party

Green Party disability spokesperson Catherine Delahunty’s Human Rights (Disability Commissioner) Amendment Bill was pulled from the Members Ballot today. More >>

Dramatic irrigation expansion defies science

Thursday, 5 August 2010, 2:57 pm | Green Party

The Government’s plan to subsidise massive irrigation schemes in places like Canterbury flies in the face of science, the Green Party said today. More >>

Unemployment stats show folly of 'future focus'

Thursday, 5 August 2010, 12:44 pm | Green Party

Unemployment figures in the Household Labour Force Survey released today demonstrate how inappropriate the Government’s planned ‘future focus’ welfare reforms are, the Green Party said today. More >>

Another F for Joyce

Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 9:49 am | Green Party

Todays decision to link tertiary education funding to performance is another big fail from the Minister of Tertiary Education, the Green Party said today. More >>

Crafar farm sale offers once-in-a-lifetime chance

Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 2:31 pm | Green Party

The sale of the Crafar farms in the Waikato offer New Zealanders a window of opportunity to reconnect the Pureora forest and create a Tōtara National Park, the Green Party said today. More >>

Gender pay gap increases

Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 2:15 pm | Green Party

The latest Quarterly Employment Survey shows the average pay gap between men and women has widened in the last quarter to 12.81 percent, the Green Party said today. More >>

Threat to New Zealand’s dairy reputation

Monday, 2 August 2010, 1:13 pm | Green Party

The Minister of Agriculture David Carter needs to intervene to halt the practice in the dairy industry of inducing cows to give birth to premature calves, Green Party Animal Welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>

Russel Norman At The Crafar Farms And Pureora

Sunday, 1 August 2010, 2:34 pm | Green Party

Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman visits Pureora Forest Park on Sunday, a Park which holds 80% of the ancient totora remaining in New Zealand but is split by two Crafar dairy farms. More >>

Law Change Can Protect Kiwis From Private Spies

Sunday, 1 August 2010, 11:46 am | Green Party

Changes to a law already before Parliament could protect New Zealanders from spying by private companies, the Green Party said today.“It’s silly that private investigators have more rights to use tracking devices than the Police,” said Keith Locke More >>

Greens Prepare To Save Mokihinui And Other Rivers

Sunday, 1 August 2010, 11:44 am | Green Party

The Greens are preparing for another environmental win from John Key’s Government with the launch of their Save the Mokihinui Wild Rivers campaign, the Green Party said today. More >>

Greens celebrate Mackenzie decision

Thursday, 29 July 2010, 4:14 pm | Green Party

The Green Party today welcomed news that the Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has won a High Court case challenging factory-style cubicle dairy farms in the Mackenzie country. More >>

Pesticides need modern assessment

Thursday, 29 July 2010, 2:32 pm | Green Party

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority and the Environmental Risk Management Authority need to adopt the European Union method of assessing chemicals used on food the Green Party said today. More >>

Government must demand release of pig audits

Thursday, 29 July 2010, 12:04 pm | Green Party

The Pork Industry Board's attempt to evade the Official Information Act on top of its stalling attempts to strengthen any new pig welfare code shows the need for urgent government intervention, Green Party Animal Welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley said ... More >>