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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 >>
OCR changes will hurt our economy
Thursday, 29 July 2010, 11:17 am | Green Party
The Reserve Bank’s reliance on one tool, the Official Cash Rate (OCR), relies on damaging the very sectors we need to prosper if we want a more sustainable and productive economy, the Green Party said today. More >>
Gareth Hughes Talking About Warm Healthy Rentals
Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 3:52 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Gareth Hughes is touring universities to promote his new member’s bill that will help ensure everyone has a warm home. Tomorrow Gareth will be in Dunedin talking to students about the substandard housing they have to live in. More >>
G4S Prison Company Under Scrutiny In Australia
Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 3:24 pm | Green Party
A private prison company that is bidding to run Mt Eden remand prison is under scrutiny in Australia for failing to make recommended changes after a high profile death in custody, said the Green Party today. More >>
Norman Challenges Key To Save Lives
Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 3:35 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today called on John Key to allow his National MPs a conscience vote on whether the blood alcohol content (BAC) of drivers should be lowered.Yesterday the Government ruled out changes to road safety legislation lowering the BAC More >>
Green Party seeks to assist Key with investment
Monday, 26 July 2010, 3:20 pm | Green Party
John Key has the opportunity to stop New Zealanders becoming tenants in their own country by supporting a Green Party Member’s Bill, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Government has no plan for poverty-related illness
Monday, 26 July 2010, 1:51 pm | Green Party
Research on rheumatic fever rates in Northland shows the need to guarantee health essentials for all New Zealanders, the Green Party said today. More >>
Council Abandons Communities For Cheap Alcohol
Sunday, 25 July 2010, 10:54 am | Green Party
The Hutt City Council has effectively left local communities to fight on their own to stop liquor stores opening up in their neighbourhoods, said Harbour Ward candidate Robert Ashe today. More >>
Water Seen As Resource Most At Risk In Hutt Valley
Sunday, 25 July 2010, 10:41 am | Green Party
Hutt Valley residents taking part in the Greater Wellington Community Workshop on Thursday have identified fresh water as the natural resource most at risk in our region, said Harbour Ward candidate Robert Ashe. More >>
Everyone deserves a warm healthy home
Friday, 23 July 2010, 11:36 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Gareth Hughes is touring universities to promote his new member’s bill that will help ensure that everyone has a warm home. He will also be talking to students about the substandard housing they have to live in. More >>
Greens support Women’s Refuge
Friday, 23 July 2010, 11:07 am | Green Party
John Key’s Government needs to do more to reduce domestic violence, said the Green Party today. More >>
Brownlee’s modern Maori land grab
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:53 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on Minister Brownlee to front up and discuss the ownership of New Zealand’s oil outside the 12 nautical mile limit. More >>
Chch does not need any more pokie machines
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 2:20 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today called on the Christchurch City Council to reinforce it’s sinking lid policy on gaming machines in Christchurch. More >>
Key claims mining mandate while dodging questions
Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 3:04 pm | Green Party
John Key is being disingenuous with his bizarre claims of a mandate to mine conservation areas, while at the same time avoiding questions in the House, the Green Party said today. More >>
