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Government won’t lead on waste
Wednesday, 7 July 2010, 11:27 am | Green Party
The Government has quietly backtracked on setting up mandatory product stewardship schemes for New Zealand’s most problematic waste streams, the Green Party said today. More >>
NZ should help Australia by taking more refugees
Wednesday, 7 July 2010, 11:23 am | Green Party
New Zealand should reject any role in processing asylum seekers offshore, as proposed yesterday by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today. More >>
Ryall robs public health system
Wednesday, 7 July 2010, 11:07 am | Green Party
The Minister of Health Tony Ryall's decision to subsidise private health providers with public money will lead to further shortfalls in health funding, the Green Party said today. More >>
Brownlee ignores aboriginal title
Tuesday, 6 July 2010, 4:20 pm | Green Party
“All offshore oil exploration permits should be suspended until clear title to the resource has been established beyond the 12 nautical mile limit,” David Clendon, the Green Party Maori Affairs Spokesperson said today. More >>
Key must raise human rights with China
Tuesday, 6 July 2010, 3:48 pm | Green Party
John Key needs to do two things when he meets with senior Chinese leaders this week - raise human rights concerns and tell China that our productive land is not for sale, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Communities muck in to make Cycleway happen
Tuesday, 6 July 2010, 1:06 pm | Green Party
Funding announced for eight more Cycleway projects will see another eight communities pull together to deliver on their promise of partnership, the Green Party said today. More >>
Communities muck in to make Cycleway happen
Tuesday, 6 July 2010, 1:05 pm | Green Party
Funding announced for eight more Cycleway projects will see another eight communities pull together to deliver on their promise of partnership, the Green Party said today. More >>
Independent supermarket watchdog needed
Tuesday, 6 July 2010, 1:01 pm | Green Party
Any supermarket code of conduct to ensure growers and consumers get a fair go needs an independent watchdog to oversee it, Green Party Food spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Mixed Messages On Overseas Investment
Monday, 5 July 2010, 5:17 pm | Green Party
Landcorp’s bid for the 16 Crafar family farms that are in receivership is a short term solution to a long term problem, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Time Supermarkets Front Up On Their Mark-Ups
Monday, 5 July 2010, 4:48 pm | Green Party
New Zealand’s two biggest supermarket chains should reveal the mark-ups they put on fresh food and vegetables, Green Party Consumer Affairs spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Broken Promises Broken Homes
Monday, 5 July 2010, 2:09 pm | Green Party
John Key’s Government is not investing enough to meet its own limited goals for state housing, said the Green Party today. More >>
Growers Face Ruin From Supermarket Duopoly
Sunday, 4 July 2010, 10:34 am | Green Party
A Green Party survey of 75 NZ fruit and vegetable growers found that supermarkets are making huge mark-ups of up to 500% on fresh fruit and vegetables, while growers are being forced to sell their produce for less than it costs to produce. More >>
Ohakune Cycleway opening a hint of what’s to come
Friday, 2 July 2010, 12:35 pm | Green Party
The opening of a section of the 200km Cycleway trail from Ohakune to Whanganui gives a hint of what’s to come — a network of cycle trails that will connect some of our most picturesque countryside to our towns and cities, the Green Party said today. More >>
Charities overshadowed by deregistration
Friday, 2 July 2010, 11:51 am | Green Party
If the line drawn by the Charities Commission means Plunket just scrapes through as a charity while the National Council of Women (NCWNZ) has been threatened with deregistration, then the law needs to be changed, the Green Party said today. More >>
Report on MP expenses needs to be listened to
Thursday, 1 July 2010, 3:10 pm | Green Party
The first independent report on the issues around MP expenses is a step in the right direction and needs to be listened to, the Green Party said today. More >>
Lack of sustainable development will hurt Auckland
Thursday, 1 July 2010, 1:20 pm | Green Party
The hope of building a sustainable Auckland Super City is under threat by the relegation of sustainable development positions to a fifth tier job under Auckland Council’s workforce plan, the Green Party said today. More >>
$2 billion wasted on Waterview
Thursday, 1 July 2010, 12:36 pm | Green Party
The backwards-looking Waterview connection will be even more costly than advertised by the Government said the Green Party today. More >>
Greens celebrate landmark insulation programme
Thursday, 1 July 2010, 11:45 am | Green Party
The Green Party is celebrating the success of its home insulation programme with the National-led Government. More >>
A fair trial includes the right to be there
Thursday, 1 July 2010, 11:44 am | Green Party
A last-minute change to draft legislation in Parliament last night preserved the right of defendants to be present at their own trial and will help ensure that they get a fair go, said the Green Party today. More >>
Govt doing nothing to reduce gender pay gap
Thursday, 1 July 2010, 9:10 am | Green Party
Minister of Women’s Affairs Pansy Wong effectively conceded today that her Government has taken no new steps in the last year to reduce the pay gap between men and women, despite telling Parliament in June 2009 that she would “leave no stone unturned” ... More >>
