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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 >>

Parliament’s ostriches ignore oil price dangers

Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 12:23 pm | Green Party

Parliament's Finance and Expenditure Committee has failed to support a Green Party proposal for a select committee inquiry into the impact of an oil price shock on New Zealand. The inquiry had the support of the Greens, Labour and the Maori Party ... More >>

Govt fails to provide climate-friendly choices

Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 11:41 am | Green Party

The John Key Government has failed to provide climate-friendly choices to help households avoid the higher costs that could result from their Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), said the Green Party today. More >>

Mokihinui land swap should be ruled out

Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 9:44 am | Green Party

The Minister of Conservation could save an enormous amount of time, effort, and money by ruling out any possible land exchange for the Mokihinui river valley, the Green Party said today. More >>

Murdoch sorry for ClimateGate - ACT's turn now

Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 12:42 pm | Green Party

The Green Party is calling on climate deniers like the ACT Party to apologise to the New Zealand climate scientists whose reputations they tried to besmirch in light of the grovelling apology by Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers in the UK over AmazonGate, ... More >>

Brownlee thinks he knows best for East Coast

Monday, 28 June 2010, 3:27 pm | Green Party

Minister Brownlee thinks he knows what is best for the East Coast and is using his powers to run roughshod over the people, the Green Party said today. More >>

Green Party congratulates Charles Chauvel

Friday, 25 June 2010, 12:10 pm | Green Party

The Green Party congratulated Charles Chauvel on his appointment to the new Global Commission on HIV and the Law today. More >>

Another lesson for Govt on National Standards

Friday, 25 June 2010, 11:49 am | Green Party

News that the Auckland Primary Principals’ Association (APPA) has recommended its members stop attending training for the implementation of the new National Standards is further proof that the Government needs to reassess the flawed policy, the Green ... More >>