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Private Prisons cost more
Tuesday, 11 May 2010, 11:05 am | Green Party
Privatising Auckland prison is a dangerous precedent that will increase costs and compromise New Zealand’s justice system, said the Green Party today. More >>
OIO investigation should be a wake-up call to Govt
Friday, 7 May 2010, 5:14 pm | Green Party
The Overseas Investment Office decision to investigate a Hong Kong based investment group that wants to buy a huge chunk of New Zealand’s dairy assets should be a wake-up call to the Key Government, said Green Party Co-Leader Dr Russel Norman. More >>
National buries plans to protect best of coastline
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 12:41 pm | Green Party
John Key’s Government seems intent on burying the revised Coastal Policy Statement that could protect New Zealand’s beaches from overdevelopment, the Green Party said today. More >>
Education Bill Signals Public Private Partnerships
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 12:40 pm | Green Party
John Key’s Government is softening up New Zealand’s education system for Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and privatisation, the Green Party said today. More >>
Lost opportunity for whanau and New Zealand
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 12:16 pm | Green Party
The National Government’s failure to invest in Whanau Ora could doom it to failure, said the Green Party today. More >>
Government fails to protect electricity consumers
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 9:55 am | Green Party
John Key’s Government has failed to protect householders from rising electricity prices, by voting against the Green Party’s Smart Meter (Consumer Choice) Bill tonight. More >>
Minister’s wait and see strategy flawed
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 4:00 pm | Green Party
Minister Brownlee’s wait and see approach to oil spill risk management leaves the environment and our 100 percent pure brand at risk, the Green Party said today. More >>
Paula, Peter and Peter: a perplexing predicament
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 2:39 pm | Green Party
Minister for Social Development, Paula Bennett, is confused about which Peter Saunders she appointed as an advisor to the Welfare Working Group (WWG), the Green Party revealed today. More >>
Extra student loan fee is interest by stealth
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 1:38 pm | Green Party
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce plans to get around the popular interest-free student loan policy by charging an extra fee to over 500,000 New Zealanders, the Green Party said today. More >>
Judges need pecuniary interest register
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 11:21 am | Green Party
New Zealand needs a register of judges’ financial interests to help avoid potential conflicts of interest, said the Green Party today. More >>
Poisonous Plum Problem
Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 2:11 pm | Green Party
Contaminated food is being sold in New Zealand despite testing by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) showing high residues of lead and other poisons on some imported food, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens oppose electoral finance loophole
Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 1:39 pm | Green Party
John Key’s Government will allow third parties to spend as much as they like on election campaigns under electoral finance legislation to be debated today, the Green Party said. More >>
Poisonous Plum Problem
Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 1:05 pm | Green Party
Contaminated food is being sold in New Zealand despite testing by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) showing high residues of lead and other poisons on some imported food, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens oppose extending SAS in Afghanistan
Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 11:13 am | Green Party
New Zealand should not extend its commitment of SAS forces to Afghanistan beyond the planned end date in 2011, Green Party Defence spokesperson Keith Locke said today. More >>
KiwiRail should be built by Kiwi workers
Monday, 3 May 2010, 9:04 pm | Green Party
The Government needs to assist KiwiRail to bid successfully for the contract to build Auckland’s electric train units in order to future proof our economy, Green Party Co-Leader Metiria Turei said today. More >>
Parliamentary inquiry needed into Ruakura animals
Monday, 3 May 2010, 12:03 pm | Green Party
An urgent parliamentary inquiry is needed into the ethics and animal welfare issues of GE trials at AgResarch’s Ruakura facility, Green Party Animal Welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Smart urban planning could save lives
Monday, 3 May 2010, 10:11 am | Green Party
A new report by the Public Health Advisory Committee (PHAC) calling for an urgent need to consider health in urban planning was welcomed by the Green Party today. More >>
Water profits into private pockets
Friday, 30 April 2010, 11:20 am | Green Party
Private management of Auckland’s water on a long term basis is effectively privatisation — it takes control out of Aucklanders hands and puts profits into private pockets, the Green Party said today. More >>
Hands off our water
Thursday, 29 April 2010, 5:15 pm | Green Party
The Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill tabled today in Parliament will effectively privatise all aspects of water supply services, the Green Party said today. More >>
Elections should not be for sale
Thursday, 29 April 2010, 3:37 pm | Green Party
John Key’s Government has tabled electoral finance legislation in the House today which unfairly allows for unlimited spending by third parties, the Green Party said today. More >>
