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NZ reverts to working longer and dumber
Monday, 21 December 2009, 12:42 pm | Green Party
Proposed changes to four weeks annual leave will see New Zealanders' family life suffer for little or no productivity gains, Green Party Industrial Relations spokesperson Keith Locke said today. More >>
Greens have solutions to forestry downturn
Friday, 18 December 2009, 12:54 pm | Green Party
Today’s news that the total area of forest in New Zealand has reduced by 14,000 hectares highlights the need for sustainable Green New Deal forestry solutions, the Green Party said today. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry figures also show ... More >>
Leaked UN report shows Key needs to step up
Friday, 18 December 2009, 12:35 pm | Green Party
A leaked UN report shows that New Zealand needs to come to the party and lift its emissions target to stop catastrophic runaway climate change, said the Green Party today. The United Nations report shows that the world’s current pledged emission ... More >>
NZ wide open to massive land grab
Friday, 18 December 2009, 10:29 am | Green Party
New Zealand needs to tighten its rules around overseas investment as China and the Gulf States go on a world-wide shopping spree for prime land, said Green Party Co-Leader Dr Russel Norman. Dr Norman is concerned by news reports of a proposed deal involving ... More >>
Postcard from Copenhagen - a Green Party podcast
Friday, 18 December 2009, 10:03 am | Green Party
Right now, the world is watching our negotiators at Copenhagen finalise a binding agreement on climate change. There's a whole lot at stake. Green MPs Jeanette Fitzsimons and Kennedy Graham are there keeping an eye on things. I caught up with Jeanette ... More >>
Speaker clarifies Schmucky affair
Thursday, 17 December 2009, 1:25 pm | Green Party
The assessment by the Speaker, Hon Dr Lockwood Smith, that clauses in a Government Bill conferring benefit on Doug Schmuck may be private clauses and should not have been included, was welcomed today by Green Party Co Leader Dr Russel Norman. More >>
Global Alliance can find solutions, enhance rep.
Thursday, 17 December 2009, 12:09 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today welcomed the announcement that New Zealand will lead a Global Research Alliance for reducing climate change emissions from agriculture, adding that it is crucial to pursue science and ideas that enhance our clean green reputation. More >>
Pig code delay is pork barrel politics
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 4:24 pm | Green Party
The pig-headed Pork Industry Board is holding a gun to the Minister of Agriculture, David Carter, and delaying the release of a new pig code, Green Animal Welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Minister’s callous flip-flop on environment fund
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 3:24 pm | Green Party
The Government has pulled the plug on a highly-successful environmental fund despite previously promoting the fund as part of the solution to New Zealand’s freshwater crisis and increasing the fund's Budget allocation this year. “The Sustainable ... More >>
Stop bullying our Pacific neighbours
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 11:49 am | Green Party
New Zealand needs to work on preventing climate change rather than bullying its vulnerable Pacific neighbours, said the Green Party today. “Tim Groser’s outburst at Tuvalu for trying to protect their country from disappearing under the sea is completely ... More >>
Green Party saddened by loss of disability leader
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 11:26 am | Green Party
It is with great sadness that the Green Party acknowledges the death of leading disability activist and tertiary educator Todd Fernie. Green Party Disability Spokesperson Catherine Delahunty expresses a personal sense of loss and said Todd had deeply impressed her ... More >>
Joyce’s bulldozer to slice through Kapiti, Wgtn
Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 2:54 pm | Green Party
The Government’s decision to spend $2.4 billion on the Wellington Northern Corridor road project will have devastating effects on the sustainability and liveability of the region, the Green Party said today. More >>
New Zealand needs to reduce emissions at home
Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 11:30 am | Green Party
John Key needs to cut emissions at home, not pay poor countries to do our share, said the Green Party today. More >>
Hand of Hide all over Supercity
Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 11:29 am | Green Party
Councillors on the new Auckland supercity will have their hands tied when it comes to running the city, due to the unprecedented powers granted to the Minister of Local Government in a Bill to be debated today, the Green Party said. More >>
New Zealand getting left behind in Copenhagen
Monday, 14 December 2009, 11:15 am | Green Party
New Zealand’s climate change targets are well below those being proposed at Copenhagen, said the Green Party today. “I have seen the draft negotiating text being discussed at Copenhagen. New Zealand’s stated targets are well below the four potential targets ... More >>
Government commits to coal rather than Copenhagen
Sunday, 13 December 2009, 12:00 pm | Green Party
New Zealand is dramatically increasing coal production and exports at the same time it tells the world it can do nothing to reduce its carbon emissions, the Green Party said today. More >>
Coca Cola and Pepsi move just fizzy PR spin
Friday, 11 December 2009, 12:47 pm | Green Party
The move by Coca Cola and Pepsi to no longer supply sugar-filled fizzy drinks to schools is just a ploy to keep vending machines and their brands in schools, Green Party Food spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. “The much touted agreement is more ... More >>
PM going to Copenhagen to freeride
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 12:59 pm | Green Party
The Prime Minister wants other countries to cover New Zealand’s climate change responsibilities while we shirk doing our fair share, the Green Party said today. More >>
Gov needs to explore options to stop factory farms
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 12:00 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today urged the Government to get its act together and investigate what can be done to protect New Zealand’s international reputation from plans to begin factory-farming dairy cows in New Zealand. Prime Minister John Key has stated ... More >>
Pay-as-you-go way to go for ACC
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 11:51 am | Green Party
ACC should be funded on a year-by-year basis to stop massive levy increases and cuts to ACC services, said the Green Party today. “ACC is bringing in more money than it is spending – the Government’s whole charade that ACC is in crisis is based ... More >>
