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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 >>
Copenhagen needs bold, fair and binding commitment
Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 12:46 pm | Green Party
The Government must have an open mind and be ready to join forces with world leaders at Copenhagen and make bold, fair and binding commitments to fight climate change, said the Green Party today. “The time for action is now, we are at tipping point ... More >>
McCully must stop dodging over Balibo 5
Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 11:38 am | Green Party
New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully must press Indonesia to accept responsibility for the execution of New Zealand journalist Gary Cunningham in 1975, Green Party MP Keith Locke said today. A former Indonesian special forces soldier, Gatot Purwanto, ... More >>
Prime Minister can act to protect NZ’s reputation
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 3:55 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today urged the Prime Minister to show leadership to protect New Zealand’s reputation and export industries from being damaged by plans to begin factory-farming dairy cows in New Zealand. “This proposal would be a bridge too ... More >>
Feds contradict themselves on factory-farming
Monday, 7 December 2009, 3:46 pm | Green Party
The response today from Federated Farmers’ leadership to the spectre of factory-farm dairying contradicts the line they took just six months ago, said Green Party co-leader Russel Norman. More >>
Factory dairy farming arrives in New Zealand
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:52 am | Green Party
New Zealand is on the brink of introducing factory farming of dairy cows, the Green Party said today. Consent applications were recently lodged with Environment Canterbury for factory-style dairy farms in the Mackenzie Basin. Three companies plan to establish ... More >>
Green Party turns 10
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:51 am | Green Party
The Green Party marks the 10th anniversary of its entry to Parliament tomorrow, Monday, December 7th. In 1999, special votes counted in the days after the general election saw Green MP Jeanette Fitzsimons win Coromandel and the Party's vote was finalised ... More >>
New Green plan for jobs & more, healthier forests
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 10:51 am | Green Party
New Zealand can create thousands of jobs and store millions of tonnes of carbon according to new research from the Green Party. Planting 665,000 hectares of new forests and making existing forests healthier would generate an estimated 50,000 job years and ... More >>
Massive levy increases will undermine ACC
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 4:10 pm | Green Party
ACC's failure to address the concerns of a record number of submitters in its levy recommendations is disappointing but comes as no surprise, Green Party ACC spokesperson Kevin Hague said today. ACC today made public the 2010/11 levy rates it has recommended ... More >>
Inequality won’t lead to economic prosperity
Monday, 30 November 2009, 3:20 pm | Green Party
Revisiting the disastrous policies of the 80s and 90s will lead to increased inequality and environmental damage, and will not put New Zealand on the road to long-term economic prosperity, Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman said today. Dr Norman was responding ... More >>
Govt aspiring to mine another National Park
Monday, 30 November 2009, 3:06 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today confirmed rumours that the Government is considering removing mining protection from 20 percent of Mount Aspiring National Park. “The rumble of Brownlee’s bulldozers just got louder,” said Green Party co-leader Metiria ... More >>
