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Consumers left behind in the smart meter rush
Thursday, 25 June 2009, 2:49 pm | Green Party
The Green Party’s fear that consumers are missing out on the benefits of smart meters was confirmed today by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. “There is a clear need for the Government to show leadership and protect the interests ... More >>
Watered Down Water Scheme A Betrayal
Thursday, 25 June 2009, 10:02 am | Green Party
The right to safe drinking water should be top priority for the Government the Green Party said today and slammed the decision by the Government to delay the introduction of safe drinking water standards by three years. While it is clear that ensuring ... More >>
Will smart meters fail consumers?
Thursday, 25 June 2009, 9:15 am | Green Party
There is great risk to consumers if the Government fails to take the lead in setting minimum performance standards for smart meters. More >>
Green Party Motion on Iran Passes
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 4:08 pm | Green Party
The New Zealand Parliament today joined other nations, including the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union in supporting Iranian citizens calling for an impartial examination of their recent election. Green Party MP Keith Locke’s ... More >>
Forced Amalgamation not what Wellington Needs
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 2:14 pm | Green Party
The Auckland SuperCity fiasco shows exactly why Wellington should not go down the road of forced amalgamation, Wellington Green MP Sue Kedgley said today. “The Government’s attempt to force a SuperCity on Auckland, without giving Aucklanders any say in the ... More >>
Time To Build – Not Flog Off – More State Houses
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 1:48 pm | Green Party
Building more state houses and increasing housing affordability are both vital. Today’s announcement the Government plans to offer some tenants the chance to buy their state houses will not help realise these goals. More >>
Voluntary food labelling open to voluntary opt-out
Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 12:38 pm | Green Party
New Zealanders will continue to be denied the right to know where their food comes from if the Government relies on voluntary country of origin labelling, said Green Party MP Sue Kedgley. The Government has announced it is working on a scheme with ... More >>
Protecting kids worth celebrating
Sunday, 21 June 2009, 12:21 pm | Green Party
Today New Zealand celebrates two years of positive change for children since the law changed to give children the same legal protection from assault as adults. More >>
Turn green light for taser roll-out to red
Friday, 19 June 2009, 12:20 pm | Green Party
New Zealand should follow the lead of the Queensland Government and suspend its roll-out of tasers pending an inquiry into their use, said Green Party MP Keith Locke. On Monday, Queensland Police Minister Neil Roberts suspended the taser roll-out pending ... More >>
Greens say it’s only fair that polluters pay costs
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 3:55 pm | Green Party
The Green Party welcomed today’s acknowledgement of responsibility for historic contamination by a chemical company, but called for clear financial liability and a fairer contribution to the clean-up and health costs. More >>
Sustainable Biofuels & Forestry Bills go to House
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 1:28 pm | Green Party
Green Party Member’s Bills to give New Zealand better biofuels and encourage sustainable forestry will go before the House, after the pair were drawn from the Member’s ballot today. More >>
Political Prostate Inquiry is Daft and Dangerous
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 10:01 am | Green Party
The Health Select Committee’s prostate cancer inquiry, announced today, is potentially dangerous political interference and a waste of the Committee’s time said Green Party MP Kevin Hague, who is a member of the Committee. “When politicians start ... More >>
Economic models support action on climate change
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 10:00 am | Green Party
New economic modelling shows that New Zealand can continue with an Emissions Trading Scheme at little economic cost and Green Party MP Jeanette Fitzsimons says it is a clear message to Government to stop dithering and get on with it. “The Green ... More >>
Bradford launches Member’s Bill on Referenda
Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 11:38 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Bradford this morning launched a Member’s Bill aimed at ending the use of confused questions in Citizens Initiated Referenda. “Many New Zealanders have been shocked this week to discover the actual wording of the referendum question ... More >>
Banks deserve less credit
Monday, 15 June 2009, 12:00 pm | Green Party
Scrutiny of the banking sector should include high credit card interest rates, Green Co-Leader Russel Norman said today. “The Official Cash Rate has fallen 5.75% but credit card rates have fallen only 1.5% on average across the banking sector suggesting ... More >>
Cutting Fruit In Schools would be a rotten move
Monday, 15 June 2009, 11:52 am | Green Party
Cutting free fruit to some of New Zealand’s neediest kids would be an attack on commonsense and child health, Green Health spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. The Fruit in Schools programme has funding till the end of the year, but the Government ... More >>
Government suffocating polytechnics
Monday, 15 June 2009, 9:50 am | Green Party
The Government is squandering another opportunity to boost economic productivity and get young adults off the street by refusing to fully fund tertiary education institutions. Twenty per cent of those in the 15 to 19 age bracket were not employed ... More >>
Kiwi Greens relieved Bob Brown will stand tall
Thursday, 11 June 2009, 3:14 pm | Green Party
“We are delighted to learn that over a thousand donations have been received and that Senator Brown now has the money to avoid bankruptcy. Consequently his leadership of the Greens in the Senate is safe,” said Green Party MP Jeanette Fitzsimons. ... More >>
Integrated Ticketing too important to scale back
Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 12:49 pm | Green Party
Aucklanders deserve a decent public transport system that is adequately funded by central Government, Green Party Co-Leader Dr Russel Norman said today. The Mt Albert by-election candidate is disappointed Auckland’s $80 million integrated ticketing ... More >>
Playground contamination shows register needed
Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 12:36 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for a national register of contaminated sites in the wake of the alarming discovery of extremely high levels of dioxin under a children’s playground in Taranaki. “We are very concerned at the dioxin risks at New Plymouth’s ... More >>
