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Mayor wrong on airport's importance - Greens
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 12:43 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says she is startled to learn that Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast does not believe the city's international airport is a strategic asset, and considers that there is little to lose if Wellington City Council sells all of ... More >>
Greens welcome more cops on bikes
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 11:41 am | Green Party
The Green Party today welcomes the Upper Hutt Police joining Nelson Police in allocating mountain bikes to some officers for their patrol work. More >>
Jailhouse mental health crisis urgent
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 11:29 am | Green Party
National's plans to increase the prison muster will compound existing mental health issues in prisons - highlighted in Chief Ombudsman Beverley Wakem's annual report - and create a hazardous environment for prisoners, corrections staff and the wider ... More >>
Open government needs open information
Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 2:41 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for the Official Information Act (OIA) to be strengthened, in light of the Ombudsmen's annual report to Parliament today suggesting its purpose is being subverted by delaying tactics used by some Government agencies and ministerial ... More >>
More state housing needed, not less: Greens
Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 11:30 am | Green Party
The building industry downturn means National should invest in more state houses - not put a cap on them - says the Green Party. More >>
Greens welcome rejection of air strike force
Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 11:03 am | Green Party
Green Party Defence Spokesperson Keith Locke welcomes Prime Minister John Key's unequivocal rejection of an air strike force. More >>
Government stance is economic and climate suicide
Monday, 1 December 2008, 11:46 am | Green Party
The Government is threatening New Zealand's economic future by backing away from targets to reduce greenhouse emissions in the Poznan climate talks, the Green Party says. More >>
Don’t kill Green Homes Fund, urges Green Party
Monday, 1 December 2008, 11:23 am | Green Party
The release of the Business Council for Sustainable Development’s report on substandard New Zealand homes highlights both the value of the billion dollar Green Homes Fund and the Government’s flawed thinking in plans to ditch it, says the Green Party. More >>
Removing cap on fees will knee-cap students
Thursday, 27 November 2008, 2:27 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is pleased the Government will not burden students with more debt by abolishing the cap on student fees. More >>
Time to repeal seabed and foreshore laws is now
Monday, 17 November 2008, 12:56 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the new National-led Government to immediately repeal the controversial foreshore and seabed legislation. More >>
New s59 research puts paid to myths: Greens
Friday, 14 November 2008, 9:34 am | Green Party
New research released this morning puts paid to some of the myths about lack of public support for the section 59 law change, says the Green Party. More >>
Dumb and Dumber: Three strikes policy = ignorance
Thursday, 13 November 2008, 1:48 pm | Green Party
Green Party Justice Spokesperson Metiria Turei supports the concerns of the Rethinking Crime and Punishment organisation about the cost of ACT's three strikes imprisonment policy. More >>
Jobs and housing top priority for Maori
Wednesday, 12 November 2008, 4:29 pm | Green Party
Green Party Maori Issues Spokesperson Metiria Turei has reminded Maori leaders that job and housing security for Maori are on a razor-edge and can be either undermined or further advanced, depending on National-Act economic policy. More >>
Fitzsimons visits the future at campaign's end
Friday, 7 November 2008, 3:40 pm | Green Party
Today Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons visited a junior school under construction which incorporates a number of heating and energy initiatives, making it one of the most efficient schools in the country. More >>
Greens Billboards Demo At Bridge Today
Friday, 7 November 2008, 1:35 pm | Green Party
Thames Greens have decided to get the most mileage from their award winning billboards (voted best in the campaign by the media) by brandishing them at traffic heading to the Peninsula over the Kopu Bridge today. More >>
Greens disappointed at mischief-making
Friday, 7 November 2008, 9:36 am | Green Party
The Green Party says National Party blogger David Farrar is mischief-making over his attempts to link the Greens to the cocktail party recordings. More >>
Obama's win is a rejection of rightwing politics
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 5:25 pm | Green Party
The victory of Barack Obama in the United States presidential election is a rejection of old rightwing politics, the Green Party says. More >>
Green Party's Australian/NZ food labelling push
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 2:22 pm | Green Party
The Australian and New Zealand Green parties announced today they will work together to revamp food labelling laws in New Zealand and Australia over the next three years, by seeking to introduce parallel legislation in both countries, and other initiatives. More >>
APN sale raises risk to diversity of opinions
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 1:28 pm | Green Party
Rumours that Fairfax may be interested in snapping up rival media company APN have raised concerns about the independence of New Zealand's news industry should such a deal go ahead, the Green Party says. More >>
Greens in one last push to get out the London vote
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 9:41 am | Green Party
With the election only days away and polls showing a close result the Kiwi Greens in London are mounting one last push to get expat New Zealanders to vote. Campaigning in the cold at concerts and cafés, the hardy Greens are hoping for a good result ... More >>
