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No cell towers near schools/preschools: Greens
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 4:56 pm | Green Party
The Green Party released its health policy on electro-magnetic radiation today, calling for a requirement that cell towers not be located near schools or childcare centres and for an independent review of the New Zealand standard on Electro Magnetic ... More >>
Will Nats support Feds' rural feudalism
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 3:43 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on National to make clear whether they support or oppose proposals from Federated Farmers to set up a rural gerrymander at local government level as proposed today in the Feds' Manifesto. More >>
Another town, another highway
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 3:41 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today warned communities along the path of John Key' s election schedule to cancel all appointments with the would-be Prime Minister or risk having a multi-lane highway fast-tracked through their town More >>
Farmer bulldozes through RMA and native forest
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 11:45 am | Green Party
In response to Federated Farmers demand to weaken the Resource Management Act, the Green Party has released leaked information showing the RMA is already so weak a council was able to rubber stamp the secret clearance of 100 year old native bush ... More >>
Greens clean up in environment poll
Monday, 3 November 2008, 1:07 pm | Green Party
The Green Party's huge lead in a major environmental poll gives a clear indication of where we stand on environmental issue - out in front by a long way, the Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >>
Shining a spotlight on government
Monday, 3 November 2008, 11:46 am | Green Party
The Green Party has today launched an ambitious and comprehensive Open Government policy to expose Government decision-making to closer public scrutiny. More >>
Get the **** out of our swimming and fishing spots
Monday, 3 November 2008, 9:57 am | Green Party
The Green Party today released its plan to clean up New Zealand's rivers, lakes and aquifers. More >>
Act's zero tolerance for original ideas
Sunday, 2 November 2008, 7:39 pm | Green Party
While the Green Party are pleased we are so high in the polls that Act is spending its small broadcasting allocation to attack us, we'd much rather they observed their own policy of 'zero tolerance for crime', Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons ... More >>
Research shows s59 law having positive impact
Saturday, 1 November 2008, 11:54 am | Green Party
New research out today shows that few parents believe physical discipline is the most effective way of bringing up children. More >>
Iconic 'Vote For Me' Billboard goes viral
Saturday, 1 November 2008, 11:43 am | Green Party
The iconic Green Party 'Vote for me' election campaign has gone viral and opened to the public to create their own billboards online. More >>
A greenprint for transport in Rodney
Friday, 31 October 2008, 4:58 pm | Green Party
"This month the Rodney District Council held its first public meeting on Penlink funding for more than 10 years. But it still hasn't released public information on the costs, the funding sources, the financial risks to Rodney, or the risks to the ... More >>
Labour's transport policy: more cars
Friday, 31 October 2008, 3:59 pm | Green Party
"Despite Labour's rhetoric of sustainability and some baby steps towards this, their newly released transport policy is business as usual: more funding for roads," Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says. More >>
Nats finally wake up to banks' responsibilities
Friday, 31 October 2008, 3:57 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming National's belated recognition that the banks have responsibilities in return for taxpayers underwriting the deposit guarantee scheme and in return for the Reserve Bank extending them lines of credit. More >>
Key package helps - but Kiwis deserve better
Friday, 31 October 2008, 3:40 pm | Green Party
Details of John Key's transitional relief package show that National, like Labour, still falls short in terms of providing equitable assistance for all newly laid-off workers, says the Green Party. More >>
Compassion key to Greens' unemployment support
Friday, 31 October 2008, 10:38 am | Green Party
Everyone who loses their job deserves support, Green Party Social Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford says. More >>
SPCA forgot Govt's inaction on animal cruelty
Thursday, 30 October 2008, 3:19 pm | Green Party
The SPCA's list of shame, issued today, made for repellent reading but the real shame in New Zealand is that there had been no action to improve animal welfare in the last few decades, the Green Party says. More >>
Key cornered on different ETS stories
Thursday, 30 October 2008, 3:15 pm | Green Party
John Key's attempts to evade discussing his party's position on the Emissions Trading Scheme came to an abrupt end today when he was cornered by Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons in a Paraparaumu mall. More >>
Human rights left out of Nat's foreign policy
Thursday, 30 October 2008, 12:34 pm | Green Party
National's foreign policy, announced yesterday, fails to properly address the needs of the most oppressed people in the world, the Green Party says. More >>
Fundamental shift in health focus: Greens
Thursday, 30 October 2008, 12:06 pm | Green Party
The Green Party's Preventative Health Strategy was launched at Wellington Hospital today with Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley calling for a dramatic change in how New Zealand approaches health. More >>
Infratil seeks to hide ratepayer-funded profits
Thursday, 30 October 2008, 10:02 am | Green Party
The Green Party is accusing Wellington bus service operator Infratil of lobbying politicians to overturn the Public Transport Management Act in order to obscure how they're spending public money. More >>
