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Time for Green thinking on the economy

Monday, 6 October 2008, 5:08 pm | Green Party

It is time for Government to set its sights on a Green economy to ensure there will be jobs for New Zealanders, that food will be affordable and it won't be out of people's reach to get around, the Green Party says. More >>

Greens' woulds for green wood

Monday, 6 October 2008, 1:59 pm | Green Party

The Green Party has pledged in its Forestry Policy today to protect New Zealand's timber industry from cheap, illegally logged rainforest timber, and reduce New Zealand's part in the global trade in priceless rainforests. More >>

Fitzsimons: Through the Eyes of a Child

Monday, 6 October 2008, 9:35 am | Green Party

Address By Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons To Green Party Campaign Launch More >>

Norman: Green Party Campaign Launch

Monday, 6 October 2008, 9:33 am | Green Party

Address By Co-Leader Russel Norman To Green Party Campaign Launch More >>

Victims' rights forgotten in "Schools of Crime"

Monday, 6 October 2008, 12:57 am | Green Party

National's controversial plan to focus on New Zealand's worst criminals ignores our victims of crime, says the Green Party. More >>

Celebrity MC To Launch New Green Party TVC

Friday, 3 October 2008, 5:01 pm | Green Party

The Green Party will launch their election campaign at Te Papa, in Wellington on Sunday 1.30pm with their new TV commercials to be hosted by a surprise celebrity guest. More >>

Stop the crap and save Doubtless Bay

Friday, 3 October 2008, 3:11 pm | Green Party

Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman is supporting calls by Ngati Tara for the Far North District Council to rethink plans to increase the amount of treated human sewerage going into Doubtless Bay via the Parapara Stream. More >>

Are Chinese spies monitoring Fonterra and NZers?

Friday, 3 October 2008, 1:24 pm | Green Party

New Zealanders will be disturbed to learn that China has been conducting a massive spying operation on the online phone service Skype, and that one of the trigger phrases is 'milk powder', Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke says. More >>

Drug flood threat lurks in Chinese trade deal

Thursday, 2 October 2008, 3:27 pm | Green Party

New Zealand's burgeoning methamphetamine problem could worsen as more precursor ingredients enter the country because of our preferential trade deal with China, says the Green Party. More >>

Peak oil and public transport: Cullen's revelation

Thursday, 2 October 2008, 3:21 pm | Green Party

The Green Party have challenged Labour to redirect the billions of dollars earmarked for New Zealand's largest ever roading programme into public transport, following Dr Cullen's admission yesterday that people will choose public transport if it is ... More >>

Greens saddened by death of kaumatua

Thursday, 2 October 2008, 2:20 pm | Green Party

The Green Party is saddened by news of the death of Parliament's kaumatua John Rangitihi Rangiwaiata Tahuparae. More >>

Lake tests seem to confirm sewage pond leaching

Thursday, 2 October 2008, 10:37 am | Green Party

Tests in Lake Horowhenua after the recent overflow of nearby sewage ponds appear to confirm the lake suffered from extra pollution because of the event, Greens Co-Leader Russel Norman says. More >>

New Zealand sports grounds getting toxic treatment

Thursday, 2 October 2008, 9:52 am | Green Party

The Green Party says children are being needlessly put at risk by 18 councils around New Zealand that are spraying playing fields with a highly toxic insecticide, banned in more than 50 countries, when a safer alternative is readily available. More >>