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Old parties' policies go under Green microscope
Thursday, 9 October 2008, 10:23 am | Green Party
The policies of the two old parties will come under the scrutiny of the Green Party over the next few weeks as it decides which of them has the best interests of New Zealanders at heart. More >>
Better to be safe than sorry - Greens
Thursday, 9 October 2008, 12:25 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on food safety authorities to take a precautionary approach and test fruit and vegetables imported from China, following reported possible finds of melamine contamination in other countries. More >>
Nat's cuts will increase debt, poverty
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 4:42 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leaders have called National's proposed tax a 'fake free lunch' which will increase New Zealand's debt and the gap between rich and poor, and suck resources out of research and science. More >>
Eltroxin sufferers to wait months, not weeks
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 11:45 am | Green Party
Government drug-funding body Pharmac has confirmed today to the Green Party that people experiencing adverse reactions to the thyroid drug Eltroxin will have to wait until at least mid November for a subsidised alternative medicine, despite Government ... More >>
International producer back to campaign for Greens
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 9:52 am | Green Party
Lizzie Gillett started out as a news reporter here on Channel 9 but in just seven years managed to work her way up to the role of Producer on a cinema documentary. More >>
Greens call for an end to misleading labelling
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 12:18 am | Green Party
The Green Party is urging New Zealand manufacturers to follow the lead of the makers of Anathoth jams and introduce detailed, accurate country of origin labelling on their products. More >>
St James worthy of new National Park: Greens
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 12:00 am | Green Party
The Green Party believes the Government's purchase of the iconic St James Station announced today gives an opportunity to create a new National Park centred on the Lewis Pass highway. More >>
Key must act responsibly: Greens
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 5:23 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on John Key to do the responsible thing and drop his plans for further tax cuts on top of Labour's tax cuts, in light of the Government's financial position and the uncertainty in global financial markets. More >>
Global plight of mammals plays out in NZ courts
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 3:52 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Metiria Turei says the Red List released today by the highly respected International Union for Conservation of Nature shows there have been very few improvements for New Zealand's marine mammals. More >>
Greens investigate legal challenge on Penlink
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 3:45 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is considering a legal challenge to plans to fund the new Rodney Penlink road out of a regional fuel tax. More >>
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 >>
