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Nat's enviro policy: wood, but no trees
Friday, 5 September 2008, 2:50 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for more detail from the National Party on their environment policy after reading the partial policy draft leaked yesterday. "The Green Party agrees that New Zealand's environment is being badly managed by the current Government. ... More >>
Citizens to have say on electoral matters
Friday, 5 September 2008, 2:08 pm | Green Party
A Citizens' Forum will be established to consider matters of election and political party funding, as part of an agreement between the Green Party and the Government during the negotiations around the Electoral Finance Act, the Green Party announced ... More >>
Kiwi Greens launch expat election campaign
Friday, 5 September 2008, 12:34 am | Green Party
The London branch of the New Zealand Green Party launched its election campaign in London last week with a screening of upcoming climate documentary *The Age of Stupid*. The event was a sell-out with eager late-comers happy to forgo chairs to see the ... More >>
Deformed calves don't enhance NZ image, AgResearch
Thursday, 4 September 2008, 2:00 pm | Green Party
A long press statement by AgResearch today in which it tries to justify its application to genetically engineer a wide range of animals, plus human and monkey cells, inadvertently shows sad downsides to GE research such as deformed foetuses and calves. More >>
Insulation fund to help Maori, Pacific communities
Thursday, 4 September 2008, 11:50 am | Green Party
The health of Maori and Pacific Island communities will get a big lift from the $1 billion home insulation fund secured by the Green Party in the ETS negotiations, Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says. More >>
Housing solutions don't include harassing homeless
Thursday, 4 September 2008, 11:48 am | Green Party
Auckland City Councillor Paul Goldsmith's "blame the victim" response to the homeless is the worst way to handle New Zealand's housing crisis, the Green Party says. More >>
Housing a critical election issue - Greens
Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 2:52 pm | Green Party
The Green Party says the housing crisis evident to many ordinary New Zealanders is not being treated seriously enough by either National or Labour. More >>
Urgent action needed on mental health services
Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 2:30 pm | Green Party
Problems at Auckland Hospital's acute psychiatric unit will come under the spotlight in Parliament this afternoon when Green Party MP Sue Bradford questions the Health Minister about another tragedy associated with the Te Whetu Tawera unit. More >>
Greens aim to end pokie rorts
Sunday, 31 August 2008, 3:28 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has released its updated Gambling Policy on the eve of New Zealand's Gamble-Free Day - September 1 - stating that parts of the community sector need assistance to overcome addiction to pokies, just as individual gambling addicts do. More >>
MfE lawyers blocked dioxin testing at Mapua
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 3:41 pm | Green Party
Correspondence and other information given to the Green Party shows the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) used lawyers to argue against Tasman District Council (TDC) testing for dioxin during the recent toxic site clean-up at Mapua. More >>
Commissioner's consultation over Tasers a travesty
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 1:02 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke says Police Commissioner Howard Broad's day long consultation with MPs before deciding to introduce Tasers is a travesty. More >>
Greens: Housing at crisis point for many
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 1:00 pm | Green Party
News that increasing numbers of families in the far north are being forced into mortgagee sales should be a wake up call to Government and all political parties about the seriousness of the current housing crisis, the Green Party says. More >>
Situation critical for thyroid sufferers: Greens
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 10:26 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to intervene to help hundreds of New Zealanders who are experiencing significant adverse reactions to a new formulation of thyroid medication Eltroxin. More >>
Greens say no to tasers
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 3:48 pm | Green Party
Our country has prided itself on a much lower level of violence in policing than other jurisdictions like the United States. More >>
Water allocation debate welcomed
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 12:54 am | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming the debate opened by a NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development report which calls on the Government to implement a water trading system. More >>
Green Party wins major improvements to ETS
Tuesday, 26 August 2008, 2:27 pm | Green Party
The Green Party Caucus has decided that the substantial changes we have won to the ETS justify voting for it. "We have always said the scheme needed to share the effort much more fairly. Along with the one-off financial payment, this goes a long way ... More >>
Over 2500 emails in Greens' ETS inbox
Monday, 25 August 2008, 3:12 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has received over 2500 emails on its forthcoming ETS decision in the four days since it asked for public input, and they are still flooding in at a rate of about 2 a minute. More >>
National's road toll policy would punish the poor
Monday, 25 August 2008, 2:00 pm | Green Party
Auckland Green Party MP Keith Locke says National transport spokesperson Maurice Williamson's proposal for high tolls on new motorways would only hurt poor people in the absence of adequate public transport alternatives. More >>
Nats fail test: should pay more attention in class
Monday, 25 August 2008, 11:08 am | Green Party
National's plans for national testing of school children, if implemented, will follow in the footsteps of other international failures and, like them, result in the dumbing down of teaching, the Green Party says. More >>
Speculators could shut out first home buyers
Sunday, 24 August 2008, 3:32 pm | Green Party
The Greens are calling on the Government to take action after a report that overseas buyers are swooping on the New Zealand property market, keeping out first time home buyers. "We believe land should be owned by New Zealand citizens and residents ... More >>
