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Waste Bill first step to zero-waste NZ
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 5:33 pm | Green Party
The Green Party welcomes the passing of the Waste Minimisation Bill into law and calls on Ministers, businesses and the community to use the tools it provides to achieve a zero-waste New Zealand. More >>
How long will Eltroxin sufferers have to wait?
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 3:54 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on Medsafe to tell the hundreds of New Zealanders suffering adverse reactions to the new formulation of thyroid drug Eltroxin when an alternative drug will be available. More >>
ETS a first step, time for some big strides now
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 2:32 pm | Green Party
The passing of the Emissions Trading Scheme is the first small step towards getting New Zealand's carbon emissions under control - there is still much work to be done, the Green Party says. More >>
Rivers too polluted for stock to drink from
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 2:07 pm | Green Party
The Government can't ignore a report on Waikato water quality out today that shows 70 percent of 78 rivers and streams tested were unsafe for swimming and more than 75 percent were unsafe for stock to drink from, Greens Co-Leader Russel Norman says. More >>
Listen to tourism lobby, not just Fonterra
Wednesday, 10 September 2008, 12:51 am | Green Party
Greens Co-Leader Russel Norman is urging Environment Minister Trevor Mallard to take as much notice of tourism industry lobbying as he has of lobbying by polluters in recent months. More >>
Greens Release Children's Policy
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 11:33 am | Green Party
The Green Party has released its Children's Policy for the 2008 election on the eve of the Every Child Counts Conference being held September 10 to 11 in Wellington. More >>
Photos needed of GE research downsides
Monday, 8 September 2008, 1:49 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on AgResearch to publicly release photographs of deformed calves so the public can see downsides of genetic engineering as well as hearing and reading the Crown Research Institute's spin. More >>
City transport Plan lacks courage
Monday, 8 September 2008, 10:19 am | Green Party
“The just released final draft transport Plan for Wellington City lacks courage and is riddled with inconsistencies,” says Wellington City Councillor and Greens’spokesperson Iona Pannett. More >>
From denial to delay – I guess that’s progress
Sunday, 7 September 2008, 10:21 am | Green Party
The Greens are welcoming the National Party’s movement away from denying environmental problems, as revealed in their environment policy announcement today, but are concerned that it seems to be replaced with an attempt to delay any progress to address these ... More >>
Green Party Launched First Billboard
Friday, 5 September 2008, 4:40 pm | Green Party
Today, at a media conference in Auckland, the Green Party launched a simple and powerful advertising campaign for the 2008 election. More >>
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 >>
