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Landslide response to Greens' call for ETS input

Friday, 22 August 2008, 11:36 am | Green Party

The Green Party is facing a busy weekend at the computer as views from the public on their ETS decision flood in. More >>

Greens seek opinions from kiwis on ETS

Thursday, 21 August 2008, 2:36 pm | Green Party

The Green Party is facing a difficult decision over whether to lend its support to the Emissions Trading Scheme. More >>

Sewage ponds overflow at Lake Horowhenua

Thursday, 21 August 2008, 9:38 am | Green Party

Sewage ponds have overflowed at the Lake Horowhenua treatment plant with only new unlined earth banks keeping them from spilling into the lake. More >>

Green MP joins school kids for tobacco protest

Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 9:38 am | Green Party

The Green Party is supporting the call from Christchurch children for all tobacco retail displays to be removed from the sight of children and young people in dairies, supermarkets and petrol stations around New Zealand. More >>

Making IT work for people - new Green policy

Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 12:39 am | Green Party

The Green Party released its Information Technology (IT) Policy today ahead of a lecture tonight by free software legend Richard Stallman, jointly hosted by Otago University's Campus Greens branch and the computer science department. More >>

Call for public debate over waste management

Monday, 18 August 2008, 4:11 pm | Green Party

Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman MP has challenged Horowhenua Mayor Brendan Duffy to a public debate in Levin over the District Council's waste management practices. More >>

Greens moot tougher penalties for polluters

Sunday, 17 August 2008, 2:29 pm | Green Party

The next Government needs to increase instant fines possible under Resource Management Act regulations for serious polluters of rivers and lakes, Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman says. "We would like to discuss with regional councils exact details ... More >>

Woollies get thumbs up over rainforest tissues

Friday, 15 August 2008, 3:36 pm | Green Party

The Woolworths supermarket chain is being praised by the Green Party for severing links to a pulp and paper company linked to alleged illegal logging and unsustainable practices. More >>

Save the Whitebait (fritter)

Thursday, 14 August 2008, 3:52 pm | Green Party

On the eve of the whitebait season, the Green Party is calling on farmers, councils and the Government to protect whitebait habitat from the impacts of livestock and industry. More >>

Nat's energy policy is financial madness

Thursday, 14 August 2008, 3:22 pm | Green Party

The National Party's new energy policy is a tribute to cronyism and makes no economic sense, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says. More >>

Yadegary decision shows need for Bill change

Thursday, 14 August 2008, 11:48 am | Green Party

Green Party MP Keith Locke welcomes the Court of Appeal's decision upholding bail to a jailed Iranian Christian, and says Parliament should delete a provision in the Immigration Bill that allows indefinite detention. More >>

John Hayes - Towards a better Pacific

Thursday, 14 August 2008, 10:51 am | Green Party

Towards a better Pacific Speech to the CSO Forum 2008, Auckland More >>

Otago must come clean about rogue farmers

Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 2:02 pm | Green Party

Otago Regional Council must stop protecting names of persistent polluters if it is serious about the problem of worsening river quality in the region, Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman says. More >>

Petition calls to protect Pacific tuna fisheries

Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 9:42 am | Green Party

The Green Party is launching a petition calling on the Government to take urgent action to halt the over-exploitation of the Pacific's tuna fisheries. More >>

Nuclear power definitely not an option: Greens

Monday, 11 August 2008, 3:25 pm | Green Party

Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons describes Matthew Hooten as 'indulging in some wishful thinking' in the Sunday Star Times this week. More >>

National courts beneficiary-bashing vote

Monday, 11 August 2008, 2:59 pm | Green Party

National's new welfare policy is a recipe for further harassment and despair, and little more than an updated replay of its failed 1990s attack on unemployed people and beneficiaries. More >>

National makes dangerous moves on welfare

Monday, 11 August 2008, 10:04 am | Green Party

National looks set to take a giant step backwards in its plans for beneficiaries, say the Greens. "My fear is that John Key will see attacking beneficiaries as one way of finding support among the kind of voters who liked National's 1990s prescription ... More >>