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Lecture Series on Sustainability by Nandor Tanczos
Friday, 8 August 2008, 11:11 am | Green Party
Former Green Party MP and recent Greens’ Environment Spokesperson, Nandor Tanczos will brief students and members of the public around New Zealand on how the world’s love affair with economic growth impacts on our environment. He will address the ... More >>
Big gains for community sector: Green Party policy
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 5:11 pm | Green Party
The Green Party believes the New Zealand economy and society would benefit hugely if the community sector was properly resourced and enabled to meet its full potential. More >>
Petrol prices are due to peak oil not profits
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 4:14 pm | Green Party
The problem with petrol pricing is the end of cheap oil, Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel confirmed today. More >>
Hungry young mums should be treated with dignity
Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 11:52 am | Green Party
It is not acceptable that Work and Income case managers continue to bully and intimidate people seeking their assistance, the Green Party says. Green Party Social Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford will ask questions in the House today about why the Government ... More >>
Public transport the poor cousin, again
Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 9:07 am | Green Party
The Government's Policy Statement on Land Transport Funding, released this afternoon, fails to meet goals for sustainable transport, severely underfunds alternatives to cars and will keep New Zealanders shackled to petrol for many more decades, Green ... More >>
Council lacks courage to save Tukituki
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 1:36 pm | Green Party
The Hawke's Bay Regional Council appears to be all talk when it comes to making the Tukituki River anything other than an insipid agricultural drain, says Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman. More >>
24,000 suffer adverse reactions to medicines
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 9:50 am | Green Party
Over 22,000 New Zealanders suffered adverse reactions to medicines while they were in hospital last year, and a further 1910 experienced adverse reactions to medicines obtained outside of hospitals, according to figures obtained by the Green Party from ... More >>
Wairau decision destroys braided river ecosystem
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 12:01 am | Green Party
The Green Party is disappointed in the decision of Marlborough District Council to grant resource consents for Trust Power's hydro scheme on the iconic braided Wairau River. More >>
Lonely dinosaur seeks white elephant
Monday, 4 August 2008, 8:44 am | Green Party
News that the National Party plans to borrow billions and gut the RMA so it can fast track new motorway projects is evidence that National is living in the past, Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman says. More >>
GE promoters scared of public spotlight
Friday, 1 August 2008, 3:43 pm | Green Party
The New Zealand genetic engineering lobby group Life Sciences Network has shown its true colours by fighting against both open information and protection for non-GE growers, says Greens Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons. More >>
Photos prove that massacred trees were healthy
Thursday, 31 July 2008, 2:39 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has obtained photos of the mature rainforest trees felled by Transit last week, which show they were not rotten and dangerous, and should never have been removed from the protected World Heritage site they grew in. More >>
Government must challenge Games web censorship
Thursday, 31 July 2008, 10:41 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke is asking the Government and New Zealand Olympic officials to challenge Beijing's censorship of websites available to those visiting the Games. More >>
Greens Launch Youth Campaign with Musical Backing
Thursday, 31 July 2008, 10:08 am | Green Party
The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand will launch their youth policy for the election campaign on Friday 1 August, followed by the Wellington Greens' concert, headlined by the Phoenix Foundation and Little Bushman. More >>
Greens tighten GE safeguards
Thursday, 31 July 2008, 10:06 am | Green Party
As part of its co-operation agreement with the Government, the Green Party has negotiated new safeguards to protect all those who want no part of any genetically-engineered farming industry. More >>
Greens back IHC's human rights complaint
Thursday, 31 July 2008, 10:04 am | Green Party
Green Party is backing IHC's complaint to be laid today with the Human Rights commissioner that Government policy systemically discriminates against children with special education needs. More >>
Officials out of touch with New Zealanders
Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 4:14 pm | Green Party
It is ridiculous that officials are backing a proposal to set up a new field trial in Canterbury of genetically engineered onions, spring onions, garlic and leeks by saying it would "enhance"aspects of New Zealand's reputation, says Green Party Co-Leader ... More >>
Food scare reinforces need for labelling
Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 11:45 am | Green Party
Consumers who have purchased a product containing unapproved genetically engineered rice should be being warned not to eat it as its affects on human health are unknown, the Green Party says. More >>
Officials out of touch with New Zealanders
Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 9:22 am | Green Party
It is ridiculous that officials are backing a proposal to set up a new field trial in Canterbury of genetically engineered onions, spring onions, garlic and leeks by saying it would "enhance" aspects of New Zealand's reputation, says Green Party Co-Leader ... More >>
Cleaner land at Mapua at expense of air and water
Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 4:11 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is concerned that the clean up of the Mapua site near Nelson has probably come at the expense of further contamination of air and water. More >>
Action needed over Coast water quality
Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 2:08 pm | Green Party
Greens Co-Leader Russel Norman says he is worried central government may put pressure on West Coast authorities to ignore a report saying 100 percent of West Coast water supplies failed to meet drinking standards. More >>
