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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 >>

Threat of sewage discharge into Lake Horowhenua

Sunday, 10 August 2008, 5:23 pm | Green Party

Horowhenua District Council needs to rethink its priorities, with a new threat to discharge sewage into Lake Horowhenua, the Green Party says. More >>

AgResearch aims to spread GE animals around NZ

Friday, 8 August 2008, 2:11 pm | Green Party

A huge application to genetically engineer a wide range of animals, plus human and monkey cells, side-steps a government promise to deal with GE applications on a case by case basis, Greens Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says. More >>

Herceptin decis'n a blow, not politicians' to make

Friday, 8 August 2008, 1:07 pm | Green Party

Pharmac's decision to turn down additional funding to extend Herceptin funding from 9 weeks to 12 months is a bitter blow for many New Zealand women, Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>

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 >>