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Bradford asks Nats to clarify work for dole plans
Thursday, 17 July 2008, 10:31 am | Green Party
A report in the 'New Zealand Herald' this morning that Australian NGO corporate Mission Australia is keen to bring its work for dole programmes into New Zealand should ring major alarm bells about what may await beneficiaries, and the community and voluntary ... More >>
Aussie ETS no model for New Zealand
Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 5:21 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is disappointed that Australia's proposed emissions trading scheme will not provide a model for New Zealand. More >>
Chair case sends strong signal on 'buy Kiwi made'
Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 3:43 pm | Green Party
The outcome of a case where a New Plymouth furniture company was convicted under the Fair Trading Act of falsely declaring products 'New Zealand made' underlines the importance of maintaining the integrity of the brand, the Green Party says. More >>
Roads. 230 times better: Transit
Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 2:35 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman is describing Transit's 10 Year Transport Plan, which proposes spending 230 times more on roads than on cycle and walking infrastructure, as 1960s style transport thinking. More >>
Affordable food prices an absolute necessity
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 3:25 pm | Green Party
The Government needs to step in and help struggling New Zealanders, by increasing benefit levels and extending the $60 a week in work payment, in light of today's announcement of record high food prices, the Green Party says. More >>
$1/litre petrol drives NZ's roading programme
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 1:26 pm | Green Party
A Green Party analysis of Land Transport New Zealand economic evaluations shows that the Government systematically discriminates against public transport projects, including pricing petrol at $1 dollar a litre. More >>
Severe suffering in experiments almost doubled
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 1:13 pm | Green Party
The Green Party says the Government needs to explain why the numbers of animals who were forced to endured very severe suffering during experimentation almost doubled last year. More >>
Kiwi trains good news for kiwi economy
Monday, 14 July 2008, 12:12 am | Green Party
The Green Party encourages the Government to move as quickly as possible on plans to assemble new KiwiRail locomotives in New Zealand, says Regional Economic Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford. More >>
New Helensville service shows future for rail
Monday, 14 July 2008, 12:11 am | Green Party
Auckland Green Party MP Keith Locke hails the new Helensville-Auckland passenger service, after travelling on the inaugural train this morning. More >>
Get into gear to improve Public Transport: Greens
Sunday, 13 July 2008, 5:05 pm | Green Party
Reports from around New Zealand of overcrowding on buses and trains is evidence of a creaking and groaning public transport system that desperately needs to pick up the pace, Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman says. More >>
$10 a litre petrol prices in a decade
Friday, 11 July 2008, 1:18 pm | Green Party
Predictions from prestigious Australian research institute CSIRO that petrol could cost up to AUS$8 - about NZ$10 - per litre within a decade means we need to rapidly change course to avoid serious economic disarray, Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman ... More >>
Transmission Gully costs will never end
Friday, 11 July 2008, 11:10 am | Green Party
Reports today that the cost of Transmission Gully cannot be met by the local and regional councils come as no surprise to the Green Party, Wellington Transport Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
Royal Society clear: deniers are mischief makers
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 1:35 pm | Green Party
The Green Party welcomes the unambiguous statement today by the Royal Society of New Zealand's expert committee on climate. More >>
Royal Society is clear: deniers mischief makers
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 1:14 pm | Green Party
The Green Party welcomes the unambiguous statement today by the Royal Society of New Zealand's expert committee on climate. More >>
Controversial insecticide found in food tests
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 1:08 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is concerned that residues of the highly toxic and controversial insecticide Endosulfan have been found in lettuce, strawberries and courgettes sold in New Zealand. More >>
Inquiry: ambulance services in desperate situation
Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 10:03 am | Green Party
New Zealand's ambulance service is underfunded, under-staffed, lacks strategic direction, regulatory oversight or national clinical standards, and relies too heavily on volunteers, the Green Party's minority report says. More >>
National's broadcasting policy - more of the same
Monday, 7 July 2008, 4:43 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says that National's Broadcasting Policy, announced today is likely to add further commercial pressure to an already fragile public broadcasting environment. More >>
Bradford challenges Key to come clean on NGOs
Monday, 7 July 2008, 9:23 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Bradford is alarmed at indications the National Party has plans that could silence local NGOs on social issues. Ms Bradford says there are strong indications the National Party intends using Mission Australia, a large corporate ... More >>
Govt should help NZ Cricket stop tour of Zimbabwe
Monday, 7 July 2008, 7:12 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke wants the Government to ensure the Black Caps tour of Zimbabwe doesn't go ahead. More >>
Green MP joins students in protest
Friday, 4 July 2008, 1:34 pm | Green Party
Green Party Tertiary Education Spokesperson, Metiria Turei, joined students in Auckland this morning in a march down Queen Street against student debt and fees. More >>
