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Broken promise on water safety in leaked paper
Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 10:00 am | Green Party
A leaked government blueprint for freshwater management shows Labour may be about to break its promise to make all water bodies safe for swimming within a generation, according to Green MP and Co-Leader Russel Norman. More >>
Methyl bromide review overdue but welcome: Greens
Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 5:14 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is pleased that ERMA is finally listening to community concerns and will reassess the use of methyl bromide - an ozone depletor which has been linked to severe ill-health in workers. More >>
Removing barriers to disabled a human rights issue
Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 2:03 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Metiria Turei has today released the Party's Disability Policy: Removing the barriers. More >>
Shocking report on West Coast water quality
Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 12:41 am | Green Party
The West Coast mining and dairy industries must be called to account by the West Coast Regional Council and the Government, after the industries were identified today as major offenders in a report saying 100 percent of West Coast water supplies failed ... More >>
Immigration Bill improved, but still oppressive
Monday, 21 July 2008, 5:07 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke has welcomed improvements in the Immigration Bill, reported back to Parliament today, but says it is still oppressive. More >>
Don't kill the golden goose, Fonterra
Monday, 21 July 2008, 4:43 pm | Green Party
Don't kill the golden goose, Fonterra Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman has welcomed figures announced today showing boosted export success for Fonterra, but warns the company needs drastic change to protect New Zealand's and the company's long-term ... More >>
Supermarket policy needs investigation - Greens
Monday, 21 July 2008, 3:18 pm | Green Party
Allegations that supermarket giant Progressive Enterprises is applying pressure to its suppliers adds further impetus to the Green Party's call for a Commerce Commission inquiry into industry practices, and a code of conduct for supermarkets, Safe Food ... More >>
Greens call for review of light bulb claims
Monday, 21 July 2008, 3:17 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has called on the Government to commission a review of the evidence of health effects from mercury in CFL lamps, from an independent specialist toxicologist, following the article in this issue of Investigate magazine. More >>
Public transport move a golden opportunity, Greens
Monday, 21 July 2008, 1:52 pm | Green Party
News that public transport use is at a record high - with a 34 percent rise in Auckland rail passengers - is a golden opportunity for the Government to build on this trend and further encourage commuters to leave their cars at home, Green Party Co-Leader ... More >>
Greens applaud Long Bay Regional Park decision
Friday, 18 July 2008, 10:10 am | Green Party
The Green Party today welcomes news that the Environment Court has moved to put more safeguards around protection of Long Bay Regional Park. "Long Bay-Okura is the last piece of undeveloped coastal space within the Auckland metropolitan area," Green ... More >>
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 >>
