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ERMA's madness endangers exports and our health
Friday, 4 July 2008, 10:48 am | Green Party
It is madness that the Environmental Risk Management Authority is risking New Zealand's meat and dairy exports by continuing to allow the use of a highly toxic insecticide which is banned or heavily restricted in more than 50 countries, the Green Party ... More >>
Cabinet action needed on threat to Auckland water
Thursday, 3 July 2008, 4:50 pm | Green Party
Cabinet needs to step in to sort out a battle involving a Landcorp partnership in which Auckland's major drinking-water source is threatened, Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman says. More >>
Greens criticise Government's 'bandaid' welfare
Thursday, 3 July 2008, 2:07 pm | Green Party
The Green Party welcomes minor changes to supplementary assistance for beneficiaries announced today, but says they fail to address fundamental faults in the benefit system. More >>
Trucking must pay its way - Greens
Thursday, 3 July 2008, 1:52 pm | Green Party
It is time to stop subsidising the trucking industry and price transport on a level playing field if New Zealand is to make the transition to a sustainable economy, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says. More >>
Betancourt's release welcomed by NZ Greens
Thursday, 3 July 2008, 11:49 am | Green Party
Reports that Colombian Green Party politician Ingrid Betancourt, along with three American citizens, has been rescued from FARC militia after six years in captivity have been greeted with enthusiasm by the New Zealand Green Party. More >>
Enthusiasm for pepper-spray needs to be reviewed
Wednesday, 2 July 2008, 4:51 pm | Green Party
Green Party Police Spokesperson Keith Locke wants the Police Commissioner to review the way his officers are using pepper spray. More >>
Open letter receives closed response
Wednesday, 2 July 2008, 11:56 am | Green Party
John Key has finally responded to Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons' open letter in which she requested details of National's preferred Emissions Trading Scheme. More >>
Council takes commuters for a ride
Tuesday, 1 July 2008, 12:55 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says she is shocked to learn that Wellington children will no longer have a reduced fare in the central city, and that some train fares are to increase by over 30 dollars a month. More >>
'UnFairfax' should keep Subeditors
Tuesday, 1 July 2008, 12:07 am | Green Party
Fairfax has a journalistic responsibility to keep editing jobs in our communities and regions ahead of short term cost cutting, Green Party Employment Spokesperson Sue Bradford says. More >>
ERMA ok's continued use of highly toxic pesticides
Monday, 30 June 2008, 3:11 pm | Green Party
The Green Party says it is shocked ERMA has recommended the continued use of endosulfan, a highly toxic chemical banned in many western countries, and is calling on the Minister for the Environment to review the decision. More >>
Help Britain kick Zimbabwe cricket out of 20/20
Monday, 30 June 2008, 2:48 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke wants New Zealand to back Britain in getting Zimbabwe cricket kicked out of the World Twenty20 next year. More >>
Working week set for major changes: Greens
Monday, 30 June 2008, 12:18 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley hopes flexible working patterns will become the norm and the rigid nine to five working week will gradually become a thing of the past, once the new flexible working right comes into force on Tuesday 1 July. More >>
Govt's oceans plan sinks the environment
Friday, 27 June 2008, 2:50 pm | Green Party
The Labour Government has yet again let down New Zealanders and the environment this time by back-tracking on its promise to protect New Zealand's oceans. More >>
Supermarket mark-up on Kiwi staples surprising
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 3:53 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has renewed calls for a Commerce Commission investigation into supermarket pricing practises and has revealed the large mark ups that supermarkets have placed on two Kiwi staples. More >>
Military aircraft cost blowout unacceptable
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 2:12 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke is concerned at the lack of accountability by the Ministry of Defence and Defence Force regarding cost blowouts of almost $400 million on key defence projects, identified in an Auditor General's report released today. More >>
Paying polluters to stop a bad idea
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 1:51 pm | Green Party
A proposal by Federated Farmers that taxpayers should pay to discourage water polluters is a bad idea, according to Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman. More >>
Better police systems needed for at-risk detainees
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 1:50 pm | Green Party
Green Party Spokesperson for Mental Health Issues, Sue Bradford, says the case of four police officers acquitted of assaulting a man in custody demonstrates systemic problems in the force when it comes to dealing appropriately with people with mental ... More >>
Parliament's greenwash hoodwinks Ministers
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 2:29 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons told a conference on carbon neutrality and sustainability in the Public Sector that under the Govt3 waste system Ministerial Offices have - for over a year - diligently been separating organic waste, only for ... More >>
Price on carbon could be positive for the economy
Tuesday, 24 June 2008, 5:22 pm | Green Party
Farmers would profit from involvement in the Emissions Trading Scheme, reinforcing the Green Party's insistence that farming be included in the Bill earlier than 2013, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says. More >>
Transmission Gully makes no sense, say Greens
Tuesday, 24 June 2008, 11:25 am | Green Party
With petrol costing over $US130 a barrel, it makes no sense to build a billion dollar motorway, especially one along an earthquake fault line, Green Party Wellington Transport Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
