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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 >>

Biofuels will be sustainable and cheap

Monday, 23 June 2008, 4:08 pm | Green Party

The sustainability clause in the new Biofuel Bill, reported back from select committee today, is the strictest in the world, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says. More >>

Nothing to fear from energy efficient lighting

Monday, 23 June 2008, 3:59 pm | Green Party

The National Party has gone on record for a second time today opposing sustainability and lower energy prices for households. Gerry Brownlee has attacked the energy efficiency standard for lighting, saying it is heavy-handed. More >>

Greens send S.O.S to Japanese media

Monday, 23 June 2008, 2:39 pm | Green Party

The anti-whaling message of hundreds of New Zealanders is being sent to the Japanese media today, to coincide with the start of the International Whaling Commission conference in Chile. More >>

Bradford responds to referendum petition

Monday, 23 June 2008, 12:21 am | Green Party

Green MP Sue Bradford is calling on political parties and the voting public to reject calls to turn back the clock in response to the launch of the extra signatures on the petition opposing changes to the law on child discipline at Parliament today. More >>

Canadian taser experience a warning for NZ

Friday, 20 June 2008, 1:38 pm | Green Party

Green Party MP Keith Locke says the Canadian experience - where police have frequently used tasers well beyond their mandate - should make us wary about introducing tasers here. More >>

Locke to welcome deported peace activist home

Friday, 20 June 2008, 11:14 am | Green Party

Green Party MP Keith Locke criticises Israel for deporting New Zealand peace activist Harmeet Sooden. Mr Locke will be at Auckland airport to greet Mr Sooden, who is reported to be arriving back in New Zealand at 2.15pm today. More >>

Tragedies call for action on cycle safety

Friday, 20 June 2008, 10:28 am | Green Party

The death of police superintendant Steve Fitzgerald is a tragedy that should never have happened, Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman says. Mr Fitzgerald, who was one of the countries’ top advocates for road safety, was tragically killed yesterday ... More >>