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Govt must protect local workers from fishy schemes
Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 11:24 am | Green Party
The Green Party is horrified that two South Island seafood companies may be granted permits to bring in migrant labour just weeks after 323 jobs were axed from Sealord's Nelson mussel factory. More >>
Greens make the polluters - not the public - pay
Monday, 16 June 2008, 3:02 pm | Green Party
The Greens have succeeded with several improvements in the Emissions Trading legislation at select committee stage and so voted for the Bill to return to the House for further consideration. However more change is needed before we can support the final stages. More >>
Catch the train now or miss the bus: Greens
Monday, 16 June 2008, 12:11 am | Green Party
The Government should underwrite the funding stream for the electrification of the Auckland rail system so new electric trains can be ordered now, the Green Party says. More >>
Urgent inquiry into counterfeit pesticides needed
Monday, 16 June 2008, 12:10 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for an independent and public investigation of allegations that counterfeit pesticides are being widely imported and used in New Zealand, and for a significant increase in testing to detect for illegal or counterfeit pesticides. More >>
E moe Matua Monte Ohia
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 4:50 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Metiria Turei expresses her deepest sorrow to the whanau of Monte Ohia who passed away in Christchurch last night. More >>
Greens call for independence on airport is heard
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 4:41 pm | Green Party
The West Auckland branch of the Green Party is celebrating today's announcement by Waitakere City Council to appoint independent commissioners to hear the submissions on the proposed Plan change to tie up Whenuapai Airbase for a commercial airport. More >>
Greens welcome ARC's backing of airport loop rail
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 3:22 pm | Green Party
Auckland Green Party MP Keith Locke welcomes the Auckland Regional Council transport committee's support for railway extensions that include links to the airport. More >>
Will NatLabs keep Pharmac out of US trade deal?
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 2:06 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on National and Labour to guarantee that Pharmac will not be undermined or weakened in trade negotiations with the United States. This follows news that Trade Minister Phil Goff is optimistic about US trade talks after ... More >>
Backroom deal guts agricultural targets: Greens
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 1:49 pm | Green Party
A backroom deal between the Government and the agriculture sector has gutted the industry's voluntary emissions targets and directly contradicts Government policy, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has revealed. More >>
Kp ur eyes on da rd
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 2:55 pm | Green Party
The Green Party says that regulating cell phone use in cars is a long awaited move that will make New Zealand roads safer and undoubtedly save lives. More >>
SOE wields deforestation chainsaw
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 2:09 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to admit to being a major on-the-ground player in the worst deforestation in New Zealand's modern history. More >>
Polluters’ water paper “Plan for Inaction"
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 9:20 am | Green Party
A document subtitled “Plan for Action” and issued by water polluters and their supporters today would be better headed “Plan for Inaction”, according to the Green Party. More >>
Fish dumping unacceptable
Monday, 9 June 2008, 5:34 pm | Green Party
Dumping of fish and deliberate mis-reporting of catch both strike at the very heart of the sustainable management of our fisheries, Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton said today. More >>
Zoo doo while others don't
Monday, 9 June 2008, 5:16 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today praised Auckland Zoo and its hippos for "fast movement" in helping clean up the highly-polluted Motions Creek. More >>
GE food call way out of whack with reality
Monday, 9 June 2008, 4:46 pm | Green Party
It is inappropriate for the president of the World Organisation for Animal Health to go in to bat for genetic engineering, says the Green Party. More >>
Greens challenge Govt: drop crippling road policy
Monday, 9 June 2008, 4:21 pm | Green Party
The Government urgently needs to shift funding from new motorways into better public transport, says Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons. "With the recent record increase in the price of oil, the Green Party's Public Transport Funding Bill is ... More >>
GE food call way out of whack with reality: Greens
Monday, 9 June 2008, 2:11 pm | Green Party
It is inappropriate for the president of the World Organisation for Animal Health to go in to bat for genetic engineering, says the Green Party. More >>
It's the little things that make a big difference
Monday, 9 June 2008, 1:03 pm | Green Party
The Green Party says most consumers could reduce their energy consumption without any reduction in comfort or convenience just by thinking ahead. Greens Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons there are a lot of things households can do to save water in ... More >>
Trying to catch a Fish with a Teaspoon
Sunday, 8 June 2008, 3:25 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has answered John Key's call to lower the OCR to counter high oil prices by saying that is like trying to catch a fish with a teaspoon. More >>
Shark photos prove finning alive and well in NZ
Friday, 6 June 2008, 1:47 pm | Green Party
Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei is calling on the Minister of Fisheries to ban the barbaric practice of shark finning, and put New Zealand law in line with that of other developed countries. More >>
