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Time EcoLab let striking workers join collective
Thursday, 24 April 2008, 12:00 am | Green Party
News from Hamilton that striking EcoLab staff are being denied the opportunity for the same employment agreement as other workers who do the same job as them is concerning, says Green Party Employment Relations Spokesperson Sue Bradford. More >>
Protection from bottom trawling needed
Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 5:45 pm | Green Party
Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei is calling on the Fisheries Minister to give New Zealand's marine environment the same protection from bottom trawling he has just given international waters. More >>
FTA loopholes may allow dodgy drugs into NZ
Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 11:28 am | Green Party
The Government's trade agreement with China could increase the numbers of contaminated and counterfeit medicines coming into New Zealand, Green Party MP Sue Kedgley warned today. More >>
Fitzsimons: Keep the Coal in the Hole
Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 11:12 am | Green Party
Today is Earth Day. It began in the USA in 1970 and is often seen as the start of the modern environmental movement. In 1990 it mobilised 200 million people in 141 countries and gave impetus to the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. More >>
If you go down to the woods today...
Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 10:32 am | Green Party
The Greens today revealed that a security firm, run by the same private investigators involved in hiring paid informants to infiltrate community groups, has applied to the Department of Conservation to patrol public conservation land on the Stockton ... More >>
Call for public release of DoC staff cuts report
Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 12:18 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Department of Conservation to release the draft report which reportedly claims that 56 staff, including their marine conservation unit, are at risk of losing their jobs to meet a budget shortfall. More >>
Community groups should be freed from spies
Monday, 21 April 2008, 8:45 am | Green Party
Community groups need to freed from the oppressive influence of private paid informants in their midst says the Green Party, in light of revelations today that further attempts have been made recently by private investigators to infiltrate the Save Happy Valley ... More >>
Better to be safe than sorry over baby bottles
Monday, 21 April 2008, 12:57 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for New Zealand health authorities to follow the lead of their Canadian counterparts and move to protect infants from exposure to a potentially harmful plastic used in baby bottles. More >>
When will we turn the corner?
Friday, 18 April 2008, 3:53 pm | Green Party
The Green Party says today's news that New Zealand's greenhouse emissions have continued to rise, though not as fast as previously, is still not good enough. More >>
Greens support review of monetary policy
Friday, 18 April 2008, 11:14 am | Green Party
The Green Party is adding its voice to calls for a thorough review of monetary policy in light of further closures of New Zealand manufacturers, and is calling on Labour and National to remove their new right blinkers on monetary policy so we, as a nation, ... More >>
National Crisis in Water Quality
Friday, 18 April 2008, 12:57 am | Green Party
Tuesday 22 April is Earth Day and Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman is highlighting the plight of freshwater streams, lakes and rivers around New Zealand. More >>
A rough day for Kiwi workers
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 5:31 pm | Green Party
Plans to export about 500 ANZ National Bank jobs to India and lay off 50 staff from a Dunedin knitwear firm are a further blow to New Zealand workers, already stung by news of 430 layoffs from the Fisher and Paykel plant in Dunedin today. More >>
Free Trade Agreements rob Kiwi workers' jobs
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 12:48 am | Green Party
Just 10 days after the signing of the Preferential Trade Agreement with China, New Zealand workers are already facing layoffs, with Fisher and Paykel announcing the closure of its Dunedin factory - at a cost of 430 jobs. More >>
Minister ignores overwhelming plea to save dolphin
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 2:20 pm | Green Party
The Fisheries Minister should go to the beach and wave goodbye to the Hector's and Maui's dolphins, Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >>
Report exposes Government inaction over GE
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 12:57 am | Green Party
A new report shows the Government has implemented only 20 of a package of 49 recommendations of the 2001 Royal Commission on Genetic Modification and only one of the "watershed"recommendations, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says. More >>
Greens won't be silenced by Chinese officials
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 4:22 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is sending a clear message to China that its MPs won't be intimidated from speaking out for Tibetan rights and democracy in China. More >>
Council shelving of Raumati station makes no sense
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 3:57 pm | Green Party
The sidelining of plans for a railway station at Raumati South abandons commuters to their cars, the Green Party says. More >>
Greens uncover Meridian's secret report
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 3:36 pm | Green Party
A secret report which concludes that Meridian's proposed Mokihinui hydro-dam will be disastrous for biodiversity was tabled in Parliament today by Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei. More >>
Be wary of privatisation by stealth Greens say
Monday, 14 April 2008, 11:37 am | Green Party
The Green Party is challenging John Key to say whether his commitment to not privatise state assets includes not opening up ACC to private competition, or even dismantling it entirely. More >>
Harmful colours must be stripped from food: Greens
Monday, 14 April 2008, 8:12 am | Green Party
Harmful colours must be stripped from food - Greens The food industry must stop using six artificial food colours, linked to health and behaviour problems in children, following a decision by the UK Food Safety Authority to get them out of their food ... More >>
