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Are public hospitals about people or profit?
Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 11:58 am | Green Party
The Government needs to decide if public hospitals are money making ventures for private industries or places people go to get well, Green Party Industrial Relations Spokesperson Sue Bradford says. More >>
End to youth rates welcomed, income rises too low
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 9:53 am | Green Party
Thanks to a Green Party Member's Bill, young New Zealanders can be assured that, from today, they will be paid the same as their adult colleagues for doing the same job. More >>
Primary products at risk as back door opens to GE
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 12:58 am | Green Party
The Green Party says that the Biosecurity and Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Legislation Amendment Bill before Parliament today will become a backdoor to allowing unapproved genetically engineered organisms into New Zealand. More >>
Green initiated victim's inquiry makes good sense
Monday, 31 March 2008, 3:13 pm | Green Party
John Key's announcement of a victims' rights package which capitalises on the recommendations of a Green Party initiated inquiry is being welcomed by Nandor Tanczos, Green Party Justice Spokesperson. More >>
Child and youth mental health need better funding
Monday, 31 March 2008, 11:13 am | Green Party
Green Party Mental Health Spokesperson Sue Bradford says that she is deeply saddened by the death of North Shore teenager Toran Henry, and is dismayed by the surrounding circumstances. More >>
Online gambling initiative will increase gambling
Friday, 28 March 2008, 3:35 pm | Green Party
"It is reprehensible that the Government is launching a whole new online gaming initiative through the internet sale of lotto tickets," Green Party Spokesperson on Gambling Sue Bradford said this afternoon. More >>
Green MP takes on own record in 2nd Wgtn triathlon
Friday, 28 March 2008, 10:08 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Metiria Turei is to ratchet the pace up a gear in an attempt to beat her previous personal record at a second Scorching Bay triathlon in Wellington this Sunday. More >>
Greens challenge MPs to 'walk the talk'
Thursday, 27 March 2008, 4:40 pm | Green Party
The Green Party calls on all parties in Parliament to opt into the voluntary emissions offsetting scheme announced by Air New Zealand today, and to pay for the off-setting out of their own pockets. More >>
Vested interests should not dictate policy
Thursday, 27 March 2008, 1:32 pm | Green Party
Claims that electricity prices will rise as a result of the Government's 90 percent renewable electricity target are self-serving and based on inaccurate analysis the Green Party says. More >>
Rotorua lakes just the tip of the iceberg say Gree
Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 3:39 pm | Green Party
The $72 million committed to help clean up Rotorua's lakes is just a fraction of the money needed to reverse the effects of agriculture and urban pollution on lakes and rivers around the country, Green Party Environment Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos ... More >>
Transport visa requirements bureaucracy gone mad
Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 3:30 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke has criticised the new requirements for people passing through New Zealand airports to get a transit visa. More >>
Transport visa requirements bureaucracy gone mad
Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 1:47 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke has criticised the new requirements for people passing through New Zealand airports to get a transit visa. "This requirement creates an unnecessary bureaucratic nightmare for travellers from poorer countries," says Mr ... More >>
NZ Govt caught over Bainimarama support for China
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 2:34 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke wants the Government to criticise the Fiji Government's support for the Chinese actions in Tibet. The Fiji Prime Minister's secretary Parmesh Chand confirmed today that a letter of support had been sent to the Chinese Government. More >>
Protest against "blood furniture" trade
Saturday, 22 March 2008, 1:19 pm | Green Party
Mana Green Party members will hold a protest at the front entrance of Harvey Norman's megastore at Porirua on Easter Saturday calling on the store to commit to not stocking "blood furniture" from illegally and unsustainably logged tropical kwila ... More >>
Greens urge Govt to act on cell phones
Thursday, 20 March 2008, 5:08 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says she is heartened by the results of a Research New Zealand survey showing that 85 percent of New Zealanders support making it an offence to use a mobile phone while driving. More >>
Minister washes his hands of Easter trading
Thursday, 20 March 2008, 3:49 pm | Green Party
The Labour Minister needs to protect the right of workers to spend Easter Sunday with their families, Sue Bradford, Green Party Spokesperson on Employment Relations says. More >>
Minister has got it wrong on Dolphin deaths
Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 1:51 pm | Green Party
The scientist who provoked the Conservation Minister into releasing photos of 22 bloody and battered dolphin carcasses on the deck of a fishing boat through an official information request says that the Common Dolphin species urgently needs to be reclassified ... More >>
Greens support for forestry offset conditional
Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 11:04 am | Green Party
The Flexible Land Use Alliance, which has announced it has a parliamentary majority for its forestry offset scheme, needs to realise that the Green Party's support is conditional. More >>
Locke calls for stronger support for Tibetans
Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 9:13 am | Green Party
The Green Party will be supporting this motion, although we would have liked it to be much stronger and clearly taken the side of the Tibetan people against their Chinese oppressors. More >>
Kedgley to stand in Wellington Central
Tuesday, 18 March 2008, 10:01 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley has been selected as Green Party candidate for Wellington Central. More >>
