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Govt FTA stance falls short on Tibetan rights
Monday, 17 March 2008, 5:34 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke said the Prime Ministers' post-Cabinet statement is letting down the Tibetan people and selling short the people of New Zealand. "Ms Clark's view that the free trade agreement with China has nothing to do with its human rights ... More >>
Is Hawke's Bay DHB problem the tip of an iceberg?
Monday, 17 March 2008, 5:30 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for mandatory reporting and tightening of the rules surrounding potential conflict of interest in the light of the Hawke's Bay District Health Board report released today. More >>
Industry has more courage then Govt on cell phones
Friday, 14 March 2008, 11:06 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to stop procrastinating and make it an offence to text message or converse on a hand held mobile phone while driving. More >>
Meridian threatens eels with dam-nation
Friday, 14 March 2008, 9:26 am | Green Party
Meridian's proposed hydro-dam on a wild and pristine West Coast river will hasten the extinction of our long-fin eel population Green Party Conservation Metiria Turei says. More >>
Proposed release of GE vaccine will be protested
Thursday, 13 March 2008, 2:51 pm | Green Party
News that there may soon be an application for the first live GE vaccine to be released in New Zealand will test the stringency of the law and its processes, the Green Party says More >>
Ad industry behaving like King Canute
Thursday, 13 March 2008, 1:55 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley is calling on the advertising industry to stop its exaggerated attacks on the Public Health Bill, and to engage instead in serious debate over a public health issue with huge implications for New Zealand and the sustainability ... More >>
Need for safer cell phone use - Greens
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 9:37 am | Green Party
As the link between cell phone use by motorists and crash risks continues to grow, Green Party MP Sue Kedgley is calling for the use of only hands-free-type technology while driving. More >>
Independent scientists essential for fund
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 9:22 am | Green Party
The Green Party says that there must be independent scientists involved in the allocation of the $700 million pastoral and food innovation fund announced today by the Government. More >>
Easter Sunday is for families not finance
Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 11:11 am | Green Party
The Green Party is congratulating Bunnings for closing its shops on Easter Sunday and allowing its workers to share a holiday with their communities, families and friends, Sue Bradford, Spokesperson on Employment Relations says. More >>
Cosmetic ingredients labelling welcomed by Greens
Monday, 10 March 2008, 3:54 pm | Green Party
The Green Party strongly supports a proposal by the Environmental Risk Management Authority for mandatory ingredient labelling of all cosmetics, Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
Suspend issuing new consents for taking water
Monday, 10 March 2008, 8:24 am | Green Party
Green Co-leader, Dr. Russel Norman, used his keynote address to the Greens Campaign Conference in Auckland today to call for a centrally legislated moratorium on regional councils issuing any new resource consents to take water from lakes, rivers and aquifers ... More >>
Greens launch 'Proud to be Green' billboards
Friday, 7 March 2008, 3:14 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today launched its 'Proud to be Green' billboards in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The billboards feature trans-Atlantic rower Rob Hamill and actress Miranda Harcourt alongside Green Co-leaders Jeanette Fitzsimons and Russel Norman. More >>
Govt commits to putting FTA to parliamentary vote
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 3:42 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke has welcomed the Government's commitment in the House today to put the free trade agreement with China, to be signed in April, to a Parliamentary vote. More >>
Get the trains back Ontrack
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 11:00 am | Green Party
The time has come to reintegrate the rail system, says Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons. "The experiment of an ownership split between the track and the services was worth trying, but it has failed to provide the rebuild of rail services we desperately ... More >>
Stop the Natural Remedy Witch-Hunt Greens Say
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 10:34 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley is calling on the Government to stop Medsafe's witch-hunt of the dietary supplements industry, and to work instead with the local industry on a New Zealand based regulatory scheme for dietary supplements. More >>
Public rights undermined by new telco regulations
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 12:29 am | Green Party
Intrusive telecommunications equipment will be able to be installed as of right, without consultation, on most power poles in New Zealand, thanks to sweeping National Environmental Standards announced today. More >>
NZ shamed in international tourism report
Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 4:59 pm | Green Party
A 'dead last' ranking in the World Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism Report released today highlights the Government's shameful lack of attention to our threatened species' recovery. More >>
Doctors switching to locums threatens workforce
Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 4:59 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says she was concerned to learn in the Health Select Committee today that 20 percent of the doctor workforce at the Southland District Health Board were locums. More >>
Skilling back on track
Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 10:09 am | Green Party
The Green Party has endorsed the main conclusions of the discussion paper Actions speak louder than words released today by the New Zealand Institute. "This is much more positive than their previous paper urging New Zealand not to lead but to be ... More >>
Call for assets to be protected through law
Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 9:53 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for the regulatory amendment to the Overseas Investment Act to be validated in legislation, to prevent a possible National Party government from repealing the regulation. More >>
