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Greens welcome Cullen borrowing ideas on airport
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 10:50 am | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming the Government's decision to tighten the Overseas Investment Act, which will have the effect of blocking the sale of Auckland International Airport, and hopes that the new criteria will block the sale of other key strategic assets ... More >>
Sails for whales petition presented to MP tomorrow
Monday, 3 March 2008, 3:42 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Metiria Turei will be presented a petition with a difference tomorrow, 4th of March, on the steps of Parliament at 1pm. More than 4000 supporters of the anti-whaling petition have signed boat sails, which will be handed to Mrs Turei by ... More >>
Release data and stop downplaying dairy pollution
Monday, 3 March 2008, 3:01 pm | Green Party
The Greens are calling for the Government to stop downplaying the extent of breaches of resource consents in the dairy industry and for the Ministry for the Environment to release the Clean Streams data that they have apparently misinterpreted. More >>
MfE must stop downplaying dairy pollution
Monday, 3 March 2008, 2:56 pm | Green Party
The Greens are calling for the Government to stop downplaying the extent of breaches of resource consents in the dairy industry and for the Ministry for the Environment to release the Clean Streams data that they have apparently misinterpreted. More >>
Stop the secrecy on China trade treaty
Monday, 3 March 2008, 1:48 pm | Green Party
The Greens are calling on the Government to end the secrecy on the content of the trade deal with China that they plan to sign in only five weeks. More >>
Holcim should accept consent measures
Monday, 3 March 2008, 1:47 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Metiria Turei is disappointed that Holcim is appealing the consent conditions for a cement factory near Oamaru, given the massive public opposition to the factory in the first place. More >>
Greens support call for children's caucus
Sunday, 2 March 2008, 12:53 am | Green Party
2 March 2008 EMBARGOED UNTIL 11.00am Sunday 2 March Greens support call for cross party caucus for children More >>
Green MP takes on fourth of seven triathlons
Friday, 29 February 2008, 5:31 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Metiria Turei is this weekend to tackle the fourth leg of her gruelling schedule of completing seven triathlons and one half marathon this summer. More >>
Carterton council encourages solar water heating
Friday, 29 February 2008, 4:06 pm | Green Party
Government Spokesperson on Energy Efficiency and Conservation, Jeanette Fitzsimons, has congratulated Carterton District Council for its initiative to encourage solar water heating by waiving building consent fees, during a visit to the Wairarapa today. More >>
Warning on plastic bottles must be heeded - Greens
Friday, 29 February 2008, 2:13 pm | Green Party
The Ministry of Health has a responsibility to warn New Zealand parents that heating plastic baby bottles releases hormonal substances that can interfere with the body's endocrine systems, Green MP Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
KCDC shows the way for drought prone areas
Friday, 29 February 2008, 2:08 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is congratulating the Kapiti Coast District Council for leading the way on water conservation. More >>
Time to stop our frogs from croaking
Friday, 29 February 2008, 1:52 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is hopping about on Leap Day with some serious fun with a serious message all about frogs. More >>
Thumbs up to McD's upsized pay for youth
Friday, 29 February 2008, 10:49 am | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming McDonalds move to upsize its wages for youth to adult rates from tomorrow. More >>
Greens: It ain’t pretty, it’s shitty
Friday, 29 February 2008, 10:18 am | Green Party
Today the Greens released a video shot in the northern Wairarapa on Wednesday. It shows that cows are routinely not excluded from large and small rivers and streams and it shows cows defecating into one of major rivers in the region. More >>
It ain’t pretty, it’s shitty
Friday, 29 February 2008, 9:14 am | Green Party
Today the Greens released a video shot in the northern Wairarapa on Wednesday. It shows that cows are routinely not excluded from large and small rivers and streams and it shows cows defecating into one of major rivers in the region. More >>
Board members have the right to speak their minds
Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 5:25 pm | Green Party
Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says she has grave concerns about today's abrupt dismissal of the Hawkes Bay District Health Board and the Health Minister's appointment of a Commissioner. More >>
Pie in the sky is never a good investment
Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 2:58 pm | Green Party
Solid Energy has to be told to stop wasting taxpayers' money on pie in the sky lignite to liquid fuel schemes that will only skyrocket New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says. More >>
Not for sale signs must go up on Auckland Airport
Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 1:13 pm | Green Party
The Government should come right out and say that Auckland Airport is not for sale because it is essential infrastructure and a key strategic asset, the Green Party says. More >>
Depressed kids need more than pill popping
Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 11:13 am | Green Party
The practice of prescribing anti-depressants to children needs to be urgently reviewed and more funding directed to counselling services in light of new research demonstrating that these medications don't work for most patients, the Green Party says. More >>
Show you care Fonterra - don’t pick up the milk
Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 1:03 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is challenging Fonterra to back up its disappointment over the many milk suppliers who are still breaking the law and polluting waterways by refusing to pick up the milk from those recalcitrant polluters. More >>
