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Nandor offers support for his Auckland successor
Monday, 25 February 2008, 2:55 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Nandor Tanczos, who has announced he is stepping down from Parliament at the next election, has offered his support for his successor in the strong Green Party electorate of Auckland Central. More >>
Re-plumbing Canty Plains will damage clean green
Monday, 25 February 2008, 1:09 pm | Green Party
The threat to New Zealand’s clean and green reputation, warned about in Chapter 13 of the State of the Environment report, will be exacerbated by the plan to re-plumb the braided rivers of the Canterbury Plains says the Green Party More >>
Wellington Port Company challenged over fumigation
Monday, 25 February 2008, 11:55 am | Green Party
With 19 knot winds buffeting Wellington today, the Wellington Port Company should not have allowed fumigation with the highly toxic and ozone depleting gas methyl bromide to take place on the city's waterfront, Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says. More >>
Greens challenge Nats on welfare policy
Monday, 25 February 2008, 10:58 am | Green Party
Green Party Social Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford today challenged National to come clean on its welfare policy following a media release from Judith Collins accusing the Government of 'failing young mums' on the DPB. More >>
Disappearing rivers cause for alarm
Friday, 22 February 2008, 2:55 pm | Green Party
The drying out of part of the Waipawa River in the Hawke's Bay is a cause for alarm about the state of our rivers and lakes says the Green Party. And the Government needs to act to introduce water quality standards. More >>
Green MP takes on third of seven triathlons
Friday, 22 February 2008, 11:23 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Metiria Turei is this weekend to tackle the third leg of her gruelling schedule of completing seven triathlons and one half marathon this summer. More >>
Coroner must be heeded by Ambulance review
Friday, 22 February 2008, 10:10 am | Green Party
The Green Party welcomes the coroner's report and recommendation on the death of Melfyn Wynne-Williams, and agrees that there need to be national clinical standards for New Zealand's ambulance service. More >>
People call for convenient public transport
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 2:11 pm | Green Party
A new Ministry for the Environment report shows that New Zealanders find sustainable transport options such as cycling and public transport are not convenient, and that is why they are continuing to use their cars. More >>
Is pro-beating lobby writing National's policy?
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 10:14 am | Green Party
The National Party needs to explain to New Zealanders exactly where it stands on child discipline and who is writing its policy, the Green Party says. "The National Party stepped in at the 11th hour to ensure that the Crimes (Substituted section ... More >>
Govt no-show at drugs policy roundtable a disgrace
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 12:07 am | Green Party
"It is a disgrace that not a single Government MP has seen fit to attend a national roundtable on New Zealand drugs policy today," Green Party Associate Health Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >>
Greens win gold on Olympics human rights issue
Tuesday, 19 February 2008, 4:36 pm | Green Party
The Green Party welcomes the U-turn today from the Government and the New Zealand Olympic Association to give New Zealand Olympic athletes the right to speak freely about what they see in China. More >>
Minister gets it wrong on cluster bomb investments
Tuesday, 19 February 2008, 8:47 am | Green Party
The Greens are surprised that Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Phil Goff is being reported today as saying that the New Zealand Super Fund has divested its portfolio of cluster bomb investments. More >>
Green MP to speak at S59 book launch tonight
Tuesday, 19 February 2008, 12:19 am | Green Party
Green Party Spokesperson for Children's Issues, Sue Bradford, will speak tonight at the launch of the book 'Unreasonable Force', a history of the campaign to end legalised physical punishment of children in New Zealand. More >>
Put children's health ahead of industry profits
Monday, 18 February 2008, 11:39 am | Green Party
The time has come to restrict advertising of unhealthy food and drink to children, Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says. More >>
Ambulance billboards reflect rising concern
Monday, 18 February 2008, 9:20 am | Green Party
The erection of 20 signs warning those driving through Horowhenua that they are passing through an under-crewed ambulance zone is a sign of the rising level of concern over this unsafe practice, the Green Party says. More >>
Tagging hysteria attacked by Greens
Friday, 15 February 2008, 2:37 pm | Green Party
The political race to demonise New Zealand youth this election year has reached a new low, says Green Party Justice Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos. More >>
Toxic algae sign of national water crisis
Friday, 15 February 2008, 2:28 pm | Green Party
New Zealand is suffering from a national water-quality crisis resulting in toxic algal blooms across the country, Green Party Environment Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos says. More >>
Green MP to tackle Christchurch triathlon
Friday, 15 February 2008, 2:26 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Metiria Turei, is this weekend to tackle the second leg of her gruelling schedule of completing seven triathlons and one half marathon this summer. More >>
Time to stop loving the money from the bomb
Thursday, 14 February 2008, 3:45 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the New Zealand Super Fund to urgently withdraw from its ever-increasing investments in cluster bomb manufacturers before the Government hosts the Cluster Bomb Conference in Wellington next week - a conference aimed at ... More >>
Minister criticised for supporting free speech ban
Thursday, 14 February 2008, 3:19 pm | Green Party
The Green Party's Sports Spokesperson Keith Locke has criticised Sports Minister Clayton Cosgrove for backing the New Zealand Olympic Committee's ban on athletes making political statements in Beijing. More >>
