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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 >>
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 >>
