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Green MP to speak at spy base protest this Sat
Friday, 25 January 2008, 11:33 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke will be speaking at this weekend's protest outside the Waihopai spy base, near Blenheim. More >>
Loans simply to live: Greens join student protest
Friday, 25 January 2008, 12:07 am | Green Party
Green Party Education Spokesperson Metiria Turei is to join tertiary students at Parliament to protest student allowance polices which have forced the average student debt up to nearly $30,000. More >>
Govt must help Reserve Bank address inflation
Thursday, 24 January 2008, 11:33 am | Green Party
The Green party is calling on the Government to help the Reserve Bank reduce inflationary pressures in the New Zealand economy by rapidly implementing measures to deal with one of the key drivers of inflation – rising oil prices. More >>
100 years of heritage - gone
Thursday, 24 January 2008, 9:17 am | Green Party
Yet another building that generations of Wellingtonians have grown up with will be demolished today, said new Wellington City Councillor Iona Pannett. More >>
Greens seek to stop telco rollout on power poles
Thursday, 24 January 2008, 12:00 am | Green Party
The Green Party is campaigning to stop the Government introducing regulations which will allow intrusive telecommunications equipment to be installed as of right, without consultation, on most power poles in New Zealand, Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says. More >>
Whaling situation getting worse
Wednesday, 23 January 2008, 4:38 pm | Green Party
Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei MP is saddened and angered by news that the Japanese are planning to commission a replacement mother ship for their whaling fleet. More >>
Poultry code too weak to tackle campy epidemic
Wednesday, 23 January 2008, 12:14 am | Green Party
The new Code of Practice for processing of poultry, while a small step in the right direction, fails to include some very simple measures to stem the tide of campylobacter contamination of chicken meat being sold to New Zealanders, Safe Food Spokesperson ... More >>
Greens call for action, not rhetoric
Sunday, 20 January 2008, 2:42 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has kicked off election year with a hard hitting speech by Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons in the annual State of the Planet address. More >>
Human rights for all humans, not just angry extrem
Friday, 18 January 2008, 4:23 pm | Green Party
The Green Party entirely supports the Human Rights Commission's call for better recognition of the rights of transgender people, Green Party MP Metiria Turei says. More >>
New study shows sunbeds double cancer risk
Friday, 18 January 2008, 9:43 am | Green Party
The Government must act to regulate the sunbed industry following a new report which found the cancer risks associated with sunbed use are much higher than previously thought, Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
Oil dependence driving mortgage costs
Thursday, 17 January 2008, 2:17 pm | Green Party
Today's announcement that rising petrol prices have driven inflation above three percent must trigger the Government to rethink its love affair with motorways, says Green Party Co-leader Dr. Russel Norman. More >>
Tribute to a literary icon
Thursday, 17 January 2008, 10:29 am | Green Party
The Green Party has paid tribute to inspirational poet, writer and playwright Hone Tuwhare, New Zealand's second Te Mata Poet Laureate who died yesterday afternoon in Dunedin. More >>
Whalers on shaky ground, need help in hostage hand
Thursday, 17 January 2008, 12:58 am | Green Party
Japanese whalers who have abducted two protesters are on very shaky legal ground and are in no position to make demands from the crew of the Steve Irwin, Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >>
Nandor not standing in 2008 election
Thursday, 17 January 2008, 12:09 am | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos announced today that he will not be putting his name forward as a candidate for this year's election. More >>
Big brother creeps closer
Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 2:06 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke is warning of the dangers of the New Zealand police buying into the FBI-led 'Server in the Sky' network to share biometric and other information. More >>
Antarctic situation demands end hands-off approach
Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 12:32 am | Green Party
The New Zealand Government should immediately send a frigate to the Southern Whale Sanctuary following the detainment of two anti-whaling activists on a Japanese whaling ship, Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >>
Beached whales pile-up in Green campaign
Tuesday, 15 January 2008, 10:08 am | Green Party
Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei is delighted New Zealanders right around the country are getting involved in the Green Party Sand Whale Sculpture Challenge. More >>
Community acts to protect children
Monday, 14 January 2008, 4:38 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Bradford is pleased to see a heightened awareness of violence against children in the community. More >>
Greens welcome hard-won respite for whales
Monday, 14 January 2008, 2:55 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is thrilled by reports from Antarctica that Greenpeace has managed to locate the Japanese whaling fleet, and is preventing them from adding to their grisly haul. More >>
Annual Sir Edmund Hillary Day a fitting tribute
Monday, 14 January 2008, 10:36 am | Green Party
The Green Party believes that an annual public holiday on the day of Sir Edmund Hillary's birth would be a fitting tribute that all New Zealanders could share. More >>
