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One News sponsor linked to rainforest destruction

Friday, 11 January 2008, 5:00 pm | Green Party

The Green Party Co-Leader Dr. Russel Norman is dismayed that One News updates will be sponsored by the National Bank as of Monday. The National Bank is a subsidiary of the ANZ Banking Group which is involved in financing rainforest destruction in ... More >>

Tribute to a man who embodied the spirit of NZ

Friday, 11 January 2008, 1:28 pm | Green Party

Sir Edmund Hillary was a man who embodied the spirit of New Zealand, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says. More >>

Minister concerned? Send a frigate - Greens

Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 1:20 pm | Green Party

The Government must back up the Conservation Minister's concerns for safety in the Antarctic region, expressed this morning, by sending New Zealand Navy frigates to the region, Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >>

Greens welcome report, condemn interference

Monday, 7 January 2008, 11:20 am | Green Party

Green Party Social Development spokesperson Sue Bradford is welcoming the delayed publication of an important report that fell victim to political interference from the Government. More >>

Oil Price Hits US$100/Barrel - Don't Panic, Plan

Thursday, 3 January 2008, 11:45 am | Green Party

The Green Party is warning that today's record breaking crude oil price of US$100 per barrel is just the first flirtation in what is going to be a long term relationship with triple digits in an ongoing trend of rising oil prices. More >>

Government Caves In To Monsanto, Say Greens

Sunday, 23 December 2007, 7:24 am | Green Party

The Government has failed New Zealanders by approving a potentially hazardous GM food ingredient, setting a dangerous precedent that will let other untested animals feed products enter the country's food chain. More >>

US cracks down in illegal timber imports

Friday, 21 December 2007, 4:03 pm | Green Party

The United States Senate has passed a law cracking down on the import of illegally sourced wood products, while the New Zealand Government is still failing to act. It’s time for the Government to stop the import of illegal timber products into ... More >>

Send a frigate to protest whale slaughter

Friday, 21 December 2007, 2:38 pm | Green Party

The Green Party is urging the Government to send a frigate to observe and protest the annual Japanese whale slaughter in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. More >>

Scaremongering Proven Wrong By Police Review

Friday, 21 December 2007, 11:57 am | Green Party

Green MP Sue Bradford is welcoming the results of the police review showing that hysteria whipped up by critics of her Bill to amend section 59 is thoroughly unfounded. More >>

Party vote a priority

Friday, 21 December 2007, 12:19 am | Green Party

Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says she plans to focus all her efforts on building the party vote at this election. More >>

Fiji boy-scouts shouldn't be blamed

Thursday, 20 December 2007, 5:06 pm | Green Party

Green Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke has expressed surprise at reports that our High Commission in Suva had tried to stop 10 Fijian boy-scouts from entering the country to attend a Scout Jamboree in Christchurch. More >>

Need to rethink unregulated foreign investment

Thursday, 20 December 2007, 4:20 pm | Green Party

Today’s figures showing a widening of the current account deficit to 8.3% of GDP shows the long term damage done to the New Zealand economy by two decades of reckless liberalising of foreign investment rules by successive Labour and National governments ... More >>

NZ must deliver blunt message on whaling

Thursday, 20 December 2007, 4:16 pm | Green Party

The Greens are urging the Government to make New Zealand's anger and revulsion clear in the strongest possible terms when it takes part in an international diplomatic protest against Japan's whaling programme. More >>

Bright future for efficient hot water technologies

Thursday, 20 December 2007, 3:20 pm | Green Party

Government Spokesperson on Energy Efficiency and Conservation, Jeanette Fitzsimons, today announced that 22 projects have been offered a total of $800,000 in the first round of an Innovation Fund to encourage smart innovations in solar and heat-pump ... More >>

Government caves in to Monsanto

Thursday, 20 December 2007, 12:28 am | Green Party

Better services the top priority - Greens

Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 1:14 pm | Green Party

The first priority for the possible $1.5 billion tax cuts should be environmental protection, public health and public education, the Green Party says. More >>

Greens win Citizens' Jury

Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 11:44 am | Green Party

Campaign funding and finance will be examined by a Citizens' Jury, following an agreement between the Green Party and the Government. More >>

Government luxury BMWs exceed own energy targets

Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 5:10 pm | Green Party

The Government agreement to purchase 34 luxury six cylinder BMWs over the next three years contravenes their own fuel efficiency standard for diesel vehicles as laid out in the Energy Efficiency Conservation Strategy, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette ... More >>

38 ways to better protect victims of crime

Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 2:00 pm | Green Party

The Justice and Electoral select committee has today reported back from its inquiry into the rights of victims in the criminal justice system. The inquiry was initiated by the Green Party following the passage of the Prisoners and Victim Claims Compensation ... More >>

Frank Kitts decision to be rammed through

Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 1:39 pm | Green Party

The decision to bypass the Wellington City Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee days before Christmas to finalise the controversial new design for Frank Kitts Park at the last meeting of the Council sends the wrong message to a public rightly cynical ... More >>

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