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Locke Taser complaint under UN Torture Convetion
Tuesday, 27 November 2007, 11:58 am | Green Party
Green Party Police Spokesperson Keith Locke is asking the Police Complaints Authority to consider whether the introduction of the Taser stun gun would be contrary to New Zealand's commitments under the UN Convention Against Torture. More >>
Protect livestock all the way - Greens
Tuesday, 27 November 2007, 12:00 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to address the inhumane conditions suffered by animals during transport to export markets. More >>
Birth death and marriage records access protected
Friday, 23 November 2007, 10:49 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke and United Future's Peter Dunne have welcomed Labour's agreement to allow open access to births, deaths and marriage records. More >>
No more whaling, please
Friday, 23 November 2007, 12:50 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Japanese Government to recall its whaling fleet and spare the lives of the more than 1000 whales it plans to slaughter for 'scientific purposes' in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. More >>
Climate change bill aims to future-proof transport
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 3:37 pm | Green Party
Parliament could soon be taking some real steps to counter both climate change and the rising cost of fuel thanks to the drawing today of one of the Green Party's Six Pack of Climate Change Bills announced last November. More >>
New law allows employees to vary working hours
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:59 am | Green Party
Workers have a new right giving them more say over the hours they work, with last night's passage of the Employment Relations (Flexible Working Arrangements) Act, Green Party MP Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Future of NZ sea lion cast in doubt by Minister
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:59 am | Green Party
The Minister of Fisheries has set the permissible sea lion by-kill too high to allow the threatened population to recover to sustainable levels, Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >>
NZ gets a bad report from UN on greenhouse
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:53 am | Green Party
The Greens are calling for renewed efforts to reduce our greenhouse emissions in light of a UN report that shows that New Zealand is amongst one of the worst in the industrialised world for increases in greenhouse gas emissions over the period 1990-2005. More >>
National Must Come Clean on EBs Slogan
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 4:23 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on National to come clean on whether their Campaign Manager, Steven Joyce, did or did not suggest the slogan "change the government" to the Exclusive Brethren in light of revelations to that effect by Nicky Hager today. More >>
New information should see Sounds case reopened
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 4:12 pm | Green Party
New information about a ketch seen at the time of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope's disappearance casts enough doubt on the conviction of Scott Watson to warrant reopening the case, Green Party Justice Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos says. More >>
Would you like roaches with that?
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 1:11 pm | Green Party
Sue Kedgley congratulates the Manukau City Council for their tough stand on unhygienic food outlets, saying that the public have a right to make informed choices about where they eat. More >>
Locke concerned at new Police protest instructions
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 11:32 am | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke today expressed concern that newly released Police instructions curtail the right to legitimate protest. More >>
Fed farmers' RMA 6-pack warm and flat say Greens
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 3:47 pm | Green Party
"Federated Farmers president, Charlie Pedersen, needs to accept that the days of environmental plunder are over," Green Party Environment Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos says. More >>
A new era in more flexible workplaces dawns
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 3:24 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is heralding a new era of more flexible workplaces with tomorrow's passing of the landmark Flexible Working Arrangements Bill. More >>
Greens - victory on free speech & fairer elections
Monday, 19 November 2007, 2:49 pm | Green Party
With the inclusion of changes negotiated by the Green Party, the Electoral Finance Bill tabled today should allay many of the concerns raised by New Zealanders. More >>
Greens call for review of child labour laws
Monday, 19 November 2007, 11:49 am | Green Party
The Green Party today welcomed the latest Caritas report on child labour 'Delivering the Goods' and endorsed their call for more protection for child workers. More >>
Festive Falun Gong belong in Auckland Santa Parade
Monday, 19 November 2007, 11:19 am | Green Party
Auckland Green MP Keith Locke is calling for the Auckland Chamber of Commerce to rethink its exclusion of Falun Gong from the Santa Parade, after the group's successful participation in the Wellington parade yesterday. More >>
Ellis stunt shameful and worthy of prosecution
Friday, 16 November 2007, 3:01 pm | Green Party
TV Personality Marc Ellis should be prosecuted by the Department of Conservation for his foolish publicity stunt on Rangitoto Island, the Green Party says. More >>
SunSmart shame: alarming results of sunbed survey
Friday, 16 November 2007, 12:34 am | Green Party
> 16 November 2007 > SunSmart shame: alarming results of sunbed survey > > A Green Party survey of sunbed operations in the Wellington region has > found that most are flouting industry standards and many are exposing > young girls to serious health ... More >>
Killing shows dangers of adopting Tasers
Friday, 16 November 2007, 12:33 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke says the killing with a Taser of a Polish immigrant at Vancouver airport shows the risks of equipping Police with a weapon that has such lethal capacity. More >>
