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Bradford calls Casino report 'Not Good Enough'
Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 8:54 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Bradford is challenging Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker to define the difference between loan sharking and money lending. More >>
Zimbabwean democracy leader seeks support from NZ
Monday, 8 October 2007, 11:51 am | Green Party
The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is hosting a press conference with Sekai Holland, leading politician in the Zimbabwean democracy movement, on Tuesday, 9 October. More >>
Greens welcome dairying fine, challenge Feds
Thursday, 4 October 2007, 4:23 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming a decision by Judge Thompson in the Whangarei District Court to fine a Mamaranui dairy farmer for persistent pollution of the Taita stream. More >>
Peak oil educator to visit New Zealand
Thursday, 4 October 2007, 2:07 pm | Green Party
Richard Heinberg, one of the world's foremost Peak Oil educators and Research Fellow of Post Carbon Institute, is coming to New Zealand in October hosted by the Green Party and the Eco Show to give talks in Auckland, Wellington and Taupo. More >>
A small victory over greenwash
Thursday, 4 October 2007, 1:26 pm | Green Party
The Greens are welcoming the decision by the Advertising Standards Authority to uphold a complaint by a Green Party member against Saab for misleading advertising claiming carbon neutrality for all Saab vehicles. More >>
Driving under the influence should be illegal
Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 5:10 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is pleased that people driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs will face prosecution under proposed new laws, but opposes the apparent exemption for those impaired by their prescribed drugs. More >>
Key declares 'Mission Accomplished' in Iraq
Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 10:50 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke hopes that National Party leader John Key will be phoning President George Bush ASAP with Mr Key's good news that the war in Iraq is over, and that coalition forces can continue to withdraw their troops. More >>
Time for tough action on dirty dairying - Greens
Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 12:02 am | Green Party
The cringe factor that stops councils from prosecuting farmers for environmental pollution must stop, says Green Party Agriculture Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos. More >>
National's foreign policy blind to global concerns
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 5:25 pm | Green Party
Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke says National's 'new' foreign policy fails to address the key global issues of the 21st century. More >>
Surprise, surprise - fees could soar under Nats
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 4:51 pm | Green Party
John Key's plan to scrap the fee maxima policy comes as no surprise to the Green Party. More >>
Secret power contract not a good deal for Kiwis
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 4:23 pm | Green Party
The numbers on Meridian Energy's secret deal to supply cut rate power to the giant Bluff aluminium smelter don't add up to a good deal for New Zealanders, the Green Party says. More >>
Labour and National united in free trade
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 3:18 pm | Green Party
The release of the National Party's Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Discussion paper today has made it crystal clear that Labour and National are united in their pursuit of free trade deals with China and United State regardless of the cost to ... More >>
Nats revert to failed policies, Greens say
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 1:59 pm | Green Party
The National Party’s reversion to the tried and failed new right doctrine of the 1990s in health and education is a sign that the National's differences from the Brash era may only be superficial, Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman says. More >>
Locke condemns Government inaction over Burma
Monday, 1 October 2007, 4:02 pm | Green Party
Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke has expressed disappointment at the Government's rejection of any economic sanctions on Burma. More >>
Controversial sweetener used in children's meds
Monday, 1 October 2007, 11:20 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says she is very concerned to discover that 81 medicines which may be used by children and young people contain the controversial additive aspartame, which has been linked to a range of adverse reactions. More >>
Welcome to ANZ Mr Smith, here's the thing
Sunday, 30 September 2007, 5:40 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on Michael Smith, who starts tomorrow as CEO of the ANZ Banking Group, to stop his company providing financial support to illegal and unsustainable logging, human rights abuses and climate change. And, to encourage Mr Smith, Green ... More >>
Nandor rolls up his sleeves for E-Day
Friday, 28 September 2007, 1:41 pm | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos is getting his hands dirty tomorrow by volunteering for E-Day 2007 collecting used computers and mobile phones for reuse or recycling. More >>
Nuke free vote: Goff offers feeble excuses
Thursday, 27 September 2007, 5:34 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke has criticised Disarmament Minister Phil Goff for New Zealand's abstention on a resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency last week that called for a nuclear-free Middle East. More >>
Locke opposes anti-terrorism amendment Bill
Thursday, 27 September 2007, 2:02 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke has issued a minority report opposing the foreign affairs, defence and trade select committee report on the Terrorism Suppression Amendment Bill, tabled today. More >>
Billion $ subsidy to dairy, zero climate benefit
Thursday, 27 September 2007, 9:43 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the government to require the dairy industry to pay its way after revealing that, under the government’s emissions trading scheme, $1.2 billion dollars of taxpayers’ money will be given to the dairy industry, for ... More >>
