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Flexible Work Bill apt homage to Suffrage Day
Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 4:35 pm | Green Party
"It is fitting that my Flexible Working Hours Private Members Bill will go through its committee stages in Parliament on Suffrage Day tomorrow," Green Party Spokesperson on Women's Affairs Sue Kedgley says. More >>
Greens and Government Co-operate on Waste Bill
Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 2:12 pm | Green Party
The Green Party and the Government today announced joint amendments to the Waste Minimisation (Solids) Bill currently before the Local Government and Environment Select Committee. More >>
Commission upholds Greens bacon complaint
Monday, 17 September 2007, 9:38 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says she is pleased the Commerce Commission has upheld her complaint that Kiwi and Premier Bacon products were misleading consumers by implying that their bacon was from New Zealand, when it was not. More >>
Tree kangaroos, not logging firms, need ANZ's help
Sunday, 16 September 2007, 5:55 pm | Green Party
The ANZ Banking Group needs to have a hard look at a new report from the World Conservation Union to see the consequences of ANZ's backing a huge logging company, Greens Co-Leader Russel Norman says. More >>
Woolies move welcome but beware China's claims
Friday, 14 September 2007, 4:27 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming the announcement by Woolies that they are ending their import of paper products sourced from clearing rainforest in Indonesia, after the Greens in New Zealand and Australia drew attention to the issue over the last few ... More >>
Greens support rights of indigenous people
Friday, 14 September 2007, 3:11 pm | Green Party
Green Party Maori Affairs Spokesperson Metiria Turei has strongly criticized the Government for being among the tiny group of nations to cast their vote against the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. More >>
Locke at Auckland low emission city bus launch
Friday, 14 September 2007, 11:04 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke will be attending today's launch of the new low emission Stagecoach buses on the Auckland City Link run. The launch of these new buses, by Prime Minister Helen Clark, will take place at 1pm today at Stop D3, Britomart. More >>
A toxin-free bouquet for Tauranga
Friday, 14 September 2007, 11:02 am | Green Party
Tauranga City Council is being congratulated by the Green Party for dumping the use of spray insecticide Thiodan. More >>
Zaoui victory welcome, SIS must open to scrutiny
Thursday, 13 September 2007, 3:20 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke is delighted by the decision to withdraw the risk security certificate against the Algerian refugee Ahmed Zaoui, and has called for both genuine parliamentary oversight of the SIS and less use of secret evidence in future. More >>
Kiwis: do more, faster on climate change, Helen
Thursday, 13 September 2007, 10:21 am | Green Party
A new poll showing that more than half of New Zealanders do not think the Government is doing enough about climate change should be a wake up call for the decision-makers, the Green Party says. More >>
Banks insensitive to need for affordable housing
Thursday, 13 September 2007, 12:34 am | Green Party
Auckland Green Party MP Sue Bradford has expressed outrage at the election promise by Auckland mayoral candidate John Banks to scrap a council scheme to help low income Aucklanders into housing. More >>
Poisons should not be put on playing fields
Wednesday, 12 September 2007, 4:11 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley is calling on the Tauranga City Council to stop spraying Thiodan - whose active ingredient is the highly toxic chemical endosulfan - over sport fields used by children. More >>
Govt should intervene on foreign land sales
Wednesday, 12 September 2007, 3:08 pm | Green Party
The move today by PGG Wrightson to attract even more overseas buyers for New Zealand land demonstrates once again why the government should restrict land sales to New Zealand citizens and permanent residents, says the Green Party. More >>
North Shore gambling vote needs to be re-held
Wednesday, 12 September 2007, 1:11 pm | Green Party
Green Party Gambling Spokesperson Sue Bradford has joined other social agencies in criticizing North Shore City Council for allowing two city councillors who have links to businesses with pokie machines on their premises to participate in a council debate ... More >>
Tanczos: Classification of BZP Bill
Wednesday, 12 September 2007, 9:20 am | Green Party
Because despite his intentions, that will be the legacy of Jim Anderton from his years as would-be drug Czar - the criminalising of a wide range of New Zealanders and the boosting of the illegal drug market as a result. More >>
Government exposed over timber issue
Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 5:37 pm | Green Party
Months of Government self-promotion over environmental friendliness and dedication to sustainability have been shown to be nothing more than posturing, the Green Party says. More >>
Crime agency needs resources to pursue fraudsters
Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 4:14 pm | Green Party
Green Party Justice Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos has stressed that the new Organised Crime Agency unveiled today needs both a clear mandate and sufficient resources to properly investigate white collar crime in New Zealand. More >>
20% increase in animal experimentation alarming
Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 12:26 am | Green Party
New Zealanders remain in the dark as to why experiments were conducted on 318,489 animals last year, a sharp rise on previous years, the Green Party says. "It is appalling that the total number of animals used in research, testing and teaching has risen ... More >>
Liquor outlet sale of party pills ban needed
Monday, 10 September 2007, 11:26 am | Green Party
Moves by Manakau City Council to ban party pills from being sold at liquor outlets have been backed by Green Party Drug Law Reform Spokesperson Metiria Turei. More >>
Emissions scheme must be effective and fair
Monday, 10 September 2007, 9:05 am | Green Party
The Green Party has set out this morning the questions that must be asked of the Government's new carbon emissions trading scheme, expected shortly. More >>
