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Government should adopt extended parental leave
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 4:08 pm | Green Party
The Green Party enthusiastically supports the recommendations of the Children's Commissioner to extend paid parental leave to 13 months. More >>
Rates inquiry answers many questions
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 3:16 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming the report of the Independent Inquiry into Local Government Rates and supports the implementation of many of its recommendations. More >>
More funds needed for quality local broadcasting
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 1:39 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed the evidence of strong public support for state broadcasting contained in a recent Ministry of Culture and Heritage survey - and has urged the Government to forego its dividend from TVNZ this year, and thus make it affordable ... More >>
Light bulb recycling scheme a bright idea - Greens
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 9:40 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today launched the first nationwide recycling scheme for compact fluorescent light bulbs. Ms Fitzsimons congratulated Energy Mad, the scheme's organisers, in being proactive in setting up a system long before there ... More >>
Govt must sort garlic industry triple-whammy
Monday, 27 August 2007, 2:37 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on Biosecurity and Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton to step in and save New Zealand's garlic industry from disaster. More >>
Woolies tissues from illegally logged rainforests?
Monday, 27 August 2007, 8:03 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on Woolworths to reveal whether their "Select" brand of tissues and paper products, which are marketed as from sustainable forests, are actually sourced from illegal and unsustainable rainforest clearing in Indonesia. More >>
Green candidate for Northern Ward
Friday, 24 August 2007, 9:27 am | Green Party
The Green Party has selected Tane Woodley, ex-Regular Army and a serving Territorial officer, as its candidate for the Northern Ward of the Wellington City Council. More >>
Locke Disputes Police Assn Assertions Over Taser
Thursday, 23 August 2007, 5:09 pm | Green Party
"It is absurd for the Police Association to say that "no incidents have been reported" indicating "inappropriate use". More >>
NZFSA booklet nothing more than propaganda
Thursday, 23 August 2007, 1:07 pm | Green Party
Questions need to be asked about why a Government agency, tasked with ensuring New Zealanders have safe food, is being allowed to publish a biased consumer booklet on chemical residues, the Green Party says. More >>
Clark must defend Kyoto at APEC
Thursday, 23 August 2007, 12:03 am | Green Party
The Green Party is challenging Prime Minister Helen Clark to defend the core Kyoto principles against the attempts by George Bush and John Howard to destroy them at APEC. More >>
Dairy farming putting water quality at risk
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 4:22 pm | Green Party
The Government today acknowledged that continued intensification of dairy farming like that in Canterbury is posing a threat to public health through its effect on drinking water. More >>
Stay strong on One Plan - Greens tell Horizons
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 4:03 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is encouraging Manawatu-Wanganui's Horizons Regional Council to show courage over its One Plan to address resource use in the region. "There is widespread concern about the state of the waterways in the region, especially the Manawatu River," ... More >>
WTO Excuse Not Good Enmough Over Imports
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 1:30 pm | Green Party
The Green Party believes Forestry Minister Jim Anderton has got his priorities back to front by refusing to stop the importation of illegally and unsustainably logged kwila timber and kwila outdoor furniture because of his fears that such a ban just ... More >>
Action not words needed on illegal logging
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 4:14 pm | Green Party
Action not words is needed on illegal logging and the importation of products from it, Greens Co-Leader Russel Norman says. More >>
Action not words needed on illegal logging
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 4:06 pm | Green Party
Action not words is needed on illegal logging and the importation of products from it, Greens Co-Leader Russel Norman says More >>
Climate change ball is in Government's court
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 1:48 pm | Green Party
Hundreds of people around New Zealand have committed to taking steps to reduce the impact of climate change and are now waiting on the Government to make its move. More >>
Benefit denial may be more widespread
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 10:35 am | Green Party
Green Party Social Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford said she was shocked to hear today of two Rotorua teenagers who were told by Work and Income that they were not eligible for the unemployment benefit. More >>
Orangutan And Grim Reaper Protest Outside ANZ
Monday, 20 August 2007, 2:27 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is urging New Zealanders to cut links to ANZ unless the banking group stops supporting a huge tropical rainforests logging company. More >>
Greens start campaign against ANZ
Monday, 20 August 2007, 9:51 am | Green Party
The Green Party is urging New Zealanders to cut links to ANZ unless the banking group stops supporting a huge tropical rainforests logging company. Greens Co-Leader Russel Norman says the party is starting a campaign outside selected ANZ branches with colourful ... More >>
Greens start campaign against ANZ
Monday, 20 August 2007, 9:31 am | Green Party
The Green Party is urging New Zealanders to cut links to ANZ unless the banking group stops supporting a huge tropical rainforests logging company. Greens Co-Leader Russel Norman says the party is starting a campaign outside selected ANZ branches with colourful ... More >>
