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'Merit' from the Greens for NCEA changes
Tuesday, 29 May 2007, 11:18 am | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming today's announced changes to the NCEA qualification system. By providing students with the chance to be recognised for their whole year's work with a 'merit' or 'excellence' the Ministry of Education is wisely responding ... More >>
Greens call for wider look at Crown entities
Tuesday, 29 May 2007, 12:06 am | Green Party
Prime Minister Helen Clark’s confirmation that agents of Solid Energy have been spying on peaceful protestors raises huge questions about other state-owned entities, says Greens Co-Leader Russel Norman. Because of the Green Partys’ areas of interests ... More >>
ERMA Decision Is A Sad Day For NZ
Monday, 28 May 2007, 4:10 pm | Green Party
The Environmental Risk Management Authority's (ERMA) decision to allow field testing of genetically engineered brassica crops risks sending good money after bad, with no chance that the New Zealand public will ever agree to eat this plant or have it ... More >>
Arroyo visit chance to confront human rights abuse
Monday, 28 May 2007, 1:07 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed reports that Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is attending a conference in New Zealand that is promoting religious and cultural tolerance and understanding. More >>
Annual tuckshop survey: pies, chips still staples
Monday, 28 May 2007, 9:30 am | Green Party
For the third year running the Green Party school lunch survey has found that sausage rolls, hot dogs, pies, biscuits and other sugary, fatty foods are still the staple food on offer in New Zealand schools, despite increased awareness of the dangers ... More >>
Taxpayer shouldn't be subsidising industrial dairy
Monday, 28 May 2007, 9:27 am | Green Party
Dairy companies, rather than the taxpayer, should be responsible for a more than half a billion dollar bill for carbon credits to cover ballooning greenhouse emissions coming out of an ever-expanding industrial dairy sector, says the Green Party. More >>
Action on controversial additive needed
Monday, 28 May 2007, 12:32 am | Green Party
The Green Party says its time the Government took urgent action to reduce children's exposure to controversial additives like sodium benzoate, which is widely used in children's food and drink. More >>
Heads should roll at Solid Energy - Greens
Sunday, 27 May 2007, 3:08 pm | Green Party
‘Heads should roll’ in the state-owned enterprise (SOE) Solid Energy if claims made in today’s Sunday Star Times are true, Greens Co-Leader Russel Norman says. More >>
Progressive 'could do better' over plastic bag use
Friday, 25 May 2007, 4:43 pm | Green Party
A supermarket campaign aimed at getting consumers to cut down on plastic bag use has failed its first test with staff following through only one-quarter of the time, the Green Party says. More >>
Merger a chance for a better transport equation
Friday, 25 May 2007, 2:30 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming a review of transport priorities but is urging those involved to ensure that it leads to a better balance of spending between public transport and new roads. More >>
Greens challenge Dunne on Wellington transport
Friday, 25 May 2007, 1:32 pm | Green Party
The Green Party says it is astounded by Peter Dunne's assertion that there is no need for additional funding via a regional fuel tax for public transport in the Wellington region. More >>
Dairy sector should invest in sustainability
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 3:49 pm | Green Party
Fonterra's forecast of a $5.53 per kilogram payout for the 2007-2008 season, means now is a good time for farmers to invest in sustainability, the Green Party says. More >>
Good time for dairy to invest in sustainability
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 3:29 pm | Green Party
Fonterra's forecast of a $5.53 per kilogram payout for the 2007-2008 season, means now is a good time for farmers to invest in sustainability, the Green Party says. The forecast payout is up $1.18 per kg on last year, and means an extra $1.5 billion ... More >>
Buy Kiwi Made Fund Grants Announced
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 2:21 pm | Green Party
The Buy Kiwi Made campaign has got behind New Zealand's Olympic team by promoting the fact that the athletes and officials will be wearing New Zealand made uniforms, Government Spokesperson on Buy Kiwi Made, Sue Bradford says. More >>
Fish in the sea could soon just be a memory
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 2:16 pm | Green Party
The fisheries Quota Management System has been a failure and the 20th anniversary of its introduction should not be a time of celebration, the Green Party says. More >>
On human rights, NZ needs to clean up its act
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 11:43 am | Green Party
Amnesty International's critical report should inspire New Zealand to improve its human rights record, the Green Party says. "The best way that New Zealand can punch above its weight internationally on human rights is by seeking to act jointly with ... More >>
Government confesses to $115 mil stake in Sky City
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 3:54 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has condemned both Dr Michael Cullen's admission in the House today that the Government currently has $115 million invested in Sky City Entertainment Group, and his refusal to consider funding problem gambling organizations at the ... More >>
Closer gradual foreign control monitoring needed
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 9:25 am | Green Party
Closer monitoring is needed of “gradual foreign control” of New Zealand’s core tourism sites, says Greens Co-Leader Russel Norman. More >>
Need for political will on climate change
Tuesday, 22 May 2007, 3:53 pm | Green Party
Revelations that global greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels are growing faster than ever has cemented the need for this Government to take action this year on climate change, the Green Party says. More >>
Biodiversity in grave danger
Tuesday, 22 May 2007, 3:47 pm | Green Party
"There's little to celebrate on today's International Day for Biological Diversity, given that global warming is causing massive species extinction, fish stocks could be exhausted in our lifetime and Japan now wants to include the endangered humpback ... More >>
