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A big letter day for the Green Party
Thursday, 19 April 2007, 12:05 am | Green Party
Repeated calls to Food Standards Australia New Zealand for it to withdraw its approval of a potentially harmful genetically modified Monsanto corn have gone unanswered, so today the Green Party decided to shout louder in the form of a giant open letter. More >>
Green MP salutes long time peace campaigner
Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 3:54 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke is mourning the death of Nagasaki mayor, Iccho Ito, a long time campaigner for nuclear disarmament, who died this morning after being struck by an assassin's bullet last night. More >>
Bradford disappointed at Key's U-turn on S59 talks
Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 3:53 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Bradford expressed disappointment that National Party leader John Key may have effectively torpedoed the proposed talks on S59 by insisting that she must agree beforehand to change her Bill to reflect his point of view. More >>
Key to meet Bradford on s59 issues next week
Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 2:46 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Bradford confirmed today that National Party leader John Key had agreed to meet with her sometime next week to discuss her s59 repeal Bill. More >>
ANZ must stop financing forest destruction
Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 1:55 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the ANZ bank to withdraw from the business of financing the destruction of tropical rainforests in Papua New Guinea. More >>
Bradford lauds Key's s59 efforts
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 3:27 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Bradford today welcomed National Party leader John Key's offer to play a constructive role in the debate over her s59 repeal Bill, and is offering to attend the National party caucus to discuss any issues that Mr Key and his colleagues ... More >>
Case highlights need for more humane system
Monday, 16 April 2007, 1:23 pm | Green Party
"Cases like that of Cheyenne Tonihi - who had her four day old baby taken from her- highlight the barbarism of a justice system which separates babies from their mothers and prefers to see the mother receive grief counselling and antidepressants rather ... More >>
Rail electrification will cut greenhouse emissions
Friday, 13 April 2007, 2:02 pm | Green Party
The Greens are calling on the Government to fast track the electrification of the Auckland rail network in order to reduce our national greenhouse emissions by more than 230,000 tonnes per year, and in the process reduce the bill to all taxpayers ... More >>
Govt needs to scale back its money grab from TVNZ
Friday, 13 April 2007, 12:17 am | Green Party
If TVNZ is to retain any semblance of being a public service broadcaster, the Government has to stop pillaging TVNZ's accounts every year and allow it to invest in the staff and resources needed for it to become a genuine public service broadcaster, Green ... More >>
Light needs to be shone on adverse events
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 1:08 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is repeating its call for mandatory reporting and publication of all adverse events in New Zealand hospitals in the wake of the Health and Disability Commissioner's hard-hitting report into system failures at Capital and Coast District ... More >>
New Zealand Made Showcase Comes to Christchurch
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 9:03 am | Green Party
Whittaker's Peanut Slabs, LWR's Southern Alp Socks, Pink Batts(r) and The Beautiful Box Company have one thing in common - they're all Kiwi Made. These well-known national brands are featured as part of the Christchurch New Zealand Made Showcase that will ... More >>
New Zealand Made Showcase Comes to Dunedin
Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 9:39 am | Green Party
Whittaker's Peanut Slabs, Norsewear Farm Fleck Socks, Resene Paint and McKinlays Shoes have one thing in common - they're all Kiwi Made. These well-known national brands are featured as part of the Dunedin New Zealand Made Showcase which will be ... More >>
Greens support bus lane plan
Friday, 6 April 2007, 2:11 pm | Green Party
The Wellington’s City Council radical plan to create bus lanes on most key bus routes the city has been welcomed by the Green Party. The Council will decide whether to go ahead with the plan next week. More >>
Yadegary release a partial victory
Friday, 6 April 2007, 1:05 pm | Green Party
Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke welcomed the release on bail of Thomas Yadegary, an Iranian who has been held for nearly two and half years without charge in Mt Eden jail, since being arrested on 1 November 2004. More >>
Sedition laws belong in the dustbin of history
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 2:43 pm | Green Party
Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson MP Keith Locke today supported the call by Law Commission president Sir Geoffrey Palmer to scrap New Zealand laws on sedition. More >>
NZ's clean, green reputation getting dirtier
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 1:42 pm | Green Party
The lack of any real Government action on Climate Change and other major environmental issues has left New Zealand with a less than satisfactory report card from the OECD, and vindicates a number of concerns raised by the Green Party for some time. More >>
Sad day for Canterbury manufacturing
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 5:13 pm | Green Party
Today's announcement of 140 job losses in Christchurch is a bitter blow for the workers concerned and for the Canterbury regional economy according to Green Party Economic Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford. More >>
Fishing industry sinks to new low
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 5:01 pm | Green Party
The fishing industry has won a battle of smoke and mirrors by getting Government to agree to their self-imposed bottom trawling protection areas, while leaving them free to pillage the locations of most value, the Green Party says. More >>
War on poverty just as urgent as war on terrorism
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 1:53 pm | Green Party
Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke has called on the Government to announce a clear timetable for how it plans to meet the UN target for development aid of .7 percent of GNI by 2015. More >>
Government turns blind eye to methyl bromide risks
Tuesday, 3 April 2007, 5:12 pm | Green Party
The admission today from Biosecurity Minister Jim Anderton that he has no idea how many fumigation facilities using the highly toxic gas methyl bromide are situated near schools is extraordinary, the Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
