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TVNZ inquiry shows charter sacrifice on commercial
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 12:59 am | Green Party
The Green Party says the report on the Inquiry into Television New Zealand Limited, released today, shows that it is ludicrous to expect a supposedly public service broadcaster, to return a 9 percent return on shareholder funds, and to disperse all ... More >>
School closure programme shown to be madness
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 12:49 am | Green Party
The overcrowding problem in Otago and Southland schools has shown how stupid the Government's school closure campaign really was, the Green Party says. "The closure programme was widely opposed by the community as pure stupidity and short-term thinking," ... More >>
Plastic-wrapped apples a target for rubbish plan
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 2:52 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has slammed a new marketing ploy for apples saying it would be a good target for the Government's new plan to keep plastic bags out of landfills. Fresh Edge is producing Fruitees, 80 gram plastic packets of sliced apples, which ... More >>
Access report: questions unanswered - Greens
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 2:44 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has greeted the long-awaited Public Access report with caution saying it appears to have failed to deliver the certainty it was designed to do. The purpose of the report was to address how New Zealanders might have walking access to the ... More >>
Mighty River Power sees the light - at last
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 2:16 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has congratulated Mighty River Power for dumping its controversial plan to convert the Marsden B power station to coal, describing it as a victory for campaigners, the local community and climate change. Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons ... More >>
Food safety should be aim of Food Safety Authority
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 10:57 am | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming news that the government is considering splitting the New Zealand Food Safety Authority from MAF and turning it into a stand-alone department, but says consumers and not just be vested interested must be consulted about its ... More >>
NZ should not be resuming military links
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 9:42 am | Green Party
Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke has challenged Defence Minister Phil Goff’s reasons for allowing a “limited defence re-engagement” with Indonesia. More >>
Get down to earth with Rongotai Green Garden Tour
Monday, 5 March 2007, 5:22 pm | Green Party
The Rongotai Greens will be holding their inaugural Green Day Out Garden Tour on Saturday March 17th with a tour of gardens from Miramar to Island Bay. ” These gardens show the talents and interests of Rongotai residents in making their patch ... More >>
Air NZ allows snakes on their planes
Monday, 5 March 2007, 11:22 am | Green Party
Air New Zealand must apologise to its passengers and publicly distance itself from the actions of those pilots who allowed former MP Larry Baldock to carry out political campaigning on its planes, the Green Party says. More >>
Get tobacco out of sight - Greens
Monday, 5 March 2007, 10:11 am | Green Party
The Green Party welcomes the call from the Cancer Society and ASH to ban point of sale displays of cigarettes and tobacco products. “This would mean that you would not see cigarettes or tobacco products in dairies, supermarkets or petrol stations,” ... More >>
Call for socially responsible choice for Kiwisaver
Monday, 5 March 2007, 9:39 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman has used his speech to the Party’s South Island Policy Conference in Akaroa to call on the Government to ensure that there is a socially responsible option for workers who sign up to the Government’s Kiwisaver superannuation ... More >>
Dunne and Cullen prepare cash gift for foreigners
Friday, 2 March 2007, 5:14 pm | Green Party
Dropping the corporate tax rate from 33% to 30% will result in a massive cash handover from the New Zealand taxpayer to foreign owned companies that are already making record profits, says the Green Party, following further hints from Revenue Minister ... More >>
Bradford dismisses bid to undermine S59 repeal
Friday, 2 March 2007, 4:54 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Bradford dismissed as "ridiculous" and "wilfully misguided" the attempt today by United Future MP Gordon Copeland to sabotage her bill to repeal S59 of the Crimes Act, calling it "a desperate last throw of the dice, based on flawed ... More >>
Ambulance emergency calls for rethink
Friday, 2 March 2007, 2:35 pm | Green Party
Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley has given her support to the people of Wairoa in their battle to stop a reduction in their ambulance service. More >>
Buy Kiwi Made on a roll
Friday, 2 March 2007, 2:10 pm | Green Party
Buy Kiwi Made is on a roll with this week's Cabinet meeting signing off a $6.3 million media marketing campaign and the Buy Kiwi Made website going live today. More >>
S59 repeal no threat to good parents
Thursday, 1 March 2007, 3:59 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP today welcomed the assurance in Parliament by the Police Minister that police procedural guidelines exist to protect people from being prosecuted for a trivial, or merely technical offence. More >>
Study shows benefits of retrofitting insulation
Thursday, 1 March 2007, 3:27 pm | Green Party
A New Zealand study* published in the British Medical Journal shows the economic, health, educational and energy benefits from retrofitting old houses with insulation says the Green Party, and the government must respond by dramatically increasing ... More >>
Speed restrictions threaten Overlander
Thursday, 1 March 2007, 1:49 pm | Green Party
Speed restrictions exist on the main trunk line of up to 63 minutes for the north-bound Overlander, Finance Minister Michael Cullen has confirmed in response to questions from Green Party MP Sue Kedgley, thus raising concerns about the impact of such delays ... More >>
Hummus trips up Business New Zealand
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 3:50 pm | Green Party
Business New Zealand Chief Executive Phil O'Reilly has been undermined by a humble tub of hummus, the Green Party says. "This Kiwi-produced container of hummus shows exactly why Mr O'Reilly's 'she'll be right attitude' won't work," Greens Spokesperson ... More >>
Supermarket plastic bags - just say no
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 2:07 pm | Green Party
Green Party Waste Minimisation Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos today announced his plans to write to the heads of every supermarket chain in the country, urging them to pursue ways to cut down on the use of supermarket plastic bags. More >>
