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Greens Urge Council Not To Take a Gamble
Monday, 5 February 2007, 10:11 am | Green Party
Wellington City Greens spokesperson Iona Pannett today called for the Council to reduce the number of pokie machines in the capital, as it begins consultation on its Gaming Venue Policy this Thursday. More >>
16 years of wasted opportunity - Greens
Saturday, 3 February 2007, 3:05 pm | Green Party
The report of the Science Group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released last night in Paris, underlines just how much time we have wasted, Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says. More >>
Greens call for protection of NZ's wetlands
Friday, 2 February 2007, 10:18 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on Government to take more urgent action to protect New Zealand's disappearing wetlands, some ninety per cent of which have already been destroyed, the Greens' Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. "Wetlands are ... More >>
Greens will keep fighting for funding transparency
Friday, 2 February 2007, 10:05 am | Green Party
The Electoral Commission ruling today, that it is legal for the National Party to systematically conceal the identity of million dollar donors from the public by using private trusts, only adds to the Green Party’s resolve to push for transparency ... More >>
Greens criticise rising use of taser 'painting'
Friday, 2 February 2007, 12:42 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke has backed the Auckland District Law Society's wide ranging concerns about the lack of police compliance to guidelines governing the use of tasers. More >>
Children will foot bill for roads they can't use
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 4:25 pm | Green Party
Michael Cullen's announcement that the Government will borrow $300 million in infrastructure bonds for 'the largest road building project the country has ever seen' is a plan to charge our children for our investment in unsustainable transport patterns, the ... More >>
Quality focus needed throughout health system
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 3:31 pm | Green Party
Green Party Health Spokesperson MP Sue Kedgley says that she hopes a new-look Quality Improvement health committee, announced by the Minister of Health today, indicates a commitment to better safety and quality standards throughout the health system. More >>
Maori flag decision divisive - Greens
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 11:45 am | Green Party
Transit New Zealand should apply its criteria fairly and allow the Maori flag to be flown over the Auckland Harbour Bridge, Green Party MP Metiria Turei says. The decision to refuse Te Ata Tino Toa request to fly the flag creates division on a ... More >>
Charity Register must not silence critics
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 10:06 am | Green Party
The Green Party is concerned that the Charities Register, launched today, will see voluntary sector groups further silenced from criticising the Government because of fear that they will lose funding. More >>
Power decision not a surprise - Greens
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 3:25 pm | Green Party
The Electricity Commission's announcement of intention to approve the new 400 kV transmission line from Whakamaru to Auckland is not a surprise, the Green Party says. "It is well known that the Commission's reluctance to approve it without investigating ... More >>
Join the dots - oil import bill = trade deficit
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 1:28 pm | Green Party
Merchandise trade figures released today show that the cost of our oil imports almost exactly matched the size of our near-record trade deficit for 2006, adding urgency to the Greens’ call to reduce our oil dependency. More >>
Climate changing consumer demand
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 11:15 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to take the lead in helping New Zealand businesses adapt to a world in which consumers will increasingly demand low carbon products. More >>
Locke rebuts Peters' accusations
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 9:49 am | Green Party
Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson MP Keith Locke has rejected Foreign Minister Winston Peters' accusation that those who criticise the Bush administration are motivated by feelings of anti-Americanism. More >>
OECD gives Govt fail marks over students, staff
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 12:22 am | Green Party
The OECD review of tertiary education in New Zealand should be a loud wake-up call to Government about the cost burdens now facing our tertiary students and the workloads being piled onto tertiary staff, Green Party Education Spokesperson Metiria Turei ... More >>
Seven years on and still no solutions
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 3:38 pm | Green Party
John Key's speech today lacks any new solutions to the real social problems he talks about, the Green Party says. "National has had seven years in opposition to come up with new and exciting social policy, but there was no sign of it today, Green ... More >>
Ask consumers if they want clones on their menu
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 11:52 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to reject the New Zealand Food Safety Authority's advice that there need be no specific regulation or labelling of cloned food. More >>
Conservationists' commitment congratulated
Monday, 29 January 2007, 10:33 am | Green Party
Conservationists who moved into Happy Valley one year ago on Sunday to protest a mining company's plans to destroy one of New Zealand's rarest alpine wetland habitats should be congratulated for their perseverance, the Green Party says. More >>
Cullen must tell Costello – stop climate subsidies
Monday, 29 January 2007, 9:59 am | Green Party
Finance Minister Michael Cullen must use tomorrow’s meeting with Australian Treasurer Peter Costello to pressure Costello to stop his unsustainable and unfair subsidies to Australian business, subsidies resulting from the Howard Government’s refusal ... More >>
Maori Party, Nats hark back to failed 90s policies
Monday, 29 January 2007, 12:52 am | Green Party
The Green Party is disappointed to see the Maori Party joining forces with the National Party to resurrect the failed work for the dole approach of the 90s, the Greens' Industrial Relations Spokesperson Sue Bradford says. More >>
Campylobacter Record-Breaker A Wake-Up Call
Friday, 26 January 2007, 11:28 am | Green Party
Newly released figures, showing cases of campylobacter to be at the highest level ever, are a national disgrace, the Green Party says. More >>
