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Primary healthcare nurses win due recognition

Thursday, 7 December 2006, 12:36 am | Green Party

The Green Party is delighted at the news that primary healthcare nurses have won a significant 19 percent pay increase, Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>

NZ claims victory for blocking key document

Thursday, 7 December 2006, 12:33 am | Green Party

A press release by Foreign Minister Winston Peters crowing at New Zealand's success in blocking the most important international instrument for the promotion and protection of the human rights of indigenous peoples has drawn condemnation from Green Party ... More >>

Taking steps on climate change

Thursday, 7 December 2006, 12:30 am | Green Party

The Green Party MPs are marking the 7th Green Day - the day the Green Party first came to Parliament - by agreeing to pay personally for foresting land to offset the carbon from their Parliamentary air travel. More >>

Immigration rules could foster job discrimination

Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 4:54 pm | Green Party

Green Party Immigration Spokesperson Keith Locke says migrants will end up being discriminated against if employers fail to comply with new proposals requiring them to carry out additional checks on the immigration status of their workers. More >>

Marine reserve a jewel on Wellington's doorstep

Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 4:19 pm | Green Party

The Green Party has congratulated those groups who worked tirelessly for the Kupe Kevin Smith Marine Reserve on Wellington's south coast on their success today. More >>

NZ First stakes reputation on legislation

Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 3:07 pm | Green Party

New Zealand First's reputation will be in tatters on Tuesday if Winston Peters reneges on his public commitment to stop the establishment of a trans-Tasman regulatory agency that includes dietary supplements. More >>

Farmers being hung out to dry by authorities

Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 11:43 am | Green Party

Biosecurity New Zealand's continued procrastination over the GE sweet corn scandal is hanging farmers out to dry and damaging New Zealand's international reputation as GE-free, the Green Party says. More >>

Lots of MP chatter but no will to act on climate

Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 4:59 pm | Green Party

MPs were so busy trying to score political points during question time today that they missed a huge opportunity to actually take some tangible steps on climate change, the Green Party says. More >>

Almost certain is not good enough on GE, Jim

Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 4:27 pm | Green Party

Questioning by the Green Party in Parliament today has revealed that the GE contaminated sweet corn scandal is far worse than was originally thought. Under questioning by Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons, Biosecurity Minister Jim Anderton admitted that ... More >>

Christmas comes early for immigration bureaucrats

Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 3:37 pm | Green Party

The Government's review of the Immigration Act shows that Labour is willing to enter a bidding war with National and New Zealand First for the anti-immigrant vote, Green Party Immigration Spokesperson Keith Locke says. More >>

Ngunguru Sandspit proposal inconvenient but true

Monday, 4 December 2006, 11:38 am | Green Party

Landco's proposal for 350 dwellings on Ngunguru Sandspit is earning the property development company a new name - the Grinch who stole Christmas, says the Whangarei Green Party. More >>

Flexi working hours key to family happiness

Monday, 4 December 2006, 9:14 am | Green Party

New National Party leader John Key should demonstrate his strong commitment to families by matching his British counterpart's support for flexible working hours legislation, Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says. More >>

GE border breach unacceptable - Greens

Friday, 1 December 2006, 5:17 pm | Green Party

Sweet corn plants grown from seed probably contaminated with a genetically engineered variety must be immediately tested to ensure that any potential contamination is discovered and removed, the Green Party says. More >>

Locke condemns Cullen intrusion over Israeli

Friday, 1 December 2006, 1:27 pm | Green Party

Green Party MP Keith Locke condemned the decision this week by Attorney-General Michael Cullen to issue a permanent stay of the court proceedings that were already under way in Auckland against former Israeli military Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon. More >>

Delays fuel the need for prison complaints body

Thursday, 30 November 2006, 4:43 pm | Green Party

Green Party Justice Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos has strongly criticized the delays in releasing the official report into the prison van death of North Shore teenager Liam Ashley - and said that the handling of the investigation underlines the need ... More >>

New Zealand should convene talks on Tonga: Locke

Thursday, 30 November 2006, 3:05 pm | Green Party

Green Party MP Keith Locke, just returned from a fact-finding mission to Tonga, wants New Zealand to host reconciliation talks between the Tongan Government and pro-democracy campaigners. Mr Locke spent yesterday talking to the key political players, including ... More >>

Key speech again shows National short on substance

Wednesday, 29 November 2006, 3:38 pm | Green Party

The Green Party is happy to see that the National Party's new leader John Key no longer denies the reality of climate change, but his declared interest in a Transtasman emissions trading system operating outside the Kyoto framework only raises a whole ... More >>