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Great vision, Helen, but no sign of action
Monday, 30 October 2006, 8:24 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says there is no sign of the bold actions needed to deliver on Helen Clark's vision expressed to this weekend's Labour Party conference that NZ could be the first country to be truly sustainable. More >>
Cross-Party Group could mediate Kiro plan
Friday, 27 October 2006, 3:54 pm | Green Party
Green Party Social Services Spokesperson Sue Bradford has called on the Cross Party Working Group on Family Violence to support the latest version of Children's Commissioner Cindy Kiro's plan for checking on children at key stages of their lives. More >>
Bromide fumigation in residential areas must stop
Friday, 27 October 2006, 12:08 am | Green Party
Methyl Bromide fumigation in residential areas must stop "It is scandalous that containers are allowed to be fumigated with methyl bromide in urban and residential areas all over New Zealand, without residents being aware of it, and without proper ... More >>
Government must apologise to residents, and sue
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 4:40 pm | Green Party
Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley said she was shocked and saddened the Minister of Health, Pete Hodgson, refused to apologise today to Paritutu residents affected by dioxin contamination from the manufacture and spraying of 245T. More >>
Ministry needs to be upfront on MeNZB
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 3:45 pm | Green Party
The Ministry of Health needs to be upfront about adverse health effects experienced by children vaccinated with MeNZB* in light of revelations that ACC has accepted 33 claims for adverse events related to the vaccination process, and more than two ... More >>
Benefit announcements a mixed bag
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 3:44 pm | Green Party
Today's announcement that the Government would not be making final decisions about its much delayed Single Core Benefit policy until 2008 gave a clear signal that the policy has been shelved until after the next election, Green Party Social Development ... More >>
Community must be involved in dioxin review
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 10:33 am | Green Party
It is imperative that the Paritutu community is consulted over the appointment of an independent expert to review findings by forensic accountant John Leonard that a Ministry of Health report into dioxin contamination in New Plymouth contained significant ... More >>
Don't let taser trail be held hostage
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 12:52 am | Green Party
Recent comments by Police Commissioner Howard Broad that 'strong forces' will want Police to carry guns if the current taser trial is unsuccessful raise questions about the integrity of the trial, Green Party Police Spokesperson Keith Locke says. More >>
Greens welcome six-month folate reprieve
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 12:20 am | Green Party
Consumers have been given a reprieve with the announcement of a six-month delay of a final decision on the fortification of all bread with folic acid, Green Party Health and Safe Food Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
Welfare realities contradict rosy Govt picture
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 3:24 pm | Green Party
Green Party Welfare Spokesperson Sue Bradford has raised a series of examples in the House to illustrate the desperate state of welfare delivery in New Zealand, and the lack of consistency in the administration of welfare assistance to the country's ... More >>
Trans fats action needed following OZ initiative
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 3:08 pm | Green Party
New Zealand should follow Australia's example and set up high-level initiatives to reduce trans fatty acids in New Zealand food, Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
'Dirty' minority in Waikato flout good practice
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 2:39 pm | Green Party
Green Party Agriculture Spokesperson Sue Bradford is very concerned at news that one in four farms monitored during a recent Environment Waikato helicopter flyover were found to be breaching dairy effluent rules and allowing effluent to be released ... More >>
'Delay and deny until you die': Govt on dioxin
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 11:44 am | Green Party
The official response to claims in a TV3 documentary that significant mistakes were made in a key study of dioxin contamination in New Plymouth has so far been predictable and grossly inadequate, Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
Greens call for Government apology, action
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 9:33 am | Green Party
Green Party Health Spokesperson MP Sue Kedgley is calling on the Prime Minister to apologise for the actions of successive governments in denying, covering-up and falsely re-assuring people living near the Dow Chemical-owned plant in Paritutu, New Plymouth, ... More >>
Motion in House to commemorate Hungarian uprising
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 12:43 am | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke will today move a motion in Parliament to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. More >>
Proposed drinking age changes ludicrous
Friday, 20 October 2006, 2:01 pm | Green Party
The recommendation by the Law and Order Select Committee that the legal age for the purchase of alcohol be raised from 18 to 20 with a number of bizarre exemptions is disappointing, Green Party Alcohol and Drug Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >>
Student debt level a national disgrace
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 5:24 pm | Green Party
The prediction that total student debt will be $12.7 billion by 2014/15 in the Student Loan Scheme Annual Report tabled in Parliament today is a grave reminder of the disservice being done to the current generation of students and graduates, Green Party Education ... More >>
Schools safer without McDonald's sponsorship
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 11:48 am | Green Party
News that McDonald's will no longer sponsor Police road-safety education programmes in schools is being welcomed by Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley, who is calling for all schools to be commercial-free zones. More >>
Contact Energy to cost taxpayers $34 million?
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 8:52 am | Green Party
Contact Energy’s AGM today is an opportunity for the company to explain to New Zealand taxpayers why they should foot the $34 million per year carbon emissions’ bill of its proposed Otahuhu C gas-fired power station, says the Green Party. More >>
Time to dump Guy Fawkes and celebrate Matariki
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 12:45 am | Green Party
Many of the fire risk concerns about Guy Fawkes Day could be averted if the celebration was shifted back further towards winter and used instead to commemorate Matariki, the Maori New Year, Green Party Maori Affairs Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >>
