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Greens call for action against illegal timber

Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 1:54 pm | Green Party

The Green Party is calling on the Government to take urgent action against illegally and unsustainably logged timber imports, and Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is drafting a private member's bill aimed at ending this trade. More >>

Greens dismayed at Iceland whaling decision

Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 11:28 am | Green Party

News that Iceland is to begin commercial whaling after a 20-year hiatus is being greeted with dismay by Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei. More >>

Proposal to rip up seats on trains condemned

Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 12:58 am | Green Party

Calls by the Kapiti Transport Action Group for additional Government funding to alleviate the problem of overcrowding on commuter trains in the Wellington region are being echoed by Green Party Wellington Transport Spokesperson Sue Kedgley. More >>

Fitzsimons Speech: Validating Legislation

Tuesday, 17 October 2006, 5:36 pm | Green Party

The Greens will abstain on this Bill, in accordance with our co-operation agreement with the Government, on all matters of confidence and supply. More >>

Greens back call to repeal sedition laws

Tuesday, 17 October 2006, 11:57 am | Green Party

The Law Commission's call for a repeal of sedition laws is being supported by the Green Party. More >>

Charities political role vital for democracy

Monday, 16 October 2006, 3:03 pm | Green Party

The Government should re-think the moves it has set in train to strip charities of their tax exempt status from February 2007 if they become too active in political advocacy, Green Party Social Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford says. More >>

Greens, UF join forces to save Johnsonville Line

Monday, 16 October 2006, 2:00 pm | Green Party

Green Party Associate Transport Spokesperson Sue Kedgley is to host a public meeting tomorrow evening to oppose the discontinuation of the Johnsonville rail line. United Future Leader Peter Dunne, Ontrack Chief executive David George, and Option3 Spokesperson ... More >>

Greens call for folate exemption for organic bread

Monday, 16 October 2006, 9:41 am | Green Party

The Green Party is issuing a last minute appeal to the Minister of Food Safety Annette King, to allow organic breads to be exempt from mandatory folate fortification requirements, and thus protect consumer choice. More >>

Review fails to deliver on biodiversity

Sunday, 15 October 2006, 2:20 pm | Green Party

While it has welcomed the major land tenure review released today by Minister of Land Information David Parker, the Green Party remain concerned at the review's failure to protect biodiversity and obtain a quality outcome for taxpayers. More >>

Marsden B or 37,000 cataract operations?

Friday, 13 October 2006, 2:35 pm | Green Party

The coal-fired Marsden B power station will cost the taxpayer $60 million per year in carbon emissions if it is allowed to proceed, which could be used to pay for 5000 hip replacements, or 3000 coronary bypass operations or 37000 cataract removal surgeries, ... More >>

Greens committed to paying

Friday, 13 October 2006, 10:49 am | Green Party

It has always been the Green Party's position that it is committed to pay the spending identified as being outside the rules. More >>

Court affirms Greenpeace Marsden B rights

Friday, 13 October 2006, 8:06 am | Green Party

Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman today enthusiastically welcomed a High Court ruling that climate change factors can be considered during Greenpeace’s upcoming appeal against the proposed Marsden B power station. More >>

Greens welcome chance to revisit Foreshore issue

Friday, 13 October 2006, 12:53 am | Green Party

The Green Party has congratulated the Maori Party on the selection of their Foreshore and Seabed Repeal Bill, pulled out of the private members ballot yesterday. More >>

Government defies UN majority on indigenous rights

Friday, 13 October 2006, 12:50 am | Green Party

The Green Party today expressed its extreme disappointment at the Government's negative response to the UN draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, which was recently passed by a two thirds majority of member countries on the UN Human Rights ... More >>

Clear rules for spending needed

Thursday, 12 October 2006, 4:46 pm | Green Party

The Green Party has welcomed the tabling today of the Auditor-General's and Speaker's reports as a first step towards clarifying the rules on Parliamentary spending. More >>

Greens oppose tolling on State Highway 20

Thursday, 12 October 2006, 3:19 pm | Green Party

The Green Party is voicing its opposition to Transit New Zealand's proposal to toll the billion dollar plus State Highway 20 project. "The tolling proposal is wrong-headed, impractical and legally untenable," Keith Locke, the Party's Spokesperson on Auckland ... More >>

Sustainability first, equitable tax cuts second

Wednesday, 11 October 2006, 4:01 pm | Green Party

The first call on the $3 billion cash surplus announced today should be investments in environmental and social sustainability, and if tax cuts do go ahead then they should be introduced as a tax-free threshold at the bottom of the tax scale that ... More >>