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NZFSA has the power to stop campylobacter epidemic
Monday, 10 July 2006, 11:52 am | Green Party
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority is failing to uphold the law by allowing the ongoing sale of chicken meat that is contaminated with campylobacter, the Green Party says. "The Food Safety Authority needs to explain to New Zealanders why it is ignoring ... More >>
Minister ducks her taser critics
Thursday, 6 July 2006, 2:49 pm | Green Party
Police Minister Annette King's refusal to meet a delegation from the Campaign Against The Taser is a failure of government accountability, Green Party Police Spokesperson Keith Locke says. More >>
Bottom trawling 'ban' is cynical PR spin
Thursday, 6 July 2006, 1:32 pm | Green Party
News that four large fishing companies, including New Zealand's Sealord, are to voluntarily cease the destructive practice of bottom trawling in parts of the Southern India Ocean has drawn a sceptical response from Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria ... More >>
Is beneficiary bashing our national pastime?
Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 10:48 am | Green Party
The debate raging this week on the issues of Maori beneficiaries and family violence has highlighted a concerning trend of beneficiary bashing, Green Party Maori Affairs Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >>
Poverty is not a business opportunity
Monday, 3 July 2006, 11:55 am | Green Party
The proposal that control of welfare payments to Maori should be transferred from individuals to social service providers is being condemned by Green Party Maori Affairs Spokesperson Metiria Turei. More >>
Gitmo Injustice Dealt Blow - Clark Govt Silent
Friday, 30 June 2006, 6:17 pm | Green Party
From the outset , it was a travesty of justice for the Bush administration to try and create a totally different legal system for the Guantanamo Bay inmates - a system that deliberately denied them the legal protections usually available under civilian ... More >>
Public money boosting ad agencies' coffers
Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 6:18 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is appalled that publicly-funded tertiary institutions collectively spent an estimated $28 million on self-promotion last year while many students are struggling to make ends meet and courses are being cut. More >>
Trade deficit explodes, Government crosses fingers
Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 4:11 pm | Green Party
The Government must take action now to reduce New Zealand’s dependence on imported fossil fuels to reduce the spiralling trade deficit, the Green Party says. More >>
Cabinet paper reveals secret decision
Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 3:46 pm | Green Party
Documents released under the Official Information Act to the Green Party reveal that the Government made a decision to veto mandatory country of origin labelling of food in secret, without any debate in Parliament or consultation with any parties in the ... More >>
Nandor Tanczos – The Open Source Revolution
Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 3:17 pm | Green Party
At one level, the open-source revolution has been won. When you use a Nokia phone, trade on eBay or do a Google search you're using open-source technology. Open-source pioneers such as Richard Stallman, founder of the free software movement, fiercely ... More >>
Earth to Treasury, we have a problem
Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 5:07 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed the publication of Treasury’s “Long term Fiscal Position” paper today as a sign that Treasury are thinking 40 years ahead rather than just the next few, but has questioned why the environment seems to have been excluded ... More >>
Wellington Council seeks to muzzle its critics
Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 10:04 am | Green Party
The Green Party is concerned that the Wellington City Council is trying to muzzle critics of its intention to scrap the mobile library, and prevent them from voting on whether or not to retain the service. More >>
Consumers show support for food labelling campaign
Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 9:54 am | Green Party
Public support for the Green Party's Consumer Right to Know (Food Information) Bill, which is to be debated on Wednesday afternoon, is growing with 900 e-cards and 3100 postcards being sent to MPs. More >>
Govt must reverse Plunketline decision - Greens
Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 12:23 am | Green Party
The Government should reinstate Plunketline's contract and ensure that parents have access to the advice of specially trained Plunket nurses to assist them with parenting concerns, Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
'Zero waste heroes' tour launches at Trash Palace
Monday, 26 June 2006, 11:57 am | Green Party
Green Party Waste Spokesperson Nándor Tánczos will be visiting zero waste heroes at councils, waste professionals and local businesses over the next two weeks to encourage submissions on the Green Party Waste Minimisation Bill. More >>
Cruel crates need investigation - Greens
Friday, 23 June 2006, 9:50 am | Green Party
The Ministry of Agriculture must undertake an urgent audit of all pig farms in New Zealand to ensure that illegal, undersize sow crates are not being used, the Green Party says. More >>
Economy needs futureproofing from oil price
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 2:26 pm | Green Party
The Government's failure to properly invest in public transport has left it on a slippery slope when it comes to reducing the impact of rising oil prices on the current account deficit, the Green Party says. More >>
Need for independent authority highlighted
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 9:09 am | Green Party
Allegations by New Zealand First MP Ron Mark that private security guards with histories of serious offending have been hired by police to supervise potentially suicidal people in police cells reinforce a call from the Green Party for an independent Police ... More >>
NZ should send frigate to defend Greenpeace
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 12:19 am | Green Party
The Greens are very disappointed to see New Zealand co-sponsor a motion that censures Greenpeace for their defence of whales during Japan's whale hunt in the Southern Ocean, Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >>
Greens exhaust options to oppose microchipping
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 12:11 am | Green Party
The Green Party has tabled six amendments to the Local Government Reform Bill in a final effort to find cross-party support for the repeal of compulsory microchipping. More >>
