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Flat Earth budget ignores the real world
Thursday, 18 May 2006, 5:01 pm | Green Party
Labour's 2006 budget is designed for a flat Earth where resources are endless and we can continue to live well beyond our means with not thoughts for future generations, the Green Party says. More >>
Synlait's plan on water should be rejected
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 4:58 pm | Green Party
Dairy farming company Synlait's plan to use Rakaia River water allocated to other farmers could jeopardise any future chances for improving the system of sharing out Canterbury's water resources, the Green Party says. More >>
Waste Bill a win - win
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 12:22 am | Green Party
The Green Party's Waste Minimisation (Solids) Bill is expected to get enough votes to comfortably pass its first reading and move to select committee, MP Nandor Tanczos says. More >>
Greens look to overseas aid budget increase
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 4:00 pm | Green Party
Thursday's Budget should contain a significant increase in overseas development aid, if the Government is to honour its own election commitments and its post-election agreement with the Green Party, Green Party Overseas Development Assistance Spokesperson ... More >>
Tuckshops still offering staple diet of junk
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 10:49 am | Green Party
New Zealand schools are still selling unhealthy, sugary, fatty foods for school lunches, despite increased awareness of the dangers of childhood obesity, a Green Party survey shows. More >>
Action must be taken against fouled chicken
Monday, 15 May 2006, 10:39 am | Green Party
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority owes New Zealanders an explanation about why it allows heavily contaminated chicken meat to be sold, Green Party Safe Food Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
Inventor gets thumbs up from the Greens
Friday, 12 May 2006, 1:27 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has congratulated inventor Chris Carey for the international recognition he has received for his innovative thinking in developing a device to save sea birds from becoming fishing by-catch statistics. More >>
Waihopai spies are the real anti-Americans
Friday, 12 May 2006, 11:58 am | Green Party
The latest revelations that the US National Security Agency keeps huge data banks on the phone calls and e-mails of ordinary US citizens should prompt the Government to review its involvement with the Waihopai spy base, Green Party Security and Intelligence ... More >>
Feeding whale meat to schoolchildren not ok
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 2:24 pm | Green Party
News that a Japanese company is seeking to force whale meat onto Japanese menus by selling it directly to schools and hospitals is being greeted with disgust by Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei. "The fact that whale meat ... More >>
Fake cops an offence to the uniform
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 11:54 am | Green Party
Police could be abetting an offence by dressing non-sworn officers in blue Police uniforms with police hats, the Green Party Police Spokesperson Keith Locke says. More >>
Environmental education to get a huge boost
Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 9:44 am | Green Party
Education for sustainability will get a major boost in this Budget with a big increase in environmental education spending over the next four years thanks to a Green Party Budget initiative. More >>
Cruel hen cages move closer to phase-out
Tuesday, 9 May 2006, 4:52 pm | Green Party
Hens have now been given a better chance to live out their egg-laying lives within more humane conditions, Green Party MP Sue Kedgley said. More >>
Centuries-old traditions amended by Govt decree?
Tuesday, 9 May 2006, 4:51 pm | Green Party
The Prime Minister's statement that it is Government policy that female MPs can sit wherever they like at powhiri is a ludicrous attempt to dictate the kawa of a marae and smacks of colonialism, Green Party Maori Affairs Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >>
Free buses an idea whose timetable should come
Tuesday, 9 May 2006, 4:08 pm | Green Party
Today's Otago Daily Times editorial urging a study into the feasibility of free buses for Dunedin has been welcomed by the city's Green Party MP, Metiria Turei. More >>
Government must get real about Women's Refuge
Monday, 8 May 2006, 3:54 pm | Green Party
While state-funded campaigns are urging more women to turn to Women's Refuge for help, the Government is not increasing the money available to meet the needs it has helped to identify, the Green Party says. More >>
Treaty funding boost to rip off Maori
Monday, 8 May 2006, 1:35 pm | Green Party
The extra funding set aside in Budget 2006 for the Office of Treaty Settlements (OTS) will only enable more iwi and hapu to be bullied to accept unfair settlements, the Green Party says. More >>
Nats' powhiri insult deserves apology - Greens
Monday, 8 May 2006, 11:10 am | Green Party
Two National Party MPs who walked out of a powhiri at the Youth Justice facility in Weymouth on Friday should apologise for the embarrassment they caused, the Green Party says. More >>
Greens want broader inquiry on pepper spray use
Sunday, 7 May 2006, 4:21 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for a broader general inquiry into Police use of pepper spray following the gratuitous pepper-spraying of a man on the ground outside Thursday's Fight-For-Life event. More >>
Wellington trolley buses in peril
Friday, 5 May 2006, 10:54 am | Green Party
Land Transport New Zealand's stubborn refusal to fund Wellington's trolley buses on the same basis that it funds all other public transport is putting the entire trolley bus fleet at risk, Green Party transport spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
Civil Defence all at sea over media work
Thursday, 4 May 2006, 5:13 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke has criticised national Civil Defence headquarters over slowness in letting the media know there was not a tsunami on the way. More >>
