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Support for Youth Wages Bill welcomed
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 12:23 am | Green Party
United Future's support of Sue Bradford's members bill abolishing youth wage rates has been welcomed by the Green Party. More >>
Greens condemn WTO ruling on GE crops
Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 5:26 pm | Green Party
The preliminary decision of a World Trade Organisation dispute resolution panel regarding genetically engineered crops has been condemned by Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons. More >>
Industry call to break broadband monopoly backed
Friday, 3 February 2006, 5:23 pm | Green Party
Telecom's monopoly over the IT wire infrastructure is harming New Zealand businesses and denying people access to technology, Green Party Information and Communications Technology spokesperson Nandor Tanczos says. More >>
Greens urge caution on Iran issue
Friday, 3 February 2006, 11:02 am | Green Party
New Zealand should be cautious about referring Iran's nuclear programme to the UN Security Council, and avoid falling into line with the United States on the issue, according to Green Party Disarmament Spokesperson Keith Locke. More >>
Dream on Don!
Wednesday, 1 February 2006, 8:42 am | Green Party
Don Brash is dreaming if he thinks the world can sustain the old-fashioned vision he has outlined in his Orewa III speech today, the Green Party says. More >>
Controls on Transpower welcomed
Wednesday, 1 February 2006, 12:22 am | Green Party
Proposed Commerce Commission price controls on lines company Transpower have been welcomed by Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons, not just because it will save consumers up to $700 million, but because monopoly pricing seriously distorts choices ... More >>
Greens hope Air NZ deal takes off
Tuesday, 31 January 2006, 10:35 am | Green Party
The Green Party is pleased that Air New Zealand has accepted a proposal that will see its heavy maintenance remain in this country but hopes it will not ask employees to make too many sacrifices. More >>
Spy chief's statement welcome but lacking - Greens
Tuesday, 31 January 2006, 12:57 am | Green Party
Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) head Warren Tucker's entry into the public debate over his agency is welcome, but his opinion piece raises more questions than it answers, says Green MP Keith Locke. More >>
Jeanette Fitzsimons: The Challenges of 2006
Monday, 30 January 2006, 9:24 am | Green Party
I hope you are all emerging from the summer break refreshed, healed and re-inspired. We need to be all those things, to face the challenges 2006 presents us with. More >>
Greens asked to get active on fight
Monday, 30 January 2006, 9:20 am | Green Party
Green Party members are being urged to get active on the fight to abolish youth rates at the Party's Policy Conference in Whangarei today as MP Sue Bradford launches a campaign to gather support for her private member's bill. More >>
Happy Valley protesters to be applauded
Friday, 27 January 2006, 5:10 pm | Green Party
Protestors who plan to indefinitely occupy a precious natural South Island valley in a bid to stop it being turned into an open cast coal mine have the full support of the Green Party. More >>
Studies prove need for repeal of Section 59
Friday, 27 January 2006, 12:19 am | Green Party
Two new long-term studies that show many children have been subjected to violent physical punishment clearly illustrate the need for the repeal of Section 59 of the Crimes Act, the Green Party says. More >>
NZ could save West Papuans from Aussie detention
Thursday, 26 January 2006, 9:00 am | Green Party
Some of the 43 West Papuan boat people imprisoned in an Australian detention camp after a perilous sea journey to escape persecution in their homeland should be offered the chance of new homes in New Zealand, the Green Party says. More >>
Scorecard a narrow view of environmental picture
Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 4:44 pm | Green Party
While it is great that New Zealand has scored number 1 in the Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index, the result is based on narrow evaluation and does not reflect the true picture, the Green Party says. More >>
Bradford pledges cash for wages campaign
Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 3:17 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Bradford is putting her money where her mouth is in Auckland tomorrow by pledging half of her MP's back pay to a campaign to improve the lot of low paid workers. More >>
High Kiwi dollar not working for NZ manufacturing
Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 12:45 am | Green Party
The Government must act quickly to prevent an unemployment crisis in the manufacturing sector after news that more that more than 150 people would lose their jobs thanks to a high Kiwi dollar, the Green Party says. More >>
Greens clarify position on SUV ban rumour
Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 12:04 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has clarified that contrary to a report at the weekend, the Party has no plans to "ban" SUVs. More >>
Jeanette Fitzsimons State of the Planet Speech
Monday, 23 January 2006, 9:14 am | Green Party
Thank you for coming to the Greens second Picnic for the Planet, where we celebrate this incredibly beautiful, vulnerable, only planet we have and commit ourselves again to taking care of it - both for its own sake, and so that it can take care of us. More >>
Locke: End the silence around Waihopai
Monday, 23 January 2006, 8:58 am | Green Party
There has been a wall of silence around the operations of the satellite communications interception station at Waihopai, near Blenheim, since it was built in 1988. More >>
Australia loses initiative on whaling
Thursday, 19 January 2006, 4:14 pm | Green Party
Australia's government, which has led anti-whaling efforts at international level to stop whaling, has lost the initiative after its failure to set against the Japanese whaling fleet this summer, Greens Leader Bob Brown said today. More >>
