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Russell Norman: Green Post Election Wrap-Up

Thursday, 8 December 2005, 5:22 pm | Green Party

Speech to the Victoria University of Wellington Post Election Conference by Green Party campaign manager Russell Norman More >>

An end in sight for pay discrimination

Thursday, 8 December 2005, 4:26 pm | Green Party

Young people in the workforce could soon be paid the same as their adult co-workers after Green Party MP Sue Bradford's brand new private member's bill was pulled from the ballot today. More >>

Beneficiary debt only going to grow - Bradford

Thursday, 8 December 2005, 1:05 pm | Green Party

Many more beneficiaries are going to find themselves in debt to Work and Income or loan sharks if the Government proceeds with plans to scrap the Special Benefit, Green Party Social Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford says. More >>

Kindergarten workers have backing of Greens

Thursday, 8 December 2005, 11:45 am | Green Party

The Green Party is backing today's kindergarten workers strike 100 percent, the Party's Education Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >>

Young workers' raw pay deal must end - Bradford

Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 2:25 pm | Green Party

Young people in the workforce should be paid the same as their adult workmates, says Green Party MP Sue Bradford, whose new private member's bill may soon end this inequity. More >>

Prostitution Bill giant leap backwards for Manukau

Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 11:14 am | Green Party

The Green Party is united in its opposition to the Manukau City (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill, expected to be voted on today, saying it flies in the face of recent positive steps forward. More >>

Don't allow trolley buses to die, say Greens

Monday, 5 December 2005, 1:35 pm | Green Party

It is horrifying that bickering over repairs to Wellington's ageing trolley bus infrastructure could put the whole fleet at risk, Green Party Wellington Transport Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>

Proposed WTO rules could crash grid

Monday, 5 December 2005, 1:33 pm | Green Party

The next World Trade Organisation negotiation round will consider proposals that, if adopted, will accelerate climate change, deny consumer rights, strain New Zealand's electricity grid and raise Kiwis' energy costs, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons ... More >>

Buy Green for Christmas - Fitzsimons

Friday, 2 December 2005, 4:15 pm | Green Party

New Zealanders could give each other a fabulous Christmas present this year - 1600 jobs, a better environment and a fairer world, the Green Party says. More >>

Further erosion of Northland hospital services

Friday, 2 December 2005, 1:40 pm | Green Party

The Northland District Health Board's decision to tender out their hospital laboratory's community testing services brings the future of small local hospitals in the region further into question, Green Party Rural Affairs Spokesperson Sue Bradford says. More >>

Locke appeals to Iraqi captors

Thursday, 1 December 2005, 3:20 pm | Green Party

Below is the letter that Keith Locke has sent today to the captors of Harmeet Sooden, via Al Jazeera. More >>

Brash wants to axe the climate

Thursday, 1 December 2005, 2:37 pm | Green Party

New Zealanders should look around at the environment and climate they live in before considering Don Brash's call to 'axe' the carbon tax, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says. More >>

Terrorism law amendments deny NZers due process

Thursday, 1 December 2005, 10:37 am | Green Party

Proposed amendments to terrorism legislation would undermine New Zealanders' rights to challenge terrorist designations, Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke says More >>

Greens hope ill-fated unit not implicated in fatal

Thursday, 1 December 2005, 10:25 am | Green Party

The Green Party has welcomed the Waitemata District Health Board's announcement that it will launch an inquiry into the circumstances which led to one of its patients fatally stabbing a man and injuring two others, the Green Party says. More >>

Meadow Fresh protest "great to see" - Greens

Wednesday, 30 November 2005, 1:21 pm | Green Party

Green Party Spokesperson on Waste Nandor Tanczos is congratulating those people who today protested outside the Meadow Fresh Christchurch plant in support of milk in glass bottles. More >>

Meadow Fresh: tell your customers the whole story

Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 3:01 pm | Green Party

Green Party Spokesperson on Waste Nandor Tanczos is accusing Meadow Fresh of misleading its customers in a bid to defend its plan to axe milk in glass bottles. More >>

Farmers being fed rubbish on CoOL

Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 2:02 pm | Green Party

Federated Farmers and Meat and Wool NZ surely cannot believe that the farmers they represent will fall for the rubbish they are promoting over the Country of Origin Labelling debate, the Green Party says. More >>

Airlines should be more down to earth

Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 10:15 am | Green Party

Air New Zealand and Qantas are wrong to ban men from sitting alongside unaccompanied children on their planes, Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke says. More >>

Right to know where food comes from denied

Monday, 28 November 2005, 3:29 pm | Green Party

New Zealand consumers will be shocked by the Government's decision to deny them the right to know where their food comes from, Green Party Safe Food Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says More >>

Nats' opposition to Foreshore & Seabed Act evapor

Monday, 28 November 2005, 1:05 pm | Green Party

National's previously staunch opposition to the Foreshore and Seabed Act seems to be evaporating now there is a real possibility their votes could lead to its repeal and help Maori get their day in court, Green Party Maori Affairs Spokesperson Metiria ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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