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Govt must stop discrimination against poorest kids
Monday, 28 November 2005, 11:14 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government not to appeal a Human Rights Review Tribunal decision that could see an end to discrimination against some children from low-income families. More >>
Fitzsimons: Surely the time is now?
Monday, 28 November 2005, 10:51 am | Green Party
Opening address of 'Solar 2005' - the Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society conference at the University of Otago, Dunedin, delivered 8.45am, 28 November 2005. More >>
There's more than one way to save our seas Jim
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 3:59 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton to actively lobby his counterparts in other countries to support a global moratorium on bottom trawling on the high seas. More >>
Stop targeting Muslims at the border - Locke
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 3:17 pm | Green Party
The Immigration Service must stop targeting Muslim New Zealanders when they return to the country, Green Party Immigration Spokesperson Keith Locke says. More >>
Full list of Green MPs' reallocated policy portfol
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 11:42 am | Green Party
The Green Party Caucus has completed the process of reallocating its policy portfolios following the death of Rod Donald. More >>
Bradford to head Buy Kiwi-Made program
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 11:40 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Bradford is to take the lead in New Zealand's Buy Kiwi-Made program. More >>
Tamiflu stocks nowhere near enough - Kedgley
Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 5:52 pm | Green Party
The existing stocks of Tamiflu are not sufficient to protect the 65,000 health care workers and 25,000 emergency staff, let alone their families and vulnerable New Zealanders, Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
Greens support campaign to upsize minimum wage
Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 3:42 pm | Green Party
The Green Party supports Unite's 'Supersize My Pay' campaign being launched with a strike and picket at an Auckland Starbucks this afternoon, Industrial Relations Spokesperson Sue Bradford says. More >>
Trail of destruction continues
Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 3:07 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is disappointed that milk magnate Graeme Hart is continuing to leave a trail of destruction across the South Island's dairy products industry. It was revealed today that Mr Hart is to close the Anchor milk factory at Hornby, with the ... More >>
Packaging accord a waste of time - Greens
Tuesday, 22 November 2005, 4:31 pm | Green Party
The Green Party went on the offensive after billionaire milk baron Graeme Hart confirmed plans to ditch the South Island's glass milk bottles. More >>
Locke welcomes end of SAS Afghan mission
Tuesday, 22 November 2005, 11:58 am | Green Party
Green Party Defence Spokesperson Keith Locke welcomes the return today from Afghanistan of New Zealand's SAS contingent, but hopes it will be the last such deployment. More >>
Words not enough to save whales
Friday, 18 November 2005, 1:14 pm | Green Party
New Zealand needs to do more than just express outrage if it wants to stop the slaughter of whales by the Japanese, Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >>
Memorial events for Rod Donald
Friday, 18 November 2005, 11:26 am | Green Party
Hundreds of mourners are expected at Parliament on Monday for a public memorial and celebration of the life of the late Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald. More >>
New Green Co-Leader to be elected next June
Thursday, 17 November 2005, 4:01 pm | Green Party
The Green Party will elect a new Co-Leader at its Annual General Meeting to be held next June. More >>
78% foreign programmes on public service tv
Thursday, 17 November 2005, 4:00 pm | Green Party
The fact that only one in five programmes on TV2 are Kiwi-made is a terrible indictment on TVNZ's Charter, Green Party Broadcasting Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
Minister signs on dotted line for milk bottles
Thursday, 17 November 2005, 3:19 pm | Green Party
Minister for the Environment David Benson-Pope has signed the Green Party's petition to save the South Island's iconic glass milk bottle, Green Spokesperson on Waste Nandor Tanczos said today. More >>
'Voices of the community' must be heard
Thursday, 17 November 2005, 2:53 pm | Green Party
Rules that would effectively gag democratically elected District Health Board members must not be imposed, Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
All councils should act on Northland's GE report
Thursday, 17 November 2005, 11:45 am | Green Party
A new report on local bodies' options for managing the risks from GMO releases should prompt councils nationwide to start factoring GE safeguards into their district plans, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says. More >>
Business group join Greens in 'feebate' call
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 4:10 pm | Green Party
The New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development is to be congratulated for advocating a scheme very similar to the Green Party's 'feebate' vehicle registration policy, Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says. More >>
Greens launch petition to save glass milk bottles
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 3:07 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Nandor Tanczos today launched a petition, initiated by the late Co-Leader Rod Donald, to try and save the South Island's iconic glass milk bottles. More >>
