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Vote for Maori representation, not assimilation
Thursday, 1 September 2005, 4:51 pm | Green Party
Green Maori Affairs Spokesperson Metiria Turei is calling on Maori voters to vote to keep their Maori seats after the recent MTS poll which showed National and NZ First featuring in the preferred party vote stakes. More >>
Greens urge Nats to get real on petrol prices
Thursday, 1 September 2005, 4:08 pm | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has accused National of deceiving Kiwis about petrol prices. "National is insinuating that it will be able to keep petrol prices down if elected," Ms Fitzsimons said. More >>
Ban illegally logged timber
Thursday, 1 September 2005, 1:46 pm | Green Party
The Green Party wants a ban on the import of illegally logged timber to protect native forests in third world countries and keep local businesses working, in the third Green Solution announced this afternoon. More >>
Senator Bob Brown to meet Tampa refugee leader
Wednesday, 31 August 2005, 3:56 pm | Green Party
Australian Green Senator Bob Brown's visit to New Zealand tomorrow now includes a visit to the Mangere Refugee Centre and a meeting with the leader of the 'Tampa refugees' who have settled in New Zealand. More >>
The Body Shop gets behind S59 campaign
Wednesday, 31 August 2005, 11:31 am | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed news that The Body Shop is calling for New Zealanders to make a submission on MP Sue Bradford's bill to remove a law that allows some child beaters to get off the hook. Ms Bradford's Bill seeks to repeal Section 59 of the ... More >>
Pick a horse, Winston
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 2:58 pm | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Rod Donald says Winston Peters should stop playing games with the New Zealand public and declare once and for all which major party he wants to lead the next government. More >>
Anti-Green diatribe is a form of flattery
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 1:27 pm | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says she's flattered by Don Brash's attack on the prospect of a Green-Labour Government. More >>
Be bolder on transport, Helen
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 1:22 pm | Green Party
The Greens have welcomed key commitments contained within Labour's transport policy, but are urging them to be bolder. More >>
Greens call for better medicine management
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 11:50 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for Medicine Management Plans for all high users of pharmaceuticals to try to prevent harm to the about 3000 people hospitalised each year due to adverse medicine reactions. More >>
Ministry of Health and Wellness to keep people wel
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 11:48 am | Green Party
A new emphasis on tackling the root causes of disease and on keeping people well, are the focus of the Green Party's Health Policy launched today. More >>
Work & Income policies give everyone a fair go
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 11:46 am | Green Party
The Greens' new Income Support, and Work and Employment policies, launched today in Rotorua, includes retention of the Special Benefit and restoration of community economic development to Government. More >>
Livestock shipment to Mexico inhumane
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 9:10 am | Green Party
Green MP and Animal Welfare Spokesperson Sue Kedgley is calling for the Government to halt a shipment of live cattle on board the Devon Express, which is due to leave the Port of Napier tonight at 10.00pm. More >>
Northland waste plan is trucking away jobs
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 12:52 am | Green Party
Plans to truck Northland's waste to Auckland at a cost of $16,000-a-day are environmentally shortsighted and are throwing away an opportunity to create jobs in the region, Green Party Waste-free Spokesperson Mike Ward says. More >>
Greens get top marks in environment policy survey
Monday, 29 August 2005, 4:47 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is gratified by its top placing in the 'Vote For The Environment' survey released today. More >>
Brash wants to hack Maori heart out of Kiwi body
Monday, 29 August 2005, 10:33 am | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says National's plan to axe several key Maori government agencies is yet another sign that Don Brash wants to turn Maori into brown Pakeha. More >>
Greens aiming for Party Vote in Te Tai Tonga
Saturday, 27 August 2005, 4:47 pm | Green Party
Green MP and Te Tai Tonga candidate Metiria Turei has described the strong support for her and the Green Party in this morning's Marae Digipoll as an "absolute privilege". More >>
New Zealand needs to support democracy in Tonga
Friday, 26 August 2005, 5:07 pm | Green Party
Green Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke, who visited Tonga last week, wants New Zealand to be more supportive of that country's democracy movement. More >>
Dolphin survival is Govt's early Xmas present
Friday, 26 August 2005, 5:05 pm | Green Party
The Government's announced intention to protect the critically endangered Maui and Hectors Dolphins is an early Christmas present for marine conservation, Green Party Associate Environment Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >>
Greens want end to discrimination against retirees
Friday, 26 August 2005, 5:00 pm | Green Party
New Zealand's superannuation system needs urgent amendment to stop some overseas-born New Zealanders being hit in the pocket because they started saving for their retirement in their country of birth, the Green Party says. More >>
NZ support of global intelligence system dangerous
Friday, 26 August 2005, 11:46 am | Green Party
Australian intelligence expert Andrew Wilkie has warned that New Zealand support for a global intelligence system could have perverse results for this country. More >>
