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Zimbabwean residency a welcome show of compassion
Monday, 4 July 2005, 11:12 am | Green Party
The Green Party is praising the Government for extending permanent residency to some Zimbabweans living in New Zealand. More >>
Opponents misrepresent Zimbabwe Sanction Bill
Monday, 4 July 2005, 10:53 am | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Rod Donald is accusing National and United Future of completely misrepresenting his Zimbabwe Sporting Sanction Bill. More >>
Greens want Goff to deny visas to Zimbabwe bankers
Monday, 4 July 2005, 10:35 am | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Rod Donald is calling on Foreign Minister Phil Goff to deny visas to a delegation from the Zimbabwe Reserve Bank, who are currently in Canada and are hoping to visit New Zealand. More >>
New law needed to stop cricket tour
Monday, 4 July 2005, 8:27 am | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Rod Donald is seeking cross-party support for a Bill that would make all New Zealand sporting tours to Zimbabwe illegal and would prevent all Zimbabwean sporting sides from touring New Zealand. More >>
Green Party announces UK candidates
Friday, 1 July 2005, 5:10 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has selected two candidates to stand in the United Kingdom for this year's general election, Co-Leader Rod Donald announced today. More >>
GE cows threaten NZ food supply
Friday, 1 July 2005, 5:09 pm | Green Party
An Agresearch proposal for a commercial joint venture production of lactoferrin could see the left over GE milk products sold to New Zealanders, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons warned today. More >>
GE cows threaten NZ food supply
Friday, 1 July 2005, 2:37 pm | Green Party
An Agresearch proposal for a commercial joint venture production of lactoferrin could see the left over GE milk products sold to New Zealanders, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons warned today. More >>
Green lays complaint over Nats' Iwi/Kiwi billboard
Friday, 1 July 2005, 1:36 pm | Green Party
The National Party's 'Iwi / Kiwi' billboard is divisive and inaccurate and we expect human rights and advertising authorities will uphold a Green Party candidate's official complaint against them, Treaty Issues Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos says. More >>
Greens applaud new attitude on Hayes Paddock
Friday, 1 July 2005, 10:51 am | Green Party
The Greens welcome the possible reprieve for Hayes Paddock, says Arts Culture and Heritage Spokesperson Mike Ward, who will travel to Hamilton this Monday to attend a council-hosted public meeting on saving the historic state housing area. More >>
Players urged to boycott tour, invite Henry Olonga
Friday, 1 July 2005, 8:47 am | Green Party
As human rights abuses escalate in Zimbabwe, the Green Party is turning the spotlight back on the Black Caps, urging the players to withdraw from the tour and invite exiled Zimbabwean cricketers to tour New Zealand. More >>
Wgtn public transport crying out for funds
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 5:34 pm | Green Party
Green Wellington Transport Spokesperson Sue Kedgley has welcomed extra funding for the capital's public transport systems in the National Land Transport Programme released today, but says it is not nearly enough. More >>
Auckland needs more buses, not gridlock
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 5:34 pm | Green Party
Green Party Auckland Transport Spokesperson Keith Locke has welcomed the record spending on that city's public transport in the National Land Transport Programme, announced today. More >>
Time to clear the air on exhausts
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 5:34 pm | Green Party
Exhaust pollution from vehicles kills as many New Zealanders each year as car crashes do and the Government's latest plan to deal with this problem is just not enough, the Green Party says. More >>
Chch needs more motorways like a hole in the head
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 5:32 pm | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Rod Donald has criticised the $4.2 million in today's National Land Transport Programme earmarked for investigating an extension of the Southern Motorway. More >>
The time for Green ideas on transport is now
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 5:32 pm | Green Party
New Zealand needs to embrace a new vision on transport, says Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons, reacting to the National Land Transport Programme, released this afternoon. More >>
Greens support 'Make Poverty History' campaign
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 3:27 pm | Green Party
Green Party Overseas Aid Spokesperson Keith Locke will represent his party at the New Zealand launch of the 'Make Poverty History' campaign in Auckland tomorrow. More >>
Passport Office should rubberstamp smiling :o)
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 11:41 am | Green Party
The Passport Office should stop refusing to accept passport photos showing people who are smiling, Green MP Keith Locke says. More >>
Contaminated BOP eels a symptom of bigger problem
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 9:46 am | Green Party
Whakatane residents are unlikely to be the only New Zealanders at risk of eating wild foods contaminated with dioxins and timber treatment chemicals, the Green Party says. More >>
Goff's handling of Zimbabwe crisis inept
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 8:53 am | Green Party
The Green Party has accused Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff of completely mishandling the Zimbabwe cricket crisis. More >>
Nurturing our kids and our future
Wednesday, 29 June 2005, 1:16 pm | Green Party
Ending child poverty and repealing Section 59 are key planks of the Green Party's Children's Policy, launched today. More >>