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Govt needs to get creative to stop Zimbabwe tour
Wednesday, 29 June 2005, 9:39 am | Green Party
The Greens are proposing a creative way to get the Black Caps' tour of Zimbabwe called off at no financial penalty to NZ Cricket. More >>
Fence-sitting on nappies not good enough - Ward
Wednesday, 29 June 2005, 8:38 am | Green Party
The Environment Ministry needs to get off the fence and actively recommend to parents that they seriously look at changing to real cloth nappies, says Green MP Mike Ward. More >>
$5 billion trade bungle
Wednesday, 29 June 2005, 8:37 am | Green Party
The Government's failed free trade agenda and its refusal to actively manage the New Zealand economy are the root causes of today's all-time record $5 billion trade deficit, says the Green Party. More >>
Fitzsimons and Shirley debate nuclear-free NZ
Tuesday, 28 June 2005, 8:43 am | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons will debate New Zealand's nuclear-free status with ACT's Ken Shirley at a meeting on Lambton Quay in Wellington this Thursday. More >>
Govt Misleading Public On Zimbabwe
Monday, 27 June 2005, 6:03 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has rejected the Government's claim that it is powerless to prevent the Black Caps' tour of Zimbabwe from going ahead. More >>
Papers reveal NZ unprepared for bird flu pandemic
Monday, 27 June 2005, 10:01 am | Green Party
New Zealand is unprepared for a possible bird flu pandemic, papers obtained under the Official Information Act reveal, Green Health spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
Goff does too little on Zimbabwe
Monday, 27 June 2005, 9:20 am | Green Party
The Greens applaud Foreign Minister Phil Goff's latest effort to stop the Black Caps going to Zimbabwe, says Co-Leader Rod Donald. More >>
Why are 200,000+ animal experiments secret?
Monday, 27 June 2005, 9:19 am | Green Party
The Government must lift the veil of secrecy and explain why experiments were conducted on more than two hundred thousand live animals in New Zealand last year, says Greens MP Sue Kedgley. More >>
Greens maintain commitment to keeping NZ GE-Free
Friday, 24 June 2005, 2:16 pm | Green Party
GE is still in the lab and keeping it there will continue to be a priority for the Greens in the next Parliament, says Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons. More >>
Environment first, say Greens
Friday, 24 June 2005, 2:13 pm | Green Party
Other parties will always put economic 'growth' ahead of the environment, so only a vote for the Greens will ensure New Zealand's ecology will be protected by Government next term, says Jeanette Fitzsimons. More >>
Bouquet and brickbat to Government on Zimbabwe
Friday, 24 June 2005, 9:39 am | Green Party
Foreign Minister Phil Goff deserves congratulations for making it clear that the Zimbabwean cricket team would not be welcome in New Zealand, the Green Party says. More >>
Maori women sacrifices to political expediency
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 5:43 pm | Green Party
Race Relations Minister Trevor Mallard's cuts to targeted funding will leave Maori women living in violent relationships, says the Greens' Maori Affairs and Ethnic Affairs Spokesperson Metiria Turei. More >>
Use $500 million to prepare for end of cheap oil
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 4:45 pm | Green Party
The Green Party wants the bulk of a half billion dollar transport injection used to prepare for the end of cheap oil. More >>
Time for Labour to wake up and face the music
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 4:39 pm | Green Party
Statistics New Zealand announced today that New Zealand's current account deficit for the year to March had jumped to $10.35 billion, an all time record, or 7 percent of GDP - the worst level since March 1986. The main factor behind the ballooning ... More >>
It's time for Labour to wake up and face the music
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 4:35 pm | Green Party
Today's record current account deficit will lead to higher interests, the Green Party says. More >>
Fonterra should make a commitment to Takaka now
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 12:29 am | Green Party
Fonterra has a responsibility to farmers' communities, so it should be immediately announcing that it will rebuild its Takaka dairy factory, says Green Rural Affairs Spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street. More >>
Criminal Proceeds Bill draconian and dangerous
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 9:27 am | Green Party
The Government's Criminal Proceeds and Instruments Bill, introduced into Parliament this afternoon, is an attack on the principles of justice, the Green Party says. More >>
Govt fails to save Black Caps from Mugabe's grasp
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 12:24 am | Green Party
The Government has completely failed to live up to its own rhetoric by not cancelling the Black Caps' tour of Zimbabwe, the Green Party says. More >>
University staff deserve multi-employer agreement
Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 4:28 pm | Green Party
The breakdown today of talks between university staff and vice-chancellors was a disappointing outcome, Green Tertiary Education Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos says. More >>
NZ First seeks to steal Maori land
Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 4:04 pm | Green Party
New Zealand First's policy of a ten-year time limit on Treaty settlements amounts to a massive land grab, Green Maori Affairs Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >>
