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Foot and mouth hoax a warning
Wednesday, 11 May 2005, 11:55 am | Green Party
A hoax or not, it shouldn't take something as serious as a foot and mouth scare for New Zealand's biosecurity to become a public priority, the Green Party says. More >>
Foot and mouth hoax a warning
Wednesday, 11 May 2005, 12:06 am | Green Party
A hoax or not, it shouldn't take something as serious as a foot and mouth scare for New Zealand's biosecurity to become a public priority, the Green Party says. More >>
Govt surrenders pharmaceutical industry to Aussies
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 5:16 pm | Green Party
It's astonishing the Government is handing control of New Zealand's pharmaceutical and dietary supplement industries to an Australian-based regulator without the consent of New Zealanders, the Green Party says. More >>
Tertiary education is for those who can afford it
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 1:36 pm | Green Party
The Government's decision today to forge ahead with a tertiary savings scheme is a clear signal that it believes tertiary education to be a privilege for the select few who can pay for it, the Green Party says. More >>
Overseas investors robbing Kiwis
Monday, 9 May 2005, 1:27 pm | Green Party
The Overseas Investment Bill, reported back from Select Committee today, won't stop the wholesale sell-off of New Zealand's land and businesses and won't help Kiwis wanting to buy their first homes, the Greens say. More >>
Govt can't avoid funding pay parity for nurses
Monday, 9 May 2005, 8:57 am | Green Party
The Government has no choice but to fund pay parity for primary health care nurses, says the Green Party's Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley. More >>
Green Party School Lunch Survey (details)
Friday, 6 May 2005, 3:41 pm | Green Party
The Green Party conducted a survey of 50 primary and secondary schools to monitor what type of foods are being sold by schools to children who buy their lunches. More >>
Lunch Survey: Dietician Sarah Crawford Comments
Friday, 6 May 2005, 3:38 pm | Green Party
Comments from Dietician Sarah Crawford on the results of the Green Party school lunch survey: More >>
Food Award reflect parent rebellion against giants
Friday, 6 May 2005, 3:37 pm | Green Party
Food giants and slick marketers should take notice of the results of this year’s Children’s Food Awards presented by the Green Party, the Safe Food Campaign and the Parents’ Centre at a special function at the Beehive today, Green Health Spokesperson ... More >>
10 teaspoons of fat 20 of sugar for school lunch
Friday, 6 May 2005, 3:35 pm | Green Party
The results of a Green Party survey that found much of the food on sale in schools is unhealthy has prompted the launch today of a School Food campaign to get unhealthy foods out of tuckshops. More >>
Meurant should donate baton money to charity
Friday, 6 May 2005, 11:16 am | Green Party
Ross Meurant should give the money from selling his Springbok Tour baton to a South African charity, so that the obscene sale helps the black people who were oppressed by the apartheid regime he defended, says Green MP Rod Donald, who protested in 1981. More >>
Action on housing needed now, not later
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 5:03 pm | Green Party
The Government's new housing strategy is a step in the right direction but leaves a number of questions unanswered, Green Party Housing Spokesperson Sue Bradford says. More >>
Seabirds suffering from Government inaction
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 4:19 pm | Green Party
With 10,000 deaths a year New Zealand's seabirds are suffering at the hands of an uncaring fishing industry and a Government sitting on its hands waiting for someone else to do the work for them, Greens Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says. More >>
Correspondence School job losses a disaster
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 2:45 pm | Green Party
The firing of at least thirty Correspondence School staff will critically damage the quality of education it provides to 18,000 students. More >>
Peters checks risk re-traumatising migrants
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 10:22 am | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke is backing migrant communities' concerns that the immigration checks prompted by Winston Peters' latest grandstanding are too intrusive. More >>
Students still waiting for $223 million
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 4:17 pm | Green Party
The Government has misled students about changes to the student allowance scheme, the Green Party says. More >>
Carbon tax will only work if its recycled properly
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 11:56 am | Green Party
The economic impact of the Government's new carbon tax will depend on how it is recycled through the economy, Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
Winston's antics would make Saddam proud
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 11:42 am | Green Party
The Government has effectively surrendered New Zealand's immigration policy to the xenophobic clutches of Winston Peters, says Green MP Keith Locke. More >>
Minister dismisses deadly outbreak as routine even
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 10:17 am | Green Party
It is shocking that the Minister of Health is dismissing as a routine event the outbreak of the deadly GRSA superbug at Wellington Hospital's neonatal unit which has infected almost 40 people and been responsible for the deaths of several neonatal babies, ... More >>
Defence spend unnecessary if peacemaking the goal
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 8:22 am | Green Party
The massive increase in defence spending announced today would be unnecessary if New Zealand concentrated on peacekeeping and security in the South Pacific, rather than equipping for major combat, says Green MP Keith Locke. More >>
