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New Zealand ignoring growing CCA timber ban trend
Thursday, 17 March 2005, 1:28 pm | Green Party
A decision by Australian authorities to ban the use of treated pine in children’s play equipment, garden furniture, picnic tables and decking reinforces the Green Party’s view that New Zealand was wrong not to stop its use here. More >>
Elderly need innovative solutions to power price
Thursday, 17 March 2005, 1:09 pm | Green Party
Solving the problem of power bills for the elderly requires more innovative solutions than Winston Peters’ suggestion of regulating power prices, the Green Party says. More >>
Flu Vaccine doesn't contain thiomersal
Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 3:26 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is pleased to hear that this year’s flu vaccine does not contain thiomersal, a mercury-based preservative. More >>
Double-dose vaccine, double-dose risk
Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 11:33 am | Green Party
It would be unwise to double-dose New Zealanders with the flu vaccine due to the increased risk of side-effects and exposure to mercury, the Greens Party says. More >>
Govt’s empty rhetoric won’t protect foreshore
Tuesday, 15 March 2005, 4:48 pm | Green Party
The Government’s broken promises on its Foreshore and Seabed Act have done nothing to allay the concerns of Kiwis worried their prized beaches could soon be sold off to the highest bidder, the Green Party says. More >>
Rail Network Bill just the ticket
Tuesday, 15 March 2005, 4:01 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming the Rail Network Bill, tabled in Parliament today, seeing it as an important step towards restoring and properly developing rail as a key part of New Zealand’s freight and passenger transport networks. More >>
Select Committee endorses cover-up
Tuesday, 15 March 2005, 2:57 pm | Green Party
The Public Records Bill, reported back today from the Government Administration Committee, allows government heads to censor archival material, the Green Party says. More >>
Dioxin Exposure: The Way Forward
Tuesday, 15 March 2005, 10:19 am | Green Party
Last week, 28 people exposed to dioxin in the Paritutu were given the results of their blood serum tests. The results showed that their bodies contained levels of dioxin four to six times that of the average New Zealander. More >>
Govt must ditch discriminatory law
Monday, 14 March 2005, 8:31 am | Green Party
The Government should take note of a UN body describing the Foreshore and Seabed Act as “discriminatory” by repealing it, the Green Party says. More >>
Follow Norwegian PM on peacemaking, aid...
Monday, 14 March 2005, 8:29 am | Green Party
New Zealand should learn from the example of Norway on peacemaking, aid and human rights work, the Green Party says. More >>
Scrooge Cullen should use Xmas profits
Friday, 11 March 2005, 4:05 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has challenged Michael Cullen to use the extra $1.1 billion surplus to extend the Government’s Working for Families package to the children of beneficiaries. More >>
Our Schools Need More Money
Friday, 11 March 2005, 3:05 pm | Green Party
The Greens are supporting a New Zealand School Trustees Association (NZSTA) bumper sticker campaign, launched today, calling for an increase in funding for schools. “Schools simply aren’t getting enough money from the Government,” Green Education ... More >>
Foreign sell-off of foreshore and seabed
Thursday, 10 March 2005, 4:52 pm | Green Party
A plan to mine North Island west coast ironsand for minerals has revealed the true purpose of the Foreshore and Seabed Act, the Green Party says. More >>
Inquiry welcome, but what about the rest of NZ?
Thursday, 10 March 2005, 4:48 pm | Green Party
News that an inquiry has been launched into police culture in South Auckland is great, but the rest of New Zealand should also be included, Green Police Spokesman Keith Locke says. More >>
'Another Study’ not the answer for residents
Thursday, 10 March 2005, 4:41 pm | Green Party
The Government must move quickly to assist those affected by dioxin contamination, Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
Free Tibet before free-trade with China
Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 6:34 pm | Green Party
Helen Clark should use her keynote address at tomorrow’s trade summit to tell the Chinese Government that New Zealand won’t give it a free-trade deal until it ends its military occupation of Tibet, the Greens say. More >>
Follow your friends, not John Howard
Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 5:14 pm | Green Party
Labour should be following its ideological friends on student fees, rather than boasting about doing better than Australia, the Greens say. More >>
Pigs will fly before Sutton’s Thai trade benefits
Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 5:12 pm | Green Party
Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton’s assertion that there are strong reasons to pursue a free-trade agreement with Thailand won’t fly, the Green Party says. More >>
Labour’s boasting cannot bury student loan crisis
Tuesday, 8 March 2005, 4:56 pm | Green Party
The figures on student debt released by the Labour-led Government today are no reason to boast, the Green Party says. More >>
Time to stop liquor advertisers’ free rein
Tuesday, 8 March 2005, 11:51 am | Green Party
Liquor advertisers should be forced to put health warnings about alcohol use in their television advertisements, Green Party alcohol and drug spokesman Nandor Tanczos says. More >>
