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Give polar road the cold shoulder - Greens
Monday, 29 November 2004, 4:36 pm | Green Party
Green Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is outraged by Phil Goff's statement that Antarctica’s wilderness values could be “offset” by the convenience of avoiding flights to the South Pole. More >>
Free education - yeah right
Monday, 29 November 2004, 2:27 pm | Green Party
Green MP Metiria Turei says the skyrocketing cost of educating children will inevitably "ghettoise" poorer families living in upmarket areas. More >>
PM shouldn't sign away our right to speak out
Monday, 29 November 2004, 11:40 am | Green Party
The Greens are warning the Prime Minister against signing a non-interference pact with ASEAN, because it would inhibit New Zealand's ability to stand up publicly to human rights violators. More >>
How Can Our PM Do Business With Burma's Butchers?
Monday, 29 November 2004, 10:05 am | Green Party
The Green Party is outraged that the Prime Minister is travelling to Asia this weekend to curry favour with one of the world's most brutal regimes. More >>
Nandor wins justice for 1/2 million New Zealanders
Monday, 29 November 2004, 9:14 am | Green Party
The Greens are celebrating the coming into effect of the Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act, which will enable half a million law abiding New Zealanders to put their past minor convictions behind them. More >>
Reintegration programme will help make NZ safer
Friday, 26 November 2004, 3:22 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has warmly welcomed a pilot programme to help newly released inmates reintegrate into society. More >>
Dinosaur parties go hand-in-hand into swamp
Friday, 26 November 2004, 10:40 am | Green Party
The Green Party says that it’s bad news for New Zealand that both dinosaur parties are now backing a dead-end super fund. More >>
Three Greens to tackle Taupo bike race
Friday, 26 November 2004, 12:15 am | Green Party
Green MP Mike Ward will take a break from his North Island trike tour tomorrow joining two fellow Green MPs competing in the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge. More >>
Canterbury Artists Go Green!
Thursday, 25 November 2004, 5:34 pm | Green Party
Artworks from over 50 of Canterbury's established and emerging artists will go under the hammer at an art auction to be held in the Great Hall of the Arts Centre on Sunday 12 December. More >>
Green MP slams Government’s child poverty efforts
Thursday, 25 November 2004, 3:58 pm | Green Party
Despite its election promise to end child poverty, the Government has failed the alarming number of children living in sub-standard conditions, Green MP Sue Bradford says. More >>
A great day for justice
Thursday, 25 November 2004, 3:23 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke has hailed the Supreme Court decision to consider Ahmed Zaoui’s application for bail as a “great day for justice”. More >>
Greens call for broader inquiry into SIS
Thursday, 25 November 2004, 11:11 am | Green Party
The Greens have welcomed the announcement of an Inspector-General inquiry into allegations of improriety by the SIS but believe it will not be wide-ranging enough. More >>
Don’t make this a punitive inquiry
Thursday, 25 November 2004, 10:48 am | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke has defended the right of journalists to withhold their sources. More >>
Make love, not environmental war
Thursday, 25 November 2004, 12:18 am | Green Party
The Green Party is reminding New Zealanders that it’s the thought that counts this Christmas. More >>
Officials slam new civil forfeiture regime
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 2:09 pm | Green Party
The Government should follow advice contained in its own Cabinet papers and reject proposed changes to Proceeds of Crime legislation, the Green Party says. More >>
Green Party announces its public access position
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 10:52 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is calling for the restoration of access over public "paper" roads - land surveyed and owned as a road but not formed or marked. More >>
Justice the victim of Criminal Forfeiture regime
Tuesday, 23 November 2004, 5:17 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is strongly opposed to the Government’s new Criminal Forfeiture law, with Justice Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos and Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke saying it will compromise the standard of justice in New Zealand. More >>
Green MP to lead 'Critical Mass' cyclists in Auck.
Monday, 22 November 2004, 5:55 pm | Green Party
22 November 2004 Media Advisory Green MP to lead 'Critical Mass' cyclists in Auckland traffic More >>
Greens Achieve Action On Silent Smog Killer
Monday, 22 November 2004, 3:33 pm | Green Party
Government plans to tackle a silent killer on New Zealand roads are a victory for Green-Government co-operation on transport issues, the party's Transport Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. More >>
Locke backs Brash / Peters call for SIS inquiry
Monday, 22 November 2004, 11:42 am | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke is supporting Don Brash and Winston Peters’ calls this morning for an independent inquiry into allegations that the SIS has been spying on Maori groups. More >>
