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Greens to greet last Northerner
Friday, 12 November 2004, 12:44 am | Green Party
Green Party members will welcome the arrival of the last Northerner service into Auckland on Saturday with flowers and banners. More >>
Arafat leaves legacy of hope to his people
Thursday, 11 November 2004, 5:29 pm | Green Party
The Green Party says the legacy of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be a homeland for his people. More >>
Crosses better than billboards at saving lives
Thursday, 11 November 2004, 10:31 am | Green Party
Green MP, Jeanette Fitzsimons is calling on Transit New Zealand to review its decision to remove white crosses from the side of motorways. More >>
Waste issues require more than just recycling
Wednesday, 10 November 2004, 5:26 pm | Green Party
Green MP Mike Ward has today told a waste minimisation conference that New Zealand must move beyond recycling if it is to tackle the mounting practical and ethical issues caused by waste and that a Private Members Bill he has planned would enable ... More >>
Greens Launch Petition To Control Foreign Ownershi
Wednesday, 10 November 2004, 3:25 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has launched a public petition, calling on the Government to make it more difficult for foreign investors to buy New Zealand land, buildings and businesses. More >>
Ambulance underfunding puts lives at risk
Wednesday, 10 November 2004, 10:32 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley says lives are being put at risk because of a lack of ambulance staff, and she’s calling on the Government to provide sufficient funding for all ambulances in emergency response situations to be fully crewed. More >>
Peak Oil Documentary Screening - 15 Nov 2004
Tuesday, 9 November 2004, 4:51 pm | Green Party
Screening of "End of Suburbia" documentary about Peak Oil - Monday 15th November 7pm start time for film - Where: 308 Great North Road, Grey Lynn More >>
‘Public’ TV continues to pay price of govt greed
Tuesday, 9 November 2004, 11:54 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley is questioning why Television New Zealand continues to pay the Government one of the highest dividends of any state broadcaster in the world. More >>
Government ministry crushes community watchdog
Friday, 5 November 2004, 1:29 pm | Green Party
Green MP, Sue Kedgley says the public should be outraged and alarmed at the way in which a major government department is hounding Hamilton watchdog group, Watch, into bankruptcy. More >>
End non-medical sterilisation of the disabled
Friday, 5 November 2004, 11:31 am | Green Party
The Green Party yesterday proposed an amendment to the Care of Children Bill to protect young disabled women from non-medical sterilisation. More >>
Fewer prisoners, not more prisons
Friday, 5 November 2004, 9:17 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Nandor Tanczos today scoffed at Government plans to increase prison capacity, saying that they are looking at the issue of overcrowding from the ‘wrong end of the telescope’. More >>
‘Push Play’ by legalising skateboarding
Friday, 5 November 2004, 9:16 am | Green Party
Green MP Mike Ward says the best way for the authorities to support Push Play Day tomorrow is to get ‘down with the yoof’ and support skateboarding and push scooters. More >>
Ewen-Street calls for crack-down on latest invader
Friday, 5 November 2004, 12:57 am | Green Party
Green MP, Ian Ewen-Street is calling for Biosecurity NZ eradicate the latest threat to this country's unique eco-systems before it can get established in the wild. More >>
Government must get real on poisoned land
Thursday, 4 November 2004, 4:07 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley today called on the Government to take the contaminated land situation seriously by agreeing to fund the testing of potentially poisoned land in the Auckland region, following her parliamentary questions to the Minister for ... More >>
Maori land is lost again
Thursday, 4 November 2004, 2:51 pm | Green Party
Green MP Metiria Turei says the Foreshore and Seabed Select Committee process has been a rude farce. More >>
Farming must clean up its act
Thursday, 4 November 2004, 1:58 pm | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says farmers should stop seeing environmental concerns as a threat and recognise that it is essential to their economic interests to clean up their act. More >>
Greens amend Care of Children arrest powers
Thursday, 4 November 2004, 1:57 pm | Green Party
Green Party concern has led to the Government modifying its amendment to grant the Police extra statutory powers of arrest under the Care of Children Bill. More >>
Locke urges Govt: ‘Stand up to Bush’
Thursday, 4 November 2004, 11:09 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to take a more pro-active role in standing up for international human rights’ conventions than it did in the first term of George W. Bush’s presidency. More >>
Goff clears giving your info to US Govt
Tuesday, 2 November 2004, 5:41 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke is criticising the Justice Minister for giving the green light to US companies that send New Zealanders' personal information to America for checking against the US anti-terrorist watchlist. More >>
Government must pay for toxic tests
Tuesday, 2 November 2004, 4:05 pm | Green Party
Green MP, Sue Kedgley says the Government has a duty to pay for tests on all the Auckland properties possibly affected by pesticide contamination. More >>
