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Join the Food Revolution
Monday, 11 October 2004, 9:48 am | Green Party
Join the Food Revolution - change the world one bite at a time! Invitation to a public meeting with Sue Kedgley MP and health campaigner and sports achiever Allison Roe More >>
Foreshore & Seabed Forum Friday 15th October 6pm
Monday, 11 October 2004, 9:45 am | Green Party
In the run up to the next Foreshore and Seabed hikoi, Jeanette Fitzsimons and Metiria Turei invite you to a Green Forum on the Foreshore and Seabed debate. More >>
Police getting priorities straight, says Nandor
Friday, 8 October 2004, 1:39 pm | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos today welcomed reports that regional police are refocusing their resourcing towards organised crime. More >>
Ministry of Spin downplays dioxin danger
Thursday, 7 October 2004, 3:21 pm | Green Party
Green MP, Sue Kedgley is concerned that the Ministry of Health is continuing the 30-year campaign to downplay and minimise the health risks of dioxin, following misleading and uncorrected comments attributed to its leading advisor on dioxin and wrong information ... More >>
Inequalities endemic through all levels of justice
Thursday, 7 October 2004, 2:08 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Bradford said today that New Zealand's justice system needs to take a long, hard look at itself in the wake of Serious Fraud Office director David Bradshaw's report that white-collar criminals are treated far more leniently compared with lower ... More >>
Green bouquets for new drug education programme
Thursday, 7 October 2004, 8:21 am | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos today congratulated ALAC for their new programme to assist young people at risk of alcohol or drug-related problems, called Smashed n Stoned. More >>
Record trade deficit highlights flawed policies
Wednesday, 6 October 2004, 2:52 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has placed responsibility for the all- time record August year trade deficit of $3.83 billion firmly at the feet of the Labour-led government. More >>
Greens want ban on 'super baby' selection
Wednesday, 6 October 2004, 1:02 pm | Green Party
The Green Party wants to tighten the rules around embryo selection technology to prevent prospective parents from selecting "designer baby" embryos on cosmetic grounds, such as the colour of eyes, or because of prospective athletic ability. More >>
Dioxin test homes contaminated by Whakatane floods
Wednesday, 6 October 2004, 11:04 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is calling for dioxin testing in Whakatane homes flooded in July with water that had passed through contaminated sites. More >>
Vietnam vets are owed an apology
Wednesday, 6 October 2004, 9:35 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley today called on the Government to offer a full public apology to veterans of the Vietnam War for the refusal of successive administrations to accept their exposure to Agent Orange and to provide adequate treatment for the illness ... More >>
Green Co-leader to help launch Zaoui book
Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 2:58 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Rod Donald will make a speech tonight at the book-launch of I Almost Forgot About the Moon, a major investigation into the disinformation campaign against Ahmed Zaoui. More >>
Rushed Prisoner Compo Law Dangerous, Says Nandor
Monday, 4 October 2004, 6:02 pm | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos says the Government's proposals to control prisoner compensation are political crisis management that may have dangerous unintended ramifications for justice in New Zealand. More >>
Bradford becomes first confirmed Green candidate
Monday, 4 October 2004, 3:38 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has begun selecting candidates for next year's election, with Sue Bradford the first to be confirmed. More >>
Greens urge kids to catch the ‘walking bus’
Monday, 4 October 2004, 8:25 am | Green Party
Green Co-leader, Jeanette Fitzsimons is encouraging parents and kids to put their best foot forward this week, by leaving their car in the garage and walking to school. More >>
Locke asks Govt to lobby US over fingerprinting
Monday, 4 October 2004, 12:06 am | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke is asking the Government to lobby US authorities to drop the fingerprinting and photographing of Air New Zealand's transit passengers. More >>
Zaoui 2½ - Crown ½
Friday, 1 October 2004, 1:02 pm | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Rod Donald is urging the Government to quit while its behind and set Ahmed Zaoui free, following today's landmark Court of Appeal decision. More >>
Govt warned of dangers of direct Vioxx marketing
Friday, 1 October 2004, 12:24 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley today called on the Government to ban the direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of drugs in the wake of the worldwide withdrawal of the arthritis drug Vioxx. More >>
A first step towards avoiding climate catastrophe
Friday, 1 October 2004, 12:11 am | Green Party
The Green Party has congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his decision to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, but warned that rising energy use could threaten any carbon-credit benefits to New Zealand. More >>
Ministry memo a further attack on community sector
Thursday, 30 September 2004, 11:30 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Bradford says a Health Ministry funding statement recently sent to health and disability NGOs is designed to restrain or even prevent the groups' ability to lobby and advocate politically. More >>
Food importers flouting labelling laws
Thursday, 30 September 2004, 10:01 am | Green Party
Eighty per cent of imported foods are not properly labelled, an audit by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority has found, Green MP Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
