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Who will speak for the river?
Thursday, 30 September 2004, 8:42 am | Green Party
The Green Party is questioning a major gap in the make-up of the board responsible for developing the regional water allocation plan for the Waitaki Catchment. More >>
Spies walk free while Zaoui is left to rot
Wednesday, 29 September 2004, 5:49 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today challenged the Labour Government to justify its incarceration of Ahmed Zaoui for 21 months without charge, when it has allowed two convicted spies to fly home to a hero's welcome after serving just three months of their sentence. More >>
Nandor: spam law should cover SPIT
Wednesday, 29 September 2004, 3:33 pm | Green Party
"I recognise the reasons why phone and paper-mail advertising were initially left out of the legislation," said Nandor, the Green Party's Information Technology spokesperson. "However the rapid uptake of Voice-over IP (VOIP) is likely to mean the inundation ... More >>
Care, consistency, control: Greens drug policy
Wednesday, 29 September 2004, 2:00 pm | Green Party
The Green Party launched a comprehensive proposal to cover all controlled drugs today. More >>
Kedgley calls on Clark to stop the bulldozers
Wednesday, 29 September 2004, 10:56 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley is calling on the Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage to intervene and save Wellington's historic Te Aro precinct in the same way as she has saved two iconic Northland buildings. More >>
King-sized marketing spin won't cut obesity
Wednesday, 29 September 2004, 9:57 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley said today that the claim that selling a king-size chocolate bar with a cut down the middle would somehow contribute to reducing the obesity epidemic was absurd. More >>
Campus is no place for a brewery, says Nandor
Monday, 27 September 2004, 4:42 pm | Green Party
The finding by the Alcohol Advisory Council that drinking is more important than studying for New Zealand students is no surprise, given the domination of university orientation events by alcohol promotion. More >>
Ministers opt for a chat while sea bed is trashed
Monday, 27 September 2004, 8:12 am | Green Party
The Greens are very disappointed that the Government has opted for more discussion and for ‘voluntary’ measures on deep sea bottom trawling, while hundreds of irreplaceable, rare marine species are being wiped out. More >>
Don’t put more Kiwi troops at risk
Monday, 27 September 2004, 8:09 am | Green Party
The Green Party is delighted by the safe return of the New Zealand army contingent from Iraq but is calling on the Government not to put more Kiwi lives at risk just to shore-up relations with the White House. More >>
Food Safety review shows need for independence
Wednesday, 22 September 2004, 3:39 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley today called for the New Zealand Food Safety Authority to be made a completely independent body in order to restore consumer confidence in the safety of New Zealand's food supply. More >>
Europe rejects the GE corn that NZ accepts
Wednesday, 22 September 2004, 12:11 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is questioning the honesty of a ministerial response to a Parliamentary question, following news that MON863 GE corn has been rejected by a European Union regulatory committee . More >>
Greens demand rise in problem gambling levy
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 4:29 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Bradford is demanding that the Government urgently raise the level of the problem gambling levy in the wake of the Gambling Commission report released today and the AUT gambling study released yesterday. More >>
Communities will suffer from CEG scrapping
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 12:45 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Bradford said today that the scrapping of the Community Employment Group (CEG) is a major blow to community economic development in New Zealand. More >>
Nandor In New Plymouth To Speak On Justice
Monday, 20 September 2004, 5:22 pm | Green Party
Green Party Justice Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos MP is visiting New Plymouth this week to speak on and discuss the place of justice in prison reform. More >>
Release Zaoui now!
Friday, 17 September 2004, 3:56 pm | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Rod Donald says that, following today's Court of Appeal decision, the Government should release Ahmed Zaoui from prison and allow him to live at the Mangere Refugee Centre. More >>
Greens launch GE-Free card campaign
Friday, 17 September 2004, 10:03 am | Green Party
The Green Party has launched the first three cards in a series designed to give the public the opportunity keep the 'GE-Free' pressure on the Government and other decisionmakers. More >>
Greens host Auckland Transport Forum
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 5:10 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has signalled a renewed focus on Auckland's Transport issues, with the announcement of a Green Forum on Auckland's Transport crisis, and the employment of an Auckland Transport Campaigner. More >>
Another slice of heaven goes west
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 1:02 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Rod Donald says the sale of a large slice of iconic South Island high country to American Country and Western star, Shania Twain will send a loud message to the world's wealthy that New Zealand is up for sale. More >>
Government must admit complicity in Dioxin scandal
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 11:28 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley is demanding the Government atone for the complicity of successive administrations in actively promoting the widespread use of 2,4,5-T, by providing free medical treatment and counselling for dioxin-poisoned New Plymouth residents. More >>
Voters' chance to challenge councils on GE-Free
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 10:02 am | Green Party
The Green Party says the local body elections, for which voting starts this weekend, are an opportunity for people to ask their prospective councillors where they stand on legal moves on the creation of local GE-Free Zones. More >>
