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Misuse of Drugs amendments a missed opportunity
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 5:05 pm | Green Party
The Government is missing a golden opportunity to provide an integrated legislative framework to deal effectively and realistically with the control of alcohol and other drugs, Green MP Nandor Tanczos said today. More >>
Locke to learn from 'peacemaking superpower'
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 1:40 pm | Green Party
Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke is travelling to Norway to learn more about that country's highly effective international peacemaking work. More >>
Greens support workplace savings
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 1:09 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed the report of the Savings Product Working Group and is urging the Government to take positive steps to make it easier for workers to save for their retirement. More >>
Did Monsanto breach GE rat-feeding declaration?
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 11:57 am | Green Party
The Green Party is demanding to know why Monsanto still hasn’t provided FSANZ with the adverse rat-feeding data on their GE corn MON 863, despite supposedly signing a declaration it would reveal all the facts relevant to its approval application. More >>
Rail - just the ticket for sustainable transport
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 5:25 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming today's launch of the Government's Draft National Rail Strategy, seeing it as an important step towards restoring and properly developing the best option for New Zealand's freight and passenger transport. More >>
Getting rich on the sweat of third world workers
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 2:16 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader, Rod Donald is accusing one of New Zealand's top retail chains of growing rich off the sweat of underpaid Thai clothing workers. More >>
Public Must Be Part Of Transport Partnership
Monday, 13 September 2004, 4:23 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed the central-local government project on Wellington transport, but says any such 'partnership' is doomed to failure unless it pays more than lip service to the notion of public and community involvement in decision-making. More >>
Thai fair trade campaigners to brief media
Monday, 13 September 2004, 11:41 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Rod Donald is inviting media to a briefing by two Thai campaigners on the so-called 'free trade' agreement currently being negotiated between the governments of Thailand and New Zealand. More >>
UF spins a whopper of a fishy tale
Monday, 13 September 2004, 9:45 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today criticised United Future for spending taxpayer dollars on a misleading nationwide newspaper advertisement. More >>
Community put at risk by failings in management
Monday, 13 September 2004, 9:44 am | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos today accused the Corrections Department of putting the community at risk after a highly critical evaluation of the Integrated Offender Management (IOMS) regime. More >>
Come again mi selecta! GreenRoom:003 hits Earth
Monday, 13 September 2004, 9:42 am | Green Party
The Green Party and Loop Recordings continue their musical odyssey this Monday, September 13, with the release of ‘The Green Room 003: (Ear)th’ the third album in the successful concept that mixes music with the message. More >>
Clean-Up NZ Week - don’t take rubbish home
Monday, 13 September 2004, 9:41 am | Green Party
At the start of Clean-Up New Zealand Week, Green MP Mike Ward is calling on retailers, and particularly supermarkets, to encourage their customers to avoid using plastic bags to carry their purchases from the store. More >>
Kedgley wants free treatment for dioxin victims
Friday, 10 September 2004, 3:02 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley says the Dow corporation must eventually be made to pay for the harm caused by dioxin emissions from its New Plymouth plant, but in the meantime the Government should be making free medical treatment available to the victims. More >>
Dioxin deniers owe victims aid and an apology
Thursday, 9 September 2004, 3:38 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley is calling for a dedicated medical centre to be established in New Plymouth to help identify and treat victims of the dioxin poisoning confirmed and sourced today to the Dow chemical plant in the city. More >>
Govt inactive as native sea lions trawled to death
Thursday, 9 September 2004, 2:40 pm | Green Party
The Green Party said today that it is unacceptable for the Government to put the convenience of the fishing industry ahead of the survival of the New Zealand sea lion. More >>
Parental witch-hunt will worsen child poverty
Thursday, 9 September 2004, 1:46 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is accusing the Government of punishing children for the 'sins' of their fathers through legislation to increase the penalties on single mothers who don't name the father of their child. More >>
Apocalypse now for Wearable Arts
Thursday, 9 September 2004, 1:44 pm | Green Party
Greens MP Mike Ward has entered this month's World of Wearable Arts (WOW) in Nelson, unleashing his message about the future of the environment. More >>
Value community - ditch Charities Bill, say Greens
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 1:01 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Bradford said today that the Government's Charities Bill poses a serious threat to New Zealand's community and voluntary sector, which was valued today at $5-6 billion by Suzanne Snively, the author of a groundbreaking report on the work ... More >>
Green Candidate Displays Creative Billboards
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 8:58 am | Green Party
Cr Celia Wade-Brown, a sitting Councillor in the Southern Ward of Wellington City Council, has livened up the billboard competition with her first three unique designs. More >>
Thailand's papaya trade loss is a GE warning to NZ
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 12:19 am | Green Party
The Green Party today said a Genetic Engineering contamination scare currently unfolding in Thailand demonstrates the serious risks GE release would pose to New Zealand's exports. More >>
