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Scrap the Charities Bill, say Greens
Wednesday, 18 August 2004, 2:02 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today called for the Charities Bill to be axed before it inflicts serious damage on the not-for-profit sector. More >>
Labour endangers services in trade negotiations
Wednesday, 18 August 2004, 9:58 am | Green Party
The Green Party has accused Labour of risking local control of key social and public services with its negotiating stance at the P3 (New Zealand, Chile and Singapore) meeting being held in Wellington today. More >>
Nandor: Lessons to be learnt from youth parliament
Tuesday, 17 August 2004, 4:16 pm | Green Party
New Zealand's politicians should take note of today's Youth Parliament vote, which overwhelmingly rejected raising the drinking age to 20 years old, Green MP Nandor Tanczos said today. In today's sitting of the Youth Parliament, youth MPs voted against ... More >>
Environment Ministry deserves chocolate fish
Tuesday, 17 August 2004, 11:13 am | Green Party
Green MP Mike Ward says Marian Hobb’s announcement today that the Environment Ministry has reduced its waste to landfill by 80 per cent is great news. More >>
Foreshore and Seabed submission process 'farcical'
Monday, 16 August 2004, 10:49 am | Green Party
Green MP Metiria Turei today slammed the Government's plan to ignore the provinces when hearing submissions on the Foreshore and Seabed Bill. More >>
Poisoned kids a sign of a drinking crisis
Monday, 16 August 2004, 10:14 am | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos says the doubling of hospitalisations of 10 to 14-year-olds for alcohol poisoning is very distressing but insists the blame does not rest with 18 and 19-year-olds. More >>
Message to youth democracy is not spectator sport
Monday, 16 August 2004, 10:13 am | Green Party
Green Co-leader Rod Donald welcomes the beginning of the fourth Youth Parliament today and hopes that it will stimulate debate on how to get more young New Zealanders involved in our democracy. More >>
Govt dodges key Samoan immigration issue
Friday, 13 August 2004, 3:23 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke says the Government has dodged the key immigration issues in its response to the petition to Parliament on the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982. More >>
Race review 'large hammer for a small problem'
Friday, 13 August 2004, 10:27 am | Green Party
The Green Party today questioned the scope and speed of the Government's review of 'targeted policies and programmes', calling it a race-based sop to appease the divisive rhetoric of the right. More >>
Roading propaganda leads Auckland astray
Friday, 13 August 2004, 10:25 am | Green Party
The Green Party says an AA leaflet distributed free to some 190,000 households across Auckland is just glossy propaganda for the roading lobby. More >>
RMA report threatens your environment
Thursday, 12 August 2004, 9:55 am | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says a newly revealed Environment Ministry paper intensifies fears that the environmental purpose of the Act will be changed to speed up economic development. More >>
Kiwis should reject T & G's irradiated food plans
Thursday, 12 August 2004, 9:48 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley turned up the heat today on Turners & Growers' plans to build an irradiation facility and import irradiated fruit from Australia, launching an e-card campaign to enable consumers to send their concerns directly to the fruit ... More >>
CEG becomes WOG - but where's the 'community'?
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 3:12 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Bradford revealed in Parliament today the Government's intentions to disband the Community Employment Group (CEG) and partially replace it with the inappropriately named Work Opportunities Group - WOG for short. More >>
Raising interest rates may cost jobs, warns Donald
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 2:07 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Rod Donald is warning that a threatened hike in interest rates as a result of falling unemployment could stall jobs growth. More >>
Locke welcomes proposed change to Citizenship Bill
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 1:15 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke has welcomed the Government's decision to axe proposed retrospective legislation that could have forced migrants about to be granted New Zealand citizenship to wait for an extra two years. More >>
Less Packaging Saves The Environment & Your Pocket
Monday, 9 August 2004, 4:52 pm | Green Party
Green MP Mike Ward says his shopping experiment to mark the signing of the Government's Voluntary Packaging Accord revealed that pre-packaged products cost up to 20 per cent more than their non-packaged equivalents. More >>
Greens condemn racist outrage
Friday, 6 August 2004, 3:00 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has condemned the desecration of over 90 graves and the torching of the Jewish chapel at Wellington's Makara cemetery as an outrage and unacceptable in a country that prides itself on tolerance and respect for all communities. More >>
Coromandel community let down by court and council
Friday, 6 August 2004, 1:31 pm | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says yesterday's Environment Court ruling to lift the ban on gold mining in the Coromandel means local people face years of uncertainty and hard work to protect their unique environment and tourist and fishing industries. More >>
GE babies banned - problems remain with HART bill
Friday, 6 August 2004, 1:06 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is delighted that its recommendations to prohibit the genetic engineering of human beings has been adopted in the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology (HART) bill, Green MP Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Greens call for inquiry over Ministers' behaviour
Friday, 6 August 2004, 11:17 am | Green Party
Green MP Metiria Turei today called for the Maori Affairs select committee to conduct an inquiry into the recent accusations by Labour Government ministers against a Maori public servant. More >>
