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Stop pregnancy testing our visitors now

Thursday, 17 June 2004, 10:45 am | Green Party

The Green Party is demanding a halt to pregnancy testing for visitors to New Zealand following the scandal over a Tongan politician being asked for a test. More >>

Petition calls for a 'fair go' from ACC

Thursday, 17 June 2004, 12:42 am | Green Party

Green MP Sue Bradford today tabled in Parliament a 523-signature petition that calls for a Select Committee inquiry into ACC's claim management practices. More >>

Nukes And Nats A Real Risk To Public Safety

Wednesday, 16 June 2004, 4:53 pm | Green Party

Green Party questions in the House today have confirmed that the National Party is out of step with international thinking on the safety of nuclear-propelled ships. More >>

Roadside Migrant Checks Will Sour Relations

Wednesday, 16 June 2004, 11:19 am | Green Party

The Green Party voiced concern today that roadside immigration checks will sour relations between police and the migrant community. More >>

Forum on Civil Liberties in the 'War on Terrorism'

Tuesday, 15 June 2004, 1:43 pm | Green Party

Green MP Keith Locke will be speaking next week at the first in a series of Green Forums on current issues. This first event centres on challenges to civil liberties in the war on terrorism. More >>

Charity begins at home - not in the Emirates

Tuesday, 15 June 2004, 10:44 am | Green Party

The Green Party has questioned the Government's priorities after it gifted nearly $34 million to an elitist sport at the same time as a third of all New Zealand children live in poverty. More >>

Greens call for an end to the cosmetic cover-up

Monday, 14 June 2004, 9:47 am | Green Party

Green MP Sue Kedgley is calling for all cosmetic products to be properly labelled and registered, following safety concerns being raised overseas about the chemical make-up of some cosmetic products and hair dyes. More >>

Govt using babies as political footballs: Locke

Monday, 14 June 2004, 12:12 am | Green Party

The Green Party wants the Government to withdraw legislation that would take New Zealand citizenship away from babies born to non-resident parents. More >>

Poets in Parliament

Wednesday, 9 June 2004, 1:20 pm | Green Party

Green MP Mike Ward is teaming up with Victoria University's International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) to host an event promoting local poetry and art in the workplace. More >>

No suitable trade for flooding rare valley habitat

Wednesday, 9 June 2004, 11:21 am | Green Party

Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says those calling for a "suitable trade" of land to facilitate a West Coast hydro scheme are promoting an environmental fallacy. More >>

Resolution or not, no more troops for Iraq

Wednesday, 9 June 2004, 11:19 am | Green Party

Green MP Keith Locke has warned against the Government sending more troops to Iraq, following the adoption of the new resolution 1546 by the United Nations Security Council. More >>

Greens eye big result in 2005

Monday, 7 June 2004, 10:34 pm | Green Party

The Green Party has extended an olive branch to Labour, at the conclusion of the party's annual conference in Wellington today, but stressed its commitment to keeping New Zealand GE-free. More >>

Superbug Antibiotics Threatened By Factory Farmers

Monday, 7 June 2004, 10:33 pm | Green Party

Green MP Sue Kedgley revealed today that a dramatic increase in the feeding of macrolide antibiotics to factory farmed animals is threatening our ability to treat human conditions from common respiratory infections to multiresistant gonorrhoea and the superbug ... More >>

Greens launch Food Revolution

Monday, 7 June 2004, 10:32 pm | Green Party

Green MP Sue Kedgley today launched the Join the Food Revolution campaign, a comprehensive multimedia effort that aims to encourage New Zealanders to insist on our right to know what's in the food we eat and where it comes from. More >>

Two-Faced Govt Denies Food Freedom For Kiwis

Monday, 7 June 2004, 10:24 pm | Green Party

Green MP Sue Kedgley today revealed that the Government was actively campaigning behind the scenes to oppose any efforts to allow mandatory Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) on imported food - while purportedly 'asking' for public feedback on labelling ... More >>