Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Green Party - Latest News [Page 478]
Put more energy into the Budget: Greens
Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 2:36 pm | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says energy security and sustainability is central to New Zealand's economic future and should be at the forefront of this week's Budget. More >>
NZ should challenge US over Schafer detention
Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 11:48 am | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke wants answers from the Government over the long detention of a New Zealander, Andreas Schafer, in a US jail in Iraq. More >>
Make Parliament relevant, say Greens
Monday, 24 May 2004, 3:51 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for civics education to be taught in schools to make parliament more relevant to young people. More >>
Greens want Budget bail-out for struggling nurses
Monday, 24 May 2004, 1:47 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to respond in the Budget to the near-unanimous call from nurses for fair pay and safe staffing levels. More >>
Wellington mental health crisis needs action now
Monday, 24 May 2004, 9:38 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Bradford says the Minister of Health must take swift and immediate action to solve the staffing crisis at Wellington Hospital's mental health unit before another tragedy strikes. More >>
UN human rights watchdog slams NZ
Friday, 21 May 2004, 2:42 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke says the Government should rethink its detention of Ahmed Zaoui in the light of strong criticism from the UN Committee Against Torture More >>
Less milk, but you'll get a better price for it
Thursday, 20 May 2004, 5:15 pm | Green Party
Green MP Ian Ewen-Street says the slightly higher production of conventionally farmed cows compared to an organic herd reported in a current trial is outweighed by the higher price farmers get for organic milk. More >>
Start your engines and wreck your city
Thursday, 20 May 2004, 1:57 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is questioning the sanity of Auckland City Council in staging the V8 Supercar race around the central city at a time of chronic congestion, rocketing fuel prices and increasing evidence of global warming. More >>
Denial of Samoans' rights no way to treat friends
Thursday, 20 May 2004, 1:31 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is not happy with the Government Administration Committee's refusal to reinstate the right of many Samoans' to New Zealand citizenship. More >>
No guilt intended in progressive nappy call
Thursday, 20 May 2004, 10:46 am | Green Party
Green MP Mike Ward says the party's recently launched pro-cloth nappy campaign is not intended to be a 'guilt trip' for parents and that some criticism seems to assume that disposables are empty when dumped. More >>
150 yrs of Parliament: Is this as good as it gets?
Thursday, 20 May 2004, 9:52 am | Green Party
As Parliamentarians polish their speeches and prepare their palates to celebrate 150 years of representative democracy in New Zealand, the Green Party is inviting the public to come along to a seminar on where we might go over the next 150 years. More >>
Govt blocking telecommunications progress
Wednesday, 19 May 2004, 3:26 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley says the Government's decision to not remove Telecom's monopoly over the telephone network and open it up for competition would hold back innovation in the telecommunications sector and the development of high-speed, competitively ... More >>
Selling Ilott Green - a council election issue
Wednesday, 19 May 2004, 3:06 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley said today she was pleased that the Wellington City Council (Te Aro Reclamation) Amendment Bill had passed its second reading, but predicted the potential sale of a central-city green space would become an issue in this year's ... More >>
Green Budget for children, students and the needy
Wednesday, 19 May 2004, 1:44 pm | Green Party
Forget the Government's much-trumpeted Budget package for struggling families: Green MP Sue Bradford says Labour's failure to back her Universal Child Benefit bill proves that next week's speech by Dr Cullen is just a PR exercise that will deliver too ... More >>
Ads, not age, the issue says Nandor
Wednesday, 19 May 2004, 11:53 am | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos today rejected renewed calls to raise the legal drinking age and said the beginnings of a real solution to teenage alcohol abuse lies in his private member's bill banning booze advertising. More >>
Kerry signs-up to fair-trade - and so should we
Wednesday, 19 May 2004, 11:32 am | Green Party
Green Co-leader, Rod Donald is urging the Labour Government to take a leaf from the book of US presidential candidate, John Kerry and base trade agreements around strong labour and environmental values. More >>
Soaring car sales show transport choices stunted
Monday, 17 May 2004, 4:15 pm | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says reports of "soaring" car sales show both the Government and society need to make a more serious commitment to public transport. More >>
Locke to speak on Zaoui in Dunedin
Monday, 17 May 2004, 11:47 am | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke will be in Dunedin this Thursday to speak to a public meeting on human rights issues currently facing New Zealand. More >>
Disposable nappies mean babies dump two tonnes eac
Friday, 14 May 2004, 11:42 am | Green Party
Cloth nappies will be making a comeback if Green Party MP Mike Ward and Angela Dixon of Funkybumz have their way. The two waste campaigners will this weekend launch a nationwide campaign in Hamilton to persuade parents to get their babies out of disposable ... More >>
Greens hold AGM in Wellington
Friday, 14 May 2004, 12:37 am | Green Party
The Green Party is holding its Annual General meeting and conference at Victoria University, Wellington over 5th - 7th June. More >>
