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Where America goes, there go the Nats
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 5:30 pm | Green Party
Nick Smith has confirmed that Simon Power wasn't joking and National really is committed to turning Aotearoa into America's 51st state, Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
No comfort for spray-soaked Aucklanders
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 4:18 pm | Green Party
West Aucklanders have been bombarded from the air with nearly 700,000 litres of a potentially dangerous commercial insecticide, associate Biosecurity Minister Marion Hobbs admitted today in response to a question from Green MP Sue Kedgley. More >>
Greens reassure Auckland: Highway won't happen
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 4:04 pm | Green Party
Auckland Green MP Keith Locke has accused John Banks and Barry Curtis of misleading the public over the proposed Eastern Highway. More >>
Women want action, not promises on pay equity
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 1:57 pm | Green Party
The Green Party said today that they hoped the recommendations of the Government's taskforce on pay equity would lead to a greater commitment to pay and employment equity in the workforce and support for the nurses' claim for pay equity. More >>
Minister confirms GE policy vacuum
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 5:22 pm | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says the Government has admitted it has no policy on what should happen if GE maize is found in the current search or if farmers will be compensated. More >>
Green MP to launch reusable nappy campaign
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 4:31 pm | Green Party
Green Party Zero Waste campaigner Mike Ward will this weekend join Angela Dixon of Funkybumz and Diane DeEstina from the Home Birth Association in launching a nationwide campaign to get parents back into using reusable nappies. More >>
Do your job, MAF, and do it quickly
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 2:36 pm | Green Party
Green MP Ian Ewen-Street has called for urgent action by MAF to eradicate yet another outbreak of the southern saltmarsh mosquito, which can carry the debilitating Ross River Virus. More >>
GE lab's failures equals thousands of GE plants
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 9:09 am | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says GE contamination found in retested maize seed represents thousands of plants that could have already pollinated and that this latest GE scare is likely to be internationally embarrassing. More >>
Police cells no place for a child, says Bradford
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 12:47 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Bradford today called on the Government to urgently address the needs of young offenders in the upcoming Budget announcements, in light of "shocking" revelations a 16 year-old boy has been locked in police cells for nine days. More >>
Monsanto can change its mind on GE, so can Labour
Tuesday, 11 May 2004, 3:53 pm | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is welcoming Monsanto's international cancellation of its genetically modified wheat and hopes New Zealand's Government is not going to be the last one to "get the message" on GE. More >>
Flood plan rewards farmers for poor land use
Monday, 10 May 2004, 2:26 pm | Green Party
Green MP Ian Ewen-Street says the Government's recovery package for February's floods is compensating farmers for avoidable damage they had a duty of care to prevent. The former organic farmer also says warnings about the vulnerability of land in the ... More >>
Papers prove MAF tried to delay spray report
Monday, 10 May 2004, 12:37 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley is accusing bureaucrats at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) of deliberately attempting to delay a major study on the health effects of the Painted Apple Moth spraying programme. More >>
Wanted: Youth MP to replace Rod Donald
Friday, 7 May 2004, 1:23 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Rod Donald is advertising this weekend for someone to represent him at the 2004 Youth Parliament to be held in Wellington from 15-17 August. More >>
Maharey back-pedalling over smacking is outrageous
Friday, 7 May 2004, 1:20 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Bradford says the Government has blatantly retreated from its previous commitment to remove the law that allows children to be physically punished and that the move is yet another example of Labour sanitising its principles in a spin-driven ... More >>
Metiria says foreshore ownership debatable
Friday, 7 May 2004, 10:26 am | Green Party
Green MP Metiria Turei will tonight go head to head with politicians from across the political spectrum over the contentious foreshore and seabed issue. More >>
Jeanette Fitzsimons' job up for grabs
Friday, 7 May 2004, 9:58 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is looking for her replacement - for this year's Youth Parliament to be held in August. More >>
Children failed by Labour's Bill block
Thursday, 6 May 2004, 5:31 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Bradford is disappointed that the Labour Government seems determined to block meaningful debate on improving support for children and families. More >>
Foreshore and Seabed Bill
Thursday, 6 May 2004, 4:12 pm | Green Party
First Reading speeches by Jeanette Fitzsimons, MP and Metiria Turei, MP More >>
Parliament to reconsider GE moratorium
Thursday, 6 May 2004, 2:43 pm | Green Party
The selection of the Green Party's private members' bill that would reinstate the Genetic Engineering moratorium will give New Zealand another chance to reject the presence of GE organisms in our environment, Green MP Ian Ewen-Street said today. More >>
Green bill provides democracy for school board
Thursday, 6 May 2004, 1:26 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald is delighted that his member's bill, which amends the School Board of Trustee regulations to give schools the option of adopting STV (single transferable vote) for their next board elections, has been drawn in today's ... More >>
