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Study shows aerial spraying must stop

Tuesday, 27 April 2004, 4:06 pm | Green Party

Green Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley called for the planned aerial spraying of Foray 48B over the residents of West Auckland on May 11 to be called off in light of findings in a report by public health academics released today. More >>

"Dinosaur" bypass will cheat commuters

Tuesday, 27 April 2004, 1:16 pm | Green Party

Green MP and Wellington transport spokesperson Sue Kedgley said Transit's decision to go ahead with the bypass showed it was still locked into a 1960's dinosaur approach to transport problems which modern cities had long since abandoned. More >>

MP triking through Marlborough-Nelson

Monday, 26 April 2004, 2:45 pm | Green Party

Nelson-based Green MP Mike Ward is cycling from Bluff to Nelson during the current parliamentary recess to meet with Mayors, councillors, schools, waste organisations, regional business associations, local Greens and the public on the issues of waste, ... More >>

Government serves up nuked dessert

Friday, 23 April 2004, 10:31 am | Green Party

Green MP Sue Kedgley today criticised the Government for giving final approval for irradiation to be used as a quarantine treatment for mangoes, paving the way for the import of irradiated mangoes into New Zealand. More >>

Inquiry needed into MAF's moth inaction

Tuesday, 20 April 2004, 11:33 am | Green Party

Green MP Ian Ewen-Street today called for a Select Committee inquiry into the inaction of MAF that has led this morning to another day when Aucklanders have woken up to a further dousing of the toxic and completely unnecessary chemical spray. More >>

New Zealand wines shouldn't be smoked

Tuesday, 20 April 2004, 9:09 am | Green Party

Green MP Ian Ewen-Street says vintners need to use their heads and not their matches when combating frosts. He was responding to a Marlborough Express report that some vineyard owners are burning paint tins, arsenic-treated timber and waste oils to ... More >>

Green MP to view flood recovery

Tuesday, 20 April 2004, 8:53 am | Green Party

Green MP Ian Ewen-Street will be visiting Wanganui, Rangitikei and the Manawatu later this week to gain a firsthand understanding of flood recovery efforts. More >>

Kiwis say 'show us a different ladder'

Monday, 19 April 2004, 3:05 pm | Green Party

Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says a new survey confirming New Zealanders question the value of conventional economic growth shows the Government should abandon its obsession with climbing the OECD 'ladder'. More >>

Govt suppression of spray report "scandalous"

Monday, 19 April 2004, 1:27 pm | Green Party

Green MP Sue Kedgley today condemned the Government and Ministry of Health officials for trying to suppress a report that questions the safety of the Foray 48B spray being used in West Auckland until after they had completed their spraying run. More >>

Iraq-bound NZers could be mercenaries under law

Monday, 19 April 2004, 1:24 pm | Green Party

Green MP Keith Locke today warned New Zealanders contemplating 'security' work in Iraq that active involvement in the conflict for money will soon be a criminal offence under the mercenary bill returned to Parliament yesterday. More >>

Minister of Health or Minister of Hide and Seek?

Monday, 19 April 2004, 12:58 am | Green Party

Green MP Sue Kedgley today called on Annette King to exercise her responsibilities as Minister of Health to protect the health of New Zealanders by calling off tomorrow's planned Painted Apple Moth spraying in West Auckland in light of the report casting ... More >>

Green MP to launch Dunedin 'Buy Local' campaign

Friday, 16 April 2004, 1:08 pm | Green Party

Green MP Mike Ward will be launching the Dunedin Greens' 'Buy Local' campaign when he visits the city on his South Island Trike tour this weekend. More >>

Public meeting on Coromandel pohutukawas' fate

Friday, 16 April 2004, 9:35 am | Green Party

Thames and Coromandel residents will hold a public meeting this Sunday, April 18, at 2pm to discuss Transit New Zealand's intentions to butcher 58 pohutukawa along one of New Zealand's most scenic stretches of road. More >>

Sue Kedgley to visit Australian irradiation plant

Friday, 16 April 2004, 9:34 am | Green Party

Green MP Sue Kedgley will tour an irradiation plant today at 1pm (3pm New Zealand time) in Brisbane, Australia. The irradiation plant is owned by Steritech, which is gearing up to irradiate tropical fruit from Queensland for export to New Zealand. More >>

Govt purchase of Westhaven the best option: Locke

Friday, 16 April 2004, 8:22 am | Green Party

Auckland Green MP Keith Locke is welcoming news that the Government will purchase the Westhaven Marina. More >>

Cypress Mine a poisonous solution to energy crisis

Thursday, 15 April 2004, 4:05 pm | Green Party

Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today congratulated the students occupying the site of the proposed Cypress mine on the West Coast for drawing the country's attention to the environmental costs of using coal to meet our spiralling energy demands. More >>