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Ark priorities show more funds needed now
Wednesday, 14 April 2004, 12:18 am | Green Party
Green MP Ian Ewen-Street is today welcoming the activation of a Doc anti-pest campaign in the region but says the fact that the Department has to prioritise which area to protect and is threatening aerial poison drops shows that much more funding is ... More >>
Hatchet-man can't even swing his axe cleanly
Tuesday, 13 April 2004, 8:57 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald says the way Trevor Mallard announced the closure of several Timaru schools today has added insult to injury. More >>
Fewer Councillors Equal Less Representation
Tuesday, 13 April 2004, 8:33 am | Green Party
The Green Party is concerned for the future of democracy in Wellington with the decision to reduce the number of Wellington City Councillors by 25 per cent. More >>
'Wall of wood' jobs being exported: Ewen-Street
Tuesday, 13 April 2004, 12:54 am | Green Party
Green MP Ian Ewen-Street says the forestry sector's present slump demonstrates that New Zealand needs to put a greater emphasis on added-value exports. More >>
Greens get more humane rules for prisoners
Thursday, 8 April 2004, 5:57 pm | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos says amendments to new legislation that he has negotiated with the Government will help prevent a repeat of the events at Paremoremo Prison which led to the High Court yesterday criticising the Corrections Department for ... More >>
Nandor hails 'sensible' decision on BZP
Thursday, 8 April 2004, 5:20 pm | Green Party
Today's decision by Associate Health Minister Jim Anderton not to ban pepper-based energy tonics is a step towards a more sensible and workable drug policy, Green MP Nandor Tanczos said today. More >>
Kaitaia Needs More Than A Band Aid: Bradford
Thursday, 8 April 2004, 9:09 am | Green Party
Northland-based Green MP Sue Bradford says the Minister of Health's statements in the House today will reinforce confusion in the Far North over the future of Kaitaia Hospital. More >>
Giant Eggs Hatch A Real Pig's Breakfast
Thursday, 8 April 2004, 9:05 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley, the Party's Safe Food and Consumer Affairs spokesperson, today slammed the marketing of huge, one kilogram chocolate Easter eggs that challenge children to eat the giant egg in less than 15 minutes, saying it was the height of ... More >>
Greens firm on Foreshore and Seabed
Wednesday, 7 April 2004, 1:36 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has told the Government this morning that it will oppose the Foreshore and Seabed legislation. More >>
Fitzsimons to speak on life after Aqua
Wednesday, 7 April 2004, 9:27 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons will be speaking on New Zealand's post-Aqua energy options at a seminar in Christchurch tomorrow night, 7 April. More >>
Free trade spells disaster for Pacific Islands
Monday, 5 April 2004, 3:58 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is warning the Government against bullying Pacific Island nations into a free trade regime that would have disastrous economic, social and political consequences for those countries. More >>
Greens offer alternatives on Foreshore and Seabed
Monday, 5 April 2004, 1:56 pm | Green Party
The Green Party says the Government has lost sight of some fundamental principles in its proposed Foreshore and Seabed legislation. More >>
Big Brother is watching...and fingerprinting
Monday, 5 April 2004, 8:44 am | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke is warning that US plans to fingerprint and photograph everyone visiting that country could lead to a universal ID system, with huge ramifications for individual freedoms and human rights. More >>
Bayer's UK back-off is a market signal for GE
Friday, 2 April 2004, 10:27 pm | Green Party
Green Party Agriculture Spokesperson Ian Ewen Street MP today warned New Zealand's agricultural sector that opposition to genetic engineering in farming is mounting overseas. More >>
Clean, green killer on trial
Friday, 2 April 2004, 9:08 am | Green Party
Green MP Ian Ewen-Street is welcoming trials by several local councils of a new organic herbicide. More >>
Alternative health information available to all
Friday, 2 April 2004, 12:01 am | Green Party
A Green Party Budget initiative to provide the public with information about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has resulted in the launch of a new web-site by the Ministry of Health. More >>
Greens join fight against WCC Public Places bylaw
Thursday, 1 April 2004, 1:18 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today warned that the civil rights of Wellington residents are under threat from the City Council's proposed Public Places bylaw, and said it would be initiating a number of legal and political means to stop it. More >>
Beautiful willow alternative to wasteful plastic
Thursday, 1 April 2004, 11:24 am | Green Party
Green Party Waste Spokesperson and anti-plastic bag campaigner, Mike Ward, has a beautiful willow basket to give away to a careful and conscientious Nelson shopper. More >>
Freeze Westhaven sale before asset takeover: Locke
Thursday, 1 April 2004, 10:56 am | Green Party
Auckland Green MP Keith Locke yesterday wrote to Local Government Minister Chris Carter asking him to use his influence to stop the sale of the Westhaven Marina before Auckland Regional Holdings takes over the controlling interest in the Ports of Auckland. ... More >>
Violent TV breeds violent society, say Greens
Thursday, 1 April 2004, 12:00 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley says a report on TV violence released today shows that New Zealand children are being exposed to some of the highest levels of TV violence in the world. More >>
