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Greens support rewritten Waitaki bill
Tuesday, 23 March 2004, 10:15 am | Green Party
The Green Party will be supporting legislation to manage the waters of the Waitaki River after achieving significant changes to the bill at the select committee stage. More >>
Human rights sacrificed for Thai Free Trade deal
Monday, 22 March 2004, 1:03 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has urged the government to call off free trade negotiations with Thailand until the Thai government ratifies core international labour and human rights conventions. More >>
Healthy organic milk deserves more support
Monday, 22 March 2004, 11:55 am | Green Party
Green MP Ian Ewen-Street says the government should make a greater commitment to supporting organic milk production following a report by Welsh scientists confirmed the health value of the product. More >>
Anniversary of shame
Friday, 19 March 2004, 3:59 pm | Green Party
One year on from the disastrous US-led invasion of Iraq, the Green Party is calling on the New Zealand Government to withdraw its soldiers from the occupation force. More >>
Govt inaction on mercury-testing fishy - Kedgley
Thursday, 18 March 2004, 2:50 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley today called on the government to urgently test the mercury levels of commonly consumed high-risk fish to ensure that they are safe for consumers to eat. More >>
Nandor calls for regulation of 'legal highs'
Thursday, 18 March 2004, 11:39 am | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos today called for the government to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act to allow drugs like benzylpiperazenes (BZP) and trifluromethylphenylpiperazenes (TFMPP) to be made R18 and to restrict where they could be sold. More >>
Flood relief should include reforestation
Thursday, 18 March 2004, 11:08 am | Green Party
Green MP Ian Ewen-Street is supporting calls from local farmers today for government flood relief in the lower North Island to include systematic tree planting, especially in the headwaters of catchment areas. More >>
PM urged to see impact of school closures
Thursday, 18 March 2004, 8:29 am | Green Party
Green Co-Leader Rod Donald is urging the Prime Minister to take the opportunity offered by her visit to Mosgiel to discover for herself just how harmful school closures have been for local community. More >>
SIS can't be trusted to get it right, says Locke
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 5:35 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke says the SIS is discriminating against the democratic rights of refugees who have settled here, by denying them citizenship. More >>
Minister washes hands of GE food safety
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 3:14 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says Food Safety Minister Annette King refused to answer in the House today whether New Zealand had ever agreed to the current barriers to effective scientific scrutiny of food safety information. More >>
Nandor: Law Commission report misses big picture
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 9:54 am | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos said today that while the Law Commission report "Delivering Justice For All" released today contains some very useful proposals, it fails to address the fundamental flaw at the heart of the criminal justice system. More >>
"Useful" law Commission report misses big picture
Tuesday, 16 March 2004, 5:23 pm | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos said today that while the Law Commission report "Delivering Justice For All" released today contains some very useful proposals, it fails to address the fundamental flaw at the heart of the criminal justice system. More >>
Victims' Service Needs Immediate Govt Help
Tuesday, 16 March 2004, 3:57 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the government to live up to the intent of its recently released 'Action Plan for NZ Women' and immediately assist a threatened Auckland sexual abuse crisis centre. More >>
Minister Pikes Out On Mine
Friday, 12 March 2004, 3:52 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is disappointed the government has today, yet again, gone against its own sustainability policies. More >>
Greens support Reserve Bank intervention
Thursday, 11 March 2004, 2:13 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed the Reserve Bank's request to take a more active role in getting the New Zealand dollar down to a realistic level and has offered its conditional support to a parliamentary motion to make this possible. More >>
Let The People Set The Agenda, Say Greens
Thursday, 11 March 2004, 2:11 pm | Green Party
The Green Party proposes giving all New Zealanders the opportunity to be involved in a national dialogue on the Treaty and constitutional change. The outcome would be a report to the nation on our common views, our differences and where we go next. More >>
"Nero" Sutton fiddling over varroa threat
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 5:41 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Ian Ewen-Street is calling for the government to make a total commitment to preventing the varroa bee mite spreading to the South Island. More >>
Nandor to visit The Ark
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 8:26 am | Green Party
Green MP and IT Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos is to visit The Ark, an Auckland computer recycler, this Thursday to offer his support to their efforts and discuss the development of the NZ computer recycling industry with both The Ark and the Computer Access New ... More >>
Eastern Highway will never fly
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 3:44 pm | Green Party
Auckland Green MP Keith Locke described today's Eastern Transport Corridor announcement as a debacle for proponents of the plan. More >>
Patients' rights come first, says Kedgley
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 2:38 pm | Green Party
Green MP, Sue Kedgley is calling on the Government to drop a controversial change to a health code that would allow researchers to store and study body parts or substances removed from patients, without their informed consent. More >>
