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GE Wheat Is The Biggest Battle Yet
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 2:31 pm | Green Party
Green MPs Jeanette Fitzsimons and Sue Kedgley are warning that New Zealand has become part of what GE-Free activists are calling "the world's latest and biggest battle over GE food". More >>
Public meeting to set Wgtn's transport priorities
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 11:03 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley has organised a public meeting next Tuesday (March 16) to ask Wellingtonians what regional transport projects they think should be funded in the next financial year. More >>
Disease rate is a wakeup call for food safety
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 9:10 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley is calling on the government to take the lead in getting poultry producers to clean up their act after a report that New Zealand has one of the highest rates of campylobacteriosis in the Western world. More >>
Greens applaud longer paid parental leave
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 8:53 am | Green Party
The Green Party has congratulated the Government on extending paid parental leave to 14 weeks and hopes it will now move quickly to provide paid parental leave for self-employed women. More >>
Buying Back Into Bush's War - Afghanistan
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 8:36 am | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke says the despatch of fresh New Zealand forces to Afghanistan and the Indian Ocean will please the White House, but sadden many New Zealanders. More >>
Greens encourage debate on constitution
Monday, 8 March 2004, 2:43 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming the growing interest in constitutional change, but is warning that any inquiry is only one step in a long process towards building an informed debate. More >>
US GE contamination sounds warning for NZ
Monday, 8 March 2004, 2:35 pm | Green Party
Green MP Jeanette Fitzsimons says today's news that two thirds of some US crops are now contaminated with genetically modified material has serious implications for New Zealand. More >>
A day for women in government to make a difference
Monday, 8 March 2004, 9:06 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to make a commitment on International Women's Day [Monday, March 8] to introduce pay equity across the state sector. More >>
Tribunal report means Government must think again
Monday, 8 March 2004, 9:05 am | Green Party
The Green Party says the Government must pause and take time to consider the Waitangi Tribunal's report on the Crown's policy for the seabed and foreshore. More >>
Schools Can Choose Own Extra-Curricular Spaces
Friday, 5 March 2004, 2:11 pm | Green Party
Green MP Metiria Turei says schools should be able to use their funds to meet the extra-curricular needs of students, whether those needs are for religious facilities or sporting resources. More >>
No truth in no-go 'consultation' claim
Thursday, 4 March 2004, 4:05 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the government to reverse its decision to establish 259 no-go zones for beneficiaries, amidst increasing evidence that community leaders were never genuinely consulted over the list. More >>
Brash bribe kills super security
Thursday, 4 March 2004, 1:17 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on National leader Don Brash to tell the truth about the impact of his proposed tax cuts on every New Zealander under the age of 50. More >>
Aussies quiz Kedgley over GE labelling bill
Thursday, 4 March 2004, 11:07 am | Green Party
Trans-Tasman political history will be made this evening [7:30pm Thursday, video link-up in conference room GOO3] when Green MP Sue Kedgley becomes the first New Zealand Member of Parliament to give evidence before an Australian Senate Inquiry. More >>
Labour's disgrace: 259 ghost towns
Wednesday, 3 March 2004, 1:17 pm | Green Party
The worst fears of rural and provincial New Zealand have been realised today with the government's ruthless decision to consign 259 communities to the economic scrapheap, Green MP Sue Bradford said today. More >>
Power debate must tackle the root of the problem
Wednesday, 3 March 2004, 11:56 am | Green Party
Green MP Jeanette Fitzsimons welcomes Meridian Energy’s call for a debate on New Zealand’s power planning, but says it must go beyond which power stations to build to meet our perceived ‘needs’. More >>
PM refuses to deny illegal spying claims
Tuesday, 2 March 2004, 5:20 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke says New Zealanders should be worried about the Prime Minister's blanket refusal to deny charges that officials here knew something about a spying operation against the United Nations. More >>
Industry Stoops To New Lows To Hook Smokers
Tuesday, 2 March 2004, 2:38 pm | Green Party
New Zealand's gambling industry is seeking ways to keep smokers hooked on pokie machines once smoking is banned in bars and restaurants from December this year, Green MP Sue Bradford revealed today. More >>
More nurses mean safer patients, say Greens
Monday, 1 March 2004, 11:45 am | Green Party
Too few nurses working on our hospital wards is putting patient safety at risk, Green MP Sue Kedgley warned today. More >>
Over-the-counter 'open source' is a breakthrough
Monday, 1 March 2004, 9:28 am | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos is applauding Dick Smith Electronics' move this week to offer Windows-less laptops. More >>
School Closures: Clark should show she's listening
Monday, 1 March 2004, 9:25 am | Green Party
As pressure mounts on the government to halt the current round of school reviews, the Green Party is calling on Helen Clark to demonstrate that she really is listening to community concerns by stopping the proposed closures. The call comes after representatives ... More >>
