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Don't sanitise our history, warns Metiria

Friday, 20 February 2004, 12:25 am | Green Party

Green MP Metiria Turei said today that the abrupt pulling down of a Treaty of Waitangi education website was an attempt to sanitise New Zealand history. More >>

Mapua saga proves value of RMA

Wednesday, 18 February 2004, 1:17 pm | Green Party

Green Party MP Mike Ward has congratulated the Tasman District Council and Environment Minister Marion Hobbs for finally resolving the funding of the Mapua clean up. More >>

Private prisons a "claw in the door"

Wednesday, 18 February 2004, 10:28 am | Green Party

Green MP Nandor Tanczos has accused the Auckland Central Remand Prison of being a front for a rapacious global correctional conglomeration that is seeking to dominate the world's prison services. More >>

Govt should keep pledge & axe illegal log imports

Tuesday, 17 February 2004, 4:42 pm | Green Party

The Green Party is urging the government to immediately ban the importation of illegally logged timber. More >>

Greens support CAYAD boost

Tuesday, 17 February 2004, 2:31 pm | Green Party

The Green Party has thrown its support behind the increased rollout of the Community Action on Youth and Drugs (CAYAD) programme, announced by the Government today. More >>

MAF Plays Keystone Cops With Biosecurity

Tuesday, 17 February 2004, 2:18 pm | Green Party

Green MP Ian Ewen-Street said today he was astounded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries' process for accrediting inspections for sea containers. More >>

Nandor: Government's prison priorities wrong

Friday, 13 February 2004, 4:22 pm | Green Party

Green MP Nandor Tanczos today called on the government to back off its plans to increase the prison population by 20 per cent, saying the goal should be to keep people out of prison. More >>

Another nail in 'compassionate society's' coffin

Friday, 13 February 2004, 9:47 am | Green Party

Green MP Keith Locke is calling for a review of immigration procedures in the wake of the forcible expulsion of a young Sri Lankan woman from Auckland last night. More >>

Three strikes for pine pitch canker

Thursday, 12 February 2004, 4:33 pm | Green Party

Green MP Ian Ewen-Street has endorsed MAF's decision to declare the United States off limits to pine imports, saying he hoped MAF would apply the same diligence to other imports that threatened New Zealand's biosecurity. More >>

Return Cook Strait jewel to the crown, says Ward

Thursday, 12 February 2004, 2:13 pm | Green Party

Green MP Mike Ward has urged Conservation Minister Chris Carter to snap up an idyllic island in Cook Strait that is on the market, saying the island would be a unique addition to the conservation estate. More >>

One Charter for both channels Kedgley reminds TVNZ

Thursday, 12 February 2004, 2:13 pm | Green Party

TVNZ has admitted spending just 1.9 per cent of its $10.7 million government Charter funding on TV2, under questioning from Green MP Sue Kedgley at the Commerce Select Committee in Parliament today. More >>

Saving time will see justice done: Nandor

Thursday, 12 February 2004, 1:57 pm | Green Party

Green MP Nandor Tanczos today congratulated Court Minister Rick Barker on his initiative to cut court waiting times. More >>

Government without a heart - Keith Locke Speech

Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 4:25 pm | Green Party

Speech by Green MP Keith Locke during the debate on the Prime Minister's statement More >>

Bird flu notification a good start - more needed

Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 10:34 am | Green Party

Green MP Sue Kedgley today welcomed the decision to make the bird flu a notifiable disease but said this must be backed up by precautionary measures, such as banning 31,000 tonnes of imported poultry products from bird flu-affected countries - in ... More >>