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Rampant bureaucracy threatens to suffocate NZ hemp

Tuesday, 13 January 2004, 2:05 pm | Green Party

Green MP Nandor Tanczos declared today that Medsafe had no business in New Zealand’s hemp industry and that their proposed regulations threatened to suffocate a promising business opportunity for New Zealand farmers. More >>

NZ’s ‘most important relationship’ - or nightmare?

Tuesday, 13 January 2004, 10:43 am | Green Party

Green Party Co-leader, Rod Donald is warning that a free-trade deal with China would be a nightmare for New Zealand’s struggling clothing and footwear manufacturers. More >>

Sir Peter Elworthy will be missed, say Greens

Monday, 12 January 2004, 4:13 pm | Green Party

Green Party Co-leaders Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald have expressed their shock and sadness at the sudden death of Sir Peter Elworthy. More >>

Greens tell Labour to give up on ‘no-go zones’

Sunday, 11 January 2004, 3:08 pm | Green Party

The Green Party is calling on the Government to abandon plans to designate more than a hundred rural communities as “no-go zones” for job-seekers. The Government is planning to make most people moving to those areas ineligible for the unemployment benefit ... More >>

No relief from US terror demands

Thursday, 8 January 2004, 11:15 am | Green Party

The Greens are asking Air New Zealand to drop the lid on the latest US demand that air passengers be prevented from queuing to go to the toilet. More >>

Planes no place for a shootout, say Greens

Wednesday, 7 January 2004, 12:50 am | Green Party

The Green Party is warning Air New Zealand and the government against being panicked into putting armed air marshals on planes. News reports today quote Air New Zealand as saying it would comply with any American request for armed guards on flights to ... More >>

No holiday on Nauru

Tuesday, 6 January 2004, 5:14 pm | Green Party

Green MP Keith Locke is asking the Labour government to stop dodging the hard moral question and to state publicly that it will accept some of the asylum-seekers interned on Nauru. More >>

Another summer begging on the breadline

Monday, 5 January 2004, 2:19 pm | Green Party

Green MP Nandor Tanczos says the Government has condemned students to yet another summer spent begging on the breadline. More >>

Minister of Miseducation fails test

Monday, 5 January 2004, 11:29 am | Green Party

The Green Party is asking the Minister of Education to prove to parents, teachers and pupils that it is justified in closing at least 300 schools over the next ten years. More >>

Nauru: the Guantanamo Bay of the Pacific

Sunday, 4 January 2004, 12:47 am | Green Party

Green MP Keith Locke is demanding the Government makes some effort to intervene in the tragedy unfolding on Nauru. The first journalist reports from Nauru for many months, filed by a Dominion Post reporter, paint a scene of tragedy and despair amongst ... More >>

Waitaki holiday-makers urged to oppose Aqua

Friday, 2 January 2004, 5:42 pm | Green Party

Green Party Co-Leader, Jeanette Fitzsimons is challenging holiday-makers in the Waitaki region to consider what Meridian Energy's plans for the river will mean for the region and for New Zealand. More >>

MAF 'barely passes' in end of year report card

Tuesday, 30 December 2003, 9:41 am | Green Party

Green MP Ian Ewen-Street has given the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry an overall C- in its dealing with biosecurity risks for the 2003 academic year. More >>

2003: Year of the cycle?

Monday, 29 December 2003, 10:39 am | Green Party

Green Party MP and keen cyclist, Mike Ward is delighted at a much safer year for cyclists on New Zealand roads, but is still urging holiday drivers to watch out for bike riders on our roads this summer. More >>

Locke calls on NZ to break Nauru deadlock

Monday, 29 December 2003, 10:39 am | Green Party

Green MP Keith Locke wants New Zealand to help break the impasse over hunger-striking Afghan asylum seekers on Nauru. More >>

Greens put heat on climate change campaign

Monday, 29 December 2003, 10:38 am | Green Party

The Green Party has welcomed the launch of a new, nation-wide campaign to combat climate change launched today, however, Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said more needs to be done if we are to change climate projections from very hot to temperate. "The ... More >>