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Don't gamble on a happy Christmas

Friday, 19 December 2003, 2:27 pm | Green Party

Green MP Sue Bradford is warning New Zealanders not to gamble on a happy Christmas. More >>

Green MP moves to Dunedin

Friday, 19 December 2003, 10:13 am | Green Party

Green MP Metiria Turei is moving southwards this weekend, into her new home in Caversham, Dunedin. More >>

Foreshore To Be Aired At Summer Policy Conference

Thursday, 18 December 2003, 2:45 pm | Green Party

The Green position on the foreshore and seabed is to be discussed at the party's annual summer policy conference in Dunedin from the 23rd to the 26th January. More >>

Family assistance package: too little, too late

Thursday, 18 December 2003, 12:09 am | Green Party

The GP has welcomed the extra assistance to struggling families promised today for next year's budget but is critical of the level of assistance and its timing. More >>

The Government builds a sandcastle

Wednesday, 17 December 2003, 4:23 pm | Green Party

The Green Party says the Government's plans for the Foreshore and Seabed will not meet the needs of Maori and Pakeha New Zealanders. More >>

Maharey's 'gift' a cruel joke on students

Wednesday, 17 December 2003, 8:30 am | Green Party

Tertiary Education Minister Steve Maharey's announcement that the income thresholds for student loan repayments and interest write-offs will be raised by $208 and $131 respectively is nothing to boast about, said Green MP Nandor Tanczos today. More >>

Greens back Government moves against P

Tuesday, 16 December 2003, 2:13 pm | Green Party

The Green Party today welcomed a report from the Health Select Committee backing a Government Notice of Motion to classify ephedrine and pseudoephedrine. These two substances are precursors used in the manufacture of crystal methamphetamine (P). More >>

Kedgley calls for climate change in the House

Tuesday, 16 December 2003, 9:54 am | Green Party

Green MP Sue Kedgley is calling for an end to the intolerant and abusive behaviour that is increasingly bringing Parliament into disrepute. More >>

Donald to visit threatened West Coast schools

Monday, 15 December 2003, 10:56 am | Green Party

Green Co-Leader Rod Donald is today (Monday) visiting three West Coast schools earmarked for closure. The Green MP will visit Kaiata (10am), Blackball (11.30am) and Ngahere (1pm) schools to meet with teachers and parents. More >>

Iraq must judge Saddam, say Greens

Monday, 15 December 2003, 10:55 am | Green Party

The Green Party has welcomed the arrest of Saddam Hussein, but is concerned that his American captors will deny him justice, in exactly the same way that the dictator himself denied justice to tens of thousands of his countrymen. More >>

NZers deceived over engineers' Iraq military role

Monday, 15 December 2003, 10:09 am | Green Party

Green MP Keith Locke has accused the Government of deception over the role of our army engineers in Iraq, following revelations by Nicky Hager in the Sunday Star-Times today that New Zealand defence personnel in Iraq are in fact assisting British military ... More >>

Greens warn against Auckland road frenzy

Friday, 12 December 2003, 11:02 am | Green Party

The Green Party has welcomed today's transport package, but warned against Auckland embarking on a new orgy of road building. More >>

Labour Sells Our Soles Short

Friday, 12 December 2003, 9:22 am | Green Party

Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald says the Fabia Shoe factory in Te Kuiti is the latest casualty of the Government's cruel plan to slash tariffs on imported footwear. More >>

Government launders dirty air

Thursday, 11 December 2003, 3:02 pm | Green Party

Green Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today rejected the Government's proposed National Environmental Standard (NES) for air quality, saying they would actually reduce the air quality standards in the two cities that need the most protection - Auckland ... More >>

Pomp and nonsense enshrined in Parliament's rules

Thursday, 11 December 2003, 1:43 pm | Green Party

Rituals that became redundant last century are still retained following the review of Standing Orders, Green Party Co-leader Rod Donald said today. More >>

Blood money should be refused

Thursday, 11 December 2003, 1:29 pm | Green Party

Green MP Keith Locke is disappointed New Zealand hasn't been blacklisted for contracts to reconstruct Iraq. More >>

Food Ministers Cook Up A Secret Recipe

Thursday, 11 December 2003, 1:02 pm | Green Party

The secrecy surrounding a top-level meeting of trans-Tasman food ministers in Auckland tomorrow is excessive and further indication of how little input ordinary New Zealanders have into decisions about what they eat, Green MP Sue Kedgley said today. More >>