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Tanczos amazed by Amazon audacity
Tuesday, 30 September 2003, 11:20 pm | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos says he has serious concerns about a bid by online retailer Amazon to extend its 'one-click' patent to New Zealand e-commerce websites. More >>
Guaranteed slow death for clothing industry
Tuesday, 30 September 2003, 3:36 pm | Green Party
Labour is deserting its trade union roots and undermining its own full-employment policy by slashing in half New Zealand's remaining tariffs on imported clothing, Green Party Co-leader Rod Donald said today. More >>
Kiwi vegetarians denied the right to know
Tuesday, 30 September 2003, 2:22 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley is calling on the Government to offer the growing number of New Zealand vegetarians real freedom of choice on World Vegetarian Day tomorrow (October 1) by requiring the food industry to disclose whether they use animal-based products ... More >>
GE profit-makers should bear the cost of cleanup
Monday, 29 September 2003, 2:30 pm | Green Party
GE companies should have to pay for any cleanup when GE goes wrong, Green Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
Why does the news need a sponsor?
Monday, 29 September 2003, 1:49 pm | Green Party
The withdrawal of the major sponsor from TVNZ's "Holmes" programme highlights the absurdity of having the state broadcaster's supposed "flagship" current affairs programme funded by a global corporation, Green MP Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Leaked memo shows no insurance for GE
Friday, 26 September 2003, 12:02 am | Green Party
A memo leaked to the Green Party shows that New Zealand's biggest insurance company has moved to deny insurance cover for any harm resulting from Genetic Engineering. More >>
Pokies: Coming soon to a dairy near you
Thursday, 25 September 2003, 2:44 pm | Green Party
It's open season for pokies with the possibility that they could be installed at local dairies and supermarkets and anywhere else people wanted to put them, said Green MP Sue Bradford today. More >>
GE report says Royal Commission advice now dated
Wednesday, 24 September 2003, 2:51 pm | Green Party
A new report out today shows that the science the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification relied on in recommending New Zealand "proceed with caution" on GE is now considerably out of date. More >>
Think Big? Think again, say Greens
Monday, 22 September 2003, 4:30 pm | Green Party
The Government is in danger of repeating the folly and failure of the Think Big experiments of the past, Greens Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons warned today. More >>
Bacteria-riddled chickens coming home to roost
Monday, 22 September 2003, 2:29 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley has warned that New Zealand faces a serious public health threat from antibiotic-resistant superbugs, after a study confirmed that half the country's chickens are contaminated by Vancomycin resistant bacteria (VRE). More >>
Bacteria-riddled chickens coming home to roost
Monday, 22 September 2003, 2:29 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley has warned that New Zealand faces a serious public health threat from antibiotic-resistant superbugs, after a study confirmed that half the country's chickens are contaminated by Vancomycin resistant bacteria (VRE). More >>
1416 pokies a mere drop in the ocean
Monday, 22 September 2003, 2:28 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Bradford said today that the enforced return of only 1416 out of 23,000 pokie machines exposes the Government's Gambling Act for the farce that it is. More >>
New Bill undermines privacy of women's health info
Monday, 22 September 2003, 10:57 am | Green Party
Green Party Health spokesperson Sue Kedgley said she was alarmed at the proposal to allow automatic access to women's sensitive medical records without their consent, contained in amendments to the Health (Screening Programmes) Amendment Bill, which ... More >>
Greer should be welcomed, not arrested
Friday, 19 September 2003, 1:45 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley is calling on the police to give public assurances, on Suffrage Day, that they will not serve a 32-year-old warrant on Germaine Greer, upon her arrival in New Zealand next week. More >>
Women leaders urged to try harder on Suffrage Day
Friday, 19 September 2003, 10:22 am | Green Party
Green Women's spokesperson Sue Kedgley has a Suffrage Day message for the nation's female leadership: please start delivering real improvements for ordinary women in New Zealand! More >>
Unbundling the loop will spur internet economy
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 5:05 pm | Green Party
Green MP and Telecommunications spokesperson Sue Kedgley is delighted that the Commerce Commission is recommending the unbundling of the local loop so that competitors will be able to use parts of its network for competitive retail services. More >>
"Mucking around" no excuse for drug-test
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 1:59 pm | Green Party
Nelson College is turning down a dangerous and reprehensible path of suspecting - to the point of accusing - its students of doing drugs because their performance might be dropping, said Green MP Metiria Turei. More >>
New exhaust rules will save lives, say Greens
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 1:58 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed the new Vehicle Exhaust Emissions Rule, adopted today, which will require all imported vehicles to meet new emission standards. More >>
Would you like fries with your GE?
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 3:17 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley has taken the Food Safety Authority to task for going too slow on a fast food, takeaway and restaurant GE labelling regime despite the urging of the Royal Commission that it be given a fast track. More >>
Kiwis must clean up their act
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 11:52 am | Green Party
Green MP Mike Ward has offered a novel way to encourage New Zealanders to be more mindful of their rubbish during this week's Clean Up New Zealand Week: "Leave it lying around or send the rubbish back where it came from." More >>
