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Goodbye, Dolly
Monday, 23 June 2003, 8:58 am | Green Party
The collapse of the company that cloned Dolly the sheep is a salutary lesson in the dangers of hastily investing tens of millions of dollars in poor science, Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
Power To The River, Say Greens
Sunday, 22 June 2003, 12:05 pm | Green Party
The Green Party will campaign locally and in Parliament against the Project Aqua hydro scheme for the Waitaki Valley. More >>
A crisis that won't go away
Friday, 20 June 2003, 10:26 am | Green Party
The threat of cold showers may have receded, but the Green Party is warning that savings must be maintained. More >>
Cut military ties to Tonga, says Locke
Thursday, 19 June 2003, 5:20 pm | Green Party
Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke is calling on the Government to cut New Zealand military assistance to Tonga. More >>
Green Co-leader to speak on GE, energy in Dunedin
Thursday, 19 June 2003, 3:51 pm | Green Party
Green party Co-leader, Jeanette Fitzsimons will address two public meetings in Dunedin on Friday, 20th June. More >>
Hospital should come clean on bug
Thursday, 19 June 2003, 3:08 pm | Green Party
Tauranga Hospital should not keep secret the bug that has infected at least 10 orthopaedic patients, Green Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
ACT must stop double-dipping
Thursday, 19 June 2003, 8:31 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald said today ' s Auditor General report into ACT ' s use of parliamentary funding fails to clear ACT of rorting the system. More >>
Govt ought to back island memorial for adventurer
Wednesday, 18 June 2003, 3:00 pm | Green Party
Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen and Auckland City Mayor John Banks seem to forget that Sir Peter Blake was an adventurer, Auckland Green MP Keith Locke said today. More >>
Shut the door on big-box retailing, urge Greens
Wednesday, 18 June 2003, 2:59 pm | Green Party
Green MP Mike Ward today called for a moratorium on 'out-of-zone' big-box retail projects, saying the city-fringe developments are eroding the vitality of Central Business Districts. More >>
Govt neglect leaves nursing in sick state
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 5:47 pm | Green Party
Nursing students have a grim prognosis in New Zealand and face a lifetime of debt, low pay and serious staff shortages in the workplace, Green MPs Nandor Tanczos and Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Greens support call to extend GE moratorium
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 5:47 pm | Green Party
The Green Party supports the call from Marlborough District Council for the Government to leave the GE release moratorium in place. More >>
Government can't sustain its own rhetoric
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 3:15 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is challenging the Government to live up to its commitment that "sustainable development must be at the core of all Government policy". More >>
Maori first for 'second' language teaching
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 3:10 pm | Green Party
If learning a second language is desirable for Kiwi school children then Maori, the first and only legislated official language of Aotearoa New Zealand, should be given priority said Green MP Metiria Turei. More >>
No honour or profit in Thai trade deal
Monday, 16 June 2003, 5:45 pm | Green Party
A free trade deal with Thailand would fly in the face of the very principles that the Labour Party was founded on, Green Party Co-leader Rod Donald said today. More >>
Greens urge equal treatment for same-sex couples
Thursday, 12 June 2003, 10:01 am | Green Party
Green MP Metiria Turei today urged the Government to "hold firm" in the line of homophobic fire, following criticism of the Care of Children Bill. More >>
Pharmac spin blurs truth
Thursday, 12 June 2003, 12:19 am | Green Party
Pharmac is 'spinning' its proposals, and not telling consumers the whole truth about the implications of its new bulk dispensing proposal, Green MP Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
What Pharmac isn't telling patients:
Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 4:26 pm | Green Party
People will have to pay a lot more for some drugs, under Pharmac's planned move to three-monthly dispensing, Green Party MP Sue Kedgley reveals today. More >>
Gum leaf skeletoniser plan misses the point
Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 1:08 pm | Green Party
The Agriculture Ministry's plan to deal with the gum leaf skeletoniser moth misses the key point, Green Agriculture Spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street MP said today. More >>
Mental health: a crisis of leadership
Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 12:55 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Bradford says the time has come for politicians and health bosses to stop blaming staff for the crisis in mental health care and to start acknowledge the massive, ongoing systemic failure in the sector. More >>
NZ sends the wrong kind of aid to Iraq
Monday, 9 June 2003, 5:02 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is opposed to New Zealand army personnel serving in Iraq under British and American command. More >>
