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Govt tells consumers: Stop Saving Energy!

Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 3:17 pm | Green Party

Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has cautiously welcomed the introduction of a Crown Electricity Commission and measures to ensure security of supply, but warned they would only solve half the problem. More >>

Greens urge Government to listen to Tribunal

Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 12:43 am | Green Party

The Green Party is calling on the Government to accept and honour recommendations from the Waitangi Tribunal, regardless of how electorally unpalatable it may find them. More >>

Nandor: Boy racer blitz a "snow job"

Monday, 19 May 2003, 4:26 pm | Green Party

Green MP Nandor Tanczos today criticised a police suggestion in today's New Zealand Herald that they would execute search warrants to seize cars weeks after any offences occurred. More >>

English misses the mark on truancy

Monday, 19 May 2003, 2:34 pm | Green Party

National's plan to penalise beneficiaries whose children play truant is totally ridiculous and discriminatory, Green MP Sue Bradford said today. More >>

Farmer feedback shows GE moratorium should stay

Monday, 19 May 2003, 1:36 pm | Green Party

New research showing that even our farmers don't want GE confirms that the Government should not lift the GE moratorium in October, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>

NZ should speak out to avoid brutal Aceh war

Monday, 19 May 2003, 1:18 pm | Green Party

Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke wants New Zealand to try to stop the impending military attack on the Indonesian province of Aceh. More >>

Government blows the budget for students

Sunday, 18 May 2003, 10:11 pm | Green Party

Green MP Nandor Tanczos today warned that many undergraduates would end up paying hundreds of dollars extra in fees as a result of the fees maxima regime announced in the Budget - while postgrad students could pay even more. More >>

Greens applaud Treaty education funding

Friday, 16 May 2003, 3:02 pm | Green Party

Green Maori Affairs spokesperson Metiria Turei is congratulating the Government on its commitment to a public information campaign on the Treaty of Waitangi. More >>

Greens urge caution with rail takeover

Friday, 16 May 2003, 3:01 pm | Green Party

The Green Party today expressed caution about a possible takeover of the beleaguered Tranzrail business, saying all decisions should be made with New Zealand's future interests a top priority. More >>

Donald Speech - Budget fails to invest in NZ

Friday, 16 May 2003, 10:01 am | Green Party

The budget surplus is a fraud. It is built on the backs of kiwi kids living in poverty, hard working low income families who need a tax break and young people being shut out of affordable tertiary education. More >>

Ambitious rail plan reduces need for new motorways

Thursday, 15 May 2003, 4:34 pm | Green Party

Auckland Green MP Keith Locke has praised the draft Auckland Passenger Rail plan, saying it reduces the need for new motorways. More >>

Community Internship programme extended

Thursday, 15 May 2003, 3:01 pm | Green Party

Tariana Turia, Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector Sue Bradford, Green Party Community Sector spokesperson More >>

No confidence in a budget that steals our future

Thursday, 15 May 2003, 2:51 pm | Green Party

The Green Party will move a no confidence motion in the Labour-led Government on the basis that the 2003-04 Budget deliberately robs poverty-stricken kids, low income families and students of a stake in the future of their country. More >>

Sustainable energy solutions gaining momentum

Thursday, 15 May 2003, 2:10 pm | Green Party

The Green Party today welcomed a Greenpeace report that outlined a strategy for New Zealanders to 'Switch on to Renewable Energy'. More >>

GE action burns our European bridges

Thursday, 15 May 2003, 2:09 pm | Green Party

New Zealand's new-found closer relationship with Europe is under threat as a result of the Government's decision to align itself with the US-led move to impose GE food and crops on European consumers, Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>