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Snakes without passports inevitable under FTA
Wednesday, 20 November 2002, 5:32 pm | Green Party
More snakes would wriggle their way into New Zealand if a free trade deal was agreed with the United States, Green Party Biosecurity Spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street said today. More >>
Greens challenge Govt. over child poverty
Tuesday, 19 November 2002, 2:06 pm | Green Party
Green Social Services Spokesperson Sue Bradford today said if Government had any intention of reducing appalling levels of child poverty in New Zealand it would substantially increase the minimum wage and benefit levels immediately. More >>
Kedgley urges shareholders to ditch incinerator
Monday, 18 November 2002, 12:22 am | Green Party
Green Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley is urging Auckland Airport shareholders to support a Greenpeace resolution to get rid of the airport's incinerator which has been breaching resource consents for two years. More >>
MPs Call For People To Join GE Free March Tomorrow
Friday, 15 November 2002, 11:10 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is urging people to join the GE-Free march in Auckland tomorrow. More >>
Paying in blood for a free trade pipe-dream
Friday, 15 November 2002, 10:50 am | Green Party
New Zealand defence personnel and innocent civilians could pay in blood for the Government's obsession with a trade deal, Greens Co-leader Rod Donald said today. More >>
Green Party says big NO on HSNO
Friday, 15 November 2002, 10:41 am | Green Party
Conditional release of GE into the environment must not be allowed, the Green Party said today in its submission on the Government's HSNO Act review. More >>
Vote National - for battery cages and sow crates
Friday, 15 November 2002, 10:40 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley today said a campaign by National MP Shane Ardern against an SPCA drive to ban sow crates and battery cages was further proof of how hopelessly out of touch National was with the public. More >>
No more research please, time for action
Thursday, 14 November 2002, 4:14 pm | Green Party
Green Social Services Spokesperson Sue Bradford today said nobody would be surprised at a new study showing that 20 per cent of New Zealanders were suffering hardship. More >>
Compulsory acquisition powers not for private co.s
Thursday, 14 November 2002, 3:52 pm | Green Party
Green Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said a request by Meridian Energy for new powers to compulsorily acquire land for Project Aqua would open the floodgates for private electricity generators to force landowners to sell their properties. More >>
Kedgley calls for cross-party no-bullying pact
Thursday, 14 November 2002, 1:43 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley is calling for a cross-party working group to end violence and bullying in Parliament, following a children's report condemning the aggressive culture of Parliament. More >>
Bill will force more misery on millions of animals
Thursday, 14 November 2002, 1:40 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley today said a new Government bill being introduced into Parliament today would delay any moves to phase out sow crates and battery cages by at least another year and she urged all MPs from all parties to vote with their hearts and ... More >>
Images: EnergyWise Biodiesel Car & Mother Earth
Wednesday, 13 November 2002, 5:48 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons and a biodiesel. See… Driving home energy efficiency message for background. More >>
Greens to support motion censuring Peters
Wednesday, 13 November 2002, 4:04 pm | Green Party
Green co-leader Rod Donald this afternoon advised Richard Prebble that the Greens will support his notice of motion effectively seeking to censure Winston Peters for his campaign against Asian and other new immigrants. More >>
Frigate too close to Iraq, says Green MP
Wednesday, 13 November 2002, 9:14 am | Green Party
New information shows that the New Zealand frigate Te Kaha will operate even closer to Iraq than first indicated, Green MP Keith Locke revealed today. More >>
How far does an MP walk in a week?
Wednesday, 13 November 2002, 12:44 am | Green Party
So how far does an MP walk in a week? Especially when factoring in the planes, taxis, lifts and parliamentary conveyor belts? More >>
Driving home energy efficiency message
Tuesday, 12 November 2002, 3:42 pm | Green Party
Driving home the benefits of environmentally-friendly fuels, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons tomorrow drives a uniquely-fuelled car in a leg of the EnergyWise Rally. More >>
Telecom profits make rural charges more outrageous
Tuesday, 12 November 2002, 3:29 pm | Green Party
Telecom's just-released net quarterly profit of $146 million made the company's plans to charge rural connection fees of up to $4000 all the more outrageous, Green co-leader Rod Donald said today. More >>
Iraq is the real target
Monday, 11 November 2002, 5:10 pm | Green Party
New Zealand's latest commitment to the "war against terror" effectively means it has joined the US build-up against Iraq, Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today. More >>
Greens Endorse Call To Open Old SIS Files
Monday, 11 November 2002, 3:48 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke is echoing the call from the country's top academics for the Government to open up the archives on the SIS. More >>
Media asked for restraint when reporting Peters
Monday, 11 November 2002, 1:37 pm | Green Party
Green MP Metiria Turei is calling on the media to show restraint in repeating the racist utterances of Winston Peters. More >>
