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Auckland Airport: Gateway Or Gatekeeper?
Thursday, 18 July 2002, 11:29 am | Green Party
Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke will today hand-deliver a letter to Auckland Airport, protesting their decision to remove an advertisement for the Falun Gong meditation group. More >>
Rejection Of Four Weeks Leave Shows Need For Green
Thursday, 18 July 2002, 11:28 am | Green Party
Green Employment Spokesperson Sue Bradford today said Labour's rejection of four weeks annual leave showed why it was so important to workers that the Greens had real influence on the next Government. More >>
Nandor to speak with youth, play some hack
Thursday, 18 July 2002, 9:10 am | Green Party
Green Youth Affairs Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos will play some hack and talk with young people about Green policy and the importance of getting involved at Youthzone in Bryce Street, Hamilton, tomorrow at midday. More >>
High Noon For Teachers
Thursday, 18 July 2002, 12:06 am | Green Party
The Education Minister's latest threat to secondary teachers suggests he is living-out some Wild West fantasy, Green Party Co-leader Rod Donald said today. More >>
Rail Buyback A Priority - Greens
Wednesday, 17 July 2002, 11:02 am | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming a Government commitment to resume discussions with Tranz Rail after the election on the possibility of buying back the rail track. More >>
Green Party candidate in UK - speech
Wednesday, 17 July 2002, 10:15 am | Green Party
Speech notes & answer to question, “How would your party stimulate economic growth?” New Zealand News UK 2002 Election Debate Westminster University 309 Regent St, London 10th July 2002 More >>
Push For Continuation Of Battery Cages Offensive
Wednesday, 17 July 2002, 10:15 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley is urging New Zealanders to send a clear message to the egg and poultry industry after the industry Code of Animal Welfare for Layer Hens, released today, called for the indefinite use of battery cages. More >>
Spineless Auckland Airport Bows To Pressure
Wednesday, 17 July 2002, 10:11 am | Green Party
Green Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke has condemned the decision of Auckland Airport to remove an advertisement for the Falun Gong meditation group. More >>
South Australia's Budget Blown By Big Super Loss
Tuesday, 16 July 2002, 4:18 pm | Green Party
Green co-leader Rod Donald today told a Christchurch Rotary Club that Green opposition to the Government's superannuation fund has been vindicated, with news that the South Australian Government's Superannuation Fund is facing long-term losses of almost ... More >>
Cullen Super Fund must be stopped
Tuesday, 16 July 2002, 4:10 pm | Green Party
I appreciate the opportunity to address you today, but I have to say that I would rather not be here. That is because Parliament should still be sitting and if it was I would be at the weekly meeting of the Finance and Expenditure Committee. More >>
Greens launch animal welfare policy
Tuesday, 16 July 2002, 2:27 pm | Green Party
The Greens will launch their Animal Welfare policy tomorrow (Wednesday 17) at midday with the symbolic release of three ex-battery hens in parliament grounds. More >>
Papers Show Industry Too Close To GE Corn Story
Monday, 15 July 2002, 3:10 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today she was concerned that papers released by the Government over the weekend showed industry were involved in shaping the way the GE corn story was presented to the public. More >>
Green Health Policy Summary
Monday, 15 July 2002, 9:25 am | Green Party
The Green party's vision is of a holistic, preventative health system, focussed on improving people's health and living conditions, and reducing the risk of illness. More >>
Focus On Health, Not On Sickness
Monday, 15 July 2002, 9:22 am | Green Party
The Green Party wants 10 percent of the Health Budget dedicated to public and preventative health within five years, an additional $150 million each year. More >>
Greens back inquiry into Kate Valley Landfill
Friday, 12 July 2002, 3:27 pm | Green Party
The Greens Party support calls for an inquiry into the controversial Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) behind the Kate Valley landfill proposal. More >>
'Cornfusion' Grows
Friday, 12 July 2002, 1:17 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today that the Government and officials still need to answer serious questions about the GE corn contamination controversy. More >>
No More New Prisons And Justice That Works
Friday, 12 July 2002, 1:02 pm | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos today launched the party's justice policy, calling for a moratorium on new prisons. The policy is available at http://www.greens.org.nz/searchdocs/policy4754.html/ More >>
GE Contamination Answers Reveal Confusion
Thursday, 11 July 2002, 4:52 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said she is even more sceptical whether the regulatory system can protect the public from GE accidents, after hearing today about the chaos surrounding claims of a contaminated GE corn shipment. More >>
Greens launch CED / Income Support policy - Speech
Thursday, 11 July 2002, 1:08 pm | Green Party
Greens launch Community Economic Development / Income Support policy Speech notes, Otara Market Sue Bradford MP More >>
Making the polluters pay
Thursday, 11 July 2002, 1:05 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today launched the party's Ecological tax reform policy outside the toxic waste site at Mapua, near Nelson. More >>
