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Hard Work Starts On Contaminated Sites
Tuesday, 21 May 2002, 11:58 am | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today the Government's allocation of $3.2 million towards contaminated sites would lay the groundwork to tackle the serious problem. More >>
Funding To Environment Centres Doubles
Tuesday, 21 May 2002, 11:58 am | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Rod Donald said an additional $300,000 to environment centres this year would help them reach more people with environmental news and education. More >>
Greens Launch Environment Budget Initiatives
Tuesday, 21 May 2002, 11:56 am | Green Party
Green Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today announced a package of five environmental Budget initiatives promoted by the Greens and funded by the Government. More >>
$5.9 Million To School Environment Programmes
Tuesday, 21 May 2002, 11:56 am | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is delighted the Government has agreed to fund an initiative promoted by the Green Party to improve environmental programmes in schools. More >>
Spinning Wax In Taupo
Tuesday, 21 May 2002, 10:59 am | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos will examine lakeside environmental restoration work, receive a briefing on the health of Lake Taupo and spin some wax at a party when he visits Taupo on Thursday 30 May. More >>
Kedgley In Palmerston North For Political Debate
Tuesday, 21 May 2002, 10:58 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley will visit Palmerston North this Friday for a political debate at Massey University and public meetings on animal welfare issues and the Government's controversial proposals to regulate dietary supplements with a new Trans-Tasman authority. More >>
Review Of Sleeping Pill Urgently Required
Monday, 20 May 2002, 10:49 am | Green Party
Green Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley today called for a review of the sleeping pill Halcion to see whether it should be withdrawn from the market, as it has been in other countries. More >>
Greens launch Community Intern Budget programme
Friday, 17 May 2002, 11:12 am | Green Party
Green Social Services Spokesperson Sue Bradford will this morning launch a successful Green Party Budget proposal to fund the placement of skilled staff from the public, private and community sectors into community and voluntary organisations on six month ... More >>
Greens Launch First Three Budget Initiatives
Friday, 17 May 2002, 11:10 am | Green Party
The Green Party will today release the first three initiatives negotiated between the Greens and the Government. More >>
Government under attack on GE moratorium expiry
Friday, 17 May 2002, 9:07 am | Green Party
The Government narrowly missed being defeated in Parliament today on its determination to lift the moratorium next year, Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
Criticism of Terrorism Bill secrecy justified
Friday, 17 May 2002, 9:05 am | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke has backed Professor Jane Kelsey's exposure of an earlier, harsher, version of the anti-terrorism bill currently before Parliament. More >>
Investigate Donations To National
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 3:57 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Rod Donald has asked the Chief Executive of the Electoral Commission Paul Harris to investigate whether the National Party breached the Electoral Act in 1996 by failing to declare an estimated $250,000 donation from Fay Richwhite. More >>
Agresearch Pulling Smoke And Mirrors Trick
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 4:28 pm | Green Party
A resubmitting of Agresearch's application on GE cows is nothing more than a revamp of the original application, Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
Barrier To Rodney Toll Road
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 3:05 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons will later today move to have the Rodney District Council (Penlink Toll Road) Empowering Bill referred back to the Transport Committee, effectively putting the country's first private toll road on hold. More >>
Fitzsimons Welcomes Wellington Marine Reserve
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 1:44 pm | Green Party
Green co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today welcomed support from the Conservation Minister for a new marine reserve on Wellington's South Coast. More >>
Kedgley To Visit New Plymouth Dioxin Test Sites
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 11:23 am | Green Party
On Friday Green MP Sue Kedgley will visit some New Plymouth sites where tests for dioxin contamination will be carried out over the next few weeks. More >>
Greens Fully Behind Universal Allowance Campaign
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 10:22 am | Green Party
Green Tertiary Education Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos will today pledge full Green support for a new campaign to have universal student allowances introduced for all tertiary students. More >>
Army Fighting Over Crumbs Under Nats
Tuesday, 14 May 2002, 4:30 pm | Green Party
The Carruthers' report makes it clear that the National Government's obsession with expensive high-tech equipment caused major tensions within the army, and between the army and other defence services, Keith Locke said. More >>
Greens make waves at Seafood Industry conference
Tuesday, 14 May 2002, 10:07 am | Green Party
The fishing industry has to clean up its act and fast, co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said as she launched the Green Party Policy on the Sea at the annual seafood industry conference today. More >>
Outbreak Of Resistant E Coli In Hawkes Bay
Sunday, 12 May 2002, 1:46 pm | Green Party
The Government seems reluctant to acknowledge an outbreak in a Hawkes Bay hospital of multiply resistant E coli, which is highly resistant to most antibiotics, Green Health spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
