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General Debate Speech on the Penlink Toll Road
Wednesday, 27 March 2002, 10:21 pm | Green Party
Order Paper for today shows a local bill, Rodney District Council (Penlink Toll Road) empowering Bill, has been postponed for a month by the Member in charge, Dr Lockwood Smith. As the tenders for building that toll road close in the next few ... More >>
Green Amendment Will Save Ratepayers Money
Wednesday, 27 March 2002, 10:18 am | Green Party
A commonsense Green Party amendment to the Local Government Rating Bill will save ratepayers in many districts hundreds of thousands of dollars, Green co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
Quotas Must Be Seen And Heard
Wednesday, 27 March 2002, 9:09 am | Green Party
Voluntary quotas for New Zealand music on commercial radio will only work if the public is told which stations are meeting their targets, Green Party Youth Affairs spokesperson Nandor Tanczos said today. More >>
Nandor Vows To Rock The House
Tuesday, 26 March 2002, 4:08 pm | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos has promised an unorthodox campaign this year when he contests the Auckland Central seat. Nandor has been selected unanimously to stand for the Green Party in the Auckland Central electorate. More >>
Get back to the table - Greens
Tuesday, 26 March 2002, 10:19 am | Green Party
The Government should get back into immediate talks with teachers regardless of ongoing strike action, Green Party Industrial Relations spokesperson Sue Bradford said today. More >>
No Search Powers For Fantasy - Nandor
Monday, 25 March 2002, 4:36 pm | Green Party
Green spokesperson for Drug Policy Nandor Tanczos said today he did not support the Health select committee recommendation to classify Fantasy as a B1 drug because of the search powers it would give to the police. More >>
Screening For 'Gender Bender' Hormones Needed
Monday, 25 March 2002, 3:52 pm | Green Party
Green co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today the Waikato Pipeline must be put on hold until the Ministry of Health can give quality advice to Watercare Services about 'gender bender' hormones in drinking water. More >>
No Deal, Mr Bush
Monday, 25 March 2002, 1:24 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is urging Helen Clark not to sacrifice this country's long-held nuclear-free policy on the altar of free trade. More >>
Greens & SPCA Push Battery Campaign In Lower Hutt
Monday, 25 March 2002, 11:36 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley and SPCA Campaign Manager Hans Kriek will today encourage people in the Hutt Valley to make submissions against the use of the battery cage in egg production. More >>
Drug Trial Set-Back Shows Gov't Backing GE Loser
Friday, 22 March 2002, 4:04 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said major doubts about the usefulness of the drug being produced by genetically engineered sheep in the Waikato shows the Government is backing a loser. More >>
Select Committee Suppresses Green Minority Report
Friday, 22 March 2002, 3:23 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke has accused the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee of suppressing his minority report on the Terrorism (Bombings and Financing) Bill. More >>
Waikato Pipeline Must Be Reviewed
Friday, 22 March 2002, 2:51 pm | Green Party
The activation of the Waikato Pipeline should be delayed and the project reviewed following groundbreaking British research that shows drinking water from British rivers is being contaminated with female hormones that change the sex of fish and ... More >>
Vehicle Emission Deaths A Public Health Disaster
Thursday, 21 March 2002, 3:54 pm | Green Party
Green Transport Spokesperson Sue Kedgley today called on Government to introduce mandatory emission tests in warrant of fitness vehicle checks as part of an urgent strategy to clean up vehicle emissions which are killing as many people as the road ... More >>
Paid Parental Leave Speech - Sue Bradford
Thursday, 21 March 2002, 3:51 pm | Green Party
Paid Parental Leave Second Debate Speech Sue Bradford - Green Social Services Spokesperson Delivered at 3.30pm More >>
Greens To Move Three Amendments To PPL Bill
Thursday, 21 March 2002, 3:49 pm | Green Party
Green Labour and Employment Spokesperson Sue Bradford today said the Greens will move three amendments to the Government's paid parental leave legislation when it comes into the House next week. More >>
Speech: Battery cages - the tides are turning
Wednesday, 20 March 2002, 4:17 pm | Green Party
Last week I attended the launch of the SPCA's campaign to ban the battery hen cage and I was given a battery hen to hold. More >>
Greens Welcome Report Into MPs' Pay
Wednesday, 20 March 2002, 3:06 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Rod Donald today welcomed the report of the review group on MPs' salaries and expenses. More >>
Global Warming: Here And Now
Wednesday, 20 March 2002, 3:02 pm | Green Party
The disintegration of a huge Antarctic ice shelf, twice the size of Stewart Island, indicates the urgency with which New Zealand must ratify the Kyoto protocol on climate change, Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
Greens Welcome Review Of 1080
Tuesday, 19 March 2002, 4:37 pm | Green Party
Green co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said she was pleased that the poison 1080 would be reassessed for the first time since it was first approved in 1964. More >>
Why So Few Asians On The Beat?
Tuesday, 19 March 2002, 3:55 pm | Green Party
Figures from the Police Minister show that New Zealanders of Asian origin are woefully under-represented on the police force, Green Party Immigration spokesperson, Keith Locke said today. More >>
