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Gender Gap A Priority For New EEO Commissioner

Tuesday, 12 March 2002, 11:08 am | Green Party

The growing gender pay gap must be the first priority of the new EEO Commissioner, just as soon as someone is appointed to that position, Green Party Women's spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>

Open The Refugee Prisons, Urge Greens

Monday, 11 March 2002, 11:48 am | Green Party

A High Court challenge to the detention and incarceration of asylum seekers is being backed by Green Party immigration spokesperson Keith Locke. More >>

Greens Challenge Tegel To Open Up Factory Farms

Monday, 11 March 2002, 12:10 am | Green Party

Green MP Sue Kedgley welcomed today's confirmation from Tegel's national vet that antibiotics used in their chicken feed make chickens grow faster, and is challenging Tegel to open up its factories to journalists and the public. More >>

Wilderness areas preserve unique New Zealand

Sunday, 10 March 2002, 3:08 pm | Green Party

Green Party co-leader Rod Donald today congratulated the Conservation Minister Sandra Lee on her proposal to create two new wilderness areas on the West Coast of the South Island. More >>

Greens Support Marine Farming Moratorium Changes

Friday, 8 March 2002, 11:40 am | Green Party

The Green Party is supporting a select committee report tabled today which recommends excluding more applications from a moratorium on marine farming. More >>

Will We Be The Last To Know, Helen?

Thursday, 7 March 2002, 3:10 pm | Green Party

Green Party Defence spokesperson Keith Locke says it's becoming even more absurd that the government refuses to let New Zealand know if Kiwi SAS troops are in Afghanistan. More >>

Vine Smuggling 'Breath-Takingly Stupid' Say Greens

Thursday, 7 March 2002, 2:34 pm | Green Party

Green Party Biosecurity spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street said alleged vine smuggling by a grapegrower was an act of breath-taking stupidity. More >>

Bush Comes Clean On Free Trade Farce

Thursday, 7 March 2002, 1:04 pm | Green Party

The US decision to slap a 30 per cent tariff on steel imports has effectively killed off any chance of a free trade agreement between New Zealand and US, Green Party Co-leader Rod Donald said today. More >>

Treasury Figures Reveal Super Folly

Thursday, 7 March 2002, 11:37 am | Green Party

In a written answer to a question from Green MP Rod Donald, Treasury secretary Alan Bollard has admitted that the NZ Superannuation fund is only earning 5.2% while Government borrowing is costing between 4.8% and 6.8%. More >>

Eradication Should Be First Choice For New Pests

Thursday, 7 March 2002, 10:45 am | Green Party

Green Party Biosecurity spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street said today that the discovery of the southern saltmarsh mosquito on the outskirts of Auckland shows current biosecurity policy isn't working. More >>

100, 99, 98, 97 Dolphins - Stop The Clock Now

Wednesday, 6 March 2002, 3:54 pm | Green Party

Green co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said it is likely that the Minister of Fisheries will reimpose a ban on set-netting on the West Coast of the North Island, after the initial ban was over-turned by a court judgement today. More >>

Honour Kyoto, Urge Greens

Wednesday, 6 March 2002, 1:35 pm | Green Party

Calls by Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon for the Commonwealth to adopt a so-called "Kyoto 2" model for climate control are a sell-out, Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>

Second Warning That Screening Unit In Trouble

Tuesday, 5 March 2002, 3:41 pm | Green Party

The resignation of the clinical director for the National Screening Unit is the second warning in less than a month that the screening programme is in trouble, Green Health spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>

Remove Health Board Gags, Says Kedgley

Monday, 4 March 2002, 11:49 am | Green Party

Green Party Health spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today that legal threats against an Auckland District Health Board member who had spoken to the media about underfunding were outrageous. More >>

Public Inquiry Needed On Body Parts

Friday, 1 March 2002, 9:46 am | Green Party

Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley today renewed her call for a public inquiry into past hospital practices of taking and storing body parts from dead people without informed consent from their families. More >>

Transport Package A Boost For Northern Problems

Friday, 1 March 2002, 8:50 am | Green Party

Northland Green MP Sue Bradford today said the package of transport initiatives negotiated between the Greens and the Government was aimed to finally start addressing some of the transport infrastructure problems that were plaguing the northern region. More >>