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Bradford selected as Rodney candidate
Friday, 26 October 2001, 3:56 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Bradford today said she would be running a hard campaign to win the seat of Rodney at the next election after the Rodney branch of the Greens elected her as their candidate last night. More >>
'Knowledge wave' talk a joke as student debt soars
Friday, 26 October 2001, 2:17 pm | Green Party
Green Tertiary Education Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos today said all the pompous talk about 'the knowledge wave' was a joke while graduates continue to be forced out of New Zealand by massive student debt. More >>
Green campaign for Universal Child Benefit
Friday, 26 October 2001, 2:15 pm | Green Party
Green Social Services Spokesperson Sue Bradford will introduce a bill into the next private members ballot seeking to establish a universal child benefit. More >>
Sigh
Thursday, 25 October 2001, 11:53 am | Green Party
Though reluctant to engage in puerile games, Sue Kedgley responds to Nick Smith's 'statement' today titled 'Greens oppose water!': More >>
GE Labelling Loophole An Outrage - Greens
Thursday, 25 October 2001, 9:28 am | Green Party
Green Safe Food spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today the decision by Australian and New Zealand health ministers to allow unlabelled GE food on the shelves for another year makes a mockery of the GE labelling regime. More >>
Greens ask for moratorium on new marine farms
Wednesday, 24 October 2001, 4:02 pm | Green Party
Green Party Agriculture spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street MP today called on the Government to reinstate a moratorium on applications for new marine farms. More >>
GE labelling decision due out today
Wednesday, 24 October 2001, 3:30 pm | Green Party
A decision by the Australia New Zealand Food Authority on whether genetically engineered foods can remain unlabelled on New Zealand shelves is being made today. More >>
Greens Support PPTA Over Non-Contact Time
Tuesday, 23 October 2001, 9:49 am | Green Party
Green Party Industrial Relations Spokesperson Sue Bradford today reiterated the Greens' support for the push by the PPTA to get non-contact time for teachers in order to reduce unmanageable workloads. More >>
Kyoto protocol: how not whether
Thursday, 18 October 2001, 7:35 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons welcomed the climate change consultation process begun today, but said she was hugely disappointed that the Government was reopening the question of whether New Zealand should ratify the Kyoto protocol. More >>
Anderton apologist for free trade
Thursday, 18 October 2001, 7:34 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has accused Acting Customs Minister Jim Anderton of becoming an apologist for free trade following his defence of Customs' breaches under the Singapore Free Trade Agreement. More >>
Gaming review fails to impose moratorium on pokies
Thursday, 18 October 2001, 5:25 pm | Green Party
Green Party Gambling Spokesperson Sue Bradford today said while the Government's Gaming Review made some sensible steps it failed to deal adequately with the numbers of pokie machine flooding the country. More >>
Greens alarmed over miscarriages of justice
Thursday, 18 October 2001, 3:17 pm | Green Party
Green Justice Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos today said the wrong conviction, and subsequent imprisonment, of three teenage girls showed up significant problems with the conduct and practices of the New Zealand police. More >>
Green MPs to sign 'fair trade coffee' pledge
Thursday, 18 October 2001, 11:31 am | Green Party
Green Party MPs will be marking Trade Aid's 'Fair Trade Fortnight' by signing the fair trade coffee pledge to highlight the issues facing small farmers around the world and to encourage people to support fair trade. More >>
Liability report fair and logical - Greens
Thursday, 18 October 2001, 10:07 am | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today welcomed a new report on who should pay if GE experiments or plantings go wrong, saying it was based on sound logic and fairness. More >>
Britain provides lesson on rail leadership
Wednesday, 17 October 2001, 12:42 am | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today urged the Government to follow the lead of the British Government in taking back the ownership of the national rail infrastructure. More >>
Students' apologies essence of real justice
Tuesday, 16 October 2001, 3:17 pm | Green Party
Green Justice Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos today said apologies from three teenagers who helped burn down a high school gym to 900 of their fellow students was a model for the rest of New Zealand's justice system. More >>
Another black widow the absolute last straw
Tuesday, 16 October 2001, 3:16 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today said it was ludicrous that imports of Californian grapes were being allowed to continue, despite another live black widow spider being found in Auckland last week. More >>
Kedgley attending launch of major sow crate campai
Tuesday, 16 October 2001, 11:12 am | Green Party
Green Animal Welfare Spokesperson Sue Kedgley will be speaking at the launch of a major campaign against factory farming tonight. More >>
'The mice who roar' - Rod Donald CTU Speech
Monday, 15 October 2001, 6:03 pm | Green Party
It is an honour to be invited to address the conference of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. I bring you greetings from my co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons and our industrial relations spokesperson Sue Bradford. More >>
Greens relieved at trout import moratorium
Monday, 15 October 2001, 11:09 am | Green Party
Green Party Sport and Agriculture Spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street today said the Greens were relieved at the Government decision to keep trout as a non-commercial fishery. More >>
