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Supreme Tourism Award To Casino Inappropriate
Wednesday, 22 August 2001, 3:57 pm | Green Party
Green Party Tourism Spokesperson Rod Donald today said the decision to award Sky City Casino New Zealand's supreme tourism award was extremely disappointing and inappropriate and highlighted the need to change the criteria on which this award was based. More >>
Defence Dinosaurs Cause Of LAV 3 Confusion
Wednesday, 22 August 2001, 3:52 pm | Green Party
Green Defence Spokesperson Keith Locke has blamed conservatism in the Defence Force for the confusion over the LAV3 contract. More >>
Silence On Mercury Risks Breaches Patient Rights
Wednesday, 22 August 2001, 11:04 am | Green Party
Green Health spokesperson Sue Kedgley is concerned that some dentists are breaching patient rights by not informing patients about the risks of mercury amalgam fillings. More >>
Green Party Launches Local Body Election Campaign
Wednesday, 22 August 2001, 10:38 am | Green Party
Auckland Greens will launch their “Auckland City: Clean, Green and Moving” campaign today with their team of eight candidates making a return lunchtime trip on the ferry to Half Moon Bay. In keeping with their commitment to a GE FREE Auckland, GE free ... More >>
Tourism Must Be GE Free To Be 100 Percent Pure
Tuesday, 21 August 2001, 2:47 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the tourism industry to back its campaign to keep New Zealand genetically engineered free. More >>
Donald Delighted With Hemp Trials
Tuesday, 21 August 2001, 10:59 am | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Rod Donald today said he was excited at visiting the first trial plantations of industrial hemp when they were planted later this year. More >>
Kedgley Keen To See Havoc Show
Monday, 20 August 2001, 2:06 pm | Green Party
Green Animal Welfare and Broadcasting Spokesperson Sue Kedgley today said she is looking forward to seeing the Havoc Show - in which cameras were taken into a battery hen factory - as soon as possible. More >>
Greens Support Ministry Of Tourism
Monday, 20 August 2001, 2:02 pm | Green Party
The Green Party strongly supports the Government decision to establish a new Ministry of Tourism. More >>
Plan Now To Avoid Future Power Crises
Monday, 20 August 2001, 2:01 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said New Zealand needed to develop long-term plans to avoid future power crises due to low hydro lake levels. More >>
Soaring Organics Sales Show NZ's True Advantage
Monday, 20 August 2001, 1:47 pm | Green Party
Green MP and organic farmer Ian Ewen-Street today said figures showing huge growth in organic sales showed what value New Zealanders, and the rest of the world, placed on clean, green and natural food. More >>
Greens Worried About Domestic Dairy Price Rises
Monday, 20 August 2001, 11:50 am | Green Party
Green Party Agriculture Spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street MP today said expected domestic dairy price rises came as a warning to look at how prices were being set by export markets, and how little protection there was to keep prices stable for domestic consumers. More >>
Greens Relieved By Sensible Mine Decision
Monday, 20 August 2001, 9:35 am | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said she was relieved that Conservation Minister Sandra Lee has turned down an application for an extension to a West Coast Gold mine on the Conservation estate. More >>
Greens call for peace monitors in West Bank
Friday, 17 August 2001, 4:57 pm | Green Party
Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Lock today called on the Government to endorse a resolution before the United Nations Security Council for peace monitors to be sent to the West Bank. More >>
Greens call for peace monitors in West Bank
Friday, 17 August 2001, 4:46 pm | Green Party
Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Lock today called on the Government to endorse a resolution before the United Nations Security Council for peace monitors to be sent to the West Bank. More >>
Public has two weeks to stop juggernaut trucks
Friday, 17 August 2001, 2:40 pm | Green Party
New Zealanders have two weeks to let the Government know how they feel about proposals to allow trucks to be five metres longer and 20 tonnes heavier than they currently are, Green MP Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Green MP backs Hurunui mayor
Friday, 17 August 2001, 2:23 pm | Green Party
Green MP and Agriculture Spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street today said he fully supports Hurunui Mayor John Chaffey in his call for New Zealand to be 'environmentally free' of genetically engineered organisms. More >>
Take Back Track To Save Rail - Greens
Friday, 17 August 2001, 10:14 am | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Rod Donald today called again on the Government to take back ownership of the entire New Zealand rail track to secure the future of both freight and passenger services. More >>
Green MP To Visit Waikato, Bay Of Plenty
Friday, 17 August 2001, 10:13 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald will visit Rotorua, Hamilton and Tauranga next week to speak at public meetings, attend the Tourism Industry Association Conference and meet with local mayors. More >>
Appeal To Marlborough Vineyards To Stay GE-Free
Friday, 17 August 2001, 12:55 am | Green Party
Green MP and Agriculture Spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street today wrote to all Marlborough vineyards and wineries urging them to join the campaign for Marlborough to remain a GE-free zone. More >>
Mutated Seaweed A Major Threat
Thursday, 16 August 2001, 2:27 pm | Green Party
A mutated species of tropical seaweed is posing a serious threat to New Zealand's biosecurity, Green MP and Biosecurity Spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street said today. More >>
