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Greens support Sanford workers
Thursday, 5 July 2001, 4:35 pm | Green Party
Green Party Labour Spokesperson Sue Bradford today sent a supporting letter to the striking workers at the Sanford fish factories in Bluff and Timaru. More >>
Greens correct Act figures on truck fatal crashes
Thursday, 5 July 2001, 1:19 pm | Green Party
Accusations from the Act Party that the Greens were using incorrect statistics in measuring the role of trucks in road fatalities have been proven incorrect. More >>
Greens shocked by Government about face on ACC
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 5:57 pm | Green Party
Green Party ACC Spokesperson Sue Bradford today called on the Government to reverse its sudden decision to renege on its offer of ACC premium refunds to self-employed people who where overcharged last year. More >>
Wine Producers Should Be Wary Of GE Efforts
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 3:43 pm | Green Party
Marlborough-based Green MP Ian Ewen-Street today said New Zealand wine producers should be wary of international efforts to genetically engineer grape vines. More >>
Exclude Spying On Foreign Missions From GCSB Bill
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 2:45 pm | Green Party
Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke today asked Prime Minister Helen Clark to amend Government Communications Security Bureau Bill to specifically exclude Government spy agencies from spying on diplomatic missions in New Zealand More >>
Toxics And Trucks Just Don't Mix
Tuesday, 3 July 2001, 4:38 pm | Green Party
Green Party Transport Spokesperson Sue Kedgley today said a 10 tonne formeldehyde spill, caused after two trucks collided near Kaikoura, showed the urgent need to get toxic chemicals off our roads and onto rail wherever possible. More >>
Supertruck Proposal Must Be Rejected
Monday, 2 July 2001, 9:48 am | Green Party
Green Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today urged Transport Minister Mark Gosche to reject a proposal to increase the maximum length of trucks by five metres and the weight by nearly 50 per cent to 62 tonnes and instead make a commitment to having ... More >>
Cops Blow It With Student Strip Search
Friday, 29 June 2001, 4:42 pm | Green Party
Green Party Youth Affairs Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos today said the police had blown an opportunity to educate young people about the risks of drug abuse by strip searching five students on suspicion of possessing cannabis. More >>
No Progress Yet Towards Kyoto
Thursday, 28 June 2001, 3:40 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said that the latest annual report on New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions showed that carbon dioxide emissions are growing as fast as ever. More >>
How Can Overfishing Possibly Be Sustainable?
Thursday, 28 June 2001, 12:30 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today asked why the Hoki fishery needed a 20 per cent quota reduction just three months after it had been publicly launched and promoted as a sustainably managed fishery. More >>
Strong Greens support for Maori Television Channel
Wednesday, 27 June 2001, 8:37 am | Green Party
The Green Party is challenging the Government to finalise arrangements of the Maori TV channel and to work more closely with the mandated negotiating team, Te Awhiorangi Te Reo Maori Television Trust. More >>
Rail Passenger Service Cuts Risk Fragmentation
Tuesday, 26 June 2001, 3:03 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is brokering a cross-party accord between MPs, local body leaders and stakeholders such as tourism operators in an attempt to keep five axed or threatened rail passenger services running. More >>
Greens Want TVNZ's Independence Guaranteed In Law
Tuesday, 26 June 2001, 9:54 am | Green Party
Green party Broadcasting Spokesperson Sue Kedgley said the Green Party supported the idea of giving more weight to TVNZ's public service objectives and quality programming by converting the organisation into a new Crown Owned Company. More >>
Time for country to rally to save rail
Monday, 25 June 2001, 3:03 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Rod Donald today called for all New Zealanders to get behind a campaign to save rail in New Zealand as freight lines and passenger services now hang in the balance. More >>
Gov't should raise West Papua with Wahid
Monday, 25 June 2001, 9:09 am | Green Party
Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke wants the West Papuan issue raised with Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid when he visits here this week. More >>
Scoop Images: Green MPs In Motorway Protest
Friday, 22 June 2001, 11:46 am | Green Party
See also… 'Bypass' decision puts Wellington's name at risk and Green MPs To Protest Inner City 'Bypass' More >>
World Trade Organisation Not Working - Greens
Friday, 22 June 2001, 10:54 am | Green Party
Green Party Agriculture Spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street MP today said the whole fiasco with the WTO case involving New Zealand lamb imports to the United States highlighted serious flaws in binding free trade deals. More >>
Consumers Need Soy Sauce Answers Quickly
Friday, 22 June 2001, 10:42 am | Green Party
Green Safe Food spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today the Health Ministry should act swiftly to protect consumers and find out whether carcinogen-containing soy sauces are on New Zealand shelves. More >>
Domestic Dairy Price Hikes Globalisation's Fault
Friday, 22 June 2001, 12:30 am | Green Party
Green Party Agriculture Spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street MP today said globalisation was one of the main reasons why New Zealanders were facing up to a 22 per cent price hike for domestically produced dairy products. More >>
Green MPs To Protest Inner City 'Bypass'
Thursday, 21 June 2001, 2:42 pm | Green Party
Green MPs Sue Kedgley and Nandor Tanczos will this evening join a protest against the proposed inner city 'bypass' which, if ever built, would push a multi-lane motorway extension through the heart of Te Aro. More >>
