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Farmers need to be wary of WTO
Wednesday, 2 May 2001, 11:19 am | Green Party
Green MP Ian Ewen-Street today said while some farmers will welcome a decision by the WTO allowing New Zealand to import lamb to the US, farmers needed to be wary of the flipside of free trade agreements. More >>
Nandor welcomes restorative justice for Nelson
Tuesday, 1 May 2001, 3:25 pm | Green Party
Green Party Justice Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos today welcomed news that a face-to-face restorative justice scheme will begin in Nelson over the next few months. More >>
TVNZ Charter disappointing - Kedgley
Tuesday, 1 May 2001, 3:24 pm | Green Party
Green Party Broadcasting Spokesperson Sue Kedgley today said the new TVNZ Charter was disappointing in both its content and the timeline for its implementation. More >>
Greens urge Govt. to act on planned rail closure
Tuesday, 1 May 2001, 12:35 am | Green Party
Green Party Transport Spokesperson Sue Kedgley is urging the Government to start immediate negotiations to buy back the national rail track after TranzRail today said it was looking to close or mothball some sections of track. More >>
Wine industry under real threat - Greens
Monday, 30 April 2001, 5:24 pm | Green Party
Having just returned from a visit to the decimated vineyards of Southern California Green MP Ian Ewen-Street today said urgent action is required if New Zealand's vineyards are to be saved from a similar fate. More >>
Embryo Go-Ahead Should Wait For Legislation
Monday, 30 April 2001, 2:46 pm | Green Party
The Government should impose a moratorium on new uses of IVF technology, until the Human Assisted Reproduction Bill has been debated and voted on by Parliament, Green Party Health spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Industrial hemp trials at last!
Friday, 27 April 2001, 2:00 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Rod Donald today welcomed Health Minister Annette King's decision to allow trials of industrial hemp in time for the next planting season, saying it was a commonsense move which was long overdue. More >>
Scrapping Community Card Only Way To Equity
Friday, 27 April 2001, 10:02 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Bradford says while a meeting today didn't find a solution to short-term inequities, the Greens and the Government are in agreement that scrapping the Community Services Card is the long-term answer. More >>
Report On New Zealand's Organic Opportunity Timely
Thursday, 26 April 2001, 11:27 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Ian Ewen-Street today welcomed the release of a select committee report on organic food production in New Zealand, saying with food safety such a global concern the report could not be ignored. More >>
Organics Inquiry Released On Thursday
Tuesday, 24 April 2001, 3:32 pm | Green Party
A select committee inquiry into the potential of organic food production in New Zealand will publicly release its report this Thursday (26 April) at Commonsense Organics, 260 Wakefield Street, at 2pm. More >>
Healthcare Eligibility Changes Unacceptable
Tuesday, 24 April 2001, 11:50 am | Green Party
Green Party Social Services Spokesperson Sue Bradford today said Government moves to offer cheaper healthcare to beneficiaries but not to low income workers was unfair and unacceptable. More >>
Locke welcomes Nats' republican leanings
Monday, 23 April 2001, 3:43 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke today welcomed a new openness from the National Party towards New Zealand becoming a republic. More >>
Big business donations highlight ACT hypocrisy
Monday, 23 April 2001, 8:51 am | Green Party
The Green Party says today's Sunday Star Times revelations about the elaborate techniques ACT Party big business backers used to hide the size and sources of its 1996 election funding will lead to ACT's demise. More >>
87% of Kiwis see GE as environmental issue
Monday, 23 April 2001, 8:30 am | Green Party
A Massey University study which found 87 percent of New Zealanders consider genetic modification of plants and animals to be a serious environmental issue showed the depth of feeling about GE, Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
Greens secure intl. opposition to nuclear shipment
Monday, 23 April 2001, 8:29 am | Green Party
Green MP Ian Ewen-Street has secured international opposition to the shipment of nuclear cargoes through other countries exclusive economic zones at the international Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in Havana early this month. More >>
Green charter sets new model for politics
Wednesday, 18 April 2001, 9:25 am | Green Party
The signing of a Green charter on the final day of the Global Greens conference in Canberra yesterday heralded a new model for politics, Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
First step to nuclear-free world - Green Bill
Wednesday, 18 April 2001, 9:23 am | Green Party
"If Prime Minister Helen Clark is serious about campaigning for a nuclear-free world then she has no choice but to fully back my bill which would keep all nuclear ships and shipments out of our waters," Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons ... More >>
Aus and NZ Greens to keep food standards high
Wednesday, 18 April 2001, 9:22 am | Green Party
Australian and New Zealand Greens will together oppose moves to establish a weaker food standards authority, following a unanimous resolution at the Global Greens conference yesterday. More >>
Public and parliamentary scrutiny needed over BSE
Wednesday, 18 April 2001, 8:57 am | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Sue Kedgley today said scrutiny from both parliament and the public was needed to assess the effectiveness of the New Zealand response to BSE, now that it is likely to become a global epidemic. More >>
Greens Want Gov't To Examine Compensation Question
Thursday, 12 April 2001, 3:37 pm | Green Party
Green Party Health spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today that the Government should consider whether compensation, including lumpsum, for medical misadventure is adequate in light of the Gisborne cancer smear inquiry findings. More >>
