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Greens congratulate Westland District Council
Friday, 16 March 2001, 5:18 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has congratulated the Westland District Council on its decision yesterday to adopt a strategic initiative to protect and restore the damaged natural environment. More >>
UK food crisis highlights NZ's GE-Free advantage
Friday, 16 March 2001, 5:13 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said the Green Party's vision for New Zealand as the producer of the world's cleanest, safest food had never looked better in light of recurring food safety issues in Europe. More >>
Greens Call For Imported Timber To Be Certified
Thursday, 15 March 2001, 2:11 pm | Green Party
Green Party Forestry Spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street MP today called upon the Government to ban the importation of all timber and timber products not certified as sustainable by the Forest Stewardship Council. More >>
Abandon Prison Plans For Ngawha - Nandor
Thursday, 15 March 2001, 2:03 pm | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos has called on Minister of Corrections Matt Robson to abandon his plans to build a prison at Ngawha after the project was denied resource consent today. More >>
Gambling: A Green Perspective
Thursday, 15 March 2001, 10:26 am | Green Party
First of all, I'd like to express my thanks to the organisers of this Conference for extending an invitation to myself as a Green Party representative to have some input on such a significant day. More >>
Winston Peters Suffers Memory Loss
Thursday, 15 March 2001, 10:24 am | Green Party
The Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald says Winston Peters calls for defecting MPs to be thrown out of parliament contradicts his own statements when Michael Laws, Peter McCardle and Jack Elder defected to NZ First. More >>
Greens on final day of GE Commission - Advisory
Wednesday, 14 March 2001, 5:54 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons will make the Green Party's closing submission to the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification, on the final day of hearings, at 9.30 tomorrow (Thursday) morning, Dalmuir House, 114 The Terrace, Wellington. More >>
Plans for Wilton pylon upgrade concern Kedgley
Wednesday, 14 March 2001, 5:38 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley is alarmed at Transpower's plans to run high voltage overhead powerlines over a school and residential area in the Otari / Wilton area on a full time basis. More >>
End Participation In US Taskforce In Kuwait
Wednesday, 14 March 2001, 10:39 am | Green Party
Green Defence spokesperson Keith Locke is urging the government to end its involvement in the US-led taskforce in Kuwait, following the accidental death of a New Zealand Army officer yesterday. More >>
Greens Make Budget Funding Bid For EUB
Wednesday, 14 March 2001, 12:35 am | Green Party
While students around the country protest against the failure of the Government to introduce the Emergency Unemployment Benefit over the summer, the Greens today said they are negotiating with the Government for funding in the current budget round ... More >>
Greens Support More Pressure Over EUB
Tuesday, 13 March 2001, 11:55 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Bradford said the Greens fully supported a national day of action by students to put more pressure on the Government to reintroduce the Emergency Unemployment Benefit over the summer. More >>
No More Schools Near Pylons
Tuesday, 13 March 2001, 11:05 am | Green Party
Green Party Health spokesperson Sue Kedgley is calling for the prohibition of pylons or high voltage transmission wires near schools. More >>
Greens urge students to look at records on EUB
Tuesday, 13 March 2001, 9:33 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Bradford says students should be sceptical of politicans claiming they back the reintroduction of the Emergency Unemployment Benefit for students over the summer break. More >>
Greens welcome more dollars for biosecurity
Tuesday, 13 March 2001, 9:15 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Ian Ewen-Street today said he was pleased with an extra $4.5 million of spending on protecting New Zealand's borders. More >>
GE hearings would educate Cullen
Tuesday, 13 March 2001, 9:12 am | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is inviting Deputy Leader Michael Cullen to attend her closing presentation to the commission into genetic engineering on Thursday, so that he can get a better grasp on the risks of the technology. More >>
Cloning Rules Urgently Needed
Monday, 12 March 2001, 12:30 am | Green Party
New Zealand urgently needs rules on human cloning and other issues surrounding human reproductive technology, Green Party MP and Health spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Greens Call For Ban On Imported California Grapes
Friday, 9 March 2001, 11:35 am | Green Party
Green Party Biosecurity Spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street MP today called on the Government to ban the import of Californian grape products as vineyards in California continue to be devastated by Pierce's Disease. More >>
More GE Food Heads For Our Shelves
Thursday, 8 March 2001, 4:31 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said consumers will be angry to learn that more genetically engineered foods have been approved for sale in New Zealand, even while a Royal Commission is sitting to consider what role GE should play in ... More >>
Greens Welcome Frigate Replacement
Thursday, 8 March 2001, 3:12 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke has welcomed government moves to replace the frigate Canterbury with patrol craft. More >>
Think Carefully On Macraes Mine
Thursday, 8 March 2001, 3:08 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today called on the Government to think carefully before approving Macraes' access application for its proposed Reefton gold mine. More >>
