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Greens Lodge Road Traffic Reduction Bill
Thursday, 21 September 2000, 12:41 am | Green Party
To mark International Car Free Day Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today lodged a bill in the members ballot which would reduce the amount of road traffic across the country. More >>
Sue Kedgley on a scooter for Car Free Day
Wednesday, 20 September 2000, 9:54 pm | Green Party
All seven Green Party MPs will be handing out organic apples to commuters at the Wellington Railway Station tomorrow morning to celebrate and mark international car free day. More >>
Speech By Nandor Tanczos In Parliament Today
Wednesday, 20 September 2000, 4:15 pm | Green Party
Today I want to talk about the underpaid and the poor, the sufferers of New Zealand and overseas. More >>
Tanczos To Speak In Parliament On WEF
Wednesday, 20 September 2000, 1:18 pm | Green Party
One week after returning from representing the Green Party at the protests over the World Economic Forum in Melbourne, Nandor Tanczos will be making a speech on both the WEF and the real implications of free trade and globalisation in parliament this ... More >>
Amnesty Arrangement Should Go Further - Greens
Wednesday, 20 September 2000, 9:40 am | Green Party
Green Party Immigration spokesperson Keith Locke has welcomed the amnesty for some long-term overstayers, but says the coverage should have been broader. More >>
Greens Return Sweat Shop 'Spots' To Telecom
Wednesday, 20 September 2000, 12:51 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald is returning seven 'Spot' soft toys to Telecom because he is concerned they were probably made by young girls in Chinese sweat shops. More >>
“Go Green to save the Planet” - Rod Donald
Tuesday, 19 September 2000, 6:49 pm | Green Party
He mihi aroha, tena koutou katoa. I’m absolutely delighted to be invited to speak to you today as part of your Green Week activities. I think it’s great that Kuranui College has a week of activities each year to highlight the need to look after our ... More >>
New Zealand must learn Australia's energy lessons
Monday, 18 September 2000, 3:41 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said New Zealand should learn from the lessons of the deregulated Australian electricity industry. More >>
Demand for safe food continues to soar
Monday, 18 September 2000, 2:36 pm | Green Party
Green Party Agriculture Spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street today said the benefits to New Zealand of switching to organics were becoming clearer with every passing day, and the facts were now impossible to ignore. More >>
NZ Should Look Closer To Home On Whaling - Greens
Friday, 15 September 2000, 9:36 am | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is urging the Government to follow the lead of the United States and ban Japanese fishing boats from New Zealand waters in response to Japan's expanded whaling effort. More >>
Committee Scrutiny of Singapore FTA a shocker
Thursday, 14 September 2000, 6:28 pm | Green Party
The Green Party says it shocked by today's decision by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee to give the public only nine days to make submissions on the Singapore Free Trade Agreement. More >>
Advertising Before Education In Tertiary Sector
Thursday, 14 September 2000, 5:06 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today said increased competition for students by tertiary institutions was further increasing barriers to tertiary education. More >>
Kedgley Concerned ERMA Pressuring Maori Committee
Thursday, 14 September 2000, 4:41 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley said she was concerned to learn that the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) was applying pressure on its Maori Advisory Committee to back out of a legal challenge it had joined against an ERMA decision. More >>
NZ Green action in Australia on free trade
Wednesday, 13 September 2000, 4:49 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is moving from the streets to the select committee rooms in Australia in its opposition to free trade. More >>
Greens Welcome Cannabis Inquiry
Wednesday, 13 September 2000, 3:08 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today said it was very pleased that the terms of reference for an inquiry into cannabis had been accepted by the Health Select Committee. More >>
Returning Green MPs To Discuss Protests
Wednesday, 13 September 2000, 10:36 am | Green Party
Green MPs Rod Donald, Nandor Tanczos and Sue Bradford will be holding a press conference in the Green Party caucus room, 14th floor Bowen House at 4.30pm today. More >>
Greens deplore police violence in Melbourne
Tuesday, 12 September 2000, 2:31 pm | Green Party
Australian police have over-reacted against demonstrators at the World Economic Forum in Melbourne, New Zealand Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald said today. More >>
Greens support Alliance on Singapore FTA
Tuesday, 12 September 2000, 6:53 am | Green Party
The Green Party is pleased the Alliance Party has stuck to its principles and joined the Greens in opposing the Singapore free trade agreement, Greens Co-Leader Rod Donald said today. More >>
Exclude Indonesia From Naval Symposium
Monday, 11 September 2000, 4:08 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke wants New Zealand to advocate Indonesia's exclusion from a naval symposium scheduled to take place in Auckland in early November. More >>
Comments On Air Quality Welcomed But Action Needed
Monday, 11 September 2000, 1:02 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today welcomed positive noises from the Government on vehicle emissions and air quality but said the time for reports and research has gone and now is the time for action. More >>
