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National's cannabis petition an absolute disgrace
Thursday, 13 July 2000, 1:30 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today condemned the National Party's petition calling for Parliament to avoid facing the need to change the cannabis laws as a shameless effort to score cheap political points. More >>
Gov't Could Resuscitate Mataura Mill
Thursday, 13 July 2000, 11:41 am | Green Party
The Government could resuscitate the Mataura paper mill by committing to purchasing copy paper for all Government departments and Crown agencies from the Carter Holt Harvey plant, Green co-leader Rod Donald said today. More >>
Greens angry at Varroa Mite decision
Wednesday, 12 July 2000, 3:55 pm | Green Party
The Government decision not to eradicate the Varroa bee mite ensures that New Zealand's honey and bee industries will never again be the same, Green Party Agriculture spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street said today. More >>
TransAlta price rise outrageous
Wednesday, 12 July 2000, 2:50 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has slammed TransAlta's decision to double its fixed charge to electricity customers, saying it will set back efforts to improve energy efficiency. Last night energy retailer TransAlta doubled its fixed charge to customers, significantly increasing ... More >>
Fijian peacekeepers should go home - Greens
Wednesday, 12 July 2000, 11:54 am | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke wants Fijiian troops under New Zealand command to be sent home from East Timor, and Fiji to be excluded from all future UN peacekeeping missions. More >>
GE conference rehashing tired myths
Monday, 10 July 2000, 5:08 pm | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos today said it was little wonder the public were suspicious of genetic engineering when the biotechnology industry kept rehashing tired myths as fact in an unscrupulous effort to justify their work. More >>
Clinton should cancel missile defence plan
Monday, 10 July 2000, 8:55 am | Green Party
The Green Party wants pressure put on President Bill Clinton to shut down the United States' National Missile Defence programme. More >>
French judge to investigate Kiwi spy base
Friday, 7 July 2000, 1:17 pm | Green Party
Green MP Rod Donald today said news that France has launched a judicial investigation into the ECHELON spy network, of which New Zealand is a part, is the latest manifestation of growing international concern about the eavesdropping network. More >>
Fitzsimons: Nuclear Free Zone Extension Bill
Thursday, 6 July 2000, 11:40 am | Green Party
Jeanette Fitzsimons, Green Party co-leader Nuclear Free Zone Extension Bill - first reading speech 05 July 2000 More >>
The Employment Relations Bill Is Not Enough
Thursday, 6 July 2000, 11:03 am | Green Party
Today I want to destroy a myth; a widespread misconception about the Employment Relations Bill. Most people out there, I suggest, believe that this new piece of Government legislation will greatly improve life for workers. For some workers it will, and ... More >>
Local Elections (Single Transferable Vote Option)
Thursday, 6 July 2000, 10:21 am | Green Party
I move that the Local Elections (Single Transferable Vote Option) Bill be now read a first time. More >>
Enhanced democracy for local bodies on the way
Thursday, 6 July 2000, 10:09 am | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Rod Donald tonight said he was delighted that his private members bill, which would give local authorities the option of the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system, had passed its first reading and been sent to Select Committee. More >>
Gov't top up Green quit-smoking plan
Wednesday, 5 July 2000, 3:43 pm | Green Party
The Green Party's largest budget initiative, $4 million to fund quit-smoking programmes for low-income smokers, will be underway by summer. More >>
Greens applaud whale sanctuary effort
Wednesday, 5 July 2000, 1:02 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said she was disappointed that the International Whaling Commission defeated a proposal to create a South Pacific whale sanctuary this afternoon. More >>
Bradford To Receive ERB Petition At Parliament
Wednesday, 5 July 2000, 11:44 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Bradford will today receive a 60,000 signature petition from NZ Post contractors concerned that the Employment Relations Bill could force them to become employees against their wishes. More >>
Blood Donors Must Consent Before DNA Added
Tuesday, 4 July 2000, 2:40 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said revelations that a woman's DNA had been taken from a blood sample and used to create transgenic sheep without her consent had serious implications for blood donors. More >>
Green MP Calls For Review Of Pipeline Project
Monday, 3 July 2000, 2:25 pm | Green Party
Green MP Nandor Tanczos launched a petition today calling on Auckland local authorities and the MP for Auckland Central Judith Tizard to review the Waikato Pipeline Project. Construction of the pipeline is planned to start in late August. More >>
Big Backdown Looms On GE Labelling - Kedgley
Sunday, 2 July 2000, 7:21 pm | Green Party
Health Minister Annette King must stand firm against the executioner's axe facing the proposed transtasman genetically engineered food labelling scheme, the Green Party said today. More >>
GE scientists "slapped with a wet tea-towel"
Friday, 30 June 2000, 5:45 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley said scientists had received "a slap over the wrist with a wet tea-towel" after being caught doing unauthorised genetic engineering experiments, some of which involved human genes. More >>
Tanczos welcomes review of driver licences
Friday, 30 June 2000, 12:27 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Nandor Tanczos today welcomed the Government's announcement of a review of the new photo driver licences. More >>
