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Green Stand Vindicated On Jailing Of Algerian
Tuesday, 23 May 2000, 5:08 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke says his opposition to the jailing of an Algerian asylum seeker has been vindicated by the granting of refugee status to the man. More >>
Greens Request Second Look At Property Bill
Tuesday, 23 May 2000, 2:20 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has asked the Government to refer changes to the Matrimonial Property Amendment Bill (to be called the Property Relationships Bill) back to a select committee. More >>
New Forum urged to reach quick consensus
Tuesday, 23 May 2000, 2:01 pm | Green Party
Conservation and Associate Maori Affairs Minister Hon Sandra Lee has urged the inaugural meeting of the Hauraki Gulf Forum in Auckland today to come to a quick consensus on priorities. More >>
National Dioxin Standards Required Immediately
Tuesday, 23 May 2000, 1:03 pm | Green Party
New Zealand urgently needs to develop national environmental standards on dioxin emissions, in light of a report soon to be released by the United States Government on the carcinogenic effects of dioxin, Green MP Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Wegtn Council wise to question roading project
Tuesday, 23 May 2000, 10:16 am | Green Party
The Wellington City Council is right to question the wisdom of proceeding with Transmission Gully, Wellington Green MP Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Urgent hearing needed on illegal factory discharge
Tuesday, 23 May 2000, 10:08 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley is calling for a full and urgent public hearing to determine whether a resource consent should be given to the Chemcolour pesticide factory in Glenfield, which has been producing air discharges illegally. More >>
Greens concerned at "creeping coup"
Monday, 22 May 2000, 2:50 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Keith Locke today said he is concerned that the "creeping coup" may take hold in Fiji. More >>
Ian Ewen-Street Address Organics 2000 Conference
Monday, 22 May 2000, 2:01 pm | Green Party
Keynote Adress for Organics 2020 Conference 20 May 2000 Ian Ewen-Street MP Green Party Spokesperson for Agriculture, Education and Biosecurity More >>
GE and organics not compatible
Friday, 19 May 2000, 1:59 pm | Green Party
The revelation yesterday that genetically engineered pollen has contaminated crops and honey in England is irrefutable evidence that organics and genetic engineering cannot exist side by side, Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said from the 2020 ... More >>
Praise for local funding
Thursday, 18 May 2000, 5:36 pm | Green Party
The Green Party congratulates the Government for its $5 million boost to New Zealand-focussed television programmes and especially children's television. More >>
Strong Green Presence At Organics Conference
Thursday, 18 May 2000, 3:56 pm | Green Party
The Green Party will be the best-represented political party at tomorrow's major conference on the future of organic production in New Zealand, with three MPs attending. More >>
No "Security Reason" For Detaining Asylum Seeker
Wednesday, 17 May 2000, 5:55 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke today rejected the Minister of Immigration's justification for detaining an Algerian asylum seeker in Mt Eden prison for over two months. More >>
Nandor Speech On Prisons
Wednesday, 17 May 2000, 4:28 pm | Green Party
Speech by Nandor Tanczos MP Green Party Justice Spokesperson General Debate Slot 1 New Prison at Ngawha More >>
Car prices increase despite free trade
Wednesday, 17 May 2000, 12:51 am | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Rod Donald says National Party predictions that the cost of new cars would fall as a result of tariff cuts have failed to materialise. More >>
New Prison Highlights Further Failings Of System
Tuesday, 16 May 2000, 2:59 pm | Green Party
Green Party Justice spokesperson Nandor Tanczos today said that Corrections Minister Matt Robson appeared to have been captured by his officials in agreeing to a new 350 bed prison at Ngawha. More >>
Brownlee, Donald to debate tariffs, not forests
Tuesday, 16 May 2000, 1:32 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald says he intends to debate the impact on West Coast jobs of successive governments’ tariff reduction policies, not the end of native forest logging when he faces off against National MP Gerry Brownlee on the West Coast. More >>
Gov't sets "dangerous" precedent with rimu call
Monday, 15 May 2000, 8:50 pm | Green Party
15 May 2000 Government logging decision sets dangerous precedent The Green Party described the government's announcement of two more years' rimu logging as a dangerous precedent that it will back off its environmental policies under pressure. More >>
Continued jailing of asylum seekers condemned
Monday, 15 May 2000, 4:13 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke has criticised the Immigration Service for continuing to imprison asylum seekers, after visiting an Algerian asylum seeker who has been jailed in Mt Eden for two months. More >>
350 cigarette additives should be published
Monday, 15 May 2000, 9:47 am | Green Party
Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley today said all 350 chemicals which are added to cigarettes should be published on the Ministry of Health website along with full information about these additives, including any health and safety concerns. More >>
Greens expect Cabinet to act on rimu logging
Monday, 15 May 2000, 9:35 am | Green Party
The Green Party is providing a paper to Cabinet arguing for a prompt end to Timberlands rimu logging. The paper will be publicly available after tomorrow's Cabinet meeting. More >>
