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Time for New Zealand to embrace organic future
Sunday, 14 May 2000, 7:53 pm | Green Party
A major conference on organic production in New Zealand kicks off next weekend with the Green Party saying the time has never been better for New Zealand to embrace organic agriculture. More >>
Greens support inquiry into police intelligence
Friday, 12 May 2000, 4:02 pm | Green Party
Green Party Justice spokesperson Nandor Tanczos said he supports today's call by Professor Jane Kelsey and a large group of individuals and organisations for a select committee inquiry into the role of the Criminal Intelligence Service (CIS) of the ... More >>
Fitzsimons Wins Inquiry Into Climate Change
Friday, 12 May 2000, 2:46 pm | Green Party
Local government has a critical role to play in helping New Zealand meet its climate change commitments, Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today after a decision that her proposal for a select committee inquiry was to go ahead. More >>
Tariff (Zero Duty Removal) Amendment - Greens
Friday, 12 May 2000, 2:44 pm | Green Party
I rise to inform the House that The Green Party will support the bill, but we did strongly oppose it being introduced under urgency. More >>
Precautionary approach for cell phones needed
Friday, 12 May 2000, 12:20 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley said New Zealand needs to take a precautionary approach to cell phones and take measures to lower the risk of exposure to them, including the possibility of health warnings, in the light of a new report recommending that ... More >>
Massive timber backlog shows true logging scale
Thursday, 11 May 2000, 5:21 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today said the true scale of native logging on the West Coast could be seen by a huge build-up of rimu logs at the Ruatapu mill on the West Coast. More >>
Nominations Still Open For New Technology
Thursday, 11 May 2000, 8:47 am | Green Party
New Zealand’s innovative businesses still have time to submit their nominations for the country’s new Technology Commendations. More >>
First Green Bill,First Challenge To Climate Change
Thursday, 11 May 2000, 8:42 am | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today welcomed the passing of her Energy Efficiency and Conservation Bill, saying New Zealand was finally tackling the issue of climate change. More >>
Greens secure Govt action on Family Court review
Thursday, 11 May 2000, 8:41 am | Green Party
The Green Party have secured an agreement from the government that a review of Family Court procedures and the Guardianship Act will be undertaken, to improve access between children and non-custodial parents. More >>
WINZ Needs More Than A Name Change
Thursday, 11 May 2000, 12:42 am | Green Party
Green Party Social Services spokesperson Sue Bradford today said WINZ needed more than a name change if it was to provide adequate services to people seeking jobs. More >>
Intelligence and Security Committee Repeal Bill
Wednesday, 10 May 2000, 5:04 pm | Green Party
The Alliance has told Green MP Keith Locke that they will be supporting his private members bill, likely to come up tonight, which would abolish the Intelligence and Security Committee. More >>
Greens Oppose Urgency For Tariff Bill
Wednesday, 10 May 2000, 12:44 am | Green Party
The Green Party says it objects to Government plans to push through a bill under urgency on Thursday to freeze tariffs on imports at current levels. More >>
Greens support new tobacco taxes - with conditions
Tuesday, 9 May 2000, 8:52 pm | Green Party
The Green Party supported today's tax rise on tobacco but in return have been given assurances by the government that they will investigate increasing state-funding for quit-smoking projects for Community Service Card holders. More >>
Transport reform crucial to Kyoto target - Greens
Tuesday, 9 May 2000, 8:42 am | Green Party
The Green Party today welcomed signs that reduction of transport emissions had been taken out of the "too-hard" basket. More >>
Timberlands steps up Orikaka logging
Monday, 8 May 2000, 4:37 pm | Green Party
As Cabinet debates the future of native forest logging on the West Coast, the Green party says Timberlands is intensifying its logging - effectively clearfelling parts of the Orikaka Forest. More >>
Prebble a blast from the past on roading
Monday, 8 May 2000, 2:06 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today said the ACT Party was decades behind the times in failing to recognise workable solutions to city transport and congestion problems. More >>
Parliament should counter corporate patronage
Monday, 8 May 2000, 2:05 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Rod Donald is urging parliament to face up to the need for adequate state funding of political parties to even-up the electoral playing field. More >>
Greens pleased ERMA undertake GE testing
Monday, 8 May 2000, 8:48 am | Green Party
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said she was pleased with an undertaking from the Environmental Risk Management Authority last week to test organisms suspected of being illegal genetically engineered imports. More >>
Unauthorised GE work should be halted now
Friday, 5 May 2000, 10:30 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley said today all work on recently discovered unauthorised genetic engineering experiments should be halted at once, until the Environmental Risk Management Authority has looked at these experiments and decided how to proceed. More >>
Green MP Keith Locke Speech Matrimonial Property
Thursday, 4 May 2000, 5:01 pm | Green Party
I rise to speak as probably the member of this Parliament with the longest experience of a de facto relationship. I have been in a de facto relationship with my partner for over 20 years. More >>
