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Need For Chemical Trespass Bill Urgent
Wednesday, 15 March 2000, 2:35 pm | Green Party
The Green Party will today in Parliament challenge the Government to outlaw spray drift at any level. As one way of achieving this the party will strongly urge the government to pick up the Agricultural Chemical Trespass Bill, which Labour supported ... More >>
Greens support chemical trespass ban
Tuesday, 14 March 2000, 4:38 pm | Green Party
Green co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said the four and a half year delay in recognising the poisoning of a Northland farmer by chemical spray drift highlighted the extreme difficulty victims have in establishing their claim and obtaining redress. More >>
Greens to host whistleblower journalists
Monday, 13 March 2000, 1:57 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley is hosting a visit on Tuesday 21 March from two American journalists at the centre of an international scandal involving Fox TV, Monsanto and the use of a genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rBGH). More >>
Greens to support Employment Relations Bill
Monday, 13 March 2000, 1:56 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today pledged to support the Government's Employment Relations Bill which will repeal the 1991 Employment Contracts Act. More >>
Greens make two key appointments
Monday, 13 March 2000, 9:42 am | Green Party
Danna combines a good knowledge of Parliament, the Wellington bureaucracy and the Green Party. She was secretary to Green MP Rod Donald in 1997 and before that, in 1994, to Alliance Leader Jim Anderton. She has worked in the public service since ... More >>
Cancel F-16s and sell Skyhawks
Monday, 13 March 2000, 9:41 am | Green Party
Green Party Defence spokesperson Keith Locke today sent a letter to Prime Minister Helen Clark, giving the Green Party's backing for the cancellation of the F-16 contract. Mr Locke also urged the Government to go further and sell off New Zealand's fleet ... More >>
Greens welcome biodiversity partnership
Friday, 10 March 2000, 1:56 pm | Green Party
Jeanette Fitzsimons today welcomed the prospect of a new partnership between the Government and private land owners aimed at protecting what remains of New Zealand's biodiversity. More >>
Greens open-minded on super changes
Thursday, 9 March 2000, 4:12 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is keeping an open mind on superannuation changes proposed in yesterday's budget policy statement, Green Co-Leader Rod Donald said today. More >>
Greens welcome Budget Policy Goals
Wednesday, 8 March 2000, 4:19 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald today welcomed the goals set out by the Government in the Budget Policy Statement. More >>
Keeping Cannabis Out Of Schools - Nandor Tanczos
Wednesday, 8 March 2000, 4:01 pm | Green Party
Several commentators and MPs from other parties have misrepresented the stance taken by MP Nandor Tanczos over the cannabis issue. This article, written by Nandor, aims at trying to make his position clear. More >>
Labour Would Lose All List MPs In 99 Seat Parlt..
Sunday, 5 March 2000, 4:48 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald says he hopes the public is open to persuasion on the size of parliament since last year's indicative referendum overwhelmingly voted to cut the number of MPs from 120 to 99. More >>
Work to do before meaningful Kyoto ratification
Friday, 3 March 2000, 4:09 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today there was a lot of work to do before New Zealand could meaningfully ratify the Kyoto Protocol. More >>
Demand For Organics Highlights Huge Opportunity
Thursday, 2 March 2000, 5:48 pm | Green Party
Green Party agriculture spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street today welcomed news that New Zealand organic exports are growing at 20 per cent per year, but said the growth could be much faster as global demand soars. More >>
Consumer rep. needed to GE food meeting
Thursday, 2 March 2000, 1:55 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley is asking the Government to include a consumer representative in the New Zealand delegation to an international meeting on the safety of genetically engineered food. More >>
Challenging PM's assurances over Echelon
Thursday, 2 March 2000, 1:54 pm | Green Party
Over the past two weeks there has been massive media interest, particularly in Europe, around allegations that the Echelon electronic spy network, of which New Zealand's Waihopai station is a part, is engaged in commercial espionage. More >>
Voluntary ad ban for kids not enough - Kedgley
Wednesday, 1 March 2000, 10:37 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley has welcomed the Government's commitment to eliminate advertisements during children's TV shows, but does not believe that a voluntary ban would work. More >>
Greens welcome Ministry of Commerce transformation
Tuesday, 29 February 2000, 3:16 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald today welcomed the transformation of the Ministry of Commerce into the Ministry for Economic Development. More >>
Greens delighted at King Salmon backdown
Friday, 25 February 2000, 4:29 pm | Green Party
Green party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said she was delighted at today's news that the King Salmon Company were to stop genetic engineering experiments on their salmon. More >>
Greens urge students to make submissions on WINZ
Friday, 25 February 2000, 1:04 pm | Green Party
Green co-leader Rod Donald is urging tertiary students across the country to write submissions for the Ministerial review into WINZ. More >>
Progress on industrial hemp at last
Friday, 25 February 2000, 10:32 am | Green Party
The Green Party is pleased the new Government has announced that it supports in principle the lifting of the moratorium on the issuing of licences to grow industrial hemp. More >>
