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Loan Changes A Move In The Right Direction
Monday, 14 February 2000, 9:44 am | Green Party
Green Party tertiary education spokesperson Michael Tritt today welcomed student loan changes which will allow part-time students to earn more before they are charged interest. More >>
Maiden Speech - Nandor Tanczos
Friday, 11 February 2000, 1:56 pm | Green Party
I give greetings to the earth that sustains all life and to the sea that surrounds us I greet this house, that has watched over so many important decisions I greet the spirits that guide and protect I&I and I greet the guardians of this area ... More >>
Greens take third spot: NBR ignore own poll
Friday, 11 February 2000, 1:23 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is leading the smaller parties in the latest National Business Review - Compaq poll. More >>
WINZ Paralysis Threatens Community Groups
Wednesday, 9 February 2000, 5:50 pm | Green Party
Hundreds of community groups have been starved of funding for the last six months, because funding applications are log-jammed at Work and Income New Zealand head office, Green Party MP Sue Bradford said today. More >>
Sue Kedgley Maiden Speech
Wednesday, 9 February 2000, 5:48 pm | Green Party
Mr Speaker, it is an auspicious time to enter Parliament -at the start of a new century and a new millennium, as a member of a new party in Parliament, working with a new government with a bold new agenda for change. I detect a more optimistic mood in ... More >>
Address in Reply Speech - Rod Donald
Wednesday, 9 February 2000, 5:46 pm | Green Party
Three years ago when I delivered my maiden speech in this house I talked of mixed emotions: elation, sadness and trepidation. There was a certain amount of nervousness as well. Today the elation is magnified. Then it was because New Zealand finally ... More >>
WINZ Error Bad Omen for Students - Greens
Wednesday, 9 February 2000, 2:57 pm | Green Party
A WINZ computer error which sent incorrect loan forms to 22,000 students is a bad omen for students, Green Party tertiary education spokesperson Michael Tritt said today. More >>
WINZ blunder a bad omen for students
Wednesday, 9 February 2000, 1:42 pm | Green Party
A WINZ computer error which sent incorrect loan forms to 22,000 students is a bad omen for students, Green Party tertiary education spokesperson Michael Tritt said today. More >>
Address in Reply Speech - Jeanette Fitzsimons
Wednesday, 9 February 2000, 11:20 am | Green Party
In the South Pacific it is a tradition going back hundreds, if not thousands of years, to begin a significant speech by paying homage to those who have gone before, and to greet those who are here today. More >>
Sue Bradford - Maiden Speech
Wednesday, 9 February 2000, 10:27 am | Green Party
I am honoured to stand here today as one of the first group of Green MPs to be elected in our own right to what has now become a more truly representative House of Representatives. I pay tribute to all those people who have worked for this day in the nearly thirty ... More >>
Green Party Praises Monsanto
Tuesday, 8 February 2000, 12:43 am | Green Party
The Green Party today welcomed Monsanto's decision to withdraw its application to field test genetically engineered wheat in New Zealand. More >>
Report shows need for immediate end to logging
Friday, 4 February 2000, 1:54 pm | Green Party
Green co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said a report showing 90 per cent of the native forests controlled by Timberlands have significant conservation value vindicated a long-running Green campaign to end all native logging on public land. More >>
Voluntary Moratorium Avoids Debate in House
Thursday, 3 February 2000, 4:49 pm | Green Party
A voluntary moratorium on commercial releases of genetically engineered organisms is intended to circumvent parliamentary discussion on whether to extend the ban to field trials, Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
Electricity Inquiry Misses Important Point - Green
Thursday, 3 February 2000, 2:16 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today the inquiry into the electricity industry had missed an important point about the need to reform energy use in New Zealand. More >>
Greens Not Opposed to GE for Medical Research
Wednesday, 2 February 2000, 1:06 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley has rebutted a National Party claim that the Greens oppose all medical research involving genetic engineering. More >>
Labour Must Keep GE Election Promise - Greens
Wednesday, 2 February 2000, 12:43 am | Green Party
Officials are urging the Government to break an election promise on genetic engineering, Green Party Safe Food Spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Environment Report A Wake-Up Call - Greens
Tuesday, 1 February 2000, 5:43 pm | Green Party
Today's Wellington Regional Council report showing the Wellington environment under stress is a much-needed wake-up call to all Wellingtonians said Green MP Sue Kedgley. More >>
Green MP Flies To East Timor
Tuesday, 1 February 2000, 10:40 am | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke left this morning with seven other MPs on a delegation to East Timor led by the Minister of Defence, Mark Burton. More >>
GE- Royal Commission Of Inquiry Guidelines
Monday, 31 January 2000, 6:32 pm | Green Party
A inquire into the scientific evidence on present and possible future applications of genetic engineering techniques in NZ and elsewhere. More >>
10,000 Human-Gene Sheep Not a Trial - Greens
Monday, 31 January 2000, 8:43 am | Green Party
Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today that a commercial herd of 10,000 genetically modified sheep in the Waikato made a mockery of "field trial" approvals granted by the environmental risk management authority. More >>
