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Govt Funding Toad Genes For Salmon - Greens
Tuesday, 19 October 1999, 10:30 am | Green Party
The Government's Public Good Science Fund has given $142,000 in the 1999-2000 funding year to allow Canterbury University to create mutant salmon, including some with toad genes. More >>
Govt. pours $15 to 20 million more into GE
Tuesday, 19 October 1999, 10:25 am | Green Party
The Government has put $15-20 million of extra taxpayer money into genetic engineering for the 1999-2000 funding year, despite official concern about some GE work, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
Officials must curb antibiotics, Greens say
Monday, 18 October 1999, 12:13 am | Green Party
Officials must move swiftly this week to curb agricultural use of antibiotics, Green Party Health Spokeserperson Sue Kedgley said today. Otherwise, medical advances of the past 50 years could be undermined by farming practices, she said. More >>
WINZ chief executive not up to the job, say Greens
Friday, 15 October 1999, 7:28 pm | Green Party
The Auditor-General's report into the $165,000 WINZ plane charter shows WINZ chief executive Christine Rankin was not doing her job properly, Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald said today. More >>
O'Connor undermines Clark on beech forest contract
Friday, 15 October 1999, 11:56 am | Green Party
West Coast Labour MP Damien O'Connor is undermining his own leader Helen Clark over beech logging contracts, the Green Party says. More >>
Rankin Restructures against staff, community wish
Friday, 15 October 1999, 12:10 am | Green Party
The Chief Executive of Work and Income (WINZ), Christine Rankin forced through her restructuring plans against the wishes of both the CEG staff and the communities they served according to Green MP Rod Donald. He said this was evident from the Report ... More >>
Canterbury mega-dump first of many
Thursday, 14 October 1999, 4:55 pm | Green Party
The proposed Canterbury mega-dump will be the first of many around New Zealand if the government does nothing to halt businesses dumping waste, the Green Party says. More >>
Labour's GE policy has inconsistencies, Greens say
Thursday, 14 October 1999, 3:39 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today praised Labour for following her suggestion, first mooted last year, to set up a Royal commission of inquiry into genetic engineering. More >>
Greens commend Labour policy, commitment a worry
Thursday, 14 October 1999, 11:30 am | Green Party
The Green Party today commended the Labour Party for its conservation policy, but the Greens questioned Labour's commitment to put the policy into effect. More >>
Greens Propose Debt Write Off Tertiary Policy
Thursday, 14 October 1999, 12:23 am | Green Party
The Green Party, launching its Tertiary Education policy today, supports writing off students' education debts in return for a "commitment to New Zealand society" from them. More >>
Green Party issues details of report on GenePool
Tuesday, 12 October 1999, 4:35 pm | Green Party
A parliamentary select committee report has confirmed that nearly all last year's expenditure by the genetic engineering lobby group Gene Technology Information Trust (usually called GenePool) went to the public relations firm Communications Trumps. More >>
Sue Kedgley Urges Action Over Tomato Antibiotics
Monday, 11 October 1999, 1:56 pm | Green Party
The practice of spraying fruit and tomatoes with antibiotics should be phased out, the Green Party said today. More >>
ACT Party should apologise to kiwifruit farmers
Monday, 11 October 1999, 9:33 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today called on ACT Leader Richard Prebble to withdraw a statement supporting genetically engineered kiwifruit. More >>
Greens issue two-tier welfare policy
Sunday, 10 October 1999, 7:02 pm | Green Party
Benefit stand-down periods and differential youth rates must be abolished, as part of an overhaul of the Social Welfare system, the Green Party says. More >>
MAF takes toxic option to control moth
Sunday, 10 October 1999, 4:53 pm | Green Party
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is using an ineffective and highly toxic method to control the outbreak of painted apple moth in Auckland, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
Antibiotic Growth Promotants Must Be Banned
Sunday, 10 October 1999, 4:52 pm | Green Party
The discovery of a potentially deadly, drug-resistant superbug at Wellington Hospital is a wake-up call to New Zealanders - particularly the pig and poultry industries - to stop abusing antibiotics, the Green Party says. More >>
Don't despair, David!
Friday, 8 October 1999, 4:43 pm | Green Party
National MP David Carter has got it wrong when he claims that I have withdrawn from the race for the Banks Peninsula seat in this election, says Green Party MP Rod Donald. More >>
GE petition reaches 91,000 - presented today
Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 1:18 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons' petition calling for a moratorium on growing or selling genetically engineered food in New Zealand was presented to Parliament today. More >>
Greens to bring birds close to home
Monday, 4 October 1999, 7:00 pm | Green Party
The Green Party launched its conservation policy today promising to bring back native birds to New Zealand towns and the countryside. More >>
Unique New Zealand dolphin on edge of extinction
Monday, 4 October 1999, 9:24 am | Green Party
The North Island Hector's dolphin has dropped to such low numbers that scientists expect it will soon be extinct, the Green Party revealed today. More >>
