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Jeanette's Energy Efficiency Bill to Proceed
Monday, 19 July 1999, 8:49 am | Green Party
Thames-based MP Jeanette Fitzsimons has had a major success in gaining cross-party support for her Energy Efficiency Bill, New Zealand's first Green Party legislation to do so well in Parliament. More >>
Possible public say over King Salmon trial
Monday, 19 July 1999, 8:33 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) must this week say yes to public input into New Zealand King Salmon's genetic engineering project. More >>
Jeanette Reveals BT Maize Seeds Were Exported
Sunday, 18 July 1999, 6:32 pm | Green Party
A public hearing is about to be held on growing genetically engineered maize at Pukekohe a year after genetically engineered seeds were exported from the site. More >>
Wide Ranging Inquiry Of WINZ Needed Say Greens
Sunday, 18 July 1999, 12:19 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for a wide-ranging inquiry into the financial and management practices of Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ). More >>
Resource Management Act Survives
Thursday, 15 July 1999, 11:08 am | Green Party
The Resource Management Act has survived three years of effort by ultra right-wing activists to gut it, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
Wood chip ban lifted to rescue Timberlands
Wednesday, 14 July 1999, 10:40 pm | Green Party
The Green Party says National's decision to allow native wood chip exports is driven by the need to rescue Timberlands West Coast and prepare it for sale. More >>
Greens in Belgian government spur for NZ Greens
Wednesday, 14 July 1999, 1:11 am | Green Party
The NZ Green Party believes the announcement today that the Belgian Green parties - Ecolo and Agalev - have joined with three other parties to form a coalition government will be a spur for their own election campaign. More >>
Greens Call For Ministry Of Urban Affairs
Tuesday, 13 July 1999, 5:46 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has called for the establishment of a Ministry of Urban Affairs to develop policy and work with Local Government to achieve sustainable cities and towns. More >>
Rod Donald: "Let's get New Zealand working again"
Tuesday, 13 July 1999, 10:01 am | Green Party
The greatest indictment on our society is that thousands of people languish on the dole while many more have become the working poor. It's past time to stop this tragic waste of human potential. Not having a job is bad enough but it's no better for those ... More >>
Breast milk Scare an Organic Incentive: Fitzsimons
Monday, 12 July 1999, 2:42 pm | Green Party
News that hundreds of toxic chemicals have been found in the breast milk of British women is an extra incentive for New Zealand to become an organic farming nation. More >>
Green Party list selection most democratic
Friday, 9 July 1999, 6:32 pm | Green Party
All 1,300 Green Party members will vote on the construction of the party's list in what Green Co-convenor Ian Stephens describes "as the most democratic list selection process of all political parties". More >>
Greens to target Australian voters
Friday, 9 July 1999, 6:31 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-convenor Christine Dann will be in Australia from July 12 - 26 to network with Australian Green Party members and to target New Zealand voters who live down under. More >>
Greens Stand Two Candidates On The West Coast
Friday, 9 July 1999, 1:56 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has decided to stand two candidates in the vast West Coast-Tasman electorate. "We believe the largest general electorate in the country deserves two candidates, both because of its size and because we want to thoroughly communicate ... More >>
Lamb Tariffs Expose APEC Farce Says Green Party
Thursday, 8 July 1999, 11:47 am | Green Party
The Green Party says President Clinton's decision to impose tariffs and quotas on New Zealand lamb imports to the United States is another nail in the coffin of free trade. More >>
No-waste strategy should extend beyond Canterbury
Friday, 2 July 1999, 11:53 am | Green Party
The Green Party has congratulated Prime Minister Jenny Shipley for highlighting the foolishness of siting a rubbish dump in the Malvern Hills near Christchurch. More >>
Green Party Alarmed At New PR Contract
Friday, 2 July 1999, 7:24 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today she was concerned at news that the New Zealand Army had signed a new contract with PR firm Communications Trumps. The information was revealed in the answer to Ms Fitzsimons' question in the House ... More >>
Delamere's Ongoing Smear Campaign Disgusting
Wednesday, 30 June 1999, 8:06 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Rod Donald has slammed Immigration Minister Tuariki John Delamere's ongoing attack on the deported Schier family as disgusting. More >>
Fitzsimons Warns Of Biased G-E Pamphlets
Wednesday, 30 June 1999, 4:02 pm | Green Party
Genetic engineering pamphlets in New Zealand supermarkets are part of a multi-national "global disinformation campaign", Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
Rod Donald Speech To ALCP Conference
Wednesday, 30 June 1999, 1:37 pm | Green Party
Thanks for the opportunity to address your conference today. The Green Party and the ALCP have a common cause. We both want to change the law on cannabis. Our policy is straightforward and is based on the concept of harm minimisation. For us this ... More >>
City-Based Illegal Harvesters Plunder Coromandel
Sunday, 27 June 1999, 5:33 pm | Green Party
Big illegal catches are threatening Coromandel coastal fisheries, according to Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons. More >>
