Inaction puts Māui dolphins at risk
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Inaction puts Māui dolphins at risk Conservation Minister Maggie Barry was at the United Nations Oceans Conference in New York last week, trying to convince the world that the New Zealand Government is doing a good job at protecting our marine environment. Yet […]
Read More →Green Party supports protection of Karangahake from mining
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Green Party supports protection of Karangahake from mining Catherine Delahunty MP on Sunday, June 11, 2017 – 13:11 The Green Party supports protest action today at a mining company drill site on public conservation land at Karangahake. The protest started at 1PM today […]
Read More →Foreign trust numbers reveal scale of problem National wanted to keep secret
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Foreign trust numbers reveal scale of problem National wanted to keep secret James Shaw MP on Friday, June 9, 2017 – 15:15 Fewer than 70 out of 11,645 New Zealand foreign trusts have reregistered under tougher new disclosure requirements with only three weeks […]
Read More →More cows ill – HT swedes have got to go
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement: Headline: More cows ill – HT swedes have got to go Steffan Browning MP on Friday, June 9, 2017 – 14:30 Nathan Guy must immediately order the removal of herbicide tolerant (HT) swedes from the market following new reports of cows experiencing ill-health after […]
Read More →Green Party works for a world without nuclear weapons
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Green Party works for a world without nuclear weapons Kennedy Graham MP on Thursday, June 8, 2017 – 14:51 The Green Party did not support the Government’s motion to mark the 30th anniversary of nuclear free legislation today because it simply reinforces the […]
Read More →Green Party welcomes Freshwater Rescue Plan
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Green Party welcomes Freshwater Rescue Plan Catherine Delahunty MP on Thursday, June 8, 2017 – 13:50 The Green Party welcomes the Freshwater Rescue Plan proposed by non-governmental organisations, the Tourism Export Council, public health practitioners and freshwater scientists this afternoon. “The National Government […]
Read More →Medicinal cannabis finally on Parliament’s agenda
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Medicinal cannabis finally on Parliament’s agenda Julie-Anne Genter MP on Thursday, June 8, 2017 – 13:06 The Green Party is thrilled that Parliament will consider whether to finally legalise medicinal cannabis in New Zealand. Green Party health spokesperson Julie Anne Genter’s Misuse of […]
Read More →Gareth Hughes: Electoral (Registration by Special Vote) Amendment Bill- First Reading
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Gareth Hughes: Electoral (Registration by Special Vote) Amendment Bill- First Reading Gareth Hughes MP on Thursday, June 8, 2017 – 12:02 Kia ora, Mr Speaker. Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou. Kia ora. I am disgusted—disgusted—with what we are seeing tonight, which is […]
Read More →PM says Te Kuha coal mine will never get a resource consent
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement: Headline: PM says Te Kuha coal mine will never get a resource consent Mojo Mathers MP on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 – 17:08 The Prime Minister said the controversial Te Kuha mine on high value conservation land will never get a resource consent in […]
Read More →Divided we fall
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Divided we fall I’m getting pretty sick of the politics of division in this country. The latest example was yesterday’s comments from NZ First leader Winston Peters having a good go in the House at driving up fear and loathing towards people of […]
Read More →Metiria Turei speaks in the Budget Debate
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Metiria Turei speaks in the Budget Debate Metiria Turei MP on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 – 11:39 [embedded content] METIRIA TUREI (Co-Leader—Green): National cannot be trusted. National cannot be trusted to solve the serious challenges that our country faces. Everybody in this country […]
Read More →Rail needed before road tolls in Auckland
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Rail needed before road tolls in Auckland Julie-Anne Genter MP on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 – 11:27 The Government needs to vastly improve Auckland’s public transport before it introduces tolls on Auckland’s roads, or it risks further punishing people who live on the […]
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