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These are the latest feature articles published on line by the greens. You can search by the campaign issue here.

And then there were 9 - meet our new MPs

24 Nov 2008

With the declaration of special votes, Kennedy Graham has been elected as the ninth Green Party MP. Find out about our three new Green MPs, Kevin Hague, Catherine Delahunty and Kennedy Graham in this short feature.


Community Supported Agriculture

29 Oct 2008

Are you interested in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in NZ, following in the tradition of Farmer John?

Jeanette's Bungy Jump

22 Oct 2008

Jeanette Fitzsimons fulfilled a life long ambition yesterday...to do a bungy jump! She jumped off the Kawarau Bridge in Queenstown, and made it back in one piece.

Rumours about showers

16 Oct 2008

When will the media report the facts about proposed changes to the Building Code in relation to water heating, rather than the political spin being circulated by some politicians? There is no proposal to restrict flow rates in showers.

Pacific Tuna - Under Threat

13 Aug 2008

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Pacific Big Eye and Yellowfin tuna are overfished by non-Pacific fishers and are now seriously threatened.

Each year in the Pacific

  • Foreign countries catch over 90% of tuna in the Pacific.
  • This has a value of US $3 billion a year.
  • Only $0.15 billion of this stays in Pacific mostly through processing.
  • High tech large ships can catch as much fish in two days as a small Pacific nation can in a year.

What can we do?

Metiria and Keith are currently running a campaign to pressure the New Zealand Government to actively support and enable Pacific Island Nations. A copy of the petition can be downloaded from: www.greens.org.nz/conservation/tunapetition

Protect the Mokihinui River

13 Aug 2008

Our native freshwater fish are threatened by over fishing and habitat destruction from pollution and development. Hydro dams cause enormous damage to the habitat of our native fish, most of which migrate up and down rivers to breed. The Mokihinui River has been identified as one of New Zealand's most valuable wild rivers, which is why we want to stop Meridian Energy from building an 85m dam on the Mokihinui River.

Repression is not an Olympic sport

01 Aug 2008

When China made its bid for the 2008 Olympics, Chinese authorities promised improvements in human rights. Since then, the harsh methods used to prepare the country and Beijing for the games have actually made things worse. Find out what's going on and and why we should stand up for the human dignity the games are supposed to represent.
Clark and Cosgrove must challenge Games web censorship
Currie must stop discouraging free speech for athletes

Sand Whale Gallery

31 Jul 2008

These are all the pictures of whale sand sculptures that supporters sent in during our summer campaign.

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