Kia ora
The Government continues to waste billions on new motorways, but there are transport alternatives that deliver healthier and more vibrant communities and cheaper, easier and greener ways of getting around. New Zealanders want and need smart green transport investment.
I am co-hosting a conference today and tomorrow at Parliament entitled Smart Transport for New Zealand, which will be well-attended by transport experts, economists, local politicians and sustainable transport advocates.
We want to tell the Government that smarter transport will be better for our economy, create more jobs and be better for our health and the planet.
Gareth Hughes, Green MP
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Events
Welfare Forums with Catherine Delahunty
'Welfare Reforms: A Recipe for Poverty'
Tuesday 23 August, 12-1pm -
Waimarie Community house, 53 Wellington Street, Hamilton East
Thursday 25 August, 12:30-1:30pm
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Grahamstown Community Hall, Thames
Russel Norman MP speaking in Christchurch on Policy Priority 2011: Clean Rivers
Monday 22 August, 6:15 - 7:15pm
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University of Canterbury, Central Lecture Theatre C3, Ilam Road, Christchurch
Kiwi kids are our future - public forum with Catherine Delahunty
Tuesday 23 August, 7-8:30pm
- Otumoetai Primary School Hall, Tauranga
Public Meeting with Keith Locke - New Zealand's place in the world
Monday 29 August, 7:30 - 9:00pm -
Community Centre, Golden Bay, Tasman
Looking after the Long-Term: The Green Party's Economic Vision
With Sue Kedgley and Kennedy Graham
Wednesday 31 August, 7:30-8:30pm
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Karori Community Centre, 235 Karori Road, Wellington
Press releases
Super Fund complacent on ethical investment
12 August 2011
Bill English's statement that the New Zealand Superannuation Fund has one of the world's most developed ethical investment policies needs rethinking, the Green Party said today. Read more...
Radio NZ moving from charity case to basket case
12 August 2011
Radio New Zealand setting up a Charitable Trust for the Concert Programme shows the dire state of public broadcasting under the National Government, Green Party broadcasting spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. Read more...
Super Fund caught investing in tobacco
11 August 2011
The Green Party has caught the New Zealand Superannuation Fund investing in tobacco, failing once again to live up to their own self-imposed standards as a responsible investor. Read more...
Parliament at risk of fines
10 August 2011
Parliament is at risk of fines or possibly even having its internet disconnected due to the Government's new file-sharing law which comes into force tomorrow, the Green Party said today. Read more...
Parliament must move fast on milk price inquiry
9 August 2011
A Commerce Select Committee inquiry into milk pricing needs to begin as soon as possible as there is very little time left in this Parliament, the Green Party said today. Read more...
S&P finger New Zealand's on-going economic vulnerabilities
9 August 2011
Standard & Poor's singling out of New Zealand from the Asia-Pacific region as particularly vulnerable to another world economic downturn should cause the National Government to rethink their management of the economy, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. Read more...
Key's debt complacency concerning
8 August 2011
New Zealand can't afford to be complacent about our current debt situation, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. Read more...
Joyce is the only roadblock to decent public transport
8 August 2011
Transport Minister Steven Joyce is the only roadblock to decent Auckland public transport, the Green Party said today. Read more...
Blog posts
No place for TABOR in New Zealand - by Russel Norman
The Government has introduced a TABOR Bill to Parliament. TABOR is an acronym for “Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights”. But rather than have anything to do with a real Bill of Rights, TABOR is actually a wacky libertarian measure designed to shrink the state and inhibit its ability to protect the vulnerable or respond adequately to economic circumstances. Read more...
Why is our Super Fund profiting from Norilsk, one of the world’s dirtiest miners? - by Russel Norman
Norilsk Nickel is one of the world's largest producers of nickel and palladium, as well as Russia's leading gold producer. Read more...
Smart Transport for New Zealand Conference - by Gareth Hughes
This week I’m co-hosting a Smart Transport for New Zealand conference at Parliament with Shane Jones, Labour Party Transport Spokesperson. Read more...
You gotta be cool on Wall Street when your index is low - by frog
USA Today reports:
Global stock markets tumbled Friday amid fears the U.S. Read more...
And end to Seed Exchanges? - by Sue Kedgley
I have had many queries about the Food Bill, with some suggesting it is a ghastly plot to make seed saving and seed exchange programmes illegal, and even activities such as the Willing Workers on Organic Farm systems (WWOOFing).
These concerns, unfortunately, were never raised during the submission stage of the bill, when they can be examined in depth. Read more...
Speeches
Biosecurity vs Free Trade - Sue Kedgley MP, 18 August 2011
So we are reducing budgets, we are reducing staff, we are reducing biosecurity protections, and then we are turning around and telling industries they will have to pay 50 percent of the costs if there is an incursion. Watch video or read transcript...
Oral questions
Gareth Hughes to the Minister of Commerce on the Copyright Act - Gareth Hughes MP, 11 August 2011
What steps has the Government taken to prepare the public for the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act coming into force? Watch video or read transcript...
