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We have an exciting few months coming up; the Green Party team will be out and about promoting green jobs, clean rivers and bringing 100,000 kids out of poverty.
Russel Norman, Green MP
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Take action
Protect the rainforests: sign the petition
Stop the import and trade of illegally harvested rainforest timber. Download and print the petition
Save the Mokihinui River: send an eCard to John Key
One of New Zealand's valuable wild rivers, the Mokihinui River, is under threat from a hydro-electricity dam proposal. Send an eCard to the Prime Minister now to ask him to step in and stop the dam. More on the Mokihinui dam proposal | Send an eCard | Print the petition
Events
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
Videos
Russel Norman on cleaning up our rivers and lakes
More than half of our monitored rivers are unsafe for swimming.Co-leader Russel Norman launches the Green Party plan to make our rivers and lakes clean enough to swim in again.We will: 1) Set standards for clean water; 2) Introduce a fair charge for irrigation water; and 3) Support water clean-up initiatives. Watch the video...
Podcasts
Sue and Keith: 12 years campaigning from Parliament
At the 2011 election, Sue Kedgley and Keith Locke, lifelong campaigners and two of our longest standing Green MPs, will be standing down after 12 years in Parliament. Listen to podcast...
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Press releases
New EEZ legislation won't plug a leak, stop climate change
24 August 2011
New Zealand needs clean, green jobs, not risky deepwater drilling that will exacerbate climate change, said the Green Party today. Read more...
Fonterra to cripple organic dairying
22 August 2011
Fonterra's move to confine its take of organic milk to the Waikato and Bay of Plenty will cripple New Zealand's organic dairy sector the Green Party said today. Read more...
Govt boasts of taxpayer subsidies for water polluters
22 August 2011
John Key is boasting about the hundreds of millions of dollars that taxpayers are spending to clean up rivers and lakes while he pours cold water on any suggestion that the industry causing the pollution should contribute to the cost, the Green Party said today. Read more...
Greens launch plan to clean up New Zealand's rivers and lakes
21 August 2011
The Green Party has today launched a plan to clean up New Zealand's rivers and lakes. Read more...
Greens welcome independent national environmental reporting
18 August 2011
The Green Party today welcomed the Government's proposal to move national environmental reporting to the independent Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, as the Greens proposed in 2008. Read more...
NZ needs clean green jobs, not risky deepwater drilling
16 August 2011
New Zealand needs clean, green jobs, not risky deepwater drilling, said the Green Party today. Read more...
Blog posts
Organic Dairy or GE nightmare? - by frog
Soil and Health pose an interesting argument about why Fonterra is trying to cripple the organic dairy industry. Read more...
Greens' clean water initiative - by Russel Norman
Yesterday we launched the Greens' clean water initiative. Read more...
When is civil disobedience justified? - by frog
This insightful post by Dave yesterday on how we have reached the stage that at least a quarter of schools are refusing to comply with Education Minister Anne Tolley's National Standards deserves republishing here in full. Read more...
Fracking and the Taranaki Regional Council - by Russel Norman
Fracking is the hydraulic fracturing of geological formations to release hydrocarbons. It has some very serious potential environmental impacts, of which groundwater contamination is the lead problem. 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...
Speeches
Kevin Hague on the Freedom Camping Bill - In Committee, Third Reading - Kevin Hague MP, 24 August 2011
It was very interesting to hear the Minister of Conservation refer to the consultation process that she says led to the construction of this bill. What a shame that that process did not involve trampers, hunters, and mountain bikers - all of those who will be so terribly affected by this ridiculous bill. Watch video or read transcript...
Kevin Hague - Freedom Camping Bill - Kevin Hague MP, 24 August 2011
I would like to say it is a pleasure to take a call on the ridiculous Freedom Camping Bill, but, sadly, that is not the case. Watch video or read transcript...
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