Greenweek: Backwards asset sales, road budget blowout, and hot art

Wednesday, 08 Feb 2012 | Newsletter

Events

Green Party stall at the Big Gay Out with Kevin Hague and Jan Logie 12th February - Rainbow community's biggest day in the sun - chat to our Rainbow Issues MPs

Eugenie Sage appearing on Back Benches TV7 15th February - support Eugenie at her first Back Benches appearance

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Snippets

Hot art? Soon, Salvador Dali's surrealist paintings could begin to droop like his famous clocks [Source]

Mini Motion: Award-Winning Microscope Videos [Wired Science]

Gisborne Coast plan 'lacks safeguards' for oil prospecting [Stuff]

Inside Apple's hidden factories - finally [Mother Jones]

California ban on gay marriage ruled unconstitutional a San Francisco appeals court has ruled [BBC]

White wombats - not your average marsupials For 40 years, wombat rescuer Val Salmon saw only one white southern hairy-nosed wombat - until last October [SMH]

10-year-old discovers new molecule that could improve energy storage [Inhabitat]

New Zealander, Kerei Ruru, discusses his work with UN humanitarian land mine action Podcast [PlainsFM]

Why the energy industry is so invested in climate change denial [Guardian]

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www.greens.org.nz

Kia ora

Our state owned power companies are performing well. Over the last five years they have made a return on investment of between 15-20% on average.

John Key wants to sell them in order to avoid taking on more debt. But the cost of borrowing for the Government is only around 5%.

No matter how you slice it, it is a money losing policy to permanently sell assets that are making us 15-20% in order to avoid taking on a small amount of debt at only 5%.

We are committed to keeping our assets in full Kiwi ownership. With your help we will keep fighting to keep it Kiwi.

Arohanui

Russel Norman

Green Party Co-leader

News

National selling assets returning 18.5% on average
8 February 2012

The National Party is planning to sell state-owned assets (SOEs) making an average total shareholder return of 18.5% over the last five years, the Green Party said today. Read more...

Transport Ministry warns of budget blowout
3 February 2012

The Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Transport shows that the existing transport funding shortfall is likely to grow massively if oil prices are high, the Green Party said today. Read more...

Weakening of Biodiversity Strategy looks imminent
2 February 2012

DOC's Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Conservation suggests the New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy will be weakened, the Green Party said today. Read more...

Government proposals reduce rights in SOEs
1 February 2012

The best way for Maori to retain established legal rights in state owned energy companies is to keep them in public ownership, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today. Read more...

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Blog posts

A nation divided? - by Holly Walker

The Herald has launched a six part series highlighting inequality and poverty in New Zealand, showing why we need action on the root causes, not the consequences. Read more...

The best way to oil independence is to provide alternatives and use less - by Gareth Hughes

The Ministry of Economic Development’s Briefing to the incoming Energy Minister predicts New Zealand could become a net exporter of petroleum by 2030 if new oil fields are developed. Read more...

Another reason to care about equal pay - by Jan Logie

Aside from the obvious ‘minor’ issues of justice, equality, child poverty, women’s ability to participate in society on an equal footing with men, ethnic/gender disparities and poverty, Australia has just given us another reason to care about Equal Pay.