Northland Greens
This is the home page of the Northland Greens. Read on for local issues, events and how to get involved.
Northern province contact details
General electorates: Northland, Whangarei and Rodney.
Māori electorates: top three quarters of Te Tai Tokerau.
For information about local activities and meetings contact relevant Branches below
The Browning of the Far North
There are two kinds of browning underway in the Far North currently. There is the drought – no serious rain since November. And then there is the Mayor of the Far North District Council, Wayne Brown. Both of them are extremely bad news for the rivers and people of the north.
Taumarere and Kawakawa Rivers, Northland
The Taumarere is a taonga to Ngati Hine and they won an Environment Court case ten years ago which directed the regional council to acknowledge the special connection between Ngati Hine and the river. They have embarked on some planting and fencing but they have been unable to protect and clean up the river. The combination of agricultural intensification, draining of wetlands, sewerage, cows in the river, and forest clearance is just too big.
David Clendon on Sustainable Transport Alternatives for Rodney
David Clendon puts forward some sustainable transport alternatives for Rodney.
Green Co-Leaders invite one and all to a Green New Deal Meeting
This recession needs practical ideas that recognise the economy and the environment go hand in hand. Metiria Turei MP and Russel Norman MP, Green Party Co-Leaders, invite you to discuss how a Green New Deal in NZ and your community could look.
Hunt for minerals underway in Schedule Four land
Information obtained by the Green Party has revealed 21 current mineral permits for prospecting and exploration in 42 areas protected from mining by Schedule Four of the Crown Minerals Act. More than half (eleven) of the permits have been issued since the election of the National-led Government.
Earth Hour
Green Party members, MPs and Councillors will be taking part in Earth Hour this Saturday.
Green Party MP Welcomes Progress on Contaminated Sites
The solution to the safe clean-up of more than 36 contaminated timber treatment sites around Whakatäne came a step closer this week.
Green Party toxics spokesperson Catherine Delahunty says that a hui of sawmill workers, tangata whenua, scientists, community and local government made great progress identifying bioremediation* (dealing with chemically contaminated sites by using bacteria to break down the toxic compounds) options for Whakatäne sites.
