Jeanette Fitzsimons MP
Jeanette Fitzsimons was an MP from 1996 till 2010, and was Green Party Co-leader from 1995 until stepping down in June 2009.
Jeanette has been contributing to the energy debate in New Zealand since the nuclear power controversy of the seventies and has published on energy efficiency, sustainable energy and climate change. Her Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act, passed in May 2000, forms the framework for current policy on sustainable energy.
From 1980 until 1992 Jeanette taught in the Department of Planning at Auckland University, tutoring and lecturing in Environmental Studies and Energy Planning. During this time she published widely on the public policy aspects of energy and transport planning, management of hazardous substances, climate change, resource management and consumerism. She has also worked as a consultant for local authorities, regional councils and government departments on these issues, and worked with the government to develop the Land Transport Management Act.
Jeanette lives with husband Harry on an organic off-the-grid farm in the Coromandel.
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Jeanette Fitzsimons is one of the Green Party Co-Leaders and has been an MP since 1996
Jeanette Fitzsimons Valedictory Speech
It’s been 13 years since I had the great privilege of giving the first Green speech in the NZ Parliament. I never set out to be an MP, or a Green Party leader.
Jeanette steps down from Parliament
Highlights from Jeanette' s last press conference as a Green MP, where she announced her departure from Parliament. Jeanette Fitzsimons was the Green Party's first MP in the House and after 13 years she is returning to her family and her farm.
Fitzsimons announces February resignation
Green MP Jeanette Fitzsimons announced her resignation today, bringing a 13-year Parliamentary career to a close.
Herd homes vs cubicles: like home vs prison
Have you ever felt that after a long day inside a building you just have to get out and feel the sun and breathe some air? I guess not being able to do that is one of the punishments the prison system imposes on offenders. But even they get an hour or so out in a courtyard for exercise and fresh air.
Postcard from Copenhagen
Right now, the world is watching our negotiators at Copenhagen negotiate a binding agreement on climate change. There's a whole lot at stake. Green MPs Jeanette Fitzsimons and Kennedy Graham are there keeping an eye on things. I caught up with Jeanette on the phone to get a sense of what exactly is at stake and whether we might be in the midst of something hopeful this Christmas.
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Global Alliance can find solutions and enhance reputation
The Green Party today welcomed the announcement that New Zealand will lead a Global Research Alliance for reducing climate change emissions from agriculture, adding that it is crucial to pursue science and ideas that enhance our clean green reputation.
Stop bullying our Pacific neighbours
New Zealand needs to work on preventing climate change rather than bullying its vulnerable Pacific neighbours, said the Green Party today.
Green MPs on Copenhagen march
NZ Green MPs Jeanette Fitzsimons and Dr Kennedy Graham join 100,000 other marchers at Copenhagen. Along the way Jeanette and Kennedy run into some NZ Young Greens.
