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The almost certain prospect that President Clinton will impose tariffs on New Zealand lamb exports exposes the foolishness of the New Zealand government's free-trade policies says the Green Party.

Green MP Rod Donald wants to know why the chief executive of the Lottery Commission is paid over $400,000 a year, and has written to the State Services Commissioner and the Secretary for Internal Affairs to find out.

'Think Big' irrigation and water storage in Mid and South Canterbury would further compromise water quality and deplete rivers, says Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons, who recently visited the sites of several of the proposals.

Last year the Greens secured $8.8 million for wetland habitat resotration in partnership with local communitites. The Awarua/Waituna Wetland was one of three wetland areas to

Green Party Social Services Spokesperson Sue Bradford has called on the Cross Party Working Group on Family Violence to support the latest version of Children's Commissioner Cindy Kiro's plan for checking on children at key stages of their lives.

Road-users who cause most damage to roads and the environment should pay the most, says Greens Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons.

Today's 2006 Social Report shows that the Government is failing to bridge the widening gaps between rich and poor in this country, Green Party Social Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford says.

Green MP Keith Locke is challenging Prime Minister Helen Clark to support European and United Nations calls for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon.

Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons will continue her nation-wide speaking tour on GE tonight in Nelson.

The Green Party have appointed Liz Thomas to the newly created position of Party Development Co-ordinator.

The Green Party today questioned whether Hamilton residents are aware that their city council is a paid-up member of pro-GE lobby group Life Sciences Network.

Funding for an environmental legal aid pilot scheme has been approved as part of a $2.3m environmental initiatives package, announced today by the Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs and the co-leader of the Green Party, Jeanette Fitzsimons.

Household consumers need more representation on the Electricity Commission, and deserve better access to the tools that would enable them to make better decisions about the cost of the electricity they use, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons s

The decision not to prosecute those responsible for importing six tonnes of raw Korean pork into Auckland makes a mockery of our bio-security laws, Green Party Bio-Security Spokesperson Metiria Turei says.

The report of the Ministerial Inquiry into the under-reporting of cervical smear abnormalities in the Gisborne region is a damning indictment of the National Cervical Screening Programme, and will not restore women's confidence in the programme.\

Shoppers are being urged to put Kiwi made on their shopping list by a multi-media advertising campaign that kicks off today.

The Ministry of Education's argument that the High Court should not provide a remedy to parents of special needs children because of "policy interference" is a perverse attempt at acrobatic logic, said Green MP Metiria Turei.

Breaking Telecom's monopoly over IT wire infrastructure should be an urgent priority for the Government this year, according to Green Party IT Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos.

The Conservation Minister's statement today that his department is developing a "Code of Conduct" to protect marine mammals from the effects of mining is tantamount to allowing the extinction of the world's most endangered dolphin