Parliament and Politics Relations
Bradford asks Nats to clarify NGO and work for dole plans
17 Jul 2008A report in the ‘New Zealand Herald’ this morning that Australian NGO corporate Mission Australia is keen to bring its work for dole programmes into New Zealand should ring major alarm bells about what may await beneficiaries, and the community and voluntary sector, in the event of a National victory.
Presidential candidate’s release welcomed by NZ Greens
03 Jul 2008Reports that Colombian Green Party politician Ingrid Betancourt, along with three American citizens, has been rescued from FARC militia after six years in captivity have been greeted with enthusiasm by the New Zealand Green Party.
Ms Betancourt was the presidential candidate for the Colombian Green Party in 2002.
Open letter receives closed response
02 Jul 2008John Key has finally responded to Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons’ open letter in which she requested details of National’s preferred Emissions Trading Scheme. Ms Fitzsimons says she is extremely disappointed at Key’s uninformative response, in which he says ‘I note the concerns and issues you raised’ but declines to answer any of the specific questions put to him.
Parliament's greenwash hoodwinks Ministers
25 Jun 2008Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons told a conference on carbon neutrality Public Sector that under the Govt3 waste system Ministerial Offices have diligently been separating organic waste, only for it to be landfilled.
Nandor's valedictory speech scheduled
20 Jun 2008Green Party MP Nandor Tanczos valedictory speech and Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman's maiden speech have been scheduled for the upcoming fortnight.
Trying to catch a Fish with a Teaspoon
08 Jun 2008Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has answered John Key's call to lower the OCR to counter high oil prices by saying that is like trying to catch a fish with a teaspoon.
Arctic melts while Labour drags chain
28 May 2008New discoveries about the rate at which the Canadian Arctic ice cap is breaking up should inspire urgency in our efforts to address climate change, says Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons.
Tanczos to stay till election
21 May 2008Green Party MP Nandor Tanczos will remain in Parliament till the 2008 election.