Research, Science and Technology
Protect residents from cell towers: Greens
11 Aug 2008The Green Party is calling on the Government to intervene to protect communities and schools from having 12 to 22 metre cell towers erected next door to homes, schools and pre-schools, without consultation or consent.
Greens tighten GE safeguards
31 Jul 2008As part of its co-operation agreement with the Government, the Green Party has negotiated new safeguards to protect all those who want no part of any genetically-engineered farming industry. “We remain strongly opposed to GE organisms in our fields and our food and haven’t given an inch on that staunch stand,” Ms Fitzsimons says.
NZIAHS Political Forum
Russel is speaking at the NZIAHS Political Forum about science and technology research funding.
Moves to kill NZ GE-free status by stealth
11 Apr 2008A proposal to set up a new field trial in Canterbury of genetically engineered onions, spring onions, garlic and leeks adds to evidence that government agencies are trying to ruin New Zealand's GE-free status, Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons
Proposed release of GE vaccine will be protested - Greens
13 Mar 2008News that there may soon be an application for the first live GE vaccine to be released in New Zealand will test the stringency of the law and its processes, the Green Party says
Independent scientists essential for innovation fund integrity
11 Mar 2008The Green Party says that there must be independent scientists involved in the allocation of the $700 million pastoral and food innovation fund announced today by the Government.
Where the wild things were: Hector's spectre
08 Nov 2007The Green Party is trying to save Hector's Dolphin from extinction on the 100th anniversary of the death of their name-sake, Sir James Hector. There is a day-long seminar commemorating James Hector at Te Papa today.
Hospital super-bug may be tip of iceberg
29 Oct 2007The outbreak of an antibiotic resistant superbug in Auckland Hospital is a wakeup call for New Zealand, Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says.