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  NZ 'at risk from Aussie nuclear plants' : thewest.com.au
New Zealand's main opposition party, National, was supportive of moves to expand nuclear options in Australia, said party environment spokesman Nick Smith.
New Zealand has been nuclear-free since 1987 and bans warships that are nuclear armed or powered from entering its waters.
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark is on Monday in cabinet meetings and was unable to immediately comment on the issue.
www.thewest.com.au /aapstory.aspx?StoryName=377701   (409 words)

  
  Encyclopedia: New Zealand Labour Party
It is currently the dominant party in the country's ruling coalition, holding 51 of the 121 seats in the New Zealand Parliament.
The New Zealand general election of 1919 was held December 17 to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 20h session of the New Zealand Parliament.
The New Zealand general election of 1922 was held December 7 to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 21st session of the New Zealand Parliament.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/New-Zealand-Labour-Party   (5360 words)

  
 New Zealand - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
New Zealand's economic anxieties were further increased in 1935 when the British government decided to tax imported mutton and lamb for the benefit of British producers.
The New Zealand Division served, with a distinction noted by allies and opponents alike, in Greece, North Africa, and Italy, and New Zealand detachments with the British air force and navy served in the Pacific.
New Zealand's traditional two-party party political system was challenged in December 1991 by the formation of the Alliance Party, comprising the Democratic Party, the New Labour Party (NLP), the Green Party, and the (mainly Maori) New Zealand Self-Government Party.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /New+Zealand   (3999 words)

  
 Progressive Green Party (New Zealand) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Progressive Green Party was an environmentalist political party in New Zealand.
The Progressive Green Party was established on 9 August 1995 as a splinter group of the larger Green Party.
The Progressive Greens particularly opposed the Green Party's membership in the Alliance, a broad left-wing coalition.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Progressive_Green_Party_(New_Zealand)   (268 words)

  
 Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament.
In the 1999 election, the Greens gained seven seats in parliament, after surpassing 5% of the vote, ensuring that the MMP electoral system would grant the party seats in parliament.
The party's co-leader, Jeanette Fitzsimons, also won the electorate seat of Coromandel, believed to be a world-first in a first-past-the-post national electorate seat.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand   (1117 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Odds & ends / New Zealand party laments pot spraying   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
New Zealand's Green Party, which supports legalization of marijuana, said Wednesday police are endangering pot smokers' health by using poison spray to kill illegally grown cannabis plants.
Green Party lawmaker and confessed cannabis user Nandor Tanzcos said there have been reports that unscrupulous dealers have used food coloring to turn the dyed dope back to green so they can sell it.
The lawmaker is the Green Party's leading advocate for reform of the nation's laws banning marijuana use.
www.boston.com /news/odd/articles/2004/07/28/new_zealand_party_laments_pot_spraying   (238 words)

  
 New Zealand (05/07)
New Zealand was declared a dominion by a royal proclamation in 1907.
New Zealand was a direct beneficiary of many of the reforms achieved under the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations, with agriculture in general and the dairy sector in particular enjoying many new trade opportunities.
New Zealand is an active member of the global coalition in the War against Terrorism, and deployed SAS troops to Afghanistan, and naval and air assets to the Persian Gulf.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/35852.htm   (4416 words)

  
 New Zealand joins Australia's military occupation of East Timor
Underlining the close Australian and New Zealand collaboration in neo-colonial exercises throughout the region, the contingent includes soldiers who were deployed in the initial 1999 intervention in East Timor, some who had recently served in the Solomon Islands, and a group of military police just returned from Afghanistan.
New Zealand was marginalised from the longstanding ANZUS military alliance with Australia and the US after passing anti-nuclear legislation in 1985 that effectively prevented visits by US warships.
Greens co-leader Rod Donald said he was “intensely angry” that New Zealand troops had been committed to other APEC duties and would not be immediately available for action in East Timor.
www.wsws.org /articles/2006/jun2006/newz-j08.shtml   (1637 words)

  
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The New Zealand Government’s plans to set up a superannuation fund to partially pre-fund future age pension costs have been dealt a severe blow after it was revealed the New Zealand Green Party would not support the proposals.
The announcement by the Greens is a set back for the Government, which committed the first $600 million to the fund in its latest budget in anticipation that it would be up and running by July 1.
Both New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and Minister of Finance Michael Cullen have vowed to make superannuation a key issue at the next New Zealand election in 2002 if the current proposals are not passed by the parliament.
www.moneymanagement.com.au /articles/5E/0C004F5E.asp   (456 words)

  
 Green Party Views on Pay Equity in New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Green Party is committed to equity for women in all spheres of life.
In August this year, the Green Party proposed, in the House, an amendment to the Industry New Zealand Act that would have required Industry New Zealand as an employer to recognise equal pay for work of equal value in its personnel policy provisions.
This policy is just the beginning, and the Green Party as it grows is continuing to examine the issue of the status of women and in particular the value society places on the unpaid and paid work we do and how we can collectively address this.
www.cevep.org.nz /issues/green.html   (342 words)

  
 New Zealand
New Zealand is notable for its geographic isolation, being separated from Australia to the northwest by the
New Zealand is the only country in the world where all the highest offices in the land are occupied by women.
New Zealand is heavily dependent on trade—particularly in agricultural products—to drive growth, and it has been affected by global economic slowdowns and slumps in commodity prices.
www.vetty.com /wpcd/wp/n/New_Zealand.htm   (3545 words)

  
 NZAVS - Mobilise! 42, Page 11
Like the policy of the BUAV before its infiltration and fall, the British Green Party's policy is based on the conviction that there is no ethical, moral, scientific or medical justification for the practice of vivisection.
Indeed, the New Zealand Green Party's thinking on this issue is so derelict, and they are so out of touch with reality, we wonder if they have been marooned on another planet during the past 15 years that the truth has been seeping through to this country's public.
We conclude that the New Zealand Greens are either grossly ignorant or hand-in-glove with the vivisectors.
www.nzavs.org.nz /mobilise/42/11.html   (963 words)

  
 Green Party News
Green Party candidate Shapiro's 3 percent exceeded the 1 percent needed to give his party nominating status in the 2009 mayoral race.
Green Party candidate, Margaret Manion received 96 votes, or 3 percent of the vote, preserving the Green Party's place on the town's ballot, according to results.
Green Party candidate Courtney Wege fell short Tuesday in her fight for a seat on the Gettysburg Area School Board.
web.greens.org /news   (381 words)

  
 Afghanistan Tragedy Exploited In New Zealand Political Campaign -- 07/02/2002
Greens' foreign affairs spokesman Keith Locke said the New Zealand troops should not be associated with what he called "trigger-happy" and "Rambo-like" behavior.
He reminded the Greens of the heavy toll taken by the Taliban regime before it was defeated by the U.S.-led coalition late last year, and accused the Greens of remaining silent when first the Soviet Union and then the Taliban was committing atrocities in Afghanistan.
One of the main reasons why New Zealanders are going to the polls earlier than scheduled on July 27 was the break-up last April of another left-wing party, Alliance, a junior partner in the outgoing coalition led by Labor.
www.cnsnews.com /ViewPrint.asp?Page=\ForeignBureaus\archive\200207\FOR20020702d.html   (568 words)

  
 Jack Yan: the Persuader Blog: ‘New Zealand Made’ means New Zealand-made: how hard is that?
Earlier this year, he proposed that a textiles’ sub-brand be created to endorse the sector, separate from the New Zealand Made campaign, to protect local jobs.
Mr Yan says he is not a Green Party supporter, though he has pushed for strong ecological and environmental aims with Lucire and his work at the Medinge Group, a Swedish think-tank on branding meeting this month.
He was also one of the first people in New Zealand to write about place branding, as CEO of JY&A Consulting and a leading brand consultant.
www.jackyan.com /blog/2006/08/new-zealand-made-means-new-zealand.html   (789 words)

  
 New Zealand National Party --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Prominent in the party were William Pember Reeves, Joseph Ward, and John McKenzie, all advocates of modern social and economic...
The House of Representatives controversially established a new Supreme Court to replace the London-based judicial committee of the Privy Council as New Zealand's court of final appeal and...
As prime minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984, Robert David Muldoon was a fiscal conservative who tried to solve his country's economic difficulties by limiting wage and price increases, making union membership voluntary, cutting taxes, and calling for industrialized nations to reduce import barriers to New Zealand's products.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9055551   (847 words)

  
 New Zealand: Party: Stop Scapegoating Tanczos
CHRISTCHURCH - Green Party MP and drug law reform spokesman Nandor Tanczos is being unfairly scapegoated as a drug pusher, his party says.
Green Party co-leader Rod Donald said the party was extremely concerned at media coverage implying that Mr Tanczos was promoting the use of cannabis to students.
The party is considering making a complaint about a newspaper report that Mr Tanczos was targeting children and planning to visit schools to talk about the cannabis issue.
www.drug-testing-forum.com /link/56.html   (297 words)

  
 2005.11.10: Greens Mourn Loss of NZ MP
Donald led the national movement in New Zealand for proportional reprensentation (PR) in national elections, which was enacted after a national referendum in 1993.
He had been recently re-elected to the New Zealand Parliament and was preparing to be sworn in on November 7, when he died suddenly of unknown causes.
State party contact information, when provided with candidate releases, does not imply state party endorsement of the opinions expressed nor of the candidate (prior to gaining formal nomination by the party).
www.gp.org /press/pr_2005_11_10.shtml   (436 words)

  
 NZ Greens Campaigns: Peak Oil
Helen Clark is the first New Zealand Prime Minister to grasp this fundamental driver of our future but New Zealanders continue to wait for some real action on this issue.
The Greens believe New Zealand should have a strategy to cope with Peak Oil to minimise the downsides of this phenomena.
Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand > Green Action > Peak Oil
www.greens.org.nz /campaigns/peakoil   (1694 words)

  
 Australia 'has right to reject produce' - Breaking News - World - Breaking News
The party, which aspires to join a coalition government in New Zealand after final election results are announced this week, believes restricting imports is a sovereign right.
New Zealand's government and apple growers have been trying to get Australia to overturn an 85-year-old ban on NZ apples.
New Zealand this year began action in the World Trade Organisation against the Australian ban on apples, which Canberra blames on the dangers of importing the fruit disease fireblight.
www.theage.com.au /news/World/Australia-has-right-to-reject-produce/2005/09/29/1127804594078.html   (424 words)

  
 New Zealand GMO debacle undermines green lobby
On March 6, an Oregon State University researcher Elaine Ingham and the New Zealand Green Party apologized to the New Zealand government for submitting false claims about the ecological impact of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)˜a mistake that seriously undermines the green lobby's call for a moratorium on field trials of all GMOs in New Zealand.
In a letter to the Commission, Ingham admitted that her doomsday predictions were only "extrapolations from laboratory evidence." Jeanette Fitzsimons of the New Zealand Green Party also admitted that the paper did not support her assertion that a field trial of the GMO would have lead to global devastation.
Indeed, the New Zealand Royal Commission has taken the unique approach of listening to both facts and feelings on the issue from a broad cross section of the population of New Zealand.
www.biotech-info.net /green_lobby.html   (925 words)

  
 Peak Oil News and Message Boards >> Forums >> Current Events >> New Zealand Green Party Names Peak Oil as Top Priority!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
For those who are interested, here is the full text of the NZ Green party co-leader's speech.
In the 2002 elections the Greens got flustered and suffered a backlash when the global GE thugs launched a massive counter-attack on their anti-GE platform.
Either new reserves were found, prices rose to a level that suppressed demand, or technology moved on, he said.
www.peakoil.com /modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=4178   (2707 words)

  
 New Zealand Green Party Statements
The Green Party has backed Labour leader Helen Clark's criticism of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
New Zealand should stop backing NATO and work with those seeking a negotiated solution.
This means talking with Russia, Greece and the UN to achieve a Serbian pullback, a political settlement and the introduction of peacekeeping forces.
www.converge.org.nz /pma/sgreen.htm   (362 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Australia & New Zealand
The enmity between the Greens and commerce is a critical issue for Clark since the Sept. 17 parliamentary elections that left her Labour Party with 50 seats, just one more than the main opposition National Party.
The Greens' meeting with executives including Theresa Gattung, chief executive of Telecom Corp., New Zealand's biggest publicly held company, may have been intended ``to demonstrate to Clark that they are getting on with business,'' said Ray Miller, political scientist at Auckland University.
The Greens' role in the parliament is a cliffhanger after it garnered 5.1 percent of the vote in the election, just enough to win seats.
www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=aEuuEOSavWVc   (771 words)

  
 Big business agenda dominates New Zealand election campaign
New Zealand records among the highest average number of hours worked among industrialised OECD countries.
The New Zealand troops were armed and deployed alongside British forces involved in suppressing Iraqi resistance in Basra.
None of the parties have commented at all on the involvement of New Zealand troops—including the elite SAS—in the neo-colonial occupations of Afghanistan and the Solomon Islands.
www.wsws.org /articles/2005/sep2005/nzea-s16.shtml   (2190 words)

  
 9-Misc: New Zealand's Green Party benefits as GMO debate grows
The party vowed in May to bring down any future government if it tries to lift a ban on the use of GMOs, putting it at loggerheads with the ruling Labour Party of Prime Minister Helen Clark which wants to lift the ban next year.
A New Zealand Herald-DigiPoll poll yesterday gave the Green Party 9.6 percent support, its highest level in the poll's five-year history and almost double the support the party received in other polls in April and May. The New Zealand Herald-DigiPoll had Labour at 51.2 percent support and National at 24.6 percent.
The newly formed non-partisan Sustainability Council of New Zealand is lobbying for the GMO ban to be extended by five years, said Neill, star of the "Jurassic Park" movies.
www.gene.ch /genet/2002/Jul/msg00011.html   (531 words)

  
 infonews.co.nz | New Zealand's local news community
New regional study points economic way forward NORTHLAND — Northland’s route towards a vibrant, growing regional economy has been mapped out with the release of an updated strategy designed to guide sustainable economic development in the North until 2011.
Kiwi customises 'smart barcode' for NZ exporters to Japan New Zealand and Australian exporters are taking the initiative and preparing to meet the needs of the rapidly changing consumer landscape in Japan by supplying the discerning Japanese consumer with critical product information—direct to their mobile phone.
New Media Player Uses Nuance Speech Recognition Technology Developed in New Zealand, SpeakMediaPro is operated by the spoken word; enables users to select and play music without touching the player.
www.infonews.co.nz   (1537 words)

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