Archive for May, 2011

  • frog

    General debate, May 5, 2011 - by frog



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    May 5, 2011 7:45 am - 14 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Family care case continues - by Catherine Delahunty



    In recent months, I’ve been doing what I can to call attention to the case of seven families engaged in a lengthy court battle with the Ministry of Health over their right to be paid to care for disabled family members. These seven families represent thousands of others around the country in the same position. [...] read more
    May 4, 2011 4:13 pm - 2 Comments
  • Kennedy Graham

    Congratulations Canadian Green Party - by Kennedy Graham



    It is great to see that Elizabeth May has won the Canadian Green Party’s first seat in the Canadian Parliament. The NZ Greens offer her our heartfelt congratulations on such an extraordinary accomplishment.  We wish her the best in holding the Conservative Party to account. I lived in Canada (Ottawa) for three years a while [...] read more
    May 4, 2011 1:19 pm - 5 Comments
  • David Clendon

    Freedom of expression at Auckland University? - by David Clendon



    An extraordinary story has emerged from the usually genteel environment of a University graduation. Auckland University staff went to remarkable lengths, including physical restraint, to try to prevent a graduating student (who also happens to be a member of University staff and the national co-convenor of the Young Greens) from receiving his Master of Law degree [...] read more
    May 4, 2011 11:09 am - 1 Comment
  • Keith Locke

    ‘Together’ an innovative new union launched - by Keith Locke



    An innovative new type of union organisation was launched today, known as ‘Together’. The new union is designed to allow thousands of otherwise isolated workers to find out what rights they have. This includes someone in a small shop, a farm labourer, taxi driver, IT worker or casual labourer.  It will connect isolated workers with others facing similar [...] read more
    May 4, 2011 10:18 am - 11 Comments
  • Gareth Hughes

    Keep alcohol purchasing age at 18 - by Gareth Hughes



    Today I was proud to be part of cross-party group of MPs that launched a petition in support for the Keep It 18 campaign, which is opposing the Government’s plans to raise the alcohol purchasing age to 20. Keep it 18 comprises a number of unlikely bed-fellows – the youth wings of The Greens, ACT, [...] read more
    May 3, 2011 8:34 pm - 25 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Quality public education – a public good - by Catherine Delahunty



    I spent the weekend at the Quality Public Education Coalition (QPEC) Conference in Auckland. This conference had the strongest turn out of people from every level of the public education sector since I have been attending. There were powerful presentations from people active in early childhood issues, the compulsory sector and the tertiary sector. Everyone [...] read more
    May 3, 2011 1:25 pm - 7 Comments
  • frog

    Green MPs and US ‘influence’ - by frog



    It was news on the Stuff website today that Russel Norman took a State Department-sponsored trip to the USA in 2009 and that our MPs have contact with the US embassy in NZ. Apparently it was news because you can find a record of it in US embassy cables available on Wikileaks. Never mind that [...] read more
    May 2, 2011 6:14 pm - 27 Comments
  • frog

    General debate, May 2, 2011 - by frog



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    May 2, 2011 8:32 am - 151 Comments
  • frog

    Leading climate scientist touring Aotearoa this month - by frog



    I’m really looking forward to meeting one of the world’s leading climate scientists, James Hansen, in a few short weeks. He will be touring New Zealand giving a public lecture entitled “Climate Change: a scientific, moral and legal issue” in Auckland, Palmerston North, Wellington, Dunedin, Gore and Christchurch. I just finished his latest book – [...] read more
    May 1, 2011 9:22 pm - 25 Comments
  • Kevin Hague

    Blackball Mayday Speech - by Kevin Hague



    While some others were focused on political events elsewhere in the country, I was in Blackball for the annual Mayday celebrations and for the launch of a memorial wheel for those who have lost their lives in West Coast mines in recent years, most notably the Pike River 29. Families had made tiles with the [...] read more
    May 1, 2011 11:59 am - 2 Comments
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