Posts by Sue Kedgley

  • Sue Kedgley

    Wake Up Cantabrians! Your democracy is at stake!



    I can’t believe the people of Canterbury are going to allow a democratically elected Council—Environment Canterbury—to be thrown out and replaced by an unelected and unaccountable political appointee—most likely Jenny Shipley. What is happening in Canterbury is eerily similar to what is happening in Auckland—layers of democracy are being quietly got rid of and replaced by [...] read more
    March 19, 2010 11:31 am - 37 Comments
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    Save Radio NZ meeting – pictures and report



    Save Radio NZ meeting – a packed St John’s in the city – Wellington  150 people showed up last night to a Save Radio New Zealand meeting organised jointly by myself and Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson. Gaylene Preston and Jon Johansson also spoke, along with many members of the audience, all voicing their concern that the [...] read more
    March 17, 2010 4:33 pm - 9 Comments
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    S.O.RNZ (Save our Radio New Zealand)



      It was great to see several hundred people at Parliament yesterday, protesting the government’s freezing of funding for Radio New Zealand. I hope this is just the first protest of many around the country. Already there are signs that the government under-estimated the level of support for Radio New Zealand, and if we keep up the [...] read more
    February 26, 2010 12:22 pm - 11 Comments
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    Is Parliament finally taking animal welfare seriously?



    After ten years of stony silence on animal welfare in Parliament, and MPs rolling their eyes and cracking jokes whenever I raised animal welfare issues in the House, it was great to hear MPs speaking passionately about the need to stamp out animal cruelty in New Zealand during a debate on the Animal Welfare Amendment [...] read more
    February 19, 2010 2:29 pm - 15 Comments
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    Wellingtonians won’t fall for Dunne’s Super city plans



    Wellingtonians are far too intelligent to fall for Peter Dunne’s ‘we must follow Auckland and become a super-city’ line. read more
    February 12, 2010 3:26 pm - 13 Comments
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    Your chance to oppose GE farm animals



    Sometimes New Zealand can be its own worst enemy, but as New Zealanders we have the power to stand up to protect ourselves. Tomorrow submissions close on an AgResearch application to create GE farm animals – have your say now! read more
    December 17, 2009 2:55 pm - 2 Comments
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    38 Genetically engineered ingredients in our food



    Over the past decade four large multinational corporations -Monsanto, Aventis, Syngenta, Dow Agro Sciences, have been quietly applying for approval to add more and more genetically engineered ingredients into our food. read more
    December 10, 2009 10:09 am - 6 Comments
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    Minister of Agriculture’s Broken Promise on Pig Code



    On 3rd November this year, Minister of Agriculture David Carter assured NZPA that a draft of the new Pig Code of Animal Welfare would “go out for consultation in about two weeks.” read more
    December 9, 2009 1:01 pm - 4 Comments
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    2025 Taskforce a tragi-comic farce



    Hard to believe and tragic that Don Brash and his cohorts would seriously recommend REDUCING minimum wage rates back to 1999 ratios, and reinstating the youth minimum wage. read more
    December 1, 2009 4:55 pm - 96 Comments
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    Green MP praises McDonalds – just the once!



    McDonalds is the first fast food retailer – in fact the first large commercial business in New Zealand – to commit to using free range eggs in 19 of its restaurants in New Zealand. read more
    December 1, 2009 10:07 am - 9 Comments
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