Posts by Sue Kedgley

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  Parliament’s chance to combat animals suffering - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  Most New Zealanders never get to see how pigs and hens suffer in intensive farms in New Zealand, because industrial farms are hidden away, in corrugated iron sheds down back roads in rural areas, and farmers wont let us visit their farms to see for ourselves the conditions that animals are forced to endure in these ‘farms’. read more
  August 25, 2010 6:34 pm - 12 Comments
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  UK Gets Supermarket Ombudsman – exactly what we need here - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  The new Conservative government in the United Kingdom has agreed to set up a supermarket watchdog to investigate and solve supply disputes between farmers, growers and other suppliers, and Britain’s supermarket chains. (The United Kingdom has ten supermarket chains, while we have only two chains here in New Zealand). read more
  August 17, 2010 6:15 pm - 4 Comments
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  Animal Welfare bill could be great news for pigs - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  I am delighted my private members bill, the Animal Welfare Amendment (Treatment of Animals) bill has been selected from the parliamentary ballot, and will have its first reading in about a month. read more
  August 5, 2010 4:45 pm - 17 Comments
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  Aged Care investigation gets off to great start - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  Winnie Laban and I are well into our nationwide investigation into aged care. We have held five public meetings on aged care – four in the Wellington region and one in Nelson. Only 14 more to go! read more
  May 26, 2010 11:32 am - 10 Comments
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  Water and democracy - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  Every New Zealander should be worried about Rodney Hide’s latest bill on local government — which will allow our water supplies [DOC] to be controlled and managed by private companies for 35 years, and will force Councils to focus only on ill-defined ‘core business’ [DOC] (which excludes, amongst other things, the environment).’ Multinational corporations are [...] read more
  May 5, 2010 6:40 pm - 18 Comments
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  Methyl bromide protest - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  I met a port worker at our protest against the use of the highly toxic and ozone depleting fumigant Methyl Bromide at the Tauranga Port yesterday. He told me that for years his job on the wharf had been to drive cars, which had just been fumigated with Methyl Bromide, out of the fumigation area [...] read more
  April 29, 2010 12:05 pm - 8 Comments
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  SAFE petition to stop animal experimentation in NZ - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  I accepted a petition today at Parliament from SAFE, signed by 11 thousand New Zealanders, which calls on the government to prohibit animal research on dogs and cats. Most New Zealanders would be horrified to learn that 300.000 animals were experimented on in New Zealand last year, including 1500 cats and dogs. We have no [...] read more
  April 22, 2010 4:03 pm - 78 Comments
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  Strong reaction against ECan sacking - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  It was standing room only at a public meeting organised by the Green party in Christchurch last night to protest the government’s sacking of Environment Canterbury. 100 people who couldn’t get into the meeting held an impromptu meeting outside. The meeting hadn’t even been advertised in the media—who knows how many would have turned up [...] read more
  April 15, 2010 2:01 pm - 41 Comments
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  National fights effort to lift lid on aged care cuts - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  What a cheek John Carter has, telling Grey Power that they shouldn’t be collaborating with the Labour/Green investigation into the state of aged care! read more
  April 13, 2010 4:31 pm - 2 Comments
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  Aged care investigation launches - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  I am looking forward to joining Labour’s Winnie Laban for a nationwide tour to investigate the state of aged care in New Zealand. Winnie and I will be travelling around New Zealand, talking to people in their homes and communities about the quality of care they receive. We will be working closely with Grey Power [...] read more
  April 8, 2010 5:18 pm - 14 Comments
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  Aussies decide on how our food should be labelled - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  At the end of last week Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) held two meetings in New Zealand to consult with New Zealanders about how we would like our labelling laws changed. But it was something of a shock to turn up to the meeting and find that a panel of five Australians was conducting [...] read more
  March 29, 2010 4:44 pm - 12 Comments
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  Wake Up Cantabrians! Your democracy is at stake! - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  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 [...] read more
  March 19, 2010 11:31 am - 37 Comments
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  Save Radio NZ meeting – pictures and report - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  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 [...] read more
  March 17, 2010 4:33 pm - 9 Comments
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  S.O.RNZ (Save our Radio New Zealand) - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
    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 [...] read more
  February 26, 2010 12:22 pm - 11 Comments
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  Is Parliament finally taking animal welfare seriously? - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  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 - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  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 - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  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 - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  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 - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  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 - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  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