Catherine Delahunty Archive

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    The Roger Awards strike again



    Last night, the Roger Award For The Worst Transnational Corporation operating in New Zealand, 2009 was awarded to ANZ. The Aussie-owned banks continue to rip us off, and the Green Party believes a bank is a worthy recipient of this award. read more
    March 12, 2010 1:33 pm - 8 Comments
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    The End of the Line



    This great documentary on the demise of the planet’s fish stocks was launched at the Paramount last night by a coalition of environmental groups (ECO, Forest and Bird, WWF and Greenpeace). read more
    March 5, 2010 10:39 am - 2 Comments
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    Why are 30,000 kids a day voting with their feet?



    The statistics on truancy are very worrying. Not only do we have 72,000 young people between the ages of 15 and 24 out of work and out of any form of education, but we have 30,000 students a day not wanting to go to school. In response, the Government has doubled funding to deal with [...] read more
    March 3, 2010 2:10 pm - 24 Comments
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    Not Our Heritage to Mine Karangahake



    On Friday last I hosted a meeting about the effects of mining at the Karangahake Hall near Paeroa. The hall is close to a major historical and recreational area including many artefacts and remnants from the early gold mining days. It is also close to the newest gold mining permit issued for the Coromandel area. The [...] read more
    February 23, 2010 2:44 pm - 11 Comments
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    Economy with the truth on the gender pay gap



    Another Minister has been caught out misusing statistics and being economical with the truth. This time it is Women’s Affairs Minister Pansy Wong, replying to a question from Catherine Delahunty on the gender pay gap read more
    February 19, 2010 3:09 pm - 4 Comments
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    Sign Language Sabotaged



    Last year the Minister of Education was repeatedly asked in the House if there would be cuts to New Zealand Sign language education during the night class debacle. If you read the Manawatu Standard yesterday, it has started to happen, in that region at least. read more
    February 5, 2010 9:22 am - 7 Comments
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    Stop bullying Parliament’s workers



    Parliamentary Service has been trying to force the hard working, poorly paid support staff of Parliament to take cuts to their pay package. These are not the ‘political’ staff – they are the people who do things like security, messenger services, and building maintenance at Parliament. As is only fair, the staff have been resisting cuts [...] read more
    October 30, 2009 1:06 pm - 5 Comments
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    Love Wild Rivers? Give them your support



    Cool. Today a new campaign has been launched for one of New Zealand’s most iconic features – our Wild Rivers. It’s great to see diverse groups – tree-huggers, deer-stalkers, bird-watchers, knobbly-kneed trampers, sharp-edged climbers, risky rafters, kool-kat kayakers, and angelic anglers – representing “over 100,000 New Zealanders” and united in seeking to protect wild rivers from [...] read more
    October 28, 2009 12:37 pm - 3 Comments
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    Frog Week with Gerry and Tim



    It’s frog week! My favourite week of the year. But this one comes under a large grey cloud. My local native frog rellies have not been faring well for a while. They’re threatened by all sorts already. But now they have a new predator – Gerry with his sidekick Tim. All New Zealand’s native frog species are now threatened by mining. read more
    September 29, 2009 6:02 am - 3 Comments
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    Undermining our most generous gifts



    On 23 September 1887 – 122 years ago yesterday – Te Heuheu Tukino of Tuwharetoa gifted the mountains of Tongariro, Ngaruhoe and Ruapehu to the people of Aotearoa…. This anniversary was sullied by the fact that the Crown is now considering the Park’s mining potential. read more
    September 24, 2009 2:30 pm - 12 Comments
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