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  Green Party List features new female faces - by frog

  
  
  
  Some notable new women feature well up the Greens list rankings for the November election. The retirement of Jeanette Fitzsimons and Sue Bradford and the pending retirement of Sue Kedgley has made room for the very capable Cantabrian Eugenie Sage, the wonderful Wellingtonian Jan Logie and the accomplished Aucklander Denise Roche. Of course, the inimitable [...] read more
  May 29, 2011 7:40 am - 19 Comments
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  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
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  Proxy voting for Hone Harawira - by David Clendon

  
  
  
  The Green Party has agreed to cast proxy votes for Te Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira. A formal agreement takes effect from today, although we have served as Hone’s proxy on an ad-hoc basis in recent weeks. We are currently casting a proxy for Te Atatū MP Chris Carter as well and the rationale is [...] read more
  April 14, 2011 10:09 am - 5 Comments
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  Improving the latest Earthquake Recovery Bill - by frog

  
  
  
  We want to give Cantabrians all the help they need to rebuild their earthquake-ravaged city, but the Bill in front of Parliament today doesn’t do the job. There’s too much power vested in too few people for too long. We very cautiously supported the first recovery Bill last year while flagging serious constitutional concerns. But the Canterbury [...] read more
  April 12, 2011 3:57 pm - 11 Comments
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  List ranking under way - by frog

  
  
  
  List ranking is under way in the Green Party. Ballot papers, candidate biographies and an Initial List have just gone out to members. The Initial List was formed by the votes of branch delegates and the candidates themselves, following the Green Party conference in Auckland in early February. At the conference Green candidates presented themselves to delegates [...] read more
  April 4, 2011 4:53 pm - 20 Comments
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  Green members considering political positioning - by frog

  
  
  
  Green Party members are thinking about the Party’s political positioning ahead of the November election. A draft remit is making its way out to branches for feedback and potential revision. Ultimately, the remit will go to the Party’s June AGM for a vote where it may be confirmed, rejected or amended. The draft remit – [...] read more
  April 4, 2011 12:05 pm - 169 Comments
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  Green’s welcome Commerce Commission investigation into Govt’s green claims - by frog

  
  
  
  The Green Party welcomes the Commerce Commission’s decision to investigate the environmental claims made by the National Government this term, Green Party Co-Leader Dr Russel Norman said today. “We value keeping politics honest. When it comes to the environmental claims made by the National Government, people expect these claims to be truthful and not misleading,” [...] read more
  April 1, 2011 10:45 am - 2 Comments
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  More signs of Green change from Germany - by Metiria Turei

  
  
  
  The Green Party’s election victory in the Baden-Wurttemberg state parliament highlights the emergence of the Green movement as a major political force. For the first time in Germany the Greens will lead a coalition government with the traditional left party, the Social Democrats, taking the minor party role. The road to political success for the [...] read more
  March 29, 2011 1:29 pm - 9 Comments
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  A snapshot of dislocation..now multiply - by frog

  
  
  
  This is the story of John and Katherine, Greens in Christchurch. For those of us not living in the aftermath, here is a snapshot of the upheaval affecting thousands and thousands of residents.  Their homes are destroyed, their futures are uncertain. Beyond the tragedy of the killed, the missing and the injured.  There are these stories of dislocation….thousands and [...] read more
  March 4, 2011 12:30 pm - 1 Comment
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  Grade D liquefaction - by Kennedy Graham

  
  
  
  In my last blog post, about 100 years ago, I graded liquefaction into three qualities. Grade A, I ventured, was the best – pure black sand, easy to shovel. B was heavy and wet, but (relatively, apparently, perhaps) clean. C was the worst, sludge mixed with sewerage. I can now report a fourth grade of [...] read more
  March 3, 2011 9:14 am - 4 Comments
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  Greens soldier along with the clean up army - by Kennedy Graham

  
  
  
  I’ll be going door-to-door again today in some of Christchurch’s hard hit eastern suburbs. A small group of Greens are now attached to the Student Volunteer Army. Yesterday, as a team of five, we were in Parklands. ( Thanks to Marilyn, Anne, Dot and Liz.  Thanks also to Nick, a local in Parklands.  And thanks to [...] read more
  March 2, 2011 12:23 pm - 13 Comments
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  What does ‘a better Christchurch’ mean to you? - by frog

  
  
  
  We do have a chance to do the new, green, environmentally sound, fantastically state-of-the-art, 21st-century place, that will attract the brains and the thinkers of the world to come and live here That’s former Christchurch mayor Garry Moore quoted in today’s papers under the headline ‘Better, safer, city will emerge from ruins, former mayors say’. [...] read more
  February 28, 2011 9:18 am - 93 Comments
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  Cry the Beloved City - by Kennedy Graham

  
  
  
  In the House, I had said, “Whatever lies ahead, we shall not be daunted”….may I meet my own standards. read more
  February 25, 2011 8:55 am - 1 Comment
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  Greens agree to cast Carter proxy - by Kennedy Graham

  
  
  
  The Green Party has agreed to cast proxy votes for Te Atatū MP Chris Carter. The agreement takes effect in the next session of Parliament. Mr Carter can tell us whether he wishes to support or oppose and we will cast his vote accordingly.  (And we will use the Green Party’s position as a default [...] read more
  February 21, 2011 11:08 am - 6 Comments
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  Ghost of Melissa Lee haunts Mana by-election - by frog

  
  
  
  Public meetings on the Kapiti expressway have been postponed until after the Mana by-election, but Stephen Joyce had nothing to do with it…honest. It is apparently pure coincidence that the NZTA announced the postponement of the public consultation process on 2nd November, the same day that Kapiti residents protested against the expressway outside the campaign [...] read more
  November 9, 2010 4:24 pm - 2 Comments
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  We’ve got it easy… - by frog

  
  
  
  Dear friends (and foes) A reminder in the MSM today as to how lucky we are.  Lucky to be able to engage in a battle of ideas without fear. Iranian-Canadian Hossein Derakhshan, nicknamed “the Blogfather” and credited with starting a blogging revolution in Iran, has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison….for co-operating [...] read more
  September 30, 2010 1:25 pm - 21 Comments
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  Podcast: Rock n Roll to the rescue? - by frog

  
  
  
  Can we make a lot of noise with a small footprint?  Can we mosh sustainably?  What can we do about the environmental effects of going to a big gig?  We also find out which Green MP is a Metallica fan and hear about a few favourite shows.   Click to play If you’re having problems [...] read more
  September 27, 2010 11:25 am - 1 Comment
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  Is SCF Southland Rugby’s Secret Weapon? - by frog

  
  
  
  Glorious times for Southland rugby right now: top of the table in the national provincial competition and resolute defenders of the Ranfurly Shield. By extension, it’s a great time for sponsors to bask in the Stags reflected glory and so, when prime real estate on the back of the Southland jerseys features a certain South [...] read more
  September 20, 2010 11:28 am - 5 Comments
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  A Week in Town can be a Long Time - by Kennedy Graham

  
  
  
  I speak with a carpenter who is repairing a roof…He freely admits to bursting into tears on two occasions, something he hasn’t done since childhood. read more
  September 12, 2010 12:31 pm - 3 Comments
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  The Rainbow Warrior sinking – 25 years ago today - by frog

  
  
  
  July 10 1985: the French Government sinks the Greenpeace vessel, the Rainbow Warrior, in Auckland Harbour. That’s 25 years ago.  Today,  spare a thought for Fernando Pereira, killed when the boat sank. A cover of Anchor Me was made for the 20th anniversary. It’s a great song and a worthy tribute still. read more
  July 10, 2010 5:19 am - 19 Comments