Sue Kedgley Archive

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    Podcast: Natural health – a new direction



    On Friday the Green and National Parties released a proposal to establish a new stand-alone New Zealand regulator for natural health products. Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley has been collaborating with Health Minister Tony Ryall and Associate Health Minister Jonathan Coleman on the proposal. This work is part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed [...] read more
    March 22, 2010 10:29 am - 1 Comment
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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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    Submitting in your summer holiday



    As I predicted last week, the Government has allowed only a very short time for submissions on the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill – submissions close on 12 February 2010. This is a truly appalling Bill – it’s packed full of measures that undermine local democracy and promote the privatisation of Auckland’s assets. read more
    December 20, 2009 3:55 pm - 9 Comments
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    Rampant Rodney rogers Auckland



    Rodney Hide’s third supercity Bill, the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill, reveals a hardcore anti-democratic agenda for privatisation. read more
    December 15, 2009 8:41 am - 9 Comments
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    Green Oral Question for today



    In Parliament today, the Green Party’s Questions for Oral Answer (number 3) is from Russel Norman to the Minister of Finance, Bill English: Does he stand by his statement that “water assets will not be privatised as a result of the restructuring” of local government; and if so, how does he reconcile it with Cabinet’s decision [...] read more
    October 29, 2009 11:42 am - 30 Comments
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    Moving forward on folic acid fortification



      Image by Lyndon Hood The Green Party welcomes the decision of the Government to review the decision to mandatorily fortify almost all bread sold in New Zealand with folic acid.  We are not sure why such a review would take three years, however. In our view a panel of experts should review the new science and perhaps liaise [...] read more
    July 20, 2009 3:16 pm - 15 Comments
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    Food Price Hikes: Less Lunch To Munch



    Much like a monkey aboard a 1960s Space Rocket it appears food prices don’t want to come back down to earth either.  A brand of chocolate that is now banned at Auckland Zoo seems to be partly responsible. Apparently the increase in Grocery Sub Group One was driven by a price increase for chocolate that [...] read more
    July 16, 2009 4:19 pm - 6 Comments
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    Public Debate likely to ensue over our daily bread



    Over the weekend Sue K was on TVNZ’s Q and A talking about a subject many people and frogs may be unaware of – the fact that as of early September all bread in New Zealand excepting organic bread will be fortified with folic acid. This decision was taken in 2007 by the previous Labour Government [...] read more
    July 13, 2009 5:22 pm - 31 Comments
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    Organics industry growth in jeopardy



    In the 2005 cooperation agreement between the Green Party and the previous Labour-led government, we negotiated funding for an Organics Advisory Service (OAS). It included mentoring support for conversion to organics and peer support for organic farmers. Unfortunately, after three years of successful service to the organics sector, the modest $2.15 million funding has now run [...] read more
    June 30, 2009 4:42 pm - 63 Comments
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    No will in NZ to phase out wonky flouro food



    Last night TV3’s 60 minute program looked at the issue of food colourings and whether or not they affect children’s behaviour. While the experiments used in the item were not scientific the research that prompted the kiwi journalists to highlight this issue caused shockwaves when it was released in the United Kingdom in 2007. The research – [...] read more
    June 30, 2009 2:27 pm - 12 Comments
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