Sue Kedgley Archive

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  I want to be in a sow crate with Sue! - by frog

  
  
  
  As if it isn’t enough that every politician and his dog is suddenly welling up over our nation’s tortured pigs, last night on Back Benches Peter Dunne claimed to have been in a sow crate with Sue Kedgley. Now, you can’t criticise the man’s taste, but I’m afraid that this is wishful thinking. Sue says [...] read more
  May 21, 2009 11:40 am - 19 Comments
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  What does the Act say? - by frog

  
  
  
  The Sunday expose on intensive pig farming has pushed the shadowy world of indoor pig farming firmly into the spotlight. TVNZ’s Close-up this evening pitted Mike King (and Safe‘s Hans Kreik) off against Chris Trengrove, the Chair of the Pork Board, resulting in a commitment to random visits of other pig farms to see if [...] read more
  May 18, 2009 8:57 pm - 125 Comments
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  One more down, a few thou to go - by frog

  
  
  
  ERMA today followed the EU, US and Canada and revoked approvals for the herbicide methylarsinic acid (MSMA) in New Zealand. read more
  May 14, 2009 8:16 pm - 10 Comments
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  Sue Kedgley debates Auckland Governance - by frog

  
  
  
  Here is Sue K’s contribution to the urgent debate on Auckland governance last week: read more
  April 17, 2009 5:09 pm - 47 Comments
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  Endosulfan Tip of the Toxic Iceberg - by Catherine Delahunty

  
  
  
  It is a great day for worms, tomatoes and humans. The toxic pesticide endosulfan has finally been banned. This seriously toxic chemical was banned in 55 countries but 18 Councils around Aotearoa have been using it regularly on sports fields to kill worms that made bumps in the turf. Tomato and citrus growers have been [...] read more
  December 16, 2008 5:46 pm - 16 Comments
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  Number crunching - by frog

  
  
  
  Here are some of the individual electorate returns from Green campaigns around the country. The top ten electorates for Green votes were: Wellington Central – 6,657 votes, 20.08% Rongotai – 5,407 votes, 16.42% Dunedin North – 4,448 votes, 15.38% Port Hills – 4,406 votes, 13.53% Auckland Central – 4,341 votes, 15.41% West Coast-Tasman – 3,279 [...] read more
  November 10, 2008 12:21 pm - 11 Comments
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  Horticulture NZ launches new CoOL campaign - by frog

  
  
  
  Horticulture New Zealand and others have launched a new campaign for CoOL, or Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling of food.  It notes that the campaign is pretty simple really – it’s about consumers’ right to know that they are buying: We believe Kiwi shoppers deserve the right to choose. CoOL is not a ‘buy local’ [...] read more
  November 4, 2008 4:19 pm - 10 Comments
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  The missing name from the SPCA’s list of shame - by frog

  
  
  
  Despite this gruesome reading from the SPCA: A number of the animals had been hurt by slug gun pellets and other projectiles, and there were signs that children were being allowed to use animals for target practice. Cases of neglect included an Auckland dog discovered on Christmas Eve after surviving without food or water for [...] read more
  October 31, 2008 8:25 am - 20 Comments
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  The Wellington Transport Plan - by frog

  
  
  
  Line maintenance on Sue’s train line conspired to delay her arrival at the Greens launch of our Wellington Transport Plan.  But she got there by bus instead and announced a costed and detailed plan that would see a new light rail network linking the Hutt Valley, Porirua and the Airport. Stage one would see light [...] read more
  October 22, 2008 4:10 pm - 32 Comments
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  Our transport plan for Auckland - by frog

  
  
  
  The Auckland transport plan that the Greens released yesterday got good coverage in the Herald which covered how the MPs got to the launch: Metiria Turei: Small ferryboat chartered from the base of Te Atatu Peninsula to highlight its dearth of public transport services. Sue Kedgley: Train from Mt Eden. Keith Locke: Bike from Mt [...] read more
  October 16, 2008 2:17 pm - 18 Comments
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  Wellington vs the worms - by frog

  
  
  
  The endosulfan pesticide debate arrived in Wellington today via local newspaper the Welllingtonian: However, council spokesman Richard MacLean says if a sports field were “completely over-run by worms we would use the pesticide to get rid of them”. Does that happen? Has anyone ever actually been playing cricket and then moments later been dragged under [...] read more
  October 15, 2008 2:14 pm - 3 Comments
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  Green Party opening broadcast Election 2008 - by frog

  
  
  
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  October 15, 2008 11:29 am - 7 Comments
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  Trustworthy food - by frog

  
  
  
  You can normally tell a substance has become less food and more controversy when it acquires a name such as MON863.  That’s the moniker of one of Monsanto’s genetically modified varieties of maize. It struck controversy last year when an independent French study showed that, despite it being approved for human consumption in 2006, it [...] read more
  October 10, 2008 11:34 am - No Comments
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  No more Endosulfan in Napier - by frog

  
  
  
  A Green Party member in the Hawkes Bay has just written to me to say that he hears that Napier City Council has decided not to use the poisonous chemical Endosulfan on its sports fields any more, following Sue Kedley’s campaign. If so, that’s great news. read more
  October 10, 2008 9:10 am - 4 Comments
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  Losing more World Cups - by frog

  
  
  
  Following on from my previous post about the use of the highly toxic pesticide endosulfan on sports fields; I should note that also on Sue Kedgley’s list of fields that currently get a dose of endosulfan are Hamilton’s Seddon Park and Waikato Stadium, New Plymouth’s Pukekura Park and Yarrow Stadium, Rotorua’s International Rugby Stadium. These [...] read more
  October 2, 2008 11:31 am - 4 Comments
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  Highly toxic but gives an even bounce of the ball - by frog

  
  
  
  Endosulfan, one of the more toxic chemicals in the world, and banned in over 50 countries, still has a couple of havens where it is still respected and welcomed.  One is on our tomatoes and other food crops. And the other is on our children’s sports fields. Sue Kedgley has today released the results of [...] read more
  October 2, 2008 11:02 am - 4 Comments
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  NZ’s melamine contamination - by frog

  
  
  
  Poisonous food and dying babies is strictly a ‘far away in China’ sort of thing, even if it happens to be large New Zealand company embroiled in the scandal?  Right? We can look sadly on and shake our heads despondently at Chinese officials and businessmen who didn’t respond fast enough or allow the public to [...] read more
  September 25, 2008 3:19 pm - No Comments
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  Erythrosine - by frog

  
  
  
  A small crafts business, Golding Handcrafts, has applied to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to relax restrictions on the controversial food colouring, erythrosine.  Sue Kedgley is concerned because Erythrosine is an endocrine disruptor, altering the level of thyroid hormones to the extent that it causes thyroid tumours in lab tests. Any small change to [...] read more
  September 25, 2008 2:42 pm - 34 Comments
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  A sahara desert’s worth of milk powder - by frog

  
  
  
  I just got sent this video of a Sanlu advertising campaign: Sanlu’s September 2008 TV commercial for Western media, with the copy “For the past 15 years we have enough sale volume covered the entire sahara desert”. The ‘volume’ refers to milk powder. Meanwhile Sue Kedgley has been asking some pertinent questions: While we welcome [...] read more
  September 22, 2008 3:50 pm - 6 Comments
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  Saving the trolley buses, again - by frog

  
  
  
  A strange anomaly of the Emissions Trading Scheme is that electricity is facing a carbon charge from 2010, while fuel faces a charge in 2011. This meant that the electric trolley buses in Wellington faced the strange side effect that they could become less viable compared to diesel buses.  Luckily Sue Kedgley and other stepped [...] read more
  September 9, 2008 3:42 pm - 29 Comments