If Southland local authorities fail to, the Government must restrict cattle numbers in the Waituna Lagoon catchment to save it from dairying pollution, Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says.
The Southern District Health Board has called on experts in air and water quality to analyse the public health risks of Solid Energy's proposed coal-briquetting demonstration plant near Mataura.
Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei yesterday renewed her attack on the Government and KiwiRail for awarding $500 million of work to overseas contractors.
Issuing green energy bonds would give New Zealanders a safe place for their retirement funds and give state energy companies access to capital, the Green Party says.
Green Party business policies received close attention yesterday in the first of the Otago Chamber of Commerce's political leader series.
A doubling of Crown Minerals funding to $14.8 million in the Budget has incensed the Green Party, which is opposed on several fronts to any expansion of mineral exploration or production in New Zealand.
A public meeting in Dunedin tomorrow will debate what an organiser says is "one of the biggest environmental issues facing New Zealand" - the proposed expansion of coal mining in Eastern Southland and South Otago.
The Greens have long enjoyed the advantage of having a clearly-defined brand. They have long had the policies to give that brand real substance.
The Green Party is calling for public notification - which would allow for submissions - on Solid Energy's proposal to build a lignite conversion briquetting plant near Mataura, in Southland, for up to $25 million.
Pro-cannabis and pirate parties have more of a chance of winning next month's Botany by-election than the Greens, which failed to register its candidate in time.
Green MP Sue Kedgley says it's unfair that her Animal Welfare (Treatment of Animals) amendment bill, scheduled to be debated in Parliament tonight, won't be subject to a conscience vote.
According to the police, a number of witnesses were spoken to after Green Party co-leader Russel Norman complained of assault by Chinese security agents attending the visit to Parliament by China's Vice-president, Xi Jiping, last week.
Metiria Turei has probably long forgotten it. Those who witnessed it still wince at the memory of it.
The Green Party received more big political donations than any other party last year because their MPs donate a percentage of their income back to the party.
New Zealand should follow Australia's lead and tighten foreign investment rules around housing to make it more affordable for New Zealanders, the Green Party says.
The decision to call-in consent applications for controversial dairy farm developments is a victory for the Green Party and for every New Zealander who cares about water quality and the "wonderful" landscape and biodiversity of the Omarama and Ohau area, Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says.
It has been a time of change and hectic schedules for Metiria Turei after stepping into the job of Green Party co-leader about six months ago.
Question everything, take risks and be brave, were Metiria Turei's pieces of advice for those attending a Salvation Army Lower South Area Employment Plus award ceremony in Dunedin yesterday.