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post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-health-wellbeing tag-cold-damp tag-jacinda-ardern tag-katrina-shanks tag-warm-healthy-rentals clearfix"> <div class="entry-thumbnails"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/08/mps-turn-up-heat-on-cold-homes/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/themes/arras-theme/library/timthumb.php?src=http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/turnuptheheat.jpg&w=190&h=100&zc=1" alt="MPs turn up the heat on cold homes" title="MPs turn up the heat on cold homes"/></a><span class="entry-meta"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/08/mps-turn-up-heat-on-cold-homes/"><span class="entry-comments">14</span></a><abbr class="published" title="2011-08-08T14:57:47+00:00">August 8, 2011</abbr></span></div><h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/08/mps-turn-up-heat-on-cold-homes/" rel="bookmark">MPs turn up the heat on cold homes</a></h3> <div class="entry-summary">Like most Kiwis I’ve rented many cold damp homes over the years. Come to think of it I’ve never actually...</div> </li> <li class="post-20421 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-environment-resource-management category-featured tag-david-clendon tag-dominion-post tag-exide tag-greenpeace tag-petone clearfix"> <div class="entry-thumbnails"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/08/battling-battery-blunders/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/themes/arras-theme/library/timthumb.php?src=http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/batteries.jpg&w=190&h=100&zc=1" alt="Battling battery blunders" title="Battling battery blunders"/></a><span class="entry-meta"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/08/battling-battery-blunders/"><span class="entry-comments">4</span></a><abbr class="published" title="2011-08-08T13:53:13+00:00">August 8, 2011</abbr></span></div><h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/08/battling-battery-blunders/" rel="bookmark">Battling battery blunders</a></h3> <div class="entry-summary">More revelations about the Exide battery recycling plant in Petone have come out in today’s Dominon Post. Greenpeace has also...</div> </li> <li class="post-20273 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-justice-democracy category-society-culture tag-aung-san-suu-kyi tag-burma tag-democracy tag-human-rights tag-kachin tag-refugees clearfix"> <div class="entry-thumbnails"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/29/breakdown-of-burmese-ceasefire/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/themes/arras-theme/library/timthumb.php?src=http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/kachin-kids.jpg&w=190&h=100&zc=1" alt="Breakdown of Burmese ceasefire" title="Breakdown of Burmese ceasefire"/></a><span class="entry-meta"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/29/breakdown-of-burmese-ceasefire/"><span class="entry-comments">6</span></a><abbr class="published" title="2011-07-29T14:02:14+00:00">July 29, 2011</abbr></span></div><h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/29/breakdown-of-burmese-ceasefire/" rel="bookmark">Breakdown of Burmese ceasefire</a></h3> <div class="entry-summary">On Wednesday, Wellington’s Kachin community arrived in Parliament grounds to protest the increasing violence happening in their home province. Kachin state...</div> </li> </ul>  <ul class="hfeed posts-line clearfix"> <li class="post-20450 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-justice-democracy tag-corrections tag-david-clendon tag-human-rights clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/David Clendon-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="David Clendon"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/10/justice-reinvestment-the-high-cost-of-prison/" title="Permalink to Justice Reinvestment – the high cost of prison">Justice Reinvestment – the high cost of prison</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by David Clendon</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">I took an opportunity yesterday to speak in the Appropriations debate on the ‘moral and fiscal failure’ that is our prison system. Vote Corrections for 2011/2012 is set at a little over $1.1 billion, about two and a half times what it was a decade ago. That is an enormous amount of money to spend [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/10/justice-reinvestment-the-high-cost-of-prison/" title="Permalink to Justice Reinvestment – the high cost of prison">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 10, 2011 9:18 am - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/10/justice-reinvestment-the-high-cost-of-prison/#comments" title="Permalink to Justice Reinvestment – the high cost of prison">8 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20457 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-the-issues tag-general-debate clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/frog-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="frog"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/10/general-debate-august-10-2011/" title="Permalink to General debate, August 10, 2011">General debate, August 10, 2011</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by frog</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary"> <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/10/general-debate-august-10-2011/" title="Permalink to General debate, August 10, 2011">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 10, 2011 7:26 am - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/10/general-debate-august-10-2011/#comments" title="Permalink to General debate, August 10, 2011">9 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20432 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-health-wellbeing tag-cold-damp tag-jacinda-ardern tag-katrina-shanks tag-warm-healthy-rentals clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/Gareth Hughes-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="Gareth Hughes"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/08/mps-turn-up-heat-on-cold-homes/" title="Permalink to MPs turn up the heat on cold homes">MPs turn up the heat on cold homes</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by Gareth Hughes</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">Like most Kiwis I’ve rented many cold damp homes over the years. Come to think of it I’ve never actually lived in a warm house. Cold uninsulated homes are as Kiwi as pavlova. Many of the poorest and most vulnerable Kiwis are getting sick from their home and paying massive electricity bills to heat their [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/08/mps-turn-up-heat-on-cold-homes/" title="Permalink to MPs turn up the heat on cold homes">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 8, 2011 2:57 pm - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/08/mps-turn-up-heat-on-cold-homes/#comments" title="Permalink to MPs turn up the heat on cold homes">14 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20429 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-environment-resource-management tag-consumer tag-finning tag-restaurants tag-shark-fins tag-survey clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/Gareth Hughes-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="Gareth Hughes"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/08/survey-shows-shark-fin-soup-still-served/" title="Permalink to Survey shows shark fin soup still served">Survey shows shark fin soup still served</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by Gareth Hughes</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">The New Zealand Government is lagging behind many other countries in dealing with the unsustainable practice of shark-finning. A whole host of states have not only banned shark finning, but also the possession and sale of shark fins and shark fin soup. If the Government won’t act, you can exercise your consumer power to not [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/08/survey-shows-shark-fin-soup-still-served/" title="Permalink to Survey shows shark fin soup still served">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 8, 2011 2:25 pm - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/08/survey-shows-shark-fin-soup-still-served/#comments" title="Permalink to Survey shows shark fin soup still served">11 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20421 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-environment-resource-management category-featured tag-david-clendon tag-dominion-post tag-exide tag-greenpeace tag-petone clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/frog-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="frog"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/08/battling-battery-blunders/" title="Permalink to Battling battery blunders">Battling battery blunders</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by frog</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">More revelations about the Exide battery recycling plant in Petone have come out in today’s Dominon Post. Greenpeace has also come out in favour of keeping the ability to recycle this hazardous waste here in New Zealand. This echoed Dave Clendon’s call last week in the house and his post about the need to uphold [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/08/battling-battery-blunders/" title="Permalink to Battling battery blunders">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 8, 2011 1:53 pm - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/08/battling-battery-blunders/#comments" title="Permalink to Battling battery blunders">4 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20419 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-the-issues tag-general-debate clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/frog-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="frog"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/06/general-debate-august-6-2011/" title="Permalink to General debate, August 6, 2011">General debate, August 6, 2011</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by frog</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary"> <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/06/general-debate-august-6-2011/" title="Permalink to General debate, August 6, 2011">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 6, 2011 7:47 am - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/06/general-debate-august-6-2011/#comments" title="Permalink to General debate, August 6, 2011">52 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20406 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-economy-work-welfare tag-capitalism tag-stock-market tag-wall-street-sustainability clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/frog-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="frog"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/05/you-gotta-be-cool-on-wall-street-when-your-index-is-low/" title="Permalink to You gotta be cool on Wall Street when your index is low">You gotta be cool on Wall Street when your index is low</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by frog</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">USA Today reports: Global stock markets tumbled Friday amid fears the U.S. may be heading back into recession and Europe’s debt crisis is worsening. The sell-off follows the biggest one-day points decline on Wall Street since the 2008 financial crisis. Oil extended sharp losses to fall below $84 a barrel amid expectations a slowing global [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/05/you-gotta-be-cool-on-wall-street-when-your-index-is-low/" title="Permalink to You gotta be cool on Wall Street when your index is low">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 5, 2011 10:49 pm - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/05/you-gotta-be-cool-on-wall-street-when-your-index-is-low/#comments" title="Permalink to You gotta be cool on Wall Street when your index is low">19 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20398 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-health-wellbeing tag-food tag-kate-wilkinson tag-minister-for-food-safety tag-seeds tag-select-committee tag-wwoofing clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/Sue Kedgley-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="Sue Kedgley"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/05/and-end-to-seed-exchanges/" title="Permalink to And end to Seed Exchanges?">And end to Seed Exchanges?</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by Sue Kedgley</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">I have had many queries about the Food Bill, with some suggesting it is a ghastly plot to make seed saving and seed exchange programmes illegal, and even activities such as the Willing Workers on Organic Farm systems (WWOOFing). These concerns, unfortunately, were never raised during the submission stage of the bill, when they can [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/05/and-end-to-seed-exchanges/" title="Permalink to And end to Seed Exchanges?">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 5, 2011 12:43 pm - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/05/and-end-to-seed-exchanges/#comments" title="Permalink to And end to Seed Exchanges?">7 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20391 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-economy-work-welfare tag-end-child-poverty tag-john-key tag-metiria-turei tag-minimum-wage tag-working-for-families clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/frog-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="frog"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/05/john-key-is-wrong-on-green-plan-to-end-child-poverty/" title="Permalink to John Key is wrong on Green plan to end child poverty">John Key is wrong on Green plan to end child poverty</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by frog</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">On Wednesday Green Co-Leader Metiria Turei launched the Green Party’s plan to bring 100,000 children out of poverty within three years. John Key poured cold water on both the Working for Families and minimum wage proposals contained in the package. But he is wrong on both counts. <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/05/john-key-is-wrong-on-green-plan-to-end-child-poverty/" title="Permalink to John Key is wrong on Green plan to end child poverty">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 5, 2011 10:54 am - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/05/john-key-is-wrong-on-green-plan-to-end-child-poverty/#comments" title="Permalink to John Key is wrong on Green plan to end child poverty">24 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20380 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-environment-resource-management tag-batteries tag-exide tag-nick-smith tag-petone clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/David Clendon-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="David Clendon"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/05/batteries-and-the-basel-convention/" title="Permalink to Batteries and the Basel Convention">Batteries and the Basel Convention</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by David Clendon</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">I asked some questions in the House on Thursday of the Minister for Environment, about how well (or more to the point how badly) we are meeting our obligations under the Basel Convention in regard to lead acid batteries. The Convention came into force in the early ‘90s as a response to the then emerging [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/05/batteries-and-the-basel-convention/" title="Permalink to Batteries and the Basel Convention">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 5, 2011 10:22 am - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/05/batteries-and-the-basel-convention/#comments" title="Permalink to Batteries and the Basel Convention">7 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20359 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-justice-democracy category-society-culture tag-democracy-movement tag-obama tag-peaceful-protest tag-syria tag-the-hague tag-unsc clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/Keith Locke-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="Keith Locke"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/04/parliament-condemns-killings-in-syria/" title="Permalink to Parliament condemns killings in Syria">Parliament condemns killings in Syria</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by Keith Locke</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">Yesterday I moved a motion in Parliament on Syria, which was passed unanimously. It read: “That this House condemn the shooting of peaceful demonstrators in Hama and other Syrian cities and call upon the Syrian Government to enter into a serious national dialogue to chart a transition to democratic government.” New Zealand now joins the [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/04/parliament-condemns-killings-in-syria/" title="Permalink to Parliament condemns killings in Syria">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 4, 2011 4:54 pm - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/04/parliament-condemns-killings-in-syria/#comments" title="Permalink to Parliament condemns killings in Syria">4 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20344 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-environment-resource-management tag-john-key tag-leader-debate tag-russel-norman clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/frog-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="frog"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/03/john-key-scared-to-debate/" title="Permalink to John Key scared to debate">John Key scared to debate</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by frog</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">Russel questions John Key on why he will go on lightweight shows like the Letterman show and the Tony Veitch show, but refuses to go on Morning Report , Campbell Live or particpate in an all-party leaders debate where he could face tough questions. <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/03/john-key-scared-to-debate/" title="Permalink to John Key scared to debate">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 3, 2011 5:06 pm - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/03/john-key-scared-to-debate/#comments" title="Permalink to John Key scared to debate">14 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20336 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-environment-resource-management tag-catherine-delahunty tag-equal-pay tag-hekia-parata clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/Catherine Delahunty-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="Catherine Delahunty"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/03/gender-pay-discrimination/" title="Permalink to Gender pay discrimination">Gender pay discrimination</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by Catherine Delahunty</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">Yesterday’s Herald poll said 65% of women believed that there was discrimination against them at work simply because of their gender. The Employers and Manufacturers Federation (whose former CEO was Alasdair Thompson) have come up with a brilliant solution which no women would ever have considered. They say women should apply for high income jobs! [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/03/gender-pay-discrimination/" title="Permalink to Gender pay discrimination">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 3, 2011 1:57 pm - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/03/gender-pay-discrimination/#comments" title="Permalink to Gender pay discrimination">5 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20330 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-health-wellbeing tag-democracy tag-drugs tag-kevin-hague tag-misuse-drugs-act tag-peter-dunne clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/Kevin Hague-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="Kevin Hague"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/03/misuse-of-parliamentary-procedure-to-change-misuse-of-drugs-act/" title="Permalink to Misuse of parliamentary procedure to change Misuse of Drugs Act">Misuse of parliamentary procedure to change Misuse of Drugs Act</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by Kevin Hague</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">Today Parliament debated a proposal from Peter Dunne to change the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill to allow him to ban any substance that might cause harm, essentially by decree. The original bill — which went through the health select committee in November last year — was flawed to begin with. The original bill was [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/03/misuse-of-parliamentary-procedure-to-change-misuse-of-drugs-act/" title="Permalink to Misuse of parliamentary procedure to change Misuse of Drugs Act">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 3, 2011 9:19 am - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/03/misuse-of-parliamentary-procedure-to-change-misuse-of-drugs-act/#comments" title="Permalink to Misuse of parliamentary procedure to change Misuse of Drugs Act">9 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20327 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-environment-resource-management tag-russel-norman tag-yale-david-hamilton-water-quality-nick-smith clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/Russel Norman-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="Russel Norman"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/02/water-pollution-and-debunking-the-yale-study/" title="Permalink to Water pollution and debunking the Yale study">Water pollution and debunking the Yale study</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by Russel Norman</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">The Government is once again under attack for it’s lack of effective action to clean up waterways. The Cawthron Institute released a report stating that the Government’s National Policy Statement on Freshwater Management combined with the subsidies for new irrigation, and hence new cows and pollution, will mean our rivers won’t be cleaned up in the [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/02/water-pollution-and-debunking-the-yale-study/" title="Permalink to Water pollution and debunking the Yale study">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 2, 2011 10:31 pm - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/02/water-pollution-and-debunking-the-yale-study/#comments" title="Permalink to Water pollution and debunking the Yale study">41 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20298 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-justice-democracy category-parliament category-society-culture category-the-game tag-adoption-cross-party tag-kevin-hague tag-metiria-turei clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/Kevin Hague-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="Kevin Hague"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/02/labours-adoption-approach-underwhelming-at-best/" title="Permalink to Labour’s adoption approach underwhelming at best">Labour’s adoption approach underwhelming at best</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by Kevin Hague</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">Labour MP (and perhaps crucially candidate for Auckland Central) Jacinda Ardern announced last week that she will seek to introduce a Member’s Bill to require the Law Commission to update its previous advice on adoption law and draft a bill to overhaul the current law in this light. Readers may well have heard me talk previously [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/02/labours-adoption-approach-underwhelming-at-best/" title="Permalink to Labour’s adoption approach underwhelming at best">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 2, 2011 8:18 pm - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/02/labours-adoption-approach-underwhelming-at-best/#comments" title="Permalink to Labour’s adoption approach underwhelming at best">12 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20311 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-economy-work-welfare category-environment-resource-management tag-auckland tag-frogblog tag-gareth-hughes tag-government-policy-statement tag-green-party-nz tag-motorways tag-national-land-transport-fund tag-rail tag-transport tag-transport-funding clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/Gareth Hughes-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="Gareth Hughes"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/02/round-up-of-transport-news/" title="Permalink to Round up of transport news">Round up of transport news</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by Gareth Hughes</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">I’ve been whipping around the country a lot lately visiting students at Orientation. So I haven’t had a chance to post much. But here’s a bit of a round up of the big transport stories of the last few weeks and my reaction. More funds for rail upgrades in Wellington. The government has announced an [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/02/round-up-of-transport-news/" title="Permalink to Round up of transport news">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 2, 2011 6:59 pm - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/02/round-up-of-transport-news/#comments" title="Permalink to Round up of transport news">10 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20305 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-health-wellbeing tag-hypocrisy tag-legal-highs tag-peter-dunne tag-tobacco clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/frog-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="frog"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/02/what-is-to-be-dunne/" title="Permalink to What is to be Dunne?">What is to be Dunne?</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by frog</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">Stuff, 2 August 2011: Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne yesterday announced a 12-month ban on 43 legal highs, which will be in force by the end of the week. NZ Medical Journal, 25 November 2005: Mr Dunne has described the efforts in New Zealand to prevent the sale of tobacco to underage children as ‘fascist’, [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/02/what-is-to-be-dunne/" title="Permalink to What is to be Dunne?">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 2, 2011 10:42 am - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/02/what-is-to-be-dunne/#comments" title="Permalink to What is to be Dunne?">10 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20303 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-the-issues tag-general-debate clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/frog-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="frog"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/01/general-debate-august-1-2011/" title="Permalink to General debate, August 1, 2011">General debate, August 1, 2011</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by frog</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary"> <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/01/general-debate-august-1-2011/" title="Permalink to General debate, August 1, 2011">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">August 1, 2011 7:41 am - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/01/general-debate-august-1-2011/#comments" title="Permalink to General debate, August 1, 2011">21 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20273 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-justice-democracy category-society-culture tag-aung-san-suu-kyi tag-burma tag-democracy tag-human-rights tag-kachin tag-refugees clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/Keith Locke-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="Keith Locke"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/29/breakdown-of-burmese-ceasefire/" title="Permalink to Breakdown of Burmese ceasefire">Breakdown of Burmese ceasefire</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by Keith Locke</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">On Wednesday, Wellington’s Kachin community arrived in Parliament grounds to protest the increasing violence happening in their home province. Kachin state is the Northern most state in Burma, neighbouring China. The Kachin community told me about the breakdown, last month, of a 17 year ceasefire between the Burmese government and Kachin people. 20,000 people have fled [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/29/breakdown-of-burmese-ceasefire/" title="Permalink to Breakdown of Burmese ceasefire">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">July 29, 2011 2:02 pm - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/29/breakdown-of-burmese-ceasefire/#comments" title="Permalink to Breakdown of Burmese ceasefire">6 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20268 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-justice-democracy category-society-culture tag-foreign-afffairs tag-international-politics tag-international-relations tag-iran tag-iraq-war tag-john-pilger tag-ruper-murdoch tag-tony-blair tag-war-crimes clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/Keith Locke-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="Keith Locke"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/28/blair-politician-for-the-rich/" title="Permalink to Blair: Politician for the rich">Blair: Politician for the rich</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by Keith Locke</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">While many New Zealanders are struggling to make ends meet, others could afford a hefty $1000 to hear (and be photographed with) the former British PM Tony Blair when he spoke in Auckland today. Yes, Mr Blair is a politician for the rich. He only became Prime Minister after flying to Australia in 1995 to [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/28/blair-politician-for-the-rich/" title="Permalink to Blair: Politician for the rich">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">July 28, 2011 12:25 pm - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/28/blair-politician-for-the-rich/#comments" title="Permalink to Blair: Politician for the rich">52 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20261 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-the-issues tag-general-debate clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/frog-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="frog"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/27/general-debate-july-27-2011/" title="Permalink to General debate, July 27, 2011">General debate, July 27, 2011</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by frog</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary"> <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/27/general-debate-july-27-2011/" title="Permalink to General debate, July 27, 2011">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">July 27, 2011 9:42 am - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/27/general-debate-july-27-2011/#comments" title="Permalink to General debate, July 27, 2011">70 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20257 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-campaign category-featured tag-act tag-charles-chauvel tag-dunne tag-epsom tag-mmp tag-ohariu tag-shanks tag-united-future clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/Gareth Hughes-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="Gareth Hughes"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/24/ohariu-deal-or-no-deal/" title="Permalink to Ohariu: deal or no deal?">Ohariu: deal or no deal?</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by Gareth Hughes</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">There’s been a lot of talk lately on electorate deals and I’d like to put myself on the record as the Green Party candidate standing in Ōhariu. <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/24/ohariu-deal-or-no-deal/" title="Permalink to Ohariu: deal or no deal?">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">July 24, 2011 7:51 pm - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/24/ohariu-deal-or-no-deal/#comments" title="Permalink to Ohariu: deal or no deal?">15 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20219 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-justice-democracy category-society-culture clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/Keith Locke-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="Keith Locke"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/24/norway-massacre-key-points-finger-in-wrong-direction/" title="Permalink to Norway massacre: Key points finger in wrong direction">Norway massacre: Key points finger in wrong direction</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by Keith Locke</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">I almost fell of my chair when I heard John Key use the Norway massacre to justify New Zealand’s military involvement in Afghanistan. He said the killings were part of global terrorism and why New Zealand is in Afghanistan “trying to make the world a safer place.” The problem is that right-wingers like Anders Breivik [...] <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/24/norway-massacre-key-points-finger-in-wrong-direction/" title="Permalink to Norway massacre: Key points finger in wrong direction">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">July 24, 2011 11:29 am - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/24/norway-massacre-key-points-finger-in-wrong-direction/#comments" title="Permalink to Norway massacre: Key points finger in wrong direction">83 Comments</a></span> </li> <li class="post-20247 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-the-issues tag-general-debate clearfix"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/images/MPs/frog-thumb.jpg" class="author-thumb" alt="frog"/> <h3 class="entry-title"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/23/general-debate-july-23-2011/" title="Permalink to General debate, July 23, 2011">General debate, July 23, 2011</a><span style="font-size:x-small;"> - by frog</span></h3><br><br> <div class="entry-summary">Gosh the weather sucks, do keep warm and dry. <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/23/general-debate-july-23-2011/" title="Permalink to General debate, July 23, 2011">read more</a></div> <span class="entry-comments">July 23, 2011 11:01 am - <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/07/23/general-debate-july-23-2011/#comments" title="Permalink to General debate, July 23, 2011">53 Comments</a></span> </li> </ul> <div class="navigation clearfix"> <div class="floatright"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/page/2/">Older Entries</a></div> <div class="floatleft"></div> </div> <div id="bottom-content-1"> <ul class="clearfix xoxo"> </ul> </div> <div id="bottom-content-2"> <ul class="clearfix xoxo"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="primary" class="aside main-aside sidebar"> <ul class="xoxo"> <li class="widgetcontainer clearfix"><h5 class="widgettitle">Subscribe</h5><div class="widgetcontent"> <div class="textwidget"><ul><li><form method="post" action="/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/maillist/index.php"> Enter your e-mail address to receive new posts via email:<br/> <input type="text" name="email" size="17"/> <input type="submit" name="submit" value=" Subscribe "/></form></li></ul></div> </div></li><li class="widgetcontainer clearfix"><h5 class="widgettitle">Recent comments</h5><div class="widgetcontent"><div id="get_recent_comments_wrap"><ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/05/you-gotta-be-cool-on-wall-street-when-your-index-is-low/#comment-299180" title="You gotta be cool on Wall Street when your index is low, August 5, 2011">SPC (5:28 pm)</a>: The Fed Res says it will retain its low interest rates till 2013 and the...</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/10/general-debate-august-10-2011/#comment-299178" title="General debate, August 10, 2011 , August 10, 2011">Jackal (5:11 pm)</a>: Just a little tidbit of interest… Anonymous has threatened to take down...</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239/http://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/08/08/survey-shows-shark-fin-soup-still-served/#comment-299174" title="Survey shows shark fin soup still served, August 8, 2011">Kerry Thomas (5:09 pm)</a>: I like smiley faces. <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley"/> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055239im_/http://blog.greens.org.nz/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley"/> . 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