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The Green Charter The charter is the founding document of The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand accepts Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the founding document of Aotearoa New Zealand; recognises Maori as Tangata Whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand; and commits to the following four Principles: Ecological Wisdom: The basis of ecological wisdom is that human beings are part of the natural world.
SOUTHLAND — Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says she was concerned to learn in the Health Select Committee today that 20 percent of the doctor workforce at the Southland District Health Board were locums.ÂÂ
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Kiwi shoppers are making history as the country enters into the second century of Buy New Zealand Made campaigns.
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The Green Party has endorsed the main conclusions of the discussion paper Actions speak louder than words released today by the New Zealand Institute.
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The Green Party is calling for the regulatory amendment to the Overseas Investment Act to be validated in legislation, to prevent a possible National Party government from repealing the regulation.
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WAIHI — After two years of negotiations Waihi residents affected by blasting vibration, noise and dust from the open cast gold mine are being offered a compensation package by Newmont.
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AUCKLAND — The Green Party is welcoming the Government’s decision to tighten the Overseas Investment Act, which will have the effect of blocking the sale of Auckland International Airport, and hopes that the new criteria will block the sale of other key strategic assets as well.
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Green Party MP Metiria Turei will be presented a petition with a difference tomorrow, 4th of March, on the steps of Parliament at 1pm.
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OAMARU — Green Party MP Metiria Turei is disappointed that Holcim is appealing the consent conditions for a cement factory near Oamaru, given the massive public opposition to the factory in the first place.
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Green Party Children’s Issues Spokesperson Sue Bradford today called on all political parties to endorse the plea from the Every Child Counts coalition for the establishment of a cross party parliamentary caucus for children.
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WAIKATO — Government Spokesperson on Energy Efficiency and Conservation, Jeanette Fitzsimons, has congratulated Carterton District Council for its initiative to encourage solar water heating by waiving building consent fees, during a visit to the Wairarapa today.
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WELLINGTON — The Green Party is congratulating the Kapiti Coast District Council for leading the way on water conservation.
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The Ministry of Health has a responsibility to warn New Zealand parents that heating plastic baby bottles releases hormonal substances that can interfere with the body's endocrine systems, Green MP Sue Kedgley said today.
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WELLINGTON — The Green Party is hopping about on Leap Day with some serious fun with a serious message all about frogs.
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The Green Party is welcoming McDonalds move to upsize its wages for youth to adult rates from tomorrow.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says she has grave concerns about today’s abrupt dismissal of the Hawkes Bay District Health Board and the Health Minister’s appointment of a Commissioner.
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Solid Energy has to be told to stop wasting taxpayers’ money on pie in the sky lignite to liquid fuel schemes that will only skyrocket New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says.
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AUCKLAND — The Government should come right out and say that Auckland Airport is not for sale because it is essential infrastructure and a key strategic asset, the Green Party says.
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The practice of prescribing anti-depressants to children needs to be urgently reviewed and more funding directed to counselling services in light of new research demonstrating that these medications don’t work for most patients, the Green Party says.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Green Party MP Nandor Tanczos, who has announced he is stepping down from Parliament at the next election, has offered his support for his successor in the strong Green Party electorate of Auckland Central.
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WELLINGTON — With 19 knot winds buffeting Wellington today, the Wellington Port Company should not have allowed fumigation with the highly toxic and ozone depleting gas methyl bromide to take place on the city’s waterfront, Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says.
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Green Party Social Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford today challenged National to come clean on its welfare policy following a media release from Judith Collins accusing the Government of 'failing young mums' on the DPB.
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The Green Party has welcomed the clear statement outlawing cluster bombs, issued today at the conclusion of the Wellington Conference on Cluster Munitions.
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DUNEDIN — Green Party MP Metiria Turei is this weekend to tackle the third leg of her gruelling schedule of completing seven triathlons and one half marathon this summer.
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The Green Party welcomes the coroner’s report and recommendation on the death of Melfyn Wynne-Williams, and agrees that there need to be national clinical standards for New Zealand’s ambulance service.
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WELLINGTON — Green Party Spokesperson on Industrial Relations, Sue Bradford, is hosting a meeting of Bunnings workers at Parliament today.
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Despite the release of adverse event statistics today by the Ministry of Health, it is still virtually impossible to get an accurate picture of the number of such incidents occurring in our hospitals, the Green Party says “Unbelievably the entire adverse events reporting system is still voluntary, meaning that DHBs still do not have to disclose their adverse events or use a standard reporting system,” Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says.
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“It is a disgrace that not a single Government MP has seen fit to attend a national roundtable on New Zealand drugs policy today,” Green Party Associate Health Spokesperson Metiria Turei says.
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The National Party needs to explain to New Zealanders exactly where it stands on child discipline and who is writing its policy, the Green Party says.
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The Green Party welcomes the U-turn today from the Government and the New Zealand Olympic Association to give New Zealand Olympic athletes the right to speak freely about what they see in China.ÂÂ
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The time has come to restrict advertising of unhealthy food and drink to children, Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says.
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The erection of 20 signs warning those driving through Horowhenua that they are passing through an under-crewed ambulance zone is a sign of the rising level of concern over this unsafe practice, the Green Party says.
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The political race to demonise New Zealand youth this election year has reached a new low, says Green Party Justice Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos.
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New Zealand is suffering from a national water-quality crisis resulting in toxic algal blooms across the country, Green Party Environment Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos says.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Green Party MP Metiria Turei, is this weekend to tackle the second leg of her gruelling schedule of completing seven triathlons and one half marathon this summer.
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Green Party MP Metiria Turei has expressed strong concerns over the opening of a new King Salmon Company Salmon Farm which was attended by the Prime Minister today.
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The Green Party’s Sports Spokesperson Keith Locke has criticised Sports Minister Clayton Cosgrove for backing the New Zealand Olympic Committee’s ban on athletes making political statements in Beijing.ÂÂ
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The Green Party is supporting the Health and Disability Commissioner's calling for comparative data on hospital adverse events to be published, and says it should be made public before the next election, so that New Zealanders can finally get an understanding of how safe their local hospital is.
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Trevor Mallard’s strident – yet nonsensical – statements in the House this afternoon have left the Green Party with more questions than answers.
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Oral question in Parliament by Green MP Jeanette Fitzsimons about missing 13th chapter of the environment report.
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Green Party Sports Spokesperson Keith Locke has written to the New Zealand Olympic Committee asking it amend its contract with Olympic team members and guarantee their right to free speech while in China.ÂÂ
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Green Party MP Sue Bradford is hosting the launch of a hard-hitting critique of gambling and its impact on politics at the Beehive Theatrette at 3.30pm tomorrow, Thursday 14 February.ÂÂ
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The oldest trick in politics is to spend election year appealing to greed and fear.
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Green MP Nandor Tanczos is welcoming the specific endorsement of two of his initiatives in the Prime Minister’s speech today.
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Government Spokesperson for Buy Kiwi Made, Sue Bradford, has congratulated the privately-owned Buy New Zealand Made Campaign on recruiting its 1000th member this week.
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AUCKLAND — Green MP Keith Locke has again been selected as the Green candidate for Epsom at a meeting held last night in Greenlane.
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Kiwis have got behind the Buy Kiwi Made media campaign and the Government has agreed to give it a new lease of life says Sue Bradford, the Buy Kiwi Made Government Spokesperson.
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DUNEDIN — Green Party MP Metiria Turei will not be standing in a Maori seat in this year’s election and will instead be focussing on party votes in the Dunedin North electorate.
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The Green Party present the final unpublished chapter of the 'State of the Environment' report.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Green Party MP Metiria Turei, who describes herself as “more of a hedgehog than a speed-hogâ€Â, has set herself a strenuous schedule of completing seven triathlons and one half marathon this summer.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The decision to ban the Falun Gong from the Chinese New Year parade is deplorable, the Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Lock says.
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PIHA — Green Party conservation spokesperson Metiria Turei is shocked the Waitakere City Council has approved the Thundercat speedboat race at Piha this weekend.
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AUCKLAND — The Green Party has criticised the Government’s move to construct a new Auckland motorway to Waterview via a private-public partnership (PPP).
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Yet more research released today showing the dangerous effects of cigarette displays should prompt the Government to take action.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington regional council owes Wellingtonians an explanation over why it is turning a blind eye to the use of a hazardous fumigant at the port, the Green Party says.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The Green Party is calling for an immediate halt to Methyl Bromide fumigation at Wellington’s port, following revelations today that this potentially hazardous activity is taking place right next to Westpac stadium, Victoria University’s campus at the railway station, and visiting cruise ships.
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Green Party MP Keith Locke is calling for a review of pepper spray use after the death of a Mangere man yesterday.
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Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says the inclusion of climate change and Kyoto debate at Waitangi demonstrates the importance to iwi around New Zealand of engaging with these issues.
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The Green Party has received today’s announcement of the Government’s foreshore and seabed deal with Ngati Porou with great sadness.
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Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke has criticised the Government for giving the green light to a publicly owned company, Kordia, to build cell-phone towers in Burma.
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SOUTHLAND — The Green Party are pleased to see their advocacy for New Zealand’s endangered wetlands having such tangible results as a massive new extension to the Waituna wetland area is announced on World Wetlands Day, Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei says.
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The New Zealand Government must act to prevent more whales dying following reports that the Japanese fleet has resumed its slaughter, says Green Party Conservation Spokesperson, Metiria Turei.
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WELLINGTON — The Green Party is welcoming Katipi District Council’s new bylaws that come into force today requiring new buildings to have a rainwater tank and an effective grey water treatment system.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — Auckland Green Party MP Keith Locke is welcoming the opening of the North Shore Busway tomorrow.
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WEST COAST — The Green Party is urging the Government to put a stop to Solid Energy’s folly in attempting to destroy one of New Zealand’s last remaining alpine wetlands.
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WAIRARAPA — The Green Party is calling for a formal inquiry into why no ambulance was available to take Wairarapa accident victim Reece Lloyd-Grimwood for urgent surgery.
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Green Party response to the release of 'Environment New Zealand 2007' presented by Co-leader, Dr.
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In their major speeches this week, both John Key and Helen Clark have kicked off this year’s election cycle by whipping up fear and resentment against young people, Green Party Youth Affairs Spokesperson Metiria Turei says.
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The Green Party will contribute to the Law Commission’s legislative review following the Solicitor General’s decision not to apply the Terrorism Suppression Act to New Zealanders arrested on arms charges.
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Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke has questioned why, when the Prime Minister decided not to sign a condolence book, New Zealand was officially represented at former Indonesian President Suharto’s funeral.
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AUCKLAND — Transit's continued refusal to fly the Tino Rangatiratanga flag on the Auckland Harbour Bridge on Waitangi Day is fuelling cultural division, says Green Party MP, Metiria Turei.
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Reports that the Japanese whaling fleet are to continue their illegal hunt in the Ross Sea are the Government’s chance to step up to the plate and do the job Greenpeace has been doing for them, Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei says.
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WELLINGTON — Green Party Education Spokesperson Metiria Turei is to join tertiary students at Parliament to protest student allowance polices which have forced the average student debt up to nearly $30,000.
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MARLBOROUGH — Green Party MP Keith Locke will be speaking at this weekend's protest outside the Waihopai spy base, near Blenheim.
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The Green Party is campaigning to stop the Government introducing regulations which will allow intrusive telecommunications equipment to be installed as of right, without consultation, on most power poles in New Zealand, Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says.
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Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei MP is saddened and angered by news that the Japanese are planning to commission a replacement mother ship for their whaling fleet.
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The New Zealand Food Safety Authority has missed a vital chance to stem this country’s campylobacter-related epidemic, the Green Party says.
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AUCKLAND — The Green Party has kicked off election year with a hard hitting speech by Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons in the annual State of the Planet address.
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The Green Party entirely supports the Human Rights Commission’s call for better recognition of the rights of transgender people, Green Party MP Metiria Turei says.
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The Government must act to regulate the sunbed industry following a new report which found the cancer risks associated with sunbed use are much higher than previously thought, Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says.
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Green MP Nandor Tanczos announced today that he will not be putting his name forward as a candidate for this year’s election.
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DUNEDIN — The Green Party has paid tribute to inspirational poet, writer and playwright Hone Tuwhare, New Zealand's second Te Mata Poet Laureate who died yesterday afternoon in Dunedin.
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Green MP Keith Locke is warning of the dangers of the New Zealand police buying into the FBI-led ‘Server in the Sky’ network to share biometric and other information.
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The New Zealand Government should immediately send a frigate to the Southern Whale Sanctuary following the detainment of two anti-whaling activists on a Japanese whaling ship, Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei says.
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The Solar industry is experiencing a resurgence following the launch of the Government’s solar water-heating programme, says Government Spokesperson on Energy Efficiency and Conservation Jeanette Fitzsimons.
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Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei is delighted New Zealanders right around the country are getting involved in the Green Party Sand Whale Sculpture Challenge.
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Green MP Sue Bradford is pleased to see a heightened awareness of violence against children in the community.
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The Green Party is thrilled by reports from Antarctica that Greenpeace has managed to locate the Japanese whaling fleet, and is preventing them from adding to their grisly haul.
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The Green Party believes that an annual public holiday on the day of Sir Edmund Hillary’s birth would be a fitting tribute that all New Zealanders could share.
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The Green Party is the most preferred coalition partner for National or Labour if one gets the first chance to form a government after this year's general election.
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Sir Edmund Hillary was a man who embodied the spirit of New Zealand, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says.
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The Government must back up the Conservation Minister’s concerns for safety in the Antarctic region, expressed this morning, by sending New Zealand Navy frigates to the region, Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei says.ÂÂ
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Green Party Social Development spokesperson Sue Bradford is welcoming the delayed publication of an important report that fell victim to political interference from the Government.
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The Green Party is warning that today's record breaking crude oil price of US$100 per barrel is just the first flirtation in what is going to be a long term relationship with triple digits in an ongoing trend of rising oil prices.
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The Green Party is urging the Government to send a frigate to observe and protest the annual Japanese whale slaughter in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.
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Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says she plans to focus all her efforts on building the party vote at this election.
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Green MP Sue Bradford is welcoming the results of the police review showing that hysteria whipped up by critics of her Bill to amend section 59 is thoroughly unfounded.
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Green Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke has expressed surprise at reports that our High Commission in Suva had tried to stop 10 Fijian boy-scouts from entering the country to attend a Scout Jamboree in Christchurch.
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The Greens are urging the Government to make New Zealand’s anger and revulsion clear in the strongest possible terms when it takes part in an international diplomatic protest against Japan’s whaling programme.
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