The decision to withdraw effluent disposal applications for factory-style dairy farms in the Mackenzie Country is a victory for the green movement, but the Mackenzie is still not safe, the Green Party said today.

Resource Management (Requiring Authorities) Amendment Bill

Hone Harawira, Maori Party Member of Parliament for Te Tai Tokerau

Wednesday 17 March 2010; 9.30pm

Mr Speaker, this bill raises a few issues for us as a Maori Party.

It appears that the days of open entry to university and tertiary study in New Zealand are numbered.

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By Mike Treen, National Director, Unite Union

Address to Trans-Tasman Business Circle

Heritage Hotel, Auckland

19 February, 12pm

Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me to join you today.

Forestry Minister David Carter today released the Government's future strategy for the Crown's West Coast plantation forests, which aims to keep as much production and employment on the Coast as possible.

Family First NZ says that the government must clarify to parents whether school fees are compulsory or not.

About six months ago, I blogged on this site about the release of the Government's National Standards testing plans for primary school children.

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Greymouth, Jan 26 NZPA - Two tourist hot spots, Punakaiki and Okarito, and two remote sites, Kahurangi and Gorge River, have finally been decided as sites for the first marine reserves off the West Coast.

The Green Party offered its support of tax reform legislation today, noting that the right type of change to the tax system would help reduce the gap between rich and poor in New Zealand.