TVNZ's proposal to make savage cuts to its news and current affairs is an idiotic strategy worthy of the bosses of the Dilbert comic strip, said Green Party Broadcasting spokesperson Sue Kedgley.

New Zealand must require food products containing palm oil to be labelled, in light of the latest report from Greenpeace, Green Party Food spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today.

The Green Party is calling on the Government to remove the creation of Council Controlled Organisations (CCOs) from the third Super City Bill.

Transport Minister Stephen Joyce should start looking at cut-backs to roading before attacking the elderly's right to get about, said Green Party Aged Care spokesperson Sue Kedgley.

The pig-headed Pork Industry Board continue to damage their own brand with the revelation they are fighting to keep pigs in sow crates, Green Party Animal Welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today.

New Zealand must end its addiction to the highly toxic ozone destroying gas methyl bromide, the Green Party said today.

The Green Party will be introducing amendments to strengthen the Animal Welfare Amendment Bill, said the Green Party's animal welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley.

The Green party strongly supports the Hastings Coroner's call for an overhaul of the aged care sector, and his call for an urgent review of staffing levels in aged care facilities.

Any legislation increasing penalties for animal cruelty must include all forms of animal cruelty not just individual acts of cruelty to pets, Green Party Animal Welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today.

Councillors on the new Auckland supercity will have their hands tied when it comes to running the city, due to the unprecedented powers granted to the Minister of Local Government in a Bill to be debated today, the Green Party said.