Archive for September 25th, 2007

A Green Mayor for Auckland City?

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Auckland City Mayoral candidates put their Green policies on display last night as part of an open public forum.
Hosted by the Auckland Green Party, the Mayoral Forum provided 12 candidates, as pictured, the chance to express their policy positions during both prepared speeches and audience questions.

Candidates addressed questions based around the Green […]

John Key supports restrictions on ‘third party’ spending

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

One of the often overlooked aspects of the debate about the Electoral Finance Bill is that John Key supports caps on spending for third parties, just as Labour, NZ First, United Future and the Greens do. This is what he said to the Press Club:
Our view is that changes to the rules around electoral […]

New electorate boundaries announced

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

The Representation Commission has announced new electorate boundaries. There will be 63 general seats and 7 Maori seats for the 2008 election. This also means that the cap on spending for political parties party vote campaigns goes to $2.4million if they stand in all seats. If the Nats don’t stand in the Maori seats, their […]

penguins are the new canaries down the coalmine

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

according to this article from the Sydney Morning Herald.
Some of climate’s best canaries are turning out to be penguins. Down the mine, an upturned songbird in a cage was the first warning of a deadly gas seep. Above ground, an age of fossil fuels later, there are different silences.
In the sub-Antarctic, king penguins fledge […]

The long march

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Keith Locke participated in the ‘Get Connected’ campaign launch in Otahuhu last Friday. Check out the video of the campaign launch here.

“Auckland Green MP Keith Locke and Green members joined several local body candidates for an action to demonstrate the need for better connection between rail and bus services in Otahuhu.
The candidates include Labour […]