Displaying items by tag: JAMES SHAW

OPINION: James Shaw is the last of the real Greens – a person who until the end has lived up to the ideals of the original NZ Green Party, which first entered Parliament in 1999 when one of its founders, Jeanette Fitzsimmons, historically won the Coromandel seat. Rod Donald and Mike Ward were the other key founding members.

Tributes from across the political divide flowed last week for James Shaw, the Green Party co-leader who has called time on his nine year political career.

OPINION: Will departing Greens coleader James Shaw set up a new party?

Green Party co-leader James Shaw doesn’t believe the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) Climate Action Partnership proposal will work.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw has described the Ministry of Education’s decision to carpet 800 small and rural schools in synthetic carpets as “bonkers”.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw says there are myths that have been spread surrounding the issue of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

The Government has announced a new suite of measures designed to protect native wildlife and at-risk habitats and help the decline of nature caused by human activity.

OPINION: The Hound was astounded at the glib response from Greens leader James Shaw to a written parliamentary question from ACT MP Mark Cameron.

OPINION: Farmer pushback against the Government's proposal to tax farm emissions is in full flight.

OPINION: This old mutt notes that at the recent release of the Government's response to agricultural emissions, there was only the PM, Ag Minister, Climate Change Minister and local Labour MP - a non-descript, little man with a beard - fronting up to media.