Jeanette presented the awards at EECA's annual Energywise Awards in Auckland on Thursday November 1st. EECA became a crown entity because of legislation Jeanette introduced in 1999 and by happy coincidence she is now the Government Spokesperson on Energy Efficiency and Conservation. Here is a YouTube short film of part of her speech and the winner of the Supreme Award:

The Green Party is calling for an urgent overhaul of biosecurity laws in the wake of a groundbreaking report of the People’s Inquiry today.

Under the Biosecurity Act, MAF officials are not required to acknowledge or compensate people for any impacts on their health or their livelihood, Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says.

“This must change, and the Ministry of Health must be given explicit responsibility for assessing and overseeing the public health impacts of any future biosecurity programme,” Ms Kedgley said.

“I congratulate the community for taking the initiative and undertaking the first ever People’s Inquiry in New Zealand into the impacts and effects of the two-and-a-half years of aerial spraying over urban areas of Auckland.