The two child solution...

..."I think we will work our way towards a position that says that having more than two children is irresponsible" - Herr Jonathon Porritt...chair of The Optimum Population Trust (a charity, 'natch) - who seem to want to encourage the limiting of the population by whatever means possible (though I suspect being a bunch of tree-hugging lefties it won't include concepts such as placing theoretical caps on annual immigration as that's beyond the pale for most lefties - it's easier to harass the existing sheeple/population.)
Herr Porritt, a former chairman of the Green party, says the government must improve family planning, even if it means shifting money from curing illness to increasing contraception and abortion...more from The Scumbag Times, here...

The first cuckoo...

...sounds its clear notes. The NZ Herald's Green Page has the standard alarmist headline..."World feeling the heat again in 2008", but then two separated sub-headings - 10th hottest year on record, but global warming may be worse than data shows (fittingly on the left of the page) and then, Greenhouse gases could help to avert a forecast freeze...reporting from Nature re the dawning of a new Ice Age.
Conclusion of the authors ? “...Presumably, future society could prevent this transition (to the next iceage) indefinitely with very modest adjustments to the atmospheric CO2 level... More here...

The first sign of new realism... Greenhouse gases could help...from our main stream media...and a precursor of more to come, once Rodney Hide starts to make his presence felt as a minister in the new administration...

and from the letters page...The green party in NZ is a vehicle for leftists to promote ideals which don't have a lot to do with the environment but a lot to do with controlling our lives. This election has shown them up as the frauds they are. Perhaps a more suitable colour would be red...