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Government Throws Coal On The Climate Crisis Fire
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 12:34 pm | Green Party
The Government’s policy announced today to ease consenting for coal mining will have a lasting impact across generations. More >>
Landlord Government Leaves Little Hope For Renters
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 2:34 pm | Green Party
The Government’s announcement on tenancy rules prove that it does not care about renters, which is a majority of people in Aotearoa. More >>
Significant Step Forward In Fixing Cruel And Unjust Past
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 6:48 pm | Green Party
A significant milestone has been reached in the fight to strike an anti-Pasifika and unfair law from the country’s books after Teanau Tuiono’s members’ bill passed its first reading. “Fairness is at the heart of this Bill. We had a group ... More >>
Climate Change Commission Issues Warning Over Further Climate Delay
Monday, 8 April 2024, 10:24 pm | Green Party
“We’re calling on the Government to take this draft advice seriously and act accordingly. We will relentlessly hold them to account to the action necessary for life on earth as we know it." More >>
Methane Target Review Is Dangerous Duplication
Saturday, 6 April 2024, 6:21 pm | Green Party
This substanceless review announcement gives us no terms of reference, no idea who the ‘expert’ reviewers are or where they would come from, and a vague timeline. More >>
Referendums For Māori Wards A Racist Step Backwards.
Friday, 5 April 2024, 6:23 am | Green Party
The Government's imposed referendum on Māori wards is a racist step backwards for Māori representation, and disregards Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Introducing a new requirement is a blatant attempt to suppress marginalised voices ahead of next year’s local ... More >>
A Warning For Those Looking To Fast-track The Climate Crisis
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 5:38 pm | Green Party
“The Green Party is steadfast in its opposition to this legislation and its stance towards those looking to use it to fast track the degradation of our environment. More >>
Thirty Six Point PR Spin
Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 2:02 pm | Green Party
“Today’s plan has shown, once again, that this Government is more concerned with keeping its wealthy mates happy than building a better future for all,” says Marama Davidson. More >>
MPP Cuts Unforgivable
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 12:12 pm | Green Party
Slashing the Ministry of Pacific Peoples by 40% will have a devastating impact on pacific communities and further highlights how little this government cares about anything other than cutting taxes for the wealthiest few. “Aotearoa is a Pacific ... More >>
Greens Call For Strong Public Build Programme Following Release Of Report
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 9:48 am | Green Party
The Green Party stands with people who live in public housing, people in dire housing need, experts and advocates in demanding better than the Government’s archaic approach to housing those who need our support the most. “The Government must end the shameful ... More >>
Green Party Members’ Bill Pulled From The Ballot
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 4:18 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Julie Anne Genter says her members' bill is an opportunity for the coalition government to plug the gap in electric vehicle incentives. Today the Income Tax (Clean Transport FBT Exclusions) Amendment Bill was drawn from the members' ballot ... More >>
Coalition Of Cruelty Punishing People For Being Poor
Monday, 18 March 2024, 4:48 pm | Green Party
Kicking the most vulnerable people out of state housing and pushing them towards homelessness will result in a proliferation of poverty and trauma across our most vulnerable communities. “In true National Party fashion, the Government is seeking ... More >>
Greens Elect New Co-leader
Sunday, 10 March 2024, 1:43 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has elected Chlöe Swarbrick, MP for Auckland Central, to be its new Co-leader alongside Marama Davidson. “Thank you to Green Party members across the country who’ve put their faith and trust in me to lead our movement alongside ... More >>
Say Hello To NZ’s Most Anti-environment Government In Decades
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 11:59 am | Green Party
The Government is giving big industry a free pass to bulldoze New Zealand’s precious native wildlife. “This is one of the most significant assaults on the environment undertaken by any government in my lifetime,” says the Green Party’s co-leader, ... More >>
Reversing Oil And Gas Ban Brazen And Utterly Reckless
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 6:24 pm | Green Party
The government’s new timeframe for expanding oil and gas exploration starts the clock on the time remaining to save the oil and gas ban. “This Government is recklessly and shamelessly pouring oil and gas on the fire of the climate crisis,” says the ... More >>
Scrapping Māori Health Authority Tramples Over Te Tiriti O Waitangi
Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 3:27 pm | Green Party
The Green Party condemns the Government’s latest trashing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in rushing through legislation, without any public input, that will see Te Aka Whai Ora scrapped and the health of Māori neglected. “Disbanding Te Aka Whai Ora will ... More >>
Statement From The Co-leaders Of The Green Party On The Death Of Efeso Collins
Wednesday, 21 February 2024, 10:31 am | Green Party
It is with profound shock and sadness that we can confirm that Green Party MP Efeso Collins has died. “We are absolutely devastated. A beautiful family has lost a dedicated father, husband, and community leader. “The news today has come as a ... More >>
Benefit Sanctions Will Punish People Who Need Support
Monday, 19 February 2024, 3:53 pm | Green Party
The National-led Government’s plans to arbitrarily increase benefit sanctions will have a lasting impact on the people who need our support the most. “Today’s announcement confirms the Government’s goal of pushing more people into poverty ... More >>
Luxon’s Buzzwords Hint At Sinister Agenda
Sunday, 18 February 2024, 2:27 pm | Green Party
The Prime Minister’s State of the Nation speech today was a buffet of buzzwords with a nasty undertone of cuts to investment in communities and nature, the Green Party said. “Christopher Luxon is obsessed with cutting, cancelling, and disestablishing ... More >>
National Govt Will Make More People Poorer
Sunday, 11 February 2024, 1:48 pm | Green Party
The Social Development Minister, Louise Upston’s plan to increase benefit sanctions and decrease the rate at which benefits increase each year will make life harder for thousands and push more people into hardship. “Everybody should have a warm ... More >>
