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NZ’s Global Climate Rankings Plummet As Govt Removes Agriculture From ETS
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 6:23 pm | Green Party
“While our Climate Minister is on the other side of the world telling the UN climate conference about the need to act, at home, his Government is ramming through law to delay and deny that very action,” says Green Party Co-Leader and spokesperson ... More >>
Failed Boot Camp Experiment Must End
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 4:51 pm | Green Party
“We risk repeating a shameful part of our history and ruining the lives of our rangatahi by bringing back boot camps,” says the Green Party’s spokesperson for Justice, Tamatha Paul. More >>
Gender-affirming Care Must Centre Evidence And Health Needs, Not Political Posturing
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 4:44 pm | Green Party
“Trans rights are human rights and our trans whānau deserve access to critical healthcare,” says Green Party spokesperson for Rainbow Communities, Kahurangi Carter. More >>
Govt’s Child Wellbeing Strategy ‘Shallow And Shameful’
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 10:05 am | Green Party
The Government has decided to turn its back on our children by watering down its child poverty targets and now by removing child mental wellbeing as a priority focus. Louise Upston’s justification for this is a joke, but child poverty is no laughing ... More >>
Economists Sound Alarm On Government's Slash-and-Burn Approach
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 8:56 am | Green Party
The economists emphasise that the Government’s reckless cuts don’t just damage our public service, they undermine our ability to meet the climate and inequality challenges we face. More >>
Government Plan To Reinstate Live Animal Exports A “National Disgrace”
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 6:20 pm | Green Party
How can the Government claim to respect animal welfare when it is willing to subject animals to such prolonged suffering for profit? On every level, it’s a national disgrace. More >>
Pasifika Justice As Member’s Bill Passes Final Reading
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 6:11 pm | Green Party
The legislation restores the right to citizenship for people from Western Samoa who despite being eligible for New Zealand citizenship were stripped of that right due to a cruel and targeted law in 1982. More >>
Justice Select Committee Opens Floor For Treaty Principles Submissions
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 10:29 am | Green Party
“It is time for our communities to translate the energy harnessed over the course of the hīkoi into action, and bring their voices to the political table,” says Green Party MP for Wellington Central, Tamatha Paul. More >>
Power Of The People On Full Display As Hīkoi Approaches Parliament
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 10:01 am | Green Party
Today, we’re here to show those in power exactly where the true mana of this land lies - with the people. More >>
Government’s Move To Monetise Access To Nature A Slippery Slope
Friday, 15 November 2024, 11:40 am | Green Party
“Commercialising our environment risks transforming nature from being accessible to all to a privilege afforded to a select few,” says Green Party Spokesperson for Environment, Lan Pham. More >>
Green Party Condemns The Passage Of Treaty Principles Bill
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 5:17 pm | Green Party
“Today a majority of powerful people prioritised cynical politics, fanning the flame of a culture war, over the truth and the needs of our nation,” says Green Co-Leader, Chlöe Swarbrick. More >>
Fast Track Bill Threatens Environment, Climate And Reputation
Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 9:11 pm | Green Party
This Bill in its current form would push our climate targets even further out of reach while threatening the progress we have made so far. More >>
Greens Join King’s Counsel In Calling For Treaty Principles Bill To Be Abandoned
Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 9:07 pm | Green Party
Aotearoa as we know it was built on Te Tiriti. Te Tiriti affirms the rights of Māori to continue to care for their people and their taonga. It provides the foundations for an enduring relationship between tangata whenua and tangata Tiriti. It is a blueprint ... More >>
Green Party Stands In Support Of Survivors Of Abuse In Care
Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 11:58 am | Green Party
The Green Party believes that today’s apology must be more than a statement. It must be a genuine commitment to change. The survivors’ brave testimonies should be followed by justice and healing - we owe that to the 250,000 people affected. More >>
Green Party Calls For Conscience Vote On Treaty Principles Bill
Monday, 11 November 2024, 3:32 pm | Green Party
“Tens of thousands are mobilising across the country against a divisive waste of time cooked up in secret by three men,” says Green Co-Leader, Chlöe Swarbrick. More >>
Govt Move To Exclude Journalist Risks Chilling Effect
Monday, 11 November 2024, 1:33 pm | Green Party
“When a journalist is barred from doing their job, just because they asked the Prime Minister difficult questions, it sets a dangerous precedent,” says the Green Party’s Media and Communications spokesperson Hūhana Lyndon. More >>
Without Action, An Apology Will Be Empty Air
Monday, 11 November 2024, 1:29 pm | Green Party
“An apology without accountability - or worse, actively perpetuating the same harms - is nothing more than empty air" says the Green Party’s Spokesperson for Children, Kahurangi Carter. More >>
Urgent Wake-up Call On Climate
Friday, 8 November 2024, 12:55 pm | Green Party
An approach which takes a high level of ambition towards reducing our domestic emissions is not only more equitable, but it would open up billions of dollars in clean energy investments, and directly benefit New Zealanders. More >>
Green MP’s Meme-ber’s Bill Set To Save The World
Friday, 8 November 2024, 10:04 am | Green Party
“This Bill is designed to provide space for creators, artists, commentators, and everyday Kiwis to poke a little fun without breaking the law – or the bank." More >>
NZ Must Pursue Independent Foreign Policy
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 12:00 pm | Green Party
“The US election result should be a wake-up call that our country must steer clear of the AUKUS military pact,” says the Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Teanau Tuiono. More >>
