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Greens Call On Govt To Wake Up On Child Poverty
Wednesday, 28 August 2024, 4:31 pm | Green Party
The latest figures show that more than half of children in material hardship live in working households - while at the same time the Government’s telling families that work is the only way out of poverty. More >>
Govt Must End Solitary Confinement
Tuesday, 27 August 2024, 1:45 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is urging the Government to end the use of solitary confinement within our prisons after new research revealed some prisoners have been held in confinement for more than 900 days. More >>
Fossil Fuels Never The Answer In Climate Crisis
Monday, 26 August 2024, 5:20 pm | Green Party
Resorting to fossil fuels will delay the transition we so desperately need and instead turn up the temperature on the already raging climate crisis. More >>
Government Must Respect Court’s Uber Employee Decision
Monday, 26 August 2024, 3:17 pm | Green Party
This decision is a monumental win for workers’ rights. We call on the Prime Minister to rule out and refrain from pushing policies that undermine today’s decision and the rights of our workers,” says the Green Party’s Workplace Relations & Safety ... More >>
Fast Track Still On Track To Environmental Destruction
Sunday, 25 August 2024, 2:51 pm | Green Party
The overwhelming opposition to this legislation has already forced the Government to backtrack on its fast track. We must maintain this pressure and ensure our environment is not driven towards ruin. Now more than ever, we need to make our voices heard. More >>
Ohinemuri River Pollution Highlights Mining Risks
Saturday, 24 August 2024, 5:30 pm | Green Party
Expanding mining in the middle of a climate and biodiversity crisis is reckless and will see future generations pay the price for today’s mistakes. Our environment is the foundation for all of us to survive and thrive. More >>
Govt Overreach On Councils An Assault On Local Democracy
Wednesday, 21 August 2024, 6:27 pm | Green Party
The Government’s move to enforce austerity measures on councils is an assault on local democracy. More >>
Govt Must Maintain Treaty Provisions In Corrections Bill
Wednesday, 21 August 2024, 2:21 pm | Green Party
But the current Government removed these at select committee without any opportunity for feedback, as part of their ongoing, ideological attack on Te Tiriti. More >>
Greens Call On Luxon To Abandon Treaty Principles Bill Following Waitangi Tribunal Report
Friday, 16 August 2024, 12:38 pm | Green Party
At Waitangi, Christopher Luxon told Māori that Te Tiriti was our past, present and future. If he truly meant what he said, he would not allow someone to attempt to re-write our history with such a lack of understanding and regard for this nation’s ... More >>
Rising Rents Continue To Inflict Hardship On Households
Thursday, 15 August 2024, 3:45 pm | Green Party
Statistics released today show that rents have increased at 4.3 percent over the past year following last month’s 4.8 percent hike compared to the same time last year. More >>
Govt Fails Disabled Communities Again
Thursday, 15 August 2024, 12:07 pm | Green Party
Disabled people know best about the support they need and should be empowered to make the choices that are best for them. Weakening this Ministry does not empower our disabled people - it erodes their agency. More >>
RBNZ Lowers OCR, Govt Continues 'Let Them Eat Cake’ Strategy
Wednesday, 14 August 2024, 3:50 pm | Green Party
Monetary policy is a blunt instrument. It’s fiscal policy - that is, the Government’s choices on tax and spend - which dictates the rules, who wins, and who loses in our economy. More >>
Govt Deals Another Blow To Maori-Crown Relations
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 5:08 pm | Green Party
The cuts to Te Arawhiti will worsen relations between Māori and the Crown. “This is another blow to Māori and another step backwards in relations between tangata whenua and tangata Tiriti,” says the Green Party spokesperson for Māori Crown ... More >>
Govt More Interested In Punishing Beneficiaries Than Ending Poverty
Monday, 12 August 2024, 4:21 pm | Green Party
This policy has failed to support people into employment in Australia, and yet the Government is wanting to replicate this instead of working to end poverty. More >>
Greens Launch Petition Against Speed Limit Increases
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 4:47 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has launched a petition urging the Government not to push ahead with blanket speed limit increases that will come at an incredible cost to our communities. More >>
Govt Setting Poverty Trap With Punitive Policies
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 12:38 pm | Green Party
Poverty is a political choice, and this Government is choosing to put further strain on low-income households by cutting jobs and reducing benefit increases. More >>
Govt Failing To Keep Communities Safe From Extremism
Friday, 2 August 2024, 1:33 pm | Green Party
Failing to follow through on recommendations about hate speech, restorative justice for survivors and accessible reporting of risks is a serious dereliction of duty in response to the worst terrorist attack in our history. More >>
Govt Undermines OT Frontline Services, Breaks Pledge
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 1:13 pm | Green Party
This Coalition Government’s focus is firmly on the punishment of trauma rather than prevention or addressing the drivers of abuse. More >>
Trickle-down Tax Cuts, At What Cost?
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 10:29 am | Green Party
“The Government’s trickle-down tax cuts come at unfathomable cost to people and planet,” says Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. More >>
Green Party Co-Leader Chlöe Swarbrick's Second AGM Speech
Monday, 29 July 2024, 8:42 am | Green Party
Rising sea levels and ever more extreme weather, super charged by climate change, had been eroding the vantage point on which we stood - a sandbank itself built on top of a disused landfill. More >>
