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Conservation Amendment Bill Needs To Start Again

Thursday, 25 June 2026, 3:04 pm | Green Party

"This Bill still rewrites the purpose of the Conservation Act so commercial development comes first and nature comes second. Removing these clauses does not change what this reform was designed to do," says Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson. More >>

Green Party Will Protect Public Conservation Land For Future Generations

Thursday, 25 June 2026, 10:36 am | Green Party

Nearly 50,000 people have signed our petition to protect conservation land, and polling shows 64 per cent of New Zealanders do not support selling it off. More >>

Greens Commit To Tax The Super-Rich And Large Corporates Fairly, Cut Income Tax For 96%

Sunday, 21 June 2026, 2:12 pm | Green Party

‘A tax system for all of us’ will increase net revenue by $5.15 billion in 2027/28, rising to $5.73 billion by 2030/31. More >>

Calls For Fisheries Amendment Bill To Be Dropped Completely

Thursday, 18 June 2026, 4:29 pm | Green Party

Fisheries Minister Shane Jones today confirmed he would delay the Bill until after the election. More >>

Homelessness At Historic Levels In New Zealand

Thursday, 18 June 2026, 2:05 pm | Green Party

“Homelessness continues to trend up in Wellington. This is upsetting because it is entirely preventable”, says Green Party housing spokesperson Tamatha Paul. More >>

Parliamentary Budget Office Clearly Needed Ahead Of Election

Tuesday, 16 June 2026, 3:49 pm | Green Party

A Parliamentary Budget Office would serve the public interest by giving people an independent, trusted basis for that debate. More >>

NZ Rich Listers Own As Much Wealth As Half The Country

Monday, 15 June 2026, 7:13 am | Green Party

Our economy is bigger than it’s ever been, and it’s being hoovered up, not trickling down. The wealthiest 150 people now own as much as half of the rest of the country. More >>

NZ Govt Sides With The US Against Workers’ Rights – And Loses

Saturday, 13 June 2026, 3:51 pm | Green Party

By lining NZ up alongside the US, and against countries like Australia, Japan and France, this Government is showing what sort of employment laws they really want: worse conditions for workers and more power for big international corporates. More >>

Treasury Confirms $5 Billion Bill For Luxon's Climate Inaction

Thursday, 11 June 2026, 12:42 pm | Green Party

“New Zealanders deserve a Government who operates in reality, with real solutions to reduce emissions & the cost of living, something the Greens are proud to offer," says Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. More >>

Calls For Government To Scrap Family Violence Agency Cuts

Wednesday, 10 June 2026, 5:12 pm | Green Party

“The Government needs to abandon these cuts and properly fund the prevention workforce, in the Centre and in communities,” says Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson. More >>

Bigger Fines Needed For Companies That Breach Privacy

Wednesday, 10 June 2026, 7:18 am | Green Party

“Serious privacy breaches are climbing with the Privacy Commissioner reporting a 43 per cent increase in declared serious breaches in a single year”, says Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson. More >>

$30m For School Drinking Water Safety Is A Start But Pollution Keeps Flowing

Tuesday, 9 June 2026, 3:30 pm | Green Party

The Greens will continue to keep the pressure on this Government to get serious about protecting people’s health, the environment, and basic human rights. More >>

Luxon’s Government Commits To Billion-dollar Gas Terminal With No Plan To Pay For It – Which Means You Will

Tuesday, 9 June 2026, 11:23 am | Green Party

Every day, it becomes clearer Luxon’s Government has no plan, no vision and no intention of doing anything sensible to secure our country and economy’s resilience and lower New Zealander’s bills. More >>

Calls For Ombudsman To Open Wider Investigation Into Private Back-Channel Emails In Luxon's Office

Tuesday, 9 June 2026, 9:57 am | Green Party

Something fishy is going on in the Prime Ministers’ office when lobbyist documents that miraculously end up as Government law change after being handled by his Chief Policy Advisor manage to somehow disappear from the public record. More >>

Budget 2026 Hides A Nearly $500 Billion KiwiSaver Hole Across The Public Service

Monday, 8 June 2026, 11:54 am | Green Party

The Greens first called this out last year, when the Government had not accounted at all for the increased employer contributions despite being an employer of tens of thousands of teachers, nurses and public servants. More >>

Greens Local Candidate Comment On The Use Of AI In MSD Decisions

Thursday, 4 June 2026, 3:29 pm | Green Party

4 June 2026 Families need support, not less human oversight from Luxons Government Green Party Coromandel candidate Pamela Grealey is concerned that Coromandel MP Scott Simpson has introduced legislation that would expand the Ministry of Social Development's ... More >>