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Govt Parent Boost Changes Prioritise Rich Over Poor
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 7:27 pm | Green Party
“The Government is essentially telling thousands of migrant families that if your parents don’t have a quarter of a million in funds, they are not welcome here,” says the Green Party spokesperson for Immigration Ricardo Menéndez March. More >>
Green Party Condemns Decision To Suspend Te Pāti Māori Members
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 6:16 pm | Green Party
The severity of the punishment sought by the Privileges Committee was unprecedented and has raised serious concerns on whether this is a new standard that will only apply when haka, waiata, and other tikanga Māori are expressed in the House. More >>
Luxon Must End Climate Denial Speculation
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 12:57 pm | Green Party
“While the Government doesn’t tend to show any care for people and the planet, perhaps they would understand that pushing ahead with this agenda poses huge risks for our international exports, climate and trade agreements." More >>
Govt’s Budget Balanced On The Backs Of Low-Income Families
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 6:38 pm | Green Party
“Poverty is a political choice this coalition is repeatedly choosing. Once again, we see the wellbeing of thousands sacrificed in the name of superficial savings and cowardly games of political hot potato,” says Ricardo Menéndez March. More >>
National Direction Changes Mark Dark Day For People And Planet
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 2:00 pm | Green Party
The Government has really shown their cards today. It could not be clearer that they are hellbent on pushing our natural environment to the brink, exploiting everything they can for any profit that can be squeezed out of it. More >>
Pay Parity Back Pedal A Kick In The Teeth For ECE Kaiako
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 3:50 pm | Green Party
“Driving down wages means more teachers walking away, and it’s our tamariki and their whānau who will pay the price. We can’t gamble with their futures by short-changing the very people who shape them," says Early Childhood Education, Benjamin Doyle. More >>
Greens Call On Government To Release Gender Affirming Care Guidelines
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 9:58 am | Green Party
The Greens are committed to ensuring healthcare is tailored to the specific and unique needs of diverse communities. More >>
Greens Find Over Half-A-Billion Dollar Hole In Govt Budget
Monday, 26 May 2025, 7:11 am | Green Party
If the Government doesn’t front up with the funds between now and April next year when the first set of changes come into force, Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis will be forcing immediate cuts directly to frontline services in health, education ... More >>
Green Party Condemns Regulatory Standards Bill
Friday, 23 May 2025, 3:23 pm | Green Party
This Bill is the same tired politics we have seen time and time again from the Government, attacking Te Tiriti o Waitangi to make it easier for wealthy companies to exploit our whānau and our taiao for profit. More >>
Budget 2025 Delivers Little To Nothing For Our Youngest
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 6:20 pm | Green Party
Today’s minuscule offering in the Budget – an inflation adjustment of 0.5 per cent – isn’t enough to cover inflation. Effectively, ECE is getting a 1.6 per cent cut. More >>
Minister For The Environment Missing In Action In Budget 2025
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:56 pm | Green Party
Our environment is in crisis. This Budget proves the Government simply does not care, says the Green Party’s spokesperson for Environment, Lan Pham. More >>
Government's Budget Fails Māori
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:50 pm | Green Party
Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a promise of protection, for our whānau and our whenua. A promise this Government has broken before and has broken again today with this Budget. More >>
Housing Crisis Will Rage On With Budget 2025
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:44 pm | Green Party
By cutting more money from social and transitional housing, the Māori Housing Programme and emergency housing, this Government for landlords has abandoned all hope of solving the housing crisis, says the Green Party’s spokesperson for Housing, Tamatha Paul. More >>
Budget To Increase Energy Hardship
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:25 pm | Green Party
Stripping $56 million from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority comes on top of last year’s vicious cut. This cut is effectively delivering energy hardship to those who are already struggling. More >>
Government Pours Gas On The Climate Crisis Fire
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:13 pm | Green Party
The Government is setting $200 million of our public money on fire to support fossil fuel executives' profit, handing a lifeline to a sunset industry, instead of investing in real, resilient, renewable energy. More >>
Budget 2025 Leaves Future Of School Lunches Uncertain
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 3:39 pm | Green Party
The Government’s refusal to commit to funding the school lunch programme leaves thousands of families unsure whether their kids will be fed or forgotten, says the Green Party’s spokesperson for Education, Lawrence Xu-Nan. More >>
‘Growth Budget’ = Growth In Poverty
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 2:57 pm | Green Party
More children will grow up in cold, damp homes without food on the table because of the decisions this Government has made today. Christopher Luxon has told New Zealand he doesn’t care about child poverty with this Budget. More >>
Report Shows Govt’s Callous Lack Of Support For System At Breaking Point
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 11:53 am | Green Party
The Greens’ plan lays out real solutions. As a starting point: nationalising ECE, expanding free school lunches, and building a learning support system where every child belongs, says Green Party Education Spokesperson, Lawrence Xu-Nan. More >>
Prime Minister Must Scrap The Regulatory Standards Bill
Monday, 19 May 2025, 3:33 pm | Green Party
The Bill is the same tired politics we have seen time and time again from the Government, attacking Te Tiriti o Waitangi to make it easier for wealthy companies to exploit our whānau and our taiao for profit. More >>
Social Security Amendment Bill Pushes Poverty On People
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 4:31 pm | Green Party
“The Green Party will repeal all benefit sanctions and lift incomes to liveable levels. We will build an economy that works for all of us, not just a wealthy few,” says Ricardo Menéndez March. More >>
