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Green Party MPs not seeking re-election
Thursday, 15 December 2016, 10:14 am | Green Party
Green Party MPs Catherine Delahunty and Steffan Browning are announcing today that they will not seek re-election in 2017. More >>
National must act now to stop workplace abuse
Wednesday, 14 December 2016, 1:39 pm | Green Party
Today’s report on migrant exploitation shows that the Government is not doing enough to protect workers or to weed out dodgy employers, the Green Party said today. More >>
National’s record climate legacy needs reversing
Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 2:05 pm | Green Party
National needs to do an about-face on climate change if we want New Zealand to stop setting new records for the hottest year ever, the Green Party said today. The National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) predicts that 2016 will be the ... More >>
Green MPs to stand with Pike River families
Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 9:44 am | Green Party
Green Party MPs will be present to support Pike River families and supporters as they reveal a new plan to safely re-enter the mine drift. More >>
National’s inaction on poverty hurting our kids
Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 8:51 am | Green Party
National’s refusal to commit to ending child poverty is hurting Kiwi kids, with the latest report from the Children’s Commissioner revealing that the rate that children are being hospitalised with poverty related diseases having significantly ... More >>
Fixing National’s housing crisis must be a top priority
Monday, 12 December 2016, 10:45 am | Green Party
Incoming Prime Minister Bill English should make a commitment to all New Zealanders that he will do what John Key refused to – build more affordable homes, close tax loopholes for property speculators, and end homelessness, the Green Party said today. More >>
Beaches safe from oil spills after Anadarko gives up
Friday, 9 December 2016, 12:37 pm | Green Party
Beaches in Wellington, Wairarapa, and the top of the South Island are at less risk of being decimated by an oil spill after Anadarko surrendered its fossil fuel exploration permits in the Pegasus Basin, the Green Party said today. More >>
Calls for a sugary drinks tax grow louder
Friday, 9 December 2016, 11:30 am | Green Party
Minister of Health Jonathan Coleman needs to stand up for the health of all Kiwi kids, recognise he got it wrong, and move to implement a sugary drinks tax, the Green Party said today. More >>
Green Party releases updated drug law reform policy
Friday, 9 December 2016, 10:28 am | Green Party
The Green Party today released its updated drug law reform policy , which would regulate access to cannabis and allow for medicinal cannabis. More >>
Books give scope to address National’s long-term deficits
Thursday, 8 December 2016, 2:47 pm | Green Party
The Government’s improving books give it scope to address the long-term deficits National has been running in health, housing, and the environment, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens secure two more important bills from ballot
Thursday, 8 December 2016, 1:23 pm | Green Party
New measures that will sit alongside GDP to chart the nation’s progress, as well as compulsory country-of-origin labelling on food, will be debated in Parliament following today’s Member’s Bill ballot. More >>
Why is NZ still the exception on deposit protection?
Thursday, 8 December 2016, 12:18 pm | Green Party
Yesterday, in front of Parliament’s Finance & Expenditure select committee, Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler continued to defend New Zealand’s record of exceptionalism on deposit insurance. More >>
Govt seeking overseas buyers for Christchurch state homes
Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 3:32 pm | Green Party
The Government is actively seeking overseas buyers for 3,000 state homes in Christchurch, the Green Party said today. Government officials are hosting an invite-only session for potential investors in Sydney next week. “It’s bad enough that National is ... More >>
Greens call for end to harmful fishing techniques
Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 10:50 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to end bottom trawling, dredging, purse seining and other destructive fishing methods in Tikapa Moana/the Hauraki Gulf, which damage the ecosystem and put livelihoods at risk. More >>
Green Party statement on resignation of the Prime Minister
Monday, 5 December 2016, 1:43 pm | Green Party
The Green Party wishes to extend its best wishes to the Prime Minister, following his resignation today. “On behalf of Metiria, the Green Party MPs and the Party, I would like to thank John Key for his eight years of service as Prime Minister,” ... More >>
Govt’s big plan for Auckland housing missing the target
Monday, 5 December 2016, 1:11 pm | Green Party
News that National’s Auckland Housing Accord is likely to miss its target for the number of homes actually built shows that new ideas under a new Government are needed to fix the housing crisis, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt putting snapper stocks at risk this summer
Friday, 2 December 2016, 11:38 am | Green Party
The Government has put East Coast snapper fisheries at risk by prematurely slashing the number of observers charged with monitoring and preventing commercial fish dumping, and undersize fish and wildlife being caught, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt should delay introduction of second CYF Bill
Thursday, 1 December 2016, 3:08 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is supporting the Māori Women’s Welfare League’s call for the Minister for Social Development, Anne Tolley, to delay the introduction of the second CYF reform Bill, which will see more Māori children removed from their family and ... More >>
Green Party Members’ Bills pulled from ballot
Thursday, 1 December 2016, 1:41 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is thrilled to have two important bills drawn from the ballot today, both of which will help to create a fairer Aotearoa. More >>
EPA should shelve bee-killing pesticides
Thursday, 1 December 2016, 11:46 am | Green Party
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needs to listen to New Zealanders and urgently reassess the use of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides in this country, the Green Party said today. Green Party MP Steffan Browning will today present a petition signed ... More >>
