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Govt failing to address animal suffering at rodeo
Tuesday, 8 November 2016, 11:04 am | Green Party
Animals will continue to be subjected to unnecessary pain and distress because the Government has refused to take serious action to address cruelty in rodeo, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt failing to address animal suffering at rodeo
Tuesday, 8 November 2016, 11:03 am | Green Party
Animals will continue to be subjected to unnecessary pain and distress because the Government has refused to take serious action to address cruelty in rodeo, the Green Party said today. More >>
Bennett breaks promise to support marae and homeless
Monday, 7 November 2016, 3:11 pm | Green Party
Manurewa marae needed much better support from the Government in order to do its work helping homeless whanau, the Green Party said today. More >>
Housing crisis to blame for child rheumatic fever cases
Monday, 7 November 2016, 10:14 am | Green Party
Children in Auckland are falling ill with rheumatic fever as a direct result of the Government’s failure to address the housing crisis and child poverty, the Green Party said today. More >>
Kids at risk due to Government ECE push
Sunday, 6 November 2016, 9:52 pm | Green Party
A new survey of the early childhood education (ECE) sector shows centres struggling to make ends meet under a six-year Government funding freeze, the Green Party said today. More >>
Green Party supports call for national Parihaka Day
Saturday, 5 November 2016, 1:54 pm | Green Party
Green Party supports call for national Parihaka Day The Green Party is calling on the Government to establish a national Parihaka Day. The day would commemorate the extraordinary events of November 5 1881, when the Parihaka community practised passive ... More >>
Metiria Turei awarded for her work on Māori hauora
Friday, 4 November 2016, 1:30 pm | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei is delighted to today accept the Public Health Association’s Tū rangatira mō te Ora award 2016 for her work on addressing equity issues for Māori and reducing child poverty in New Zealand. More >>
Seclusion rooms still being used
Friday, 4 November 2016, 12:31 pm | Green Party
Two special schools, and an unknown number of mainstream schools, are continuing to use seclusion rooms, despite the Education Minister’s recent moves to outlaw them, the Green Party said today. More >>
No more excuses – climate action starts today
Friday, 4 November 2016, 11:32 am | Green Party
The Paris Climate Agreement coming into force is a triumph for ordinary people around New Zealand and the world who have demanded politicians take action to stop climate change, the Green Party said today. The Paris Climate Agreement will come into force ... More >>
Warkworth motorway relies on expensive private loan
Friday, 4 November 2016, 9:31 am | Green Party
3 November 2016 Warkworth motorway relies on expensive private loan National’s gold-plated Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway will suck good money away from more valuable, worthwhile transport projects in Auckland and Northland for decades to come, the ... More >>
Resource Legislation Amendment Bill a shambles
Thursday, 3 November 2016, 4:51 pm | Green Party
National’s much touted changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) are a shambles and the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill (RLA Bill) should not proceed the Green Party said today. More >>
New Zealanders’ bank savings need protecting
Thursday, 3 November 2016, 12:06 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the National Government to introduce sector-wide deposit insurance following Kiwibank’s withdrawal of its deposit guarantee. More >>
Minister delayed banning seclusion rooms until shamed
Thursday, 3 November 2016, 10:37 am | Green Party
Minister of Education Hekia Parata would have known about seclusion rooms for more than a year and did nothing to stop their use until she was publicly shamed into doing so, the Green Party said today. More >>
McCully’s got to go
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 4:29 pm | Green Party
The Office of the Auditor General’s (OAG) report into the Saudi sheep deal makes it clear that Murray McCully has misled the New Zealand public and Cabinet, and for that reason John Key should ask him to resign, the Green Party said today. More >>
More New Zealanders join call for a mental health inquiry
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 1:19 pm | Green Party
A petition from Life Matters Suicide Prevention Trust presented at Parliament today shows that more people are joining the call for a mental health inquiry, the Green Party said. More >>
Stop playing tricks and start cutting emissions
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 11:17 am | Green Party
The National Government must stop relying on dodgy accounting loopholes in order to continue avoiding responsibility for real reductions in New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions, the Green Party said today. More >>
Handover of petition calling for visual fire alarms
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 9:59 am | Green Party
Tomorrow Mojo Mathers will be accepting a petition from Kim Robinson, Chairperson of Deaf Action New Zealand, that calls for visual fire alarms to be made mandatory in public buildings. More >>
Mental health inaction will fuel prison harm
Tuesday, 1 November 2016, 1:03 pm | Green Party
An increase in the number of unnatural deaths and self-harm incidents in prisons are further evidence of failings in our health and justice systems, and show the urgent need for a mental health enquiry, the Green Party said today. More >>
National’s road-building obsession a dead end
Monday, 31 October 2016, 11:31 am | Green Party
The National Government needs to rethink its multibillion-dollar motorway expansion projects and prioritise investment in public transport and cycling, with new figures showing that young New Zealanders are falling out of love with the car, the Green ... More >>
Why so secret on palm oil, Minister?
Monday, 31 October 2016, 10:25 am | Green Party
The Minister for Food Safety needs to tell the public whether she will vote for mandatory palm oil labelling at next month’s Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) meeting. More >>
