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Now’s the time for NZ to take the lead on climate change
Thursday, 10 November 2016, 11:40 am | Green Party
10 November 2016 Now’s the time for NZ to take the lead on climate change More >>
Government abusing process to push through changes to RMA
Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 1:48 pm | Green Party
The National Government has abused the parliamentary process to push through changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) that will increase ministers’ power and stop the public from having a say, the Green Party said today. More >>
Serco's failures are as plain as day
Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 1:24 pm | Green Party
Reports that Corrections management felt unable to censure Serco over fight clubs at Mt Eden Prison cast serious doubts over whether the Government can properly monitor privately run prisons, the Green Party said today. More >>
New data shows National’s two-track economy
Tuesday, 8 November 2016, 12:12 pm | Green Party
The real cost of living has grown more for people on low incomes, beneficiaries, and superannuitants than it has for people on moderate and high incomes under National, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt in persistent denial about housing crisis
Tuesday, 8 November 2016, 11:05 am | Green Party
The Government owes it to New Zealanders to admit we have a housing crisis and to prioritise getting more people into secure homes by making long lasting changes to the housing market, the Green Party said today. More >>
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 >>
