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Statoil decision shows Govt should give up on oil and gas
Friday, 14 October 2016, 10:10 am | Green Party
The wheels are falling off the Government’s oil and gas strategy, with news that Norwegian oil company Statoil has given up on exploring for oil in the Reinga Basin off the Northland coast. Statoil’s decision follows Brazilian company Petrobras, ... More >>
Green Party mourning Helen Kelly
Friday, 14 October 2016, 9:53 am | Green Party
The Green Party sends its love to the family, friends and colleagues of Helen Kelly today. More >>
Runaway house prices ruining first-home buyers’ dreams
Thursday, 13 October 2016, 11:41 am | Green Party
A new national median of over half-a-million dollars puts a first home well out of reach for too many New Zealanders, the Green Party said today. More >>
Tax sugary drinks to help our children
Thursday, 13 October 2016, 11:29 am | Green Party
More and more New Zealand children are being hospitalised for tooth decay issues, and the Government needs to implement a sugary drinks tax to help turn this around, the Green Party said today. More >>
Broke Housing NZ a symbol of National’s economic failures
Thursday, 13 October 2016, 10:28 am | Green Party
Reports that Housing New Zealand is about to run out of money, just as it’s supposed to be building new houses to alleviate the housing crisis, is a symptom of National’s economic mismanagement, the Green Party said today. More >>
Weedkiller puts Kiwis’ health at risk
Wednesday, 12 October 2016, 10:36 am | Green Party
Weedkiller puts Kiwis’ health at risk, but you won’t even know you’re using it More >>
Will Bill English’s houses cost a million dollars each?
Wednesday, 12 October 2016, 9:41 am | Green Party
Bill English owes it to prospective first-home buyers to name a price for the houses the Government is proposing to build and sell in Auckland, the Green Party said today. “Aucklanders need to be able to trust the Government to build houses they can afford, ... More >>
Govt climate plan must have integrity
Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 11:01 am | Green Party
The National Government’s refusal to cancel out fraudulent Russian carbon credits by using the surplus authentic carbon credits it holds, puts the integrity of our international climate commitments at risk, the Green Party said today. Climate minister ... More >>
Apartment buyers’ dreams crushed while Govt stands by
Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 10:14 am | Green Party
First home buyers left in the lurch after apartment-building projects collapsed deserve more support from the Government, who told them to buy apartments in the first place, the Green Party said today. More >>
New government-built houses must be affordable
Monday, 10 October 2016, 9:42 am | Green Party
Bill English should release the details of the new houses he says will be built by the Government, including how affordable they’ll actually be, the Green Party said today. More >>
Congratulations to Green local government winners
Saturday, 8 October 2016, 11:13 pm | Green Party
Congratulations to Green local government winners - Green Party media release The Green Party is congratulating all Green winners in the local body elections for 2016 after hard fought campaigns, and welcomes the first Pasifika Green Party Councillor ... More >>
Too hard to establish a measure of child poverty John?
Saturday, 8 October 2016, 1:16 pm | Green Party
Too hard to establish a measure of child poverty John? Not according to the United Nations A United Nations report has today directly challenged New Zealand to take action to address child poverty, including establishing a national definition of ... More >>
Growing number of renting households deserve security
Friday, 7 October 2016, 12:55 pm | Green Party
7 October 2016 Growing number of renting households deserve security The rapidly growing proportion of people living in rental homes shows the need for greater security and transparency around rent setting, as Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei has ... More >>
Women’s pay imbalance getting worse under National
Friday, 7 October 2016, 12:27 pm | Green Party
Women’s pay imbalance getting worse under National New figures out today reveal a bleak trend for New Zealand women, with the gender pay gap continuing to grow, the Green Party said today. Figures from the Labour Market Statistics: June 2016 ... More >>
Marama Davidson returning to New Zealand
Friday, 7 October 2016, 9:51 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Marama Davidson is safe and well and is expected to be deported from Israel imminently, after being detained in Tel Aviv, the Green Party said today. Her family have been notified of her situation. She is likely to arrive at Auckland ... More >>
Te Ururoa Flavell must front up on job losses at Land Court
Thursday, 6 October 2016, 1:01 pm | Green Party
Minster for Māori Development Te Ururoa Flavell must front up to Māori on what his intentions are for the role of the Māori Land Court in his controversial Te Ture Whenua Māori reform agenda, in light of the Ministry of Justice’s proposal ... More >>
Foreign trust industry was in Govt’s ear after Shewan Report
Thursday, 6 October 2016, 12:54 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to hold the line in the face of foreign trust lobbying to water down new foreign trust disclosure reforms, the Green Party said today. More >>
Time to go, Serco – and all private prisons
Thursday, 6 October 2016, 11:53 am | Green Party
The Chief Inspector of Corrections’ damning report into fight clubs at the Serco-run Mt Eden Correctional Facility definitively shows why the Government should give up on its private-prisons experiment, the Green Party said today. While Serco no longer ... More >>
Israel must release Green MP and peace activists
Thursday, 6 October 2016, 11:02 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on Israel to swiftly release Green MP Marama Davidson and other members of the Women’s Peace Flotilla who have been intercepted in international waters off the coast of Gaza. The Women’s Peace Boat departed for Gaza on the 21st ... More >>
Paris ratification – starting gun in race for climate
Wednesday, 5 October 2016, 11:58 am | Green Party
Ratification of the Paris climate agreement is the starting gun, not the finish line, in the race to avoid dangerous and potentially catastrophic climate change, the Green Party said today. More >>
