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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 >>
Time to commit to marine sanctuaries closer to home
Friday, 28 October 2016, 10:44 pm | Green Party
Time to commit to marine sanctuaries closer to home The creation of a marine protected area in Antarctica’s Ross Sea is a fine antidote to the grim report on New Zealand’s oceans that came out yesterday, the Green Party said today. The comments come on ... More >>
Government negligence has let our oceans decline
Thursday, 27 October 2016, 4:03 pm | Green Party
The National Government has had eight years to take action on climate change and marine protection but has let New Zealand’s oceans decline to a sorry state, putting our economy and native species at risk, the Green Party said today. The comments ... More >>
Families depend on Govt supporting the community sector
Wednesday, 26 October 2016, 11:45 am | Green Party
The community sector is stressed out and needs a government that supports them properly, especially in the face of large scale Child Youth and Family (CYF) reform, the Green Party said today. The ComVoices State of the Sector Survey, released yesterday, shows ... More >>
Govt’s housing plans ring hollow
Wednesday, 26 October 2016, 11:25 am | Green Party
The Government’s Auckland housing plans lack substance and are years behind where they should be, the Green Party said today. More >>
Throwing and dragging of calves has to end
Wednesday, 26 October 2016, 9:27 am | Green Party
The Government must give the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) more inspectors, resources and independence so it can do its job, the Green Party said today after tonight’s release of new footage of the mistreatment of bobby calves. More >>
Missed target for workplace inspections lets workers down
Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 2:58 pm | Green Party
A sudden drop in the number of workplace interventions by the Labour Inspectorate suggests that the Government isn’t doing enough to support the basic rights of people at work, the Green Party said today. Interventions to ensure compliance with ... More >>
