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Govt’s Private Hospital Contracts Little More Than Band-Aid

Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 9:53 am | Green Party

“This is a clear signal from this Government that they have no intention, now or in the future, to properly resource a strong, publicly delivered system,” says the Green Party’s Co-Leader, Marama Davidson. More >>

Greens Show Willis’ Fiscal Straight-Jacket Is Junk, Validate Case For Strong Public Investment

Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 7:54 am | Green Party

“Our Fiscal Strategy unpicks the daft ‘computer says no’ argument standing in the way of this critical investment. We show how forty years of bad fiscal programming have produced devastating real-world results as our hospitals, schools and infrastructure ... More >>

Concern Over Signs Govt Will Reduce Sick Leave For Workers

Monday, 16 June 2025, 10:57 am | Green Party

Green Party spokesperson for Workplace Relations, Teanau Tuiono says our economy is built upon the backs of our workers, so to erode their rights to sick leave is nothing short of an attack on the morale and productivity of our workforce. More >>

Biodiversity Credit Won’t Fix Damage Done By Luxon Govt

Thursday, 12 June 2025, 12:24 pm | Green Party

“This is a bandaid on a gaping wound which does nothing to address a deepening crisis and runs the risk of being mere greenwashing,” says the Green Party spokesperson for Agriculture Steve Abel. More >>

New Report Confirms Oranga Tamariki Is Failing Tamariki And Government Is Failing Māori

Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 4:12 pm | Green Party

We cannot continue to repeat history and pave the way for another Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. We cannot let the Government give up on our most vulnerable kids by repeating cycles that have been continuing for generations. More >>

Government Rightfully Sued Over Illegal Climate ‘Plan’

Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 2:08 pm | Green Party

Christopher Luxon has spent the better part of two years telling the country everything is fine while he dismantles effective climate policy, gives handouts to the fossil fuel sector and platforms lobbyist’s pseudoscience on agricultural emissions. More >>

Greens Call For Safe Passage Of Madleen And Government To Sanction Israel

Monday, 9 June 2025, 5:34 pm | Green Party

Weaponising critical humanitarian aid must stop. Shooting at innocent people lining up for kai must stop. Aotearoa New Zealand cannot remain a bystander to the slaughter of innocent people in Gaza. More >>

Rich Get Much Richer, Driving Inequality And Poverty

Monday, 9 June 2025, 1:21 pm | Green Party

“Poverty and homelessness doesn’t come from nowhere. They are created by inequality. Christopher Luxon has put his foot down on the accelerator. By design, the rich are getting much, much richer while the poor are getting much, much poorer," says Chlöe ... More >>

Govt Parent Boost Changes Prioritise Rich Over Poor

Sunday, 8 June 2025, 7:27 pm | Green Party

“The Government is essentially telling thousands of migrant families that if your parents don’t have a quarter of a million in funds, they are not welcome here,” says the Green Party spokesperson for Immigration Ricardo Menéndez March. More >>

Green Party Condemns Decision To Suspend Te Pāti Māori Members

Thursday, 5 June 2025, 6:16 pm | Green Party

The severity of the punishment sought by the Privileges Committee was unprecedented and has raised serious concerns on whether this is a new standard that will only apply when haka, waiata, and other tikanga Māori are expressed in the House. More >>

Luxon Must End Climate Denial Speculation

Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 12:57 pm | Green Party

“While the Government doesn’t tend to show any care for people and the planet, perhaps they would understand that pushing ahead with this agenda poses huge risks for our international exports, climate and trade agreements." More >>

Govt’s Budget Balanced On The Backs Of Low-Income Families

Thursday, 29 May 2025, 6:38 pm | Green Party

“Poverty is a political choice this coalition is repeatedly choosing. Once again, we see the wellbeing of thousands sacrificed in the name of superficial savings and cowardly games of political hot potato,” says Ricardo Menéndez March. More >>

National Direction Changes Mark Dark Day For People And Planet

Thursday, 29 May 2025, 2:00 pm | Green Party

The Government has really shown their cards today. It could not be clearer that they are hellbent on pushing our natural environment to the brink, exploiting everything they can for any profit that can be squeezed out of it. More >>

Pay Parity Back Pedal A Kick In The Teeth For ECE Kaiako

Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 3:50 pm | Green Party

“Driving down wages means more teachers walking away, and it’s our tamariki and their whānau who will pay the price. We can’t gamble with their futures by short-changing the very people who shape them," says Early Childhood Education, Benjamin Doyle. More >>

Greens Call On Government To Release Gender Affirming Care Guidelines

Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 9:58 am | Green Party

The Greens are committed to ensuring healthcare is tailored to the specific and unique needs of diverse communities. More >>

Greens Find Over Half-A-Billion Dollar Hole In Govt Budget

Monday, 26 May 2025, 7:11 am | Green Party

If the Government doesn’t front up with the funds between now and April next year when the first set of changes come into force, Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis will be forcing immediate cuts directly to frontline services in health, education ... More >>