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James Shaw AGM speech – Change starts now
Saturday, 4 June 2016, 5:40 pm | Green Party
James Shaw AGM speech – Change starts now Kia tau te rangimārie o te Rangi e tū nei o Papatūānuku e takoto nei o te Taiao e awhi nei ki runga i a tātou. Tīhei mauri ora! He mihi nui ki ngā mana whenua o tēnei takiwā, Ngāi Tahu, Tuahuriri, ... More >>
Green Labour agreement makes change of Govt possible
Saturday, 4 June 2016, 5:30 pm | Green Party
Green Labour agreement makes change of Govt possible Green Party Co-leader James Shaw has told the Green Party AGM that the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Labour Party signed this week increases the chances of changing the Government ... More >>
PM should apologise for his comments on homeless Aucklanders
Friday, 3 June 2016, 4:21 pm | Green Party
PM should apologise for his comments on homeless Aucklanders The Prime Minister should apologise for misleading the country about the Ministry of Social Development’s interactions with homeless people in south Auckland, the Green Party said today. ... More >>
One in 100 New Zealanders homeless under National’s watch
Friday, 3 June 2016, 12:28 pm | Green Party
New research showing a jump in homelessness in New Zealand is a sign that the Government’s current approach to the issue is failing, the Green Party said today. More >>
National needs to get smart on crime & punishment
Thursday, 2 June 2016, 3:14 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on National to get smart on crime and invest more in rehabilitation services to help reduce re-offending. More >>
Government still MIA on housing crisis
Thursday, 2 June 2016, 1:03 pm | Green Party
Government still MIA on housing crisis The Government’s National Policy Statement (NPS) on urban development is good in theory, but won’t build the affordable houses Aucklanders are crying out for, the Green Party said today. “Aucklanders need more ... More >>
CRL a Green win for Auckland
Thursday, 2 June 2016, 10:18 am | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming the long awaited start to construction of the City Rail Link (CRL) today as the first step to creating a faster and cleaner transport system in Auckland. More >>
Dependence on corporates puts endangered whales at risk
Wednesday, 1 June 2016, 11:08 am | Green Party
The decision to cancel surveys of endangered humpback whales in the Cook Straight this year shows National’s reliance on corporate sponsorship for conservation is failing our endangered species, the Green Party said today. More >>
Suspend charter schools, not students
Wednesday, 1 June 2016, 11:04 am | Green Party
The Government must cancel plans to open seven more charter schools, as serious concerns are raised about the results of those schools already opened, the Green Party said today. Most of the annual reports of the Partnership Schools already opened ... More >>
ACC Minister must help sexual violence survivors
Monday, 30 May 2016, 2:05 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on ACC Minister Nikki Kaye to remove the obligation for sexual violence survivors to be diagnosed with a mental illness before being allowed additional ACC-funded counselling. More >>
Creative accounting can’t hide DOC budget cuts
Monday, 30 May 2016, 12:03 pm | Green Party
National needs to admit it has cut funding to the Department of Conservation (DOC), rather than spin the facts and hide from its decision to claw back core conservation funding, the Green Party said today. More >>
More money, not lip service, needed
Monday, 30 May 2016, 11:35 am | Green Party
The Freshwater Improvement Fund of just $10 million a year is a drop in the bucket of what is needed to make our rivers safe for swimming, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt must stop blaming and start building
Monday, 30 May 2016, 9:22 am | Green Party
Auckland's housing crisis will never be fixed unless the Government stops blaming the Council and starts taking the steps it can to solve it, the Green Party says. More >>
Budget comment: Arts funding down in Budget
Sunday, 29 May 2016, 3:39 pm | Green Party
New analysis shows that while some arts organisations have benefitted from Budget 2016, others have lost out and overall arts and culture funding has fallen $217.5 million behind where it needs to be to keep up with rising costs since National came ... More >>
Budget 2016 opts for future tax cuts over real investment
Friday, 27 May 2016, 12:01 pm | Green Party
The Government has clearly signalled that tax cuts next year are more important than trying to fix the big issues we’re facing today, like the housing crisis, the Green Party said today. More >>
Freshwater Improvement Fund can also be used to pollute
Friday, 27 May 2016, 11:54 am | Green Party
The Government’s Freshwater Improvement Fund, announced in the Budget, will do little to make New Zealand’s rivers safe to swim in because the money can be used to fund irrigation schemes that will ultimately harm the environment, the Green Party ... More >>
State-house shambles in Invercargill
Friday, 27 May 2016, 11:39 am | Green Party
News that the only potential buyer for 348 state houses in Invercargill has pulled out of the deal is another blow to the Government’s flawed plan to rid itself of responsibility of state homes and their tenants, the Green Party said today. More >>
Scrapping two-for-one in ETS not enough to save our climate
Thursday, 26 May 2016, 5:11 pm | Green Party
National's Budget has failed for the eighth year in a row to do anything meaningful to protect the climate, with its scrapping of the dodgy two-for-one carbon credit scheme unlikely to significantly reduce our emissions, the Green Party said today. More >>
Government cuts Warm-Up programme that saves lives
Thursday, 26 May 2016, 4:40 pm | Green Party
National has cut home insulation funding to its lowest ever level in Budget 2016, which will leave thousands of people shivering in their houses again this winter, the Green Party said today More >>
Shock school funding freeze means parents pay more
Thursday, 26 May 2016, 4:18 pm | Green Party
Parents up and down the country will have to pay more for their child’s education, following the National Government’s surprise budget move to freeze funding for schools’ operational grants, the Green Party said today. More >>
