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MPI in denial about under-reporting of fishing catch
Tuesday, 17 May 2016, 11:29 am | Green Party
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is in denial if it thinks under-reporting of fishing catch isn’t important, the Green Party said today. “As a first step, MPI should release the findings from its recent review of the Fisheries Management ... More >>
Power pricing review misses the point
Tuesday, 17 May 2016, 11:22 am | Green Party
New proposals from the Electricity Authority could force some households to pay hundreds of dollars a year more for power to subsidise big business users, making it even harder for families to warm their homes in the winter, the Green Party said today. More >>
Twice as many fish caught as industry claimed
Monday, 16 May 2016, 10:29 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for more government observers on commercial fishing vessels and at ports following the release of an international study showing major under-reporting of commercial fish catches in New Zealand waters. More >>
Auckland Council herbicide decision raises questions
Monday, 16 May 2016, 9:03 am | Green Party
Auckland Council’s decision to replace safe hot water-based weed control with the potentially toxic herbicide glyphosate in playgrounds, parks, and streets raises questions about whether communities are having their desire to remain spray-free ... More >>
Housing crisis demands urgent action
Monday, 16 May 2016, 9:02 am | Green Party
Urgent action is needed to increase the supply of warm, healthy rental homes after a TV3 investigation into homelessness and overcrowding in Auckland. More >>
Govt shouldn’t be doing PR for pokies
Friday, 13 May 2016, 2:15 pm | Green Party
The Government should be focused on helping problem gamblers and their families, not producing PR that glorifies the pokie machine industry, the Green Party said. More >>
ECan failing Canterbury’s rivers and lakes
Friday, 13 May 2016, 11:14 am | Green Party
Environment Canterbury (ECan) must take tougher action on farmers who let stock graze in rivers and lakes, to stop further pollution of our waterways, the Green Party said today. More >>
Executive pay survey shows need for action on inequality
Friday, 13 May 2016, 10:53 am | Green Party
New data that shows business executives received 12 percent pay rises last year, on average, while over 40 percent of all working people received no pay rise at all shows we need action to rebalance our economy, the Green Party said.* More >>
Kennedy Graham: speech on the TPPA in the General Debate
Thursday, 12 May 2016, 4:36 pm | Green Party
Dr Kennedy Graham's speech on the TPPA in the General Debate 12.05.16 More >>
Taking tax cuts off the table the right move
Thursday, 12 May 2016, 2:18 pm | Green Party
Taking more tax cuts off the table was the right move for Bill English to make in his pre-Budget speech today, the Green Party said. More >>
Proposed newspaper merger is bad news
Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 1:33 pm | Green Party
The proposed merger of New Zealand’s largest newspaper publishers is bad news for a diverse media environment and shows the need for independent regulation to oversee media ownership issues, the Green Party said. “A free, diverse, and competitive ... More >>
Reserve Bank highlights need for more Govt action on housing
Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 10:54 am | Green Party
It’s time for the Government to act to solve the housing crisis as the Reserve Bank again called for stronger Government action, the Green Party said. More >>
PM must apologise for attack on charities
Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 10:27 am | Green Party
The Green Party is today calling on the Prime Minister to apologise for smearing some of New Zealand’s leading charities, as well as a Green MP, in Parliament in an attempt to take the heat off his Government over the foreign trusts tax-dodging ... More >>
Kiwis still in the dark over non-resident housing speculator
Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 3:48 pm | Green Party
Data released today by LINZ gives no real insight into the influence of non-resident foreign speculators on the New Zealand housing market, the Green Party said today. More >>
Government can clean up foreign trusts tonight
Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 1:11 pm | Green Party
The Government can start the clean-up of the foreign trust industry as early as tonight by supporting the Green Party’s proposed changes to a Government tax bill being voted on this evening. More >>
Unemployment and housing crisis trump Crown accounts
Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 11:47 am | Green Party
The Government’s financial update today shows its focus on maintaining a wafer-thin surplus has come at the expense of real ideas about how to tackle the big economic problems we face, like child poverty, unemployment, and the housing crisis, the Green ... More >>
Government helped Mossack Fonsecca’s tax avoidance business
Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 11:41 am | Green Party
The National Government helped facilitate Mossack Fonsecca’s tax avoidance business in New Zealand when it put a stop to Inland Revenue’s proposed review of foreign trust regulation, the Green Party says. More >>
Green MP to host West Papuan leader at Parliament
Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 10:47 am | Green Party
Who: Reverend Socratez Sofyan Yoman, a West Papuan human rights leader and chairman of the Papuan Baptist Church Alliance, will be meeting with MPs and parliamentary supporters More >>
Housing crisis will lead to more Aucklanders sleeping rough
Monday, 9 May 2016, 3:07 pm | Green Party
The Government’s new emergency housing fund money does nothing to address the underlying causes of Auckland’s affordable housing crisis, the Green Party said today. More >>
Aid needed as Pacific coastlines vanish
Monday, 9 May 2016, 11:02 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to target aid towards Pacific Island communities forced to migrate because of rising seas, after a new study revealed that the Solomon Islands are already being significantly affected by climate-related ... More >>
