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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 >>
Govt must increase DOC funding across the board
Monday, 9 May 2016, 10:25 am | Green Party
The National Government’s pre-Budget announcement that it will spend $20.7 million on pest control on conservation land doesn’t go far enough to protect our native species and landscapes, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt must broaden inquiry into tax avoidance
Monday, 9 May 2016, 10:08 am | Green Party
The Government must urgently broaden its limited review of foreign trusts in light of new revelations of the extent of New Zealand’s involvement in the global tax avoidance industry, the Green Party said today. “Newly revealed leaked documents ... More >>
Govt must start again with foreign trusts inquiry
Monday, 9 May 2016, 9:10 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for the Government to start again and broaden the scope of the Shewan Inquiry, following new evidence from the Panama Papers of New Zealand’s role in the global web of tax avoidance, uncovered by the Australian Financial Review. More >>
Government should stop defending tax evasion
Monday, 9 May 2016, 8:57 am | Green Party
The Prime Minster should have come out and promised he’d throw everything he’s got at cleaning up foreign trusts, and stamping out the tax avoidance industry, the Green Party said. “It is extraordinary to see our Prime Minister call a press conference ... More >>
Govt should support farmers into high-value organics
Friday, 6 May 2016, 3:32 pm | Green Party
The Government needs to up its game and do more to support dairy farmers into organics as payouts for organics continue to skyrocket, the Green Party said today. Today Fonterra announced a 2016/2017 market-linked forecast of $9.20 per kilo for organic ... More >>
Govt keeps handbrake on electric vehicles
Thursday, 5 May 2016, 4:11 pm | Green Party
Simon Bridges’ lacklustre electric vehicle announcement today will do little to increase the number of electric vehicles on New Zealand roads, the Green Party said today. More >>
National confirm bias for foreign trust industry
Thursday, 5 May 2016, 3:44 pm | Green Party
Former Revenue Minister Todd McClay met twice with foreign trust lobbyists but met with no other stakeholder groups before deciding to stop a review into foreign trusts, the Green Party said today. More >>
Hon. Deborah Morris-Travers new Greens Chief of Staff
Thursday, 5 May 2016, 10:00 am | Green Party
The Green Party has announced today that former Cabinet Minister and child advocate the Hon Deborah Morris-Travers will be its new Chief of Staff and that communications specialist Joss Debreceny will take on the senior role of Political Director. More >>
Pharmac funding still short
Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 1:36 pm | Green Party
The Green Party welcomes the announcement that Pharmac will get an extra $39 million in funding, but is calling for the Government to immediately release Pharmac’s advice on how much money it actually needs. More >>
More unemployed people is a Government failure
Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 12:42 pm | Green Party
Rising unemployment shows how National’s economic mismanagement has failed to deliver enough jobs for New Zealanders, the Green Party says. “Ten thousand more unemployed people is ten thousand real life tragedies for people hunting for work, ... More >>
Irrigation funding must go in order to protect water quality
Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 12:41 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to rule out any funding or investment in the controversial Ruataniwha Dam. More >>
