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Housing Crisis Will Rage On With Budget 2025
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:44 pm | Green Party
By cutting more money from social and transitional housing, the Māori Housing Programme and emergency housing, this Government for landlords has abandoned all hope of solving the housing crisis, says the Green Party’s spokesperson for Housing, Tamatha Paul. More >>
Budget To Increase Energy Hardship
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:25 pm | Green Party
Stripping $56 million from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority comes on top of last year’s vicious cut. This cut is effectively delivering energy hardship to those who are already struggling. More >>
Government Pours Gas On The Climate Crisis Fire
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:13 pm | Green Party
The Government is setting $200 million of our public money on fire to support fossil fuel executives' profit, handing a lifeline to a sunset industry, instead of investing in real, resilient, renewable energy. More >>
Budget 2025 Leaves Future Of School Lunches Uncertain
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 3:39 pm | Green Party
The Government’s refusal to commit to funding the school lunch programme leaves thousands of families unsure whether their kids will be fed or forgotten, says the Green Party’s spokesperson for Education, Lawrence Xu-Nan. More >>
‘Growth Budget’ = Growth In Poverty
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 2:57 pm | Green Party
More children will grow up in cold, damp homes without food on the table because of the decisions this Government has made today. Christopher Luxon has told New Zealand he doesn’t care about child poverty with this Budget. More >>
Report Shows Govt’s Callous Lack Of Support For System At Breaking Point
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 11:53 am | Green Party
The Greens’ plan lays out real solutions. As a starting point: nationalising ECE, expanding free school lunches, and building a learning support system where every child belongs, says Green Party Education Spokesperson, Lawrence Xu-Nan. More >>
Prime Minister Must Scrap The Regulatory Standards Bill
Monday, 19 May 2025, 3:33 pm | Green Party
The Bill is the same tired politics we have seen time and time again from the Government, attacking Te Tiriti o Waitangi to make it easier for wealthy companies to exploit our whānau and our taiao for profit. More >>
Social Security Amendment Bill Pushes Poverty On People
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 4:31 pm | Green Party
“The Green Party will repeal all benefit sanctions and lift incomes to liveable levels. We will build an economy that works for all of us, not just a wealthy few,” says Ricardo Menéndez March. More >>
Report Exposes Damage Of Rushed Cuts To Oranga Tamariki
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 4:09 pm | Green Party
“It is now crystal clear that these cuts have come at the expense of the safety and wellbeing of our children,” says Green Party spokesperson for Children Kahurangi Carter. More >>
Green Budget Delivers For Māori
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 11:35 am | Green Party
“Our Green Budget is a statement: we stand for Te Tiriti o Waitangi, we stand on the right side of history and we stand against this Government," says the Green Party’s spokesperson for Māori Development, Hūhana Lyndon. More >>
Green Budget: Free GPs For All
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 11:31 am | Green Party
“Our approach will make sure communities right across the country have access to the care they need with our Community Health Service. We will create community care clinics in the highest need areas first, such as South Auckland, which has an estimated ... More >>
Green Budget: Early Childhood Education For Everyone
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 11:25 am | Green Party
“We will initially cap charges at $10 per day per child on top of the current 20-hour free entitlement. This represents a significant shift from the $12 an-hour some families currently pay. By 2029, we will make ECE free by raising the entitlement to 35 hours ... More >>
Green Budget For A Country Worth Fighting For
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 11:18 am | Green Party
“This is a Budget for a country that belongs to and works for New Zealanders,” says Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. “We believe in fairness and common sense. A Green Government will rapidly reduce emissions, reduce the cost of living More >>
Tribunal Review An Attack On Te Tiriti O Waitangi
Friday, 9 May 2025, 3:47 pm | Green Party
From the Treaty Principles Bill and undermining marine customary title, to the removal of 7AA from the Oranga Tamariki Act and now this, the assaults and insults to our founding agreement and our people have been relentless from this Government. More >>
Redress Announcement Leaves Little Justice For Survivors
Friday, 9 May 2025, 12:50 pm | Green Party
“The Green Party remains committed to working towards a future where every child grows up safe, secure, and free from violence,” says Marama Davidson. More >>
Wildlife Law Change A Deep Betrayal Of Public Trust
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 10:36 am | Green Party
“The Government is rushing legislation through Parliament to make it easier to kill kiwi and other precious wildlife," says Green Party co-leader and Conservation spokesperson, Marama Davidson. More >>
Govt For The Rich Is Failing The Unemployed
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 12:07 pm | Green Party
As the unemployment rate rises, the Government is preparing an austerity Budget and rushing through legislation to stop pay equity claims, while also passing new laws to create more arbitrary sanctions on beneficiaries. More >>
Govt Takes Workplace Equity Efforts Backwards
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 12:32 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has called out the Government’s latest attack on workers with the announcement that it is halting all pay equity claims. “Women deserve fair pay. This move to undo years of pay equity progress is a monumental step backwards ... More >>
Greens Launch Member’s Bill To Close Loophole Allowing Animal Cruelty In Imports
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 8:16 am | Green Party
“Currently, products which come from animals who have been kept or slaughtered in conditions which would be illegal here, like in sow stalls or battery cages, are still able to be imported and sold in our supermarkets”, says Green Party Agriculture ... More >>
Greens Mark May Day With Green Jobs Guarantee
Thursday, 1 May 2025, 12:36 pm | Green Party
“New Zealanders should be in control of our economy, our jobs and our future. We don’t need to leave our fate to be decided by international shareholders,” says Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. More >>
