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Hawke’s Bay Regional Council must dump the dam
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 11:07 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and its investment arm HBRIC to stop pumping public money into the Ruataniwha Dam, and call the project off. More >>
Call for foreign trust disclosure in Register of Interests
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 10:32 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the location of MPs’ trusts to be added to the Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests. More >>
Public excluded from foreign trust inquiry
Tuesday, 12 April 2016, 3:43 pm | Green Party
The Government has ruled out public input into the inquiry into New Zealand foreign trusts which will undermine public confidence in any of the inquiry’s findings, the Green Party said today. More >>
Private irrigation schemes should be privately funded
Tuesday, 12 April 2016, 11:31 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on ACC not to invest public money in the hugely controversial Ruataniwha Dam, which could be a disaster for the Hawkes’ Bay environment. More >>
Greens working to help grieving whānau
Tuesday, 12 April 2016, 10:38 am | Green Party
The Green Party has initiated a Parliamentary Inquiry into whānau access to tūpāpaku (bodies) amidst concerns that many Māori are not receiving fast and consistent access to tūpāpaku from the time of death until burial. More >>
Government’s climate denial a threat to NZ’s health
Tuesday, 12 April 2016, 9:50 am | Green Party
While the White House has declared the health impacts of climate change “one of the gravest threats” to America, at least one New Zealand health board is denying evidence global warming will have any impact on human health at all, the Green Party ... More >>
Public paying the price for private water companies' exports
Monday, 11 April 2016, 11:31 am | Green Party
A moratorium on new water bottling consents would ensure the public isn’t forced into footing the bill for the damage done by private bottling companies, as they will be in Ashburton, and resolve the confusion around water rights, the Green party ... More >>
Inquiry into foreign trusts must restore NZ’s reputation
Monday, 11 April 2016, 10:51 am | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming John Key’s U-turn on foreign trusts but is calling for a broader public inquiry to ensure this isn’t a whitewash, the Green Party said today. More >>
Secrecy about Christchurch rebuild needs to end
Friday, 8 April 2016, 12:49 pm | Green Party
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee must stop pretending the central city rebuild is all fine and dandy and tell the people of Christchurch what’s holding up two key anchor projects in the central city, the Green Party said today. More >>
TPPA timeframe cut exposes Govt’s predetermined agenda
Friday, 8 April 2016, 10:11 am | Green Party
Cutting the timeframe the Select Committee has to consider public submissions on the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) from four weeks to five days shows the National Government never intended to take peoples’ opinions on the TPPA seriously, ... More >>
Another IGIS investigation finds more dodgy SIS practices
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 3:26 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is concerned that another report into actions of the spy agencies show them acting outside their own policies. More >>
Pokie profit u-turn puts pub profits above community groups
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 2:51 pm | Green Party
The Government’s u-turn on plans to increase the amount of money that pokie machine operators are required to return to communities through grant funding will deny local sports, arts, and community groups the funding they need, the Green Party said. More >>
CYFS changes should not overshadow the funding crisis
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 1:39 pm | Green Party
Proposed changes to Child, Youth and Family Services (CYFS) look promising, but should not overshadow that there is still an urgent funding crisis in CYFS, the Green Party said today. More >>
Kiwibank buy back could cost tax payers $800 million
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 11:57 am | Green Party
The Government’s plan to sell Kiwibank to the New Zealand Superannuation Fund and ACC Fund for $495 million could end up costing taxpayers between $800 million and $1.1 billion to buy back, the Green Party said today. More >>
NZ falls behind Australia and EU in race for organic dollar
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 10:42 am | Green Party
A lack of commitment to the organic farming sector from the National Government is causing New Zealand to fall behind our major agricultural competitors in the race to compete for the high-value organic dollar, the Green Party said today. More >>
Cruel chicken cages must go
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 9:21 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to end the use of cruel colony cages for chickens, following revelations on TV3’s Story tonight that shows hens in horrific conditions in such cages, including a dead hen trapped under a perch and hens in ... More >>
Govt forced Kiwibank move
Wednesday, 6 April 2016, 11:56 am | Green Party
Govt forced Kiwibank move The National Government’s failure to invest in Kiwibank has today forced Kiwibank’s owner New Zealand Post to take a step down the road to privatisation of the bank, the Green Party said. “If National had injected capital ... More >>
Key wrong to claim “full disclosure” of NZ foreign trusts
Wednesday, 6 April 2016, 11:07 am | Green Party
John Key’s claim that the full details of foreign trusts can be revealed is contradicted by his own Minister of Revenue who, in 2012, said IRD could only investigate dodgy trusts if it had the name of the trust it was investigating, the Green Party says. More >>
Greens introduce Bill to end foreign trust secrecy
Tuesday, 5 April 2016, 11:18 am | Green Party
The Green Party will today seek the leave of Parliament to introduce a Member’s Bill that would end the secrecy around foreign trusts in New Zealand, by imposing a registration and disclosure scheme on foreign trusts. More >>
Green Party supports Helen Clark’s bid for UNSG
Tuesday, 5 April 2016, 9:49 am | Green Party
The Green Party supports Helen Clark’s bid for Secretary General of the United Nations. More >>
