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Water sellers should pay for privilege
Thursday, 21 April 2016, 10:51 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for the Government to charge water-bottling companies for the water they bottle and sell, after the enormous profits companies are making from selling a free resource was revealed yesterday. More >>
Green Party rubbishes NZ Initiative’s sugar-tax claims
Thursday, 21 April 2016, 10:34 am | Green Party
The New Zealand Initiative’s report on a sugar tax is deeply flawed, and the fact that the junk-food lobby are members and funders of this so-called independent “think tank” highlights a credibility gap, the Green Party said. More >>
Key should park the China extradition issue
Wednesday, 20 April 2016, 10:18 am | Green Party
New Zealand needs to put the brakes on a discussion about an extradition treaty with China while it pushes changes to the free trade agreement, the Green Party says. More >>
English refuses to allow Treasury to cost Greens policy
Tuesday, 19 April 2016, 11:37 am | Green Party
The Finance Minister has refused to allow the Treasury to cost Green Party policy despite rules allowing political parties to access such a costing. More >>
Low inflation hides cost of housing crisis
Monday, 18 April 2016, 12:14 pm | Green Party
Low inflation in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) hides the way the housing crisis is hitting peoples’ pockets and distorting our economy, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt must stop using “fraudulent” emission units
Monday, 18 April 2016, 10:40 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the National Government to immediately promise not to use any of the emission reduction units it knows to be fraudulent, in order to meet its global commitments to cut climate pollution. Today the Morgan Foundation ... More >>
Urgent nationwide inquiry into mental health services needed
Sunday, 17 April 2016, 12:13 pm | Green Party
Urgent nationwide inquiry into mental health services needed An urgent nationwide inquiry is needed to address the strain that mental health services are under following a damning review into Waikato’s mental health services, the Green Party said today. ... More >>
Govt cheated on international climate commitments
Saturday, 16 April 2016, 1:12 pm | Green Party
Govt cheated on international climate commitments The Green Party is calling on the National Government to immediately cancel all fake emission reduction units it owns and admit it cheated in order to meet its global commitments to cut climate ... More >>
Greens support Ashburton locals’ call on water bottling
Saturday, 16 April 2016, 11:08 am | Green Party
Greens support Ashburton locals’ call for end to water bottling plans Green MP Catherine Delahunty joined Ashburton locals today calling on the Ashburton District Council to stop the sale of land including a resource consent to extract 40 billion ... More >>
Catherine Delahunty to speak at bottled water rally
Friday, 15 April 2016, 12:08 pm | Green Party
Green MP Catherine Delahunty is to join locals in Ashburton tomorrow in calling on the Ashburton District Council to stop the sale of a plot of land that includes a resource consent to extract 40 billion litres of artesian water for a water bottling ... More >>
Growing inequality for Kiwi kids
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 1:58 pm | Green Party
A new report shows the Government has failed to improve New Zealand’s shocking rate of inequality in the seven years its been in power and when it comes to education it has made the outcomes for poorer kids worse, the Green Party says. More >>
New Govt approach needed to address Māori cot death
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 11:43 am | Green Party
A report launched today showing that Māori babies make up more than 60 percent of all cot deaths in New Zealand is another signal that Government agencies are not doing enough to help keep our tamariki safe, the Green Party said today. More >>
Movie jobs crash despite National’s backroom promises
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 1:10 pm | Green Party
The number of jobs in the screen industry continues to decline despite National’s promise that its backroom deals with Warner Bros would secure more jobs here, the Green Party said today. More >>
Housing unaffordability hits new high
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 12:30 pm | Green Party
New analysis showing median house prices in Auckland are now 9.22 times the median annual income confirms that the National Government has failed to fix the Auckland housing crisis, the Green Party said. More >>
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 >>
