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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 >>

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 >>