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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 >>
Govt should stop foreign trusts operating secretly in NZ
Monday, 4 April 2016, 12:21 pm | Green Party
The Government must stop allowing the foreign trust industry to operate in secret here to prevent New Zealand becoming a tax haven for criminals, the Green Party said today. More >>
John Key wrong about Greens’ Kiwibank policy
Monday, 4 April 2016, 10:52 am | Green Party
John Key is wrong that the Green Party’s new Kiwibank policy would force the bank to make bad loans and potentially lead to a bail-out, the Green Party said. More >>
Key’s evasiveness on ‘jihadi brides’ shows duplicity
Monday, 4 April 2016, 10:35 am | Green Party
John Key has many questions to answer at his post cabinet meeting today, after refusing this morning to provide key information to back up his claims about ‘jihadi brides”, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens will repurpose Kiwibank
Monday, 4 April 2016, 10:15 am | Green Party
The Green Party will strengthen Kiwibank so that it can compete with the big four foreign owned banks leading to better interest rates, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt failing to address long-term public health disaster
Monday, 4 April 2016, 9:24 am | Green Party
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman needs to listen to the growing chorus of health experts who are calling for immediate action on obesity-related disease, the Green Party said today. More >>
PM knew truth about kiwi brides for six months
Monday, 4 April 2016, 9:11 am | Green Party
The Green Party can reveal that John Key has known since May 2015 that no women left New Zealand to go to the Middle East as so called “jihadi brides”, making the damage he inflicted on Islamic women even more calculating. More >>
Half of families denied full benefit increase
Friday, 1 April 2016, 11:26 am | Green Party
About half of all beneficiary families with children will be disappointed to learn today they will not get the full $25 benefit increase that the National Government has led them to believe they will, the Green Party says. More >>
Green Party to launch “cow nappies” to combat pollution
Friday, 1 April 2016, 10:45 am | Green Party
The Green Party is introducing a members’ bill today that will reduce environmental degradation as a result of dairy intensification by requiring all cows to wear nappies. More >>
Price rises no joke for solar and electricity customers
Friday, 1 April 2016, 10:17 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on electricity lines companies like Unison to join the 21st century and adapt to work with solar energy, instead of raising charges on households with solar panels. More >>
Rising seas could hit $20 billion of homes
Thursday, 31 March 2016, 4:16 pm | Green Party
Rising seas could hit $20 billion of homes The National Government is gambling with New Zealanders futures by not preparing now for rising seas, which MPs were told threatens up to $20 billion worth of New Zealand homes, the Green Party said today. ... More >>
Compiled data shows Govt has voted against anti-nuke stance
Thursday, 31 March 2016, 4:02 pm | Green Party
Data compiled for the Green Party shows that the National Government voted against, or abstained, on nuclear disarmament resolutions in the General Assembly 25 percent of the time. More >>
Huge win for sexual violence survivors and services today
Thursday, 31 March 2016, 2:08 pm | Green Party
The Government’s decision to accept all recommendations from a Select Committee inquiry initiated by Green Party MP Jan Logie is a huge win for sexual violence survivors and those working to help them, the Green Party says. The Government has today released ... More >>
Refugee Quota Bill increase
Thursday, 31 March 2016, 1:40 pm | Green Party
Denise Roche today amended her Member’s Bill to increase the refugee quota to 1500 permanently. More >>
Health Minister out of step on drug law
Thursday, 31 March 2016, 11:45 am | Green Party
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman’s kneejerk opposition to changing the legal status of cannabis is out of step with the Police Association and a growing international consensus that current drug laws aren’t working, the Green Party said today. The ... More >>
Govt can show heart by doubling our refugee quota now
Thursday, 31 March 2016, 10:10 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to put its heart first and double New Zealand’s refugee quota immediately, a move that the Greens and Labour would make in government. An ActionStation petition of 20,000 people will be presented to politicians ... More >>
