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Minister must intervene in river silt disaster
Wednesday, 30 March 2016, 12:47 pm | Green Party
Environment Minister Nick Smith must step in and question why the Hawkes Bay Regional Council (HBRC) has not prosecuted Eastland Group after a disastrous sediment spill that has devastated the Waihi and Waiau rivers, the Green Party said today. Silt ... More >>
Govt must stop eroding family payments
Wednesday, 30 March 2016, 11:27 am | Green Party
The Government needs to correct how it pays Working for Families and the accommodation supplement to stop the value of them decreasing, the Green Party said today. More >>
Drug law reform a health issue
Wednesday, 30 March 2016, 11:26 am | Green Party
The Green Party is offering to work with other political parties on evidence-based drug law reform and welcomes Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne’s suggestion that drugs be viewed as a health issue. Peter Dunne was reported today as saying ... More >>
Govt has no idea how much tax multinationals are avoiding
Tuesday, 29 March 2016, 4:40 pm | Green Party
The National Government has admitted it has no idea of the amount of tax it is missing out on from multinational companies that are avoiding paying their fair share of tax, the Green Party said today. More >>
MPs to receive 10,000 droplets of water & petition
Tuesday, 29 March 2016, 11:10 am | Green Party
School children from the North Island town of Turangi walked much of the way to Parliament over the Easter Weekend to bring 10,000 drops of water which they will spill to form a “river” at the steps of Parliament today. More >>
Flag result a failure for PM and lost opportunity for NZ
Thursday, 24 March 2016, 10:15 pm | Green Party
The flag referendum result is a major failure for the Prime Minister who politicised the process and cost New Zealand an opportunity to change the current flag, the Green Party says. More >>
Kiwis in the dark over Iraq mission
Thursday, 24 March 2016, 12:54 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for the Defence Minister to front-up to the Defence, Foreign Affairs and Trade Select Committee with an uncensored version of the review of the Defence Force deployment in Iraq, which is so heavily redacted there is no way of ... More >>
Govt health cuts to blame for strike action
Thursday, 24 March 2016, 10:42 am | Green Party
The Government must restore some of the millions of dollars it has eroded from the health budget, in order to avoid medical workers’ conditions being cut, and head off impending strike action, the Green Party said today. More >>
Last Supper for Easter Sunday holiday?
Thursday, 24 March 2016, 10:30 am | Green Party
This Sunday could be the last Easter Sunday holiday for many New Zealanders, if the National Government goes ahead with its plan to allow local councils to let shops open on Easter Sunday. The Shop Trading Hours Amendment Bill is currently before ... More >>
Productivity stats worst in decades
Wednesday, 23 March 2016, 2:28 pm | Green Party
Productivity stats worst in decades Productivity growth under National’s economic management is the weakest it’s been since 1996, the Green Party said today. Productivity statistics released today by Stats New Zealand show that while productivity growth ... More >>
Record-breaking climate change a wake-up call for National
Wednesday, 23 March 2016, 10:36 am | Green Party
A startling new international report by the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on the state of the climate has found the number of named storms in the South Pacific has almost doubled above the annual average, which should prompt the National ... More >>
Water quality report card shows Government still in denial
Wednesday, 23 March 2016, 10:25 am | Green Party
The Government must get its head out of the sand about dairy conversions and its view that water’s economic value is greater than its environmental value, to repair the state of our waterways, the Green Party said today. More >>
Green Party expresses sympathy for Brussels victims
Wednesday, 23 March 2016, 9:48 am | Green Party
The Green Party's thoughts are with the people of Brussels this morning, and we offer our sympathy to the family and friends of those who have been killed, and those injured, in the attack. More >>
Time to change Governor General appointment process
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 1:13 pm | Green Party
It’s time for a new, more democratic process for appointing New Zealand’s Governor General – an appointment which should be confirmed by a supermajority of Parliament, the Green Party says. More >>
DOC needs more money, or we’ll lose more tracks
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 11:50 am | Green Party
DOC needs more money, or we’ll lose more tracks The Government must reverse savage cuts for the Department of Conservation, or risk more tracks being closed due to lack of money to maintain them, the Green Party said today. A section of the Inland ... More >>
Rules show PM not allowed to use public money in settlements
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 10:51 am | Green Party
John Key must rule out making the public pay for his settlement with Bradley Ambrose, because it is explicitly prohibited in the rules governing MP’s use of public funds, the Green Party says. More >>
Biggest ever block offer a disaster for the environment
Monday, 21 March 2016, 10:49 am | Green Party
The largest ever oil and gas block offer announced today, including 2,600 km2 in the Maui’s dolphin sanctuary, is a disaster for our environment and shows how desperate the National Government is to keep its oil dream alive in the face of growing public ... More >>
Govt should move to close multinational tax loopholes
Monday, 21 March 2016, 10:12 am | Green Party
The Government can close some of the loopholes multinational companies are using to avoid paying their fair share of tax by adopting similar measures to Australia, the Green Party said today. More >>
Government still funding oil industry and ignoring renewable
Sunday, 20 March 2016, 5:08 pm | Green Party
Government still funding oil industry and ignoring renewables The Green Party can reveal the Government is continuing to pour public money into subsidies for the oil and gas industry and ignore clean energy investment, on the eve of a major government-sponsored ... More >>
Green Party supports OIA league table
Saturday, 19 March 2016, 3:44 pm | Green Party
Green Party supports OIA league table The Green Party is supporting the announcement made by the Chief Ombudsman on TV3s The Nation that he will produce a league table revealing Government agencies’ lack of compliance with the Official Information ... More >>
