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Govt warned of multinational tax rort in 2013
Friday, 18 March 2016, 9:49 am | Green Party
The IRD warned the Government in 2013 of massive, systematic tax avoidance by multinational companies but National is still to act on it, the Green Party said today. More >>
John Key knew NZ ‘jihadi brides’ claim to be false
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 3:05 pm | Green Party
The Prime Minister deliberately misled the New Zealand public into believing women had left New Zealand to join terrorist groups and become what he described as “jihadi Brides”, the Green Party says. More >>
GDP stats highlight two-speed economy
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 1:33 pm | Green Party
The gap between the tradable and non-tradable parts of the economy has grown to its biggest since 2000 meaning the economy is growing more unbalanced under National’s economic leadership, the Green Party said today. GDP statistics released today by ... More >>
Mojo Mathers to receive 50,000-strong petition to ban rodeo
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 12:11 pm | Green Party
Mojo Mathers to receive 50,000-strong petition to ban rodeo Green Party animal welfare spokesperson Mojo Mathers will today receive a petition at Parliament with more than 50,000 signees calling for rodeo to be banned in New Zealand. “Rodeo is both outdated ... More >>
Welcome end to harmful pollution subsidy
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 11:24 am | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming the decision yesterday by the Minister for Climate Change Issues to signal she will end the ‘buy-one-get one-free’ provision in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), but warns it’ll be mean little unless followed by further ... More >>
NZ should follow UK’s bold sugar levy move
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 10:30 am | Green Party
The Health Minister should follow the bold move of the UK chancellor who overnight announced he’d introduce a sugar levy on soft drinks, a move that is being tipped to “take over the world”, the Green Party says. More >>
John Key and his spies mislead New Zealanders…again
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 8:56 am | Green Party
Revelations that John Key and the SIS mislead the public about Muslim women leaving New Zealand to go ISIS controlled areas in Syria and Iraq is the latest example of the Prime Minister misusing the spy agencies for his political purposes, said the ... More >>
Changes to Regeneration Bill give more power to Christchurch
Wednesday, 16 March 2016, 4:58 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is pleased to have been able to negotiate with the Government to get it to back down on its plans to have Ministers dominate the next stage of Christchurch's recovery after the earthquakes. More >>
New local government changes a blow to communities
Wednesday, 16 March 2016, 4:36 pm | Green Party
Local government changes announced today appear to be a new way for the Government to achieve its plan to concentrate power in the hands of a few, the Green Party said. More >>
Consultation over TPPA not enough
Wednesday, 16 March 2016, 8:46 am | Green Party
Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK) officials were barely consulted over the Governent’s formal analysis of the impact of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement on New Zealand, leaving doubts that the impact on Māori was properly assessed, the Green Party says. ... More >>
Prime Minister “doesn’t have a clue”
Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 3:41 pm | Green Party
The Prime Minister’s admission that he “doesn’t have a clue” how many farmers will fail as a result of the dairy downturn shows that the Government is in denial about the scale of the threat facing our wider economy, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt plans to restrict public say voice on environment
Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 11:59 am | Green Party
The Government is restricting the public’s right to have a say on what happens in their neighbourhoods and on environmentally damaging activities, the Green Party said today. More >>
It’s time the Govt extended 30 km/h speed limits to schools
Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 11:25 am | Green Party
The National Government needs to catch-up with councils in Wellington and Christchurch and set 30 km/h as the default speed limit around all our urban schools, the Green Party said today. More >>
National must change Bill and give DoC a voice
Monday, 14 March 2016, 12:14 pm | Green Party
The National Government’s proposed resource management legislation must be changed to protect the Department of Conservation’s (DoC) right to be notified and submit on projects that put threatened species, native plants, wildlife and their habitats ... More >>
Greens and Gun Control
Monday, 14 March 2016, 11:01 am | Green Party
The Green Party will withdraw its request for a Select Committee briefing into gun control if an independent inquiry is to go ahead. More >>
Assessments for dyslexia should be state funded
Monday, 14 March 2016, 10:58 am | Green Party
Every child who is suspected of having dyslexia must be provided with a publicly funded assessment, after a select committee of MPs heard children from lower income families are still missing out, the Green Party says. Last year half of all the schools ... More >>
Time to reassess Government irrigation spend
Monday, 14 March 2016, 10:56 am | Green Party
The Green Party is supporting calls for a moratorium on big, publicly subsidised irrigation schemes that are bad for the environment and bad for the economy, the Green Party said today. More >>
Green Party lauches safety plan
Sunday, 13 March 2016, 5:36 pm | Green Party
Green Party launches new plan to make it safe to walk and bike to school The Green Party today announced a new Safe to School plan, which aims to dramatically increase the number of young people biking and walking to school. The campaign calls for a ... More >>
Govt must stop pretending dairy is business as usual
Saturday, 12 March 2016, 5:34 pm | Green Party
Govt must stop pretending dairy is business as usual The Government must put a moratorium on new irrigation schemes as a first step towards supporting the dairy sector and helping farmers into lower input but higher value production, the Green Party said ... More >>
Ture Whenua Bill must not proceed without broad support
Saturday, 12 March 2016, 5:07 pm | Green Party
Te Ture Whenua Bill must not proceed without broad and properly informed support following the critical report from the Waitangi Tribunal released today, the Green Party said. “Te Ture Whenua Bill shouldn’t be introduced this month to Parliament ... More >>
