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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 >>
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 >>
