Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Green Party - Latest News [Page 126]
Dirty politics is back
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 1:15 pm | Green Party
Judith Collins’ abuse of information about prisoners in order to attack a Labour MP marks a dangerous return to her dirty politics-style way of doing Government business, the Green Party said today. Corrections Minister Judith Collins went on the attack ... More >>
Salvation Army Report - Green Party Response
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 11:35 am | Green Party
Salvation Army report shows Govt targets are designed to make ministers look good The Salvation Army has raised serious doubts about the Government’s much trumpeted achievements for children, revealing that public performance targets are more about ... More >>
Government must rewrite rental housing bill to save lives
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 10:59 am | Green Party
The Government must rewrite and strengthen its Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill so that it will actually keep Kiwi children warm, safe and dry in the homes they live in, the Green Party said today. Yesterday, Children’s Commissioner Dr Russell ... More >>
Prison muster blowout reveals Government failure
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 10:48 am | Green Party
Prison muster blowout reveals Government failure A blowout in prison population numbers, that appears to have caught the National Government off guard, is the latest evidence of the Government’s failure to manage the Prison Service, the Green Party ... More >>
John Key wrong again – the TPPA is an LGBTQI issue
Tuesday, 16 February 2016, 1:49 pm | Green Party
John Key’s comment that the “TPP is not a gay and lesbian issue” shows the Prime Minister’s ignorance when it comes to LGBTQI issues, the Green Party said today. The Prime Minister made the comment after people at Auckland’s Big Gay Out ... More >>
Lack of energy leadership could see coal pollution continue
Tuesday, 16 February 2016, 11:27 am | Green Party
Lack of energy leadership could see coal pollution continue Power companies should be leading a national shift to clean energy, not lining up to keep the Huntly coal power station open, the Green Party said today. Green Party energy spokesperson Gareth ... More >>
Greens support call to bring NZTE back to select committee
Tuesday, 16 February 2016, 11:26 am | Green Party
Greens support call to bring NZTE back to select committee The Green Party supports the Labour Party’s call to bring back New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) Chief Executive Peter Chrisp in front of the select committee over his comments last week ... More >>
Another study finds TPPA benefits overstated
Monday, 15 February 2016, 2:15 pm | Green Party
Yet another economic study has found the benefits of the TPPA have been overstated, the Green Party said today. More >>
Gareth Hughes: Debate on Prime Minister's Statement
Thursday, 11 February 2016, 5:00 pm | Green Party
Prime Minister, I’ve sat and listened to all your speeches opening Parliament and I’d like to congratulate you on delivering your 8th speech. More >>
SkyCity profit no cause for celebration
Thursday, 11 February 2016, 12:36 pm | Green Party
SkyCity’s 30 percent profit increase comes at the cost of problem gambling affecting Auckland families and is no cause for celebration, the Green Party said. More >>
Education Minister proven wrong
Thursday, 11 February 2016, 11:14 am | Green Party
The Education Minister’s repeated denial that a family’s income and background have the biggest impact on a child’s education has been demolished by a major international education study, the Green Party says. New findings by the OECD today found that ... More >>
ECan are failing the farmers who have done the right thing
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 1:20 pm | Green Party
ECan has failed farmers who have securely fenced their waterways and provided water for stock on their farms by letting Lakes Station off with no fine, the Green Party said today. Lakes Station cows were photographed wading in Lake Taylor last month, ... More >>
Govt needs to restore confidence in fisheries management
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 10:19 am | Green Party
New Zealand needs to halt the substantial under-reporting of commercial fish catches and dumping that a new report suggests is widespread in the fishing industry, the Green Party said today. More >>
James Shaw's Commencement Debate Speech
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 3:02 pm | Green Party
Ki a koutou ōku hoa Pāremata, huri noa i te Whare, ngā mihi o te tau hou ki a koutou katoa. More >>
The Government is ripping off children with special needs
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 10:47 am | Green Party
New research shows the Government is ripping off children with special needs, who are being denied access to the education they need because specialist teachers are not being adequately funded, the Green Party said. More >>
National off-side with business over agriculture
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 10:44 am | Green Party
The self-proclaimed ‘business friendly’ National Government is out-of-step with its own bank and the wider business community who want stronger action to reign-in climate damaging pollution, the Green Party said today. More >>
Report into diplomat debacle shows Ministers’ failures
Friday, 5 February 2016, 11:51 am | Green Party
The report into the treatment of a diplomat found guilty of indecent assault highlights a failure of Government Ministers to show political leadership over sexual violence, the Green Party said today. More >>
Report into Malaysian diplomat debacle must be released
Thursday, 4 February 2016, 12:31 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for the immediate release of the Government report into the treatment of a Malaysian diplomat convicted of indecent assault now that the diplomat has been found guilty and sentenced. More >>
TPPA clashes with human rights and international law
Thursday, 4 February 2016, 10:38 am | Green Party
The latest critique of the TPPA, as an old fashioned agreement inconsistent with human rights, is a timely warning that the signing of the deal in Auckland today is not in the interests of New Zealanders, the Green Party said. More >>
Govt must be clear about TPPA medicine protections
Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 11:09 am | Green Party
Govt must be clear about TPPA medicine protections The Government must be 100 percent clear with New Zealanders about whether it’s preparing to cave in to US pressure over extending patent protections in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) ... More >>
