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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 >>
Greens welcome new head of Sustainable Business Council
Friday, 29 January 2016, 11:45 am | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed the appointment of Abbie Reynolds as Executive Director of the Sustainable Business Council (SBC). More >>
Climate change should be a factor in mine consenting process
Friday, 29 January 2016, 11:06 am | Green Party
A proposed new coal mine at Mokau, South Waikato, shows why the Resource Management Act (RMA) should allow local authorities such as regional councils to take the causes of climate change into account, the Green Party said today. More >>
NZ can lead the way with organic milk
Friday, 29 January 2016, 10:58 am | Green Party
The Government should help cash strapped dairy farmers by assisting them to transition to higher premium organic milk production, the Green Party said today. More >>
Implicit police threat appalling
Friday, 29 January 2016, 8:45 am | Green Party
Reports of the police visiting known activists to ask their plans for the TPPA show appalling judgement and are a poor attempt at a chilling effect, said the Green Party. More >>
Lax response to cows in waterways
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 11:36 am | Green Party
Environment Canterbury’s (ECan) lax attitude to cows polluting our waterways is a symptom of a council which is more responsive to central government’s agricultural intensification agenda than the public’s concern for the environment and water ... More >>
Govt is failing to protect our waterways
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 11:14 am | Green Party
28 January 2016 ‘Stock in lake’ incident shows Govt is failing to protect our waterways More >>
Kids bear the costs of Govt’s charter school experiment
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 11:11 am | Green Party
The Minister of Education must step up and take responsibility for the children at Whangaruru School who have been failed by her charter school experiment, the Green Party said today. Education Minister Hekia Parata has today confirmed her earlier ... More >>
New UN report a concern for NZ-Saudi relationship
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 10:54 am | Green Party
The New Zealand Government cannot genuinely hold Saudi Arabia to account over a new UN report that has found they bombed civilian targets, while at the same time trying to foster a closer relationship with Saudi Arabia by gifting them a $3 million slaughterhouse, ... More >>
Housing crisis still worrying Reserve Bank
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 9:58 am | Green Party
National’s housing policy half-measures aren’t enough to stop the Reserve Bank keeping interest rates on hold, which in turn is holding back small businesses, the Green Party said. “If it wasn’t for the Auckland housing crisis, I’d expect ... More >>
Green Party pops champagne for CRL announcement
Wednesday, 27 January 2016, 3:15 pm | Green Party
The Green Party celebrated the National Government's U-turn on the City Rail Link (CRL), with a mock-opening of the planned Karangahape rail station, which will be built on the site of its Auckland office. More >>
Green Party celebrates end to CRL delay
Wednesday, 27 January 2016, 1:39 pm | Green Party
27 January 2016 Green Party celebrates end to CRL delay The Green Party is celebrating a major victory today following the Prime Minister’s announcement that the National Government will no longer stand in the way of the City Rail Link (CRL), the Green ... More >>
Education and steeper fines needed to get stock out of water
Wednesday, 27 January 2016, 11:43 am | Green Party
The Green Party is today calling for better education and steeper fines for those who allow their stock to pollute waterways, after cattle on a Canterbury farm were deliberately let into a lake to drink last week. “Farmers up and down the country ... More >>
More cracks in Government’s economic façade
Wednesday, 27 January 2016, 11:08 am | Green Party
More cracks are appearing in the National Government’s façade of economic management, with the Crown accounts back in deficit and international ratings agency Fitch downgrading its predictions for New Zealand’s economy, the Green Party said. More >>
National’s Obstruction of Ind. Costings Unit Not Surprising
Tuesday, 26 January 2016, 4:55 pm | Green Party
National’s Lack of Support for Independent Costings Unit Not a Surprise The Green Party is disappointed but unsurprised that John Key has refused to support setting up an independent policy costings unit, said the Green Party today. In her State ... More >>
Metiria Turei’s State of the Nation speech
Tuesday, 26 January 2016, 12:41 pm | Green Party
I te tuatahi ka mihi au ki ngā mana whenua o tēnei rohe, āra, ko Te Ātiawa, ko Taranaki Whānui, ko Ngāti Toarangatira hoki. Kia ora koutou katoa mō tō manaakitanga. More >>
