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Greens cut through spin with independent policy costing unit
Tuesday, 26 January 2016, 12:40 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has announced a policy to bring more clarity into the political system today, in Co-leader Metiria Turei’s State of the Nation Speech. More >>
Not one more acre of confiscations
Tuesday, 26 January 2016, 8:43 am | Green Party
24 January 2016 Not one more acre of confiscations The Green Party launched a petition at Rātana today in support of its Members’ Bill to stop the compulsory acquisition of whenua Māori under the Public Works Act. More >>
Green Party Pays Respect to Barry Brickell
Sunday, 24 January 2016, 12:59 pm | Green Party
Green Party Pays Respect to Barry Brickell The Green Party wishes to express sadness at the death of renowned Coromandel conservationist and craftsperson Barry Brickell, whose unique miniature railway and potteries are iconic features of the Coromandel ... More >>
NZers need full information about TPPA costs and trade-offs
Friday, 22 January 2016, 12:06 pm | Green Party
NZers need full information about TPPA costs and trade-offs The Green Party is asking the Government to release information about what trade-offs it made and what the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will cost, following a new expert economic ... More >>
Gender pay gap no accident and needs a Government response
Friday, 22 January 2016, 10:50 am | Green Party
Gender pay gap no accident and needs a Government response The staggering difference between the salaries of men and women within Government departments shows how much work needs to be done to close the gender pay gap, said the Green Party today. The ... More >>
TPPA will limit ability to stop climate change
Thursday, 21 January 2016, 2:59 pm | Green Party
The Government will sign away the power to do what’s needed to prevent climate change and protect the environment when it signs the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), the Green Party said today. More >>
TPPA repeats Treaty of Waitangi injustices
Thursday, 21 January 2016, 9:18 am | Green Party
New expert analysis of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) shows that it will take power away from Māori, the Green Party said today. More >>
Auckland bus and train fares should fall, not rise
Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 1:26 pm | Green Party
Rumours that Auckland Transport is set to raise the fares on buses and trains are disappointing given the huge fall in oil prices, said the Green Party today. More >>
Low inflation provides opportunity
Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 11:45 am | Green Party
Low overall inflation provides ideal economic conditions for the Government to tackle snowballing housing costs, stagnating wages, and increasing climate pollution, the Green Party said today. More >>
South Island drought a sign of growing challenge for farmers
Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 11:17 am | Green Party
An Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report released today, highlights that climate change will expose farmers to more frequent droughts like the one being experienced in the South Island. It confirms that government and farmers ... More >>
Major disruption in jobs will accelerate growing inequality
Tuesday, 19 January 2016, 12:46 pm | Green Party
The government has a clear role to play to support people through the job losses and disruption of what the World Economic Forum is describing as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt has an opportunity to rebuild NZ's carbon market
Tuesday, 19 January 2016, 12:43 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming the recent rise in the price on carbon, and is calling on the National Government to commit to serious reforms of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) so that New Zealand can start to reduce domestic pollution, the Green ... More >>
Greens call for an end to poisonous weedkillers
Tuesday, 19 January 2016, 10:50 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and local councils to urgently reassess the safety of glyphosate, the carcinogenic active ingredient in weedkillers like Roundup, as it launches a nationwide ‘spray-free streets and ... More >>
Climate now ranked as the biggest risk to business
Monday, 18 January 2016, 11:00 am | Green Party
A lack of government leadership on climate change is leaving New Zealand businesses exposed to risks that are now ranked as the biggest facing businesses globally, the Green Party said today. More >>
New Zealand the hardest place in the world to buy a house
Friday, 15 January 2016, 10:48 am | Green Party
The National Government’s hands-off approach to the housing crisis over the past seven years has led to New Zealand becoming the most unaffordable place in the world to buy a house, the Green Party said today. More >>
OIA charging a worrying step
Thursday, 14 January 2016, 11:19 am | Green Party
The Green Party would like the Reserve Bank to make public its reasons for changing its policy to charge media outlets for Official Information Act (OIA) requests. More >>
Cheap oil gives the opportunity to start exiting from it
Thursday, 14 January 2016, 11:13 am | Green Party
Low oil prices give the Government the perfect opportunity to begin withdrawing its support for oil exploration and risky deep sea oil drilling, the Green Party said today. More >>
Government must prioritise equal pay for women
Thursday, 14 January 2016, 10:45 am | Green Party
The National Government must make achieving equal pay for New Zealand women a priority in 2016, or risks further contributing to the growing gender pay gap, the Green Party said today. The New Zealand Herald today revealed that the gender pay gap is the ... More >>
Recreational fishing parks a smokescreen to hide plunder
Tuesday, 12 January 2016, 3:17 pm | Green Party
The Government’s intention to introduce recreational fishing parks is an attempt to mask the fact it has left New Zealand huge Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to be plundered by oil and gas and seabed mining interests, the Green Party said today. More >>
MPI needs to take poisonous swedes out of the market
Tuesday, 12 January 2016, 12:14 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) to ban herbicide-tolerant swedes that are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of dairy cows, after a report into their use told farmers to either not use them, or to be cautious about their ... More >>
