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Sexual violence services need more help - MPs
Friday, 11 December 2015, 1:00 pm | Green Party
A Committee of MPs from across Parliament has today called for better, and more sustainable funding for specialist sexual violence services after finding that current funding is not enough to keep people safe, the Green Party said today. More >>
Inadequate DOC funding is failing Northland
Friday, 11 December 2015, 11:47 am | Green Party
The National Government should immediately promise the funding needed by the Department of Conservation (DOC) to save Northland forests from being destroyed by possums, the Green Party said today. More >>
National’s two-faced approach to climate talks
Friday, 11 December 2015, 11:44 am | Green Party
Govt's junkfood relationship devastating for kids
Friday, 11 December 2015, 8:32 am | Green Party
Latest data proves the Government's hands-off approach to obesity, and refusal to limit the junkfood industry's influence, has had devastating impacts on childrens' health, the green Party says. More >>
OCR cut good for families, bad for Auckland housing
Thursday, 10 December 2015, 10:05 am | Green Party
With unemployment rising and the economy going off on the wrong track, cutting the Official Cash Rate (OCR) was the right decision to help small and medium-sized businesses invest to create jobs and bring mortgage payments down for families, the Green Party ... More >>
Cuts to Native Affairs show deeply disappointing
Wednesday, 9 December 2015, 2:27 pm | Green Party
Cuts to Native Affairs show deeply disappointing The news that Native Affairs, an award winning show on Māori Television, is to be cut down to half an hour and to a sole presenter is disheartening and a step in the wrong direction, the Green Party ... More >>
Serco contract should be cancelled rather than not renewed
Wednesday, 9 December 2015, 12:56 pm | Green Party
The Serco contract should be immediately cancelled rather than merely just not being renewed, the Green Party says. More >>
New report shows National going backwards on climate change
Wednesday, 9 December 2015, 11:10 am | Green Party
A new report released overnight by Germanwatch and Climate Action Network Europe shows the National Government is going backwards on climate change, the Green Party said today. The report assessed 58 countries on their emissions and efforts to cut ... More >>
OIA report must signal new era of accountability
Tuesday, 8 December 2015, 4:28 pm | Green Party
The Ombudsman’s finding that Ministers’ offices interfered in their departments’ Official Information Act (OIA) releases must signal the end of the Government’s abuse of the OIA, and a new era of public accountability, the Green Party says. More >>
Bennett’s first act on climate ignores Pacific’s pleas
Tuesday, 8 December 2015, 4:27 pm | Green Party
Paula Bennett’s first act as incoming Climate Change Minister has been to reject pleas from the Pacific Islands for New Zealand to back a 1.5 degree limit to global warming that could give them the chance of survival, the Green Party has said. More >>
John Key cannot ask deportees to rely on ‘assurances’
Tuesday, 8 December 2015, 3:11 pm | Green Party
As Prime Minister, John Key should know that the ‘assurances’ of a politician do not trump legal documents or the law of the land as he claimed today with regards to the rights of deportees, said the Green Party today. More >>
Recycling could be improved for just 10 cents a pop
Tuesday, 8 December 2015, 12:18 pm | Green Party
Recycling could be improved for just 10 cents a pop The Government’s waste strategy is not working, but could be easily improved by introducing a ‘cash for containers system’ that would incentivise recycling and pay consumers 10 cents a bottle, the ... More >>
State care compensation cases need prompt resolution
Tuesday, 8 December 2015, 11:28 am | Green Party
Resolving state care compensation cases in a just and prompt manner should be a priority for the Ministry of Social Development (MSD), the Green Party said today. More >>
Evidence shows John Key misled New Zealanders
Tuesday, 8 December 2015, 9:22 am | Green Party
Evidence shows John Key misled New Zealanders about detainees An Australian Immigration Service form, released this morning by the Green Party’s lawyer Greg Barns, shows that John Key misled New Zealanders about the ability of Kiwi detainees to apply ... More >>
Groser’s departure a chance to refresh climate agenda
Monday, 7 December 2015, 5:11 pm | Green Party
The Green Party hopes the departure of Tim Groser as Minister for Climate Change puts to bed an era of hot air and spin from the Government in dealing with New Zealand’s runaway climate pollution. More >>
Collins should go full circle on Serco
Monday, 7 December 2015, 1:56 pm | Green Party
Collins should go full circle on Serco Judith Collins must clean up the Serco mess she started almost five years ago to the day if reports of her re-appointment as Corrections Minister are confirmed, the Green Party says. Judith Collins awarded ... More >>
National Government’s snub threatens fair climate deal
Monday, 7 December 2015, 11:28 am | Green Party
The National Government is threatening to scupper a fair climate deal in Paris by failing to back a call by Australia and other Pacific nations to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, the Green Party said today. More >>
NZ must step up in final week of Paris climate talks
Sunday, 6 December 2015, 12:23 pm | Green Party
New Zealand needs to push for a much stronger final agreement in the last week of climate talks in Paris, the Green Party said today. More >>
Review needed into Ministers' actions in diplomat case
Sunday, 6 December 2015, 12:14 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for a comprehensive review into what involvement, if any, Cabinet Ministers had in the decision to allow a Malaysian diplomat, who had been charged with serious sexual offences, to leave New Zealand before his trial. More >>
Waihi community shouldn’t be undermined by goldmining
Friday, 4 December 2015, 11:56 am | Green Party
Plans to expand the Waihi goldmine even further into the Waihi community shows the urgent need for the Government to support a new Green Party bill that protects communities from the destruction and damage of mining, the Green Party said today. More >>
