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Australia and NZ Greens call for human rights inquiry
Thursday, 3 December 2015, 11:08 am | Green Party
The Green parties of New Zealand and Australia have lodged a submission with the Australian Human Rights Commission asking it to establish an inquiry into the treatment of New Zealand citizens who are detained in immigration detention centres. Green ... More >>
Mojo Mathers launches disability-assist dog Bill
Thursday, 3 December 2015, 10:57 am | Green Party
Green Party disability issues spokesperson Mojo Mathers is marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by launching a new Member’s Bill, which will create a more inclusive and accessible New Zealand. Ms Mathers’ Human Rights (Disability ... More >>
Minister must address teen prison lockdown “akin to torture"
Thursday, 3 December 2015, 10:36 am | Green Party
The Green Party is demanding that Corrections Minister Sam Lotu-Iiga stop the lockdown of teenagers for 23 hours a day in Mt Eden Prison and clarify what Corrections has done about the practice since first alerted to it more than a year ago. “The latest ... More >>
Government to be asked to come clean
Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 11:30 am | Green Party
Government to be asked to come clean on fossil fuel subsidies The Green Party will be asking the Government today to reveal the full extent of taxpayer support for fossil fuels, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei says. Yesterday 950 international ... More >>
Parliament to debate supermarket referee
Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 10:56 am | Green Party
Parliament will today have the opportunity to support the establishment of a supermarket adjudicator tasked with developing a code of conduct to level the playing field between big supermarkets and local produce suppliers, following problems exposed by the 2014 ... More >>
Govt keeping consumers in the dark about hepatitis scare
Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 10:42 am | Green Party
The hepatitis A berry outbreak has highlighted that consumers are in the dark about where their food comes from, the Green Party said today. More >>
Green Party to vote against National’s RMA changes
Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 4:34 pm | Green Party
The Green Party will oppose the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill, Green Party Environment spokesperson Eugenie Sage said today. “National has wasted its opportunity to strengthen the Resource Management Act (RMA). Instead many of the changes proposed ... More >>
Fossil of Day award shows up National’s climate hypocrisy
Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 11:18 am | Green Party
New Zealand being awarded the Fossil of the Day award at the Paris climate talks is an embarrassing indictment that shows up the National Government’s failure to walk the talk on climate change, the Green Party said. More >>
Govt abandons older Kiwis
Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 11:09 am | Green Party
The Government’s failure to build affordable housing, and to ensure rentals are long-term and healthy to live in, has created a ticking time bomb of homelessness as hundreds of thousands of baby boomers arrive at retirement, the Green Party said ... More >>
Key needs to walk-the-talk when on the world stage
Monday, 30 November 2015, 12:17 pm | Green Party
Prime Minister John Key risks New Zealand being seen as two-faced at the Paris Climate talks later today when he’ll call for reform of fossil fuel subsidies, while New Zealand is throwing around massive tax breaks for oil exploration, the Green Party ... More >>
Key must apologise over Malaysian diplomat case
Monday, 30 November 2015, 11:22 am | Green Party
The Prime Minister needs to immediately apologise to Tania Billingsley for the Government’s handling of her case and he must instruct Murray McCully to immediately release an unredacted version of the John Whitehead report into the matter, the Green Party ... More >>
MPI failing our animals and damaging our reputation
Monday, 30 November 2015, 10:35 am | Green Party
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy must immediately investigate the way in which the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has been enforcing animal welfare standards in our dairy industry, the Green Party said today. The call comes after TV One’s ... More >>
NZ should send navy to monitor Japan’s whale hunt
Sunday, 29 November 2015, 1:16 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to send a navy vessel to the Southern Ocean to ensure Japan adheres to international law when it resumes whaling early next year. Japan has announced that it will resume whaling after a one-year hiatus, ... More >>
Kiwi climate marchers challenge Govt to show leadership
Saturday, 28 November 2015, 1:36 pm | Green Party
The tens of thousands of Kiwis who marched in solidarity around the country today sent a loud and clear message to the Government that they want a climate change plan New Zealand can be proud of, the Green Party said today. The New Zealand People’s ... More >>
Green Party congratulates Kirk Hope
Friday, 27 November 2015, 4:49 pm | Green Party
The Green Party congratulates Kirk Hope on his appointment as Chief Executive of BusinessNZ. “Our congratulations go to Kirk Hope for his appointment as BusinessNZ Chief Executive,” Green Party Co-leader James Shaw said. “Mr Hope is the right ... More >>
National’s failed R&D plan missing the D
Friday, 27 November 2015, 12:57 pm | Green Party
National’s failed R&D plan missing the D The National Government’s research and development (R&D) funding system needs a massive overhaul in light of new information from Deloitte that some R&D Growth Grants don’t actually cover ... More >>
Green Party to join the People’s Climate March
Friday, 27 November 2015, 12:23 pm | Green Party
The Green Party will be out in force this weekend, as MPs, celebrities and supporters join the Green Bloc to march in solidarity with thousands of Kiwis taking to the streets to demand action on climate change. More >>
Land and Water Forum’s focus is money, not protection
Friday, 27 November 2015, 12:01 pm | Green Party
The Land and Water Forum’s mandate should be improving water quality, not making as much money from water as possible before the environment collapses, the Green Party said today. More >>
Strengthen public education, don’t undermine it
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 3:29 pm | Green Party
The Government’s new Education bill appears to continue its moves to privatise New Zealand’s public education system, the Green Party says. More >>
RMA changes must not risk what we hold dear
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 2:36 pm | Green Party
Proposed changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) appear on first reading to be a boon for seabed miners and property developers, the Green Party said today. The National Government today released a new Bill which proposes changes to the RMA, ... More >>
