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Rising rents will push more Aucklanders onto the streets
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 12:44 pm | Green Party
The Government’s failure to fix the Auckland housing crisis will force more families onto the streets, the Green Party said today, with a new Statistics New Zealand report suggesting Auckland households are paying on average 10% more in rent every week ... More >>
Police censorship of crime research “an outrage”
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 10:28 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on Police Minister Michael Woodhouse to ensure Police scrap controversial contracts that place onerous restrictions on academic researchers’ access to Police data, the Green Party says. More >>
Agriculture must be part of Emissions Trading Scheme review
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 8:52 am | Green Party
The National Government’s review of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) must take climate change seriously by making agriculture part of the discussion, and ensuring there is a meaningful price on carbon, the Green Party said today. Climate Change ... More >>
No John Key, science alone won’t save us, action will
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 5:15 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is challenging the Government to release the evidence that backs up the Prime Ministers’ claim that agricultural greenhouse gas emissions will be solved in 3 to 4 years. More >>
Govt needs to cut the crap and build more houses
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 11:56 am | Green Party
Yet another report showing that homeless families are being forced onto the streets or into cars must be the final catalyst for the Government to build the thousands of homes New Zealanders desperately need, the Green Party says. The Citizens Advice ... More >>
If the UN can challenge Australia, why can’t John Key?
Monday, 23 November 2015, 5:11 pm | Green Party
The head of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, has met with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to raise concerns about Australia’s offshore detention centres, and this should make John Key question his ongoing support for how Kiwis are being ... More >>
Groser misleads on climate costs to justify lack of ambition
Monday, 23 November 2015, 12:08 pm | Green Party
Minister of Climate Change Issues, Tim Groser, continues to pedal misleading numbers around the cost of reducing New Zealand’s climate pollution. More >>
Minister in denial over impact of poverty on learning
Sunday, 22 November 2015, 1:35 pm | Green Party
Comments made by the Minister of Education on Q and A today show she is in denial about the real impacts of poverty on children's learning, said the Green Party today. More >>
A strong plan to cut emissions
Sunday, 22 November 2015, 12:28 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is offering its plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions to the National Government, after Climate Change Issues Minister Tim Groser confirmed this morning that his plan is flimsy. More >>
TPPA poll shows Kiwis don’t buy the Govt’s spin
Sunday, 22 November 2015, 11:59 am | Green Party
A 3 News poll today showing only 34 percent of New Zealanders are in favour of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and 52 percent are opposed should be a wake-up call to the National Government not to sign the TPPA, the Green Party said. ... More >>
Links between anti-biotic resistance and herbicide
Sunday, 22 November 2015, 11:56 am | Green Party
The National Government needs to investigate links between anti-biotic resistance and herbicides including the commonly used herbicide glyphosate after news that an anti-biotic resistant strain of campylobacter is now present in New Zealand, the ... More >>
Climate denial puts peoples’ livelihoods at risk
Friday, 20 November 2015, 1:29 pm | Green Party
Finance Minister Bill English’s description of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report on sea level rise as mere “speculation” denies the evidence and puts the livelihoods and assets of people living in places like South ... More >>
Green MP scoops top international prize
Friday, 20 November 2015, 1:04 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP and animal welfare spokesperson Mojo Mathers is proud and honoured to be one of this year’s recipients of the prestigious Lush Prize. More >>
Get bee-harming pesticides off the shelf
Friday, 20 November 2015, 11:29 am | Green Party
The National Government should ban the use of controversial pesticides called neonicotinoids after evidence has revealed that even at low doses they cause harm to bee populations, the Green Party said today. More >>
Just 2 percent of kids cycle to school
Friday, 20 November 2015, 10:34 am | Green Party
The Government must make safe cycling around schools a priority, following new data that shows the number of children who cycle to school has dropped to just 2 percent, the Green Party said. More >>
25 years of children's rights but Government failing them
Friday, 20 November 2015, 9:47 am | Green Party
20 November 2015 25 years of the rights of children but Government failing to deliver More >>
Government must stop cuts to Opposition funding
Thursday, 19 November 2015, 3:14 pm | Green Party
The National Government should respect the more than half of Kiwis who didn’t vote National at the last election, and immediately reinstate funding it has cut from the Opposition since it’s been in power, the Green Party says. While the Government ... More >>
Govt missing in action
Thursday, 19 November 2015, 1:03 pm | Green Party
The National Government and Minister for the Environment Dr Nick Smith have been missing in action in failing to provide local authorities with clear national direction on how to plan for sea-level rise, the Green Party said today. More >>
What have we learned five years on from Pike River tragedy?
Thursday, 19 November 2015, 11:44 am | Green Party
On the fifth anniversary of the Pike River tragedy, the Green Party has condemned the Government for reneging on its promise to recover the dead men’s remains, and for failing to hold anyone accountable for the disaster, or to honour the men with ... More >>
If the UK can ditch coal, Fonterra can too
Thursday, 19 November 2015, 11:01 am | Green Party
Fonterra should follow the United Kingdom (UK) Government’s lead and phase out coal use instead of building new coal-fired milk drying plants, the Green Party said. More >>
