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Green Party supports fair pay for DOC workers
Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 9:08 am | Green Party
The Green Party is supporting Department of Conservation staff who have found themselves the victims of the Government’s cuts to DOC funding, and are taking industrial action this Conservation Week. “DOC staff are the victims of conservation funding ... More >>
Govt should back Kiwibank to drive down bank profits
Tuesday, 3 November 2015, 3:30 pm | Green Party
The Government should invest in Kiwibank so it can fully compete with the big Australian-owned banks that are draining their profits out of our economy, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt can help victims of domestic violence stay in work
Tuesday, 3 November 2015, 11:58 am | Green Party
The Government should adopt Green Party MP Jan Logie’s Domestic Violence-Victims' Protection Bill after new figures showing that registrations for the Work & Income NZ family violence programme have increased nearly 50 percent from 2011. More >>
Conservation Week celebrations empty
Tuesday, 3 November 2015, 11:00 am | Green Party
The National Government should use conservation week as a catalyst to reverse funding cuts to DoC, as evidence mounts that a lack of funding is threatening Kiwi and indigenous Northland forest, the Green Party said today. More >>
Green Party welcomes Marama Davidson to Parliament
Monday, 2 November 2015, 3:46 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today welcomes Auckland-based Marama Davidson as the Party’s newest MP and the fourth member of the party’s Māori caucus. More >>
Education Act review a farce
Monday, 2 November 2015, 12:03 pm | Green Party
The Government review of the Education Act is a farce that removes from the table anything that will involve spending more money, or challenging some of the most controversial policies of the National Government, the Green Party says. More >>
Green Party backing black
Sunday, 1 November 2015, 12:27 pm | Green Party
The Green Party wishes to extend their very best wishes to the All Blacks for their Rugby World Cup final tomorrow morning. More >>
Consideration needed before ruining NZ's clean green brand
Sunday, 1 November 2015, 11:21 am | Green Party
Govt needs to think carefully before ruining NZ’s clean green and GE-free brand More >>
Mouldy south Auckland homes show WoF needed now
Friday, 30 October 2015, 12:26 pm | Green Party
The Government must adopt a full rental housing warrant of fitness to prevent more New Zealanders from dying and falling ill from living in cold, damp, mouldy homes, the Green Party said today. More >>
Poor transport planning holding New Zealand back
Friday, 30 October 2015, 12:16 pm | Green Party
A new report suggests New Zealand’s potential prosperity is being held back by the National Government’s poor transport planning, the Green Party said. More >>
Christchurch needs more than just the new Bus Exchange
Thursday, 29 October 2015, 12:22 pm | Green Party
Christchurch deserves a co-ordinated transport agency with a region-wide plan, not just the new Bus Exchange that Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee is visiting today, said the Green Party. More >>
Govt should side with Kiwi kids and ban junk-food machines
Thursday, 29 October 2015, 10:51 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to immediately ban junk-food vending machines from our schools, to help stop more Kiwi kids from becoming obese. More >>
Auckland housing crisis costs families and distorts economy
Thursday, 29 October 2015, 10:18 am | Green Party
The National Government’s failure to fix the Auckland housing crisis has cost a family with a $500,000 mortgage at least $4000 in extra interest, as the Reserve Bank was forced not to cut interest rates today because the Auckland housing market ... More >>
Time to take a stand on Aussie human rights abuses
Thursday, 29 October 2015, 9:00 am | Green Party
The Prime Minister must get some guts and rule out supporting Australia’s bid for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council after an Amnesty International report condemned it for breaching the human rights of asylum seekers, the Green Party ... More >>
New OECD environment report damaging for NZ's reputation
Wednesday, 28 October 2015, 1:07 pm | Green Party
The National Government’s lack of interest in protecting the environment is becoming an international embarrassment, the Green Party said today. More >>
New evidence shows charter school experiment not working
Wednesday, 28 October 2015, 10:20 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to stop plans to open another round of charter schools after documents reveal existing charters are failing to achieve agreed targets for NCEA Level 2. More >>
Price on carbon key to a sustainable future
Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 1:44 pm | Green Party
Price on carbon key to a sustainable future The Government’s failure to place a price on agriculture emissions, as recommended by Ministry for the Environment officials, is hurting New Zealand’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions and also ... More >>
Government should harness All Blacks pride for environment
Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 12:48 pm | Green Party
The National Government should aim to be as proud of the environment as we are of the All Blacks, the Green Party said today. However, the release of last week’s dire Environment Aotearoa 2015 report shows the state of New Zealand’s environment ... More >>
Greens call for law change to protect labour hire workers
Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 9:36 am | Green Party
The Green Party has endorsed the call of the FIRST Union for Workplace Relations Minister Michael Woodhouse to audit the employment practices of labour hire companies, and says a law change is necessary to ensure labour hire workers are not exploited. More >>
Horrific genetic engineering of animals must stop
Friday, 23 October 2015, 12:21 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for Agresearch to stop its programme of genetic engineering experiments on animals at its Ruakura facility after a report revealing horrific birth defects and animal suffering was released this morning. The report ‘GE Animals ... More >>
