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Green Party proposes business tax breaks
Thursday, 5 November 2015, 10:33 am | Green Party
The Green Party has today launched a suite of new policies that will dramatically increase the number of electric vehicles on New Zealand roads, save Kiwis money, and cut pollution. More >>
Maiden Speech – Green Party MP Marama Davidson
Thursday, 5 November 2015, 9:20 am | Green Party
Ehara i te mea ko te hāngūtanga o te wāhine he taonga tuku iho nō tāukiuki, nō ō tātou kuia. E kāo. Māku e kī atu. Ehara tēnei kauhau mō te wāhine e whai mana ana - engari kē ia, ko te mana o te wahine. He mana wāhine! He mana tūturu! ... More >>
SIS breaks the law again IGIS finds
Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 12:54 pm | Green Party
A highly critical review of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) today shows the powers of New Zealand spy agencies need to be curbed and political oversight beefed up, the Green Party said today. More >>
National scores a fail in economics as unemployment rises
Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 12:22 pm | Green Party
The extra 11,000 Kiwis now out of work as a result of National’s economic mismanagement shows the Government’s plan is not working for all New Zealanders, the Green Party says. The September quarter Labour Market Statistics show unemployment up to six ... More >>
Royal visit opportunity to pull out of fossil fuels
Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 11:36 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to follow the lead of our future king and stop investing public money in fossil fuels. More >>
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 >>
