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Bad TPPA deal will cost New Zealanders
Tuesday, 6 October 2015, 10:05 am | Green Party
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) makes it more likely that everyday New Zealanders will become tenants in our own land, while private companies snap up the limited gains of about one percent of GDP, the Green Party said today. “The ... More >>
Greens celebrate $120 million savings from banking tender
Monday, 5 October 2015, 5:16 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is celebrating the conclusion of an uphill battle to get National to run a competitive tender process for New Zealand’s biggest banking contract – the Government’s master banking contract. More >>
Apology to David Wong-Tung and Oravida
Friday, 2 October 2015, 4:07 pm | Green Party
“On the 19th of June 2015, I issued a press release under the title “Govt. stuck in the mud over swamp kauri allegations.” More >>
Biggest gender pay gap since 2008
Friday, 2 October 2015, 12:36 pm | Green Party
Biggest gender pay gap since 2008 New data released today shows that the difference between median hourly wages for men and women is the largest since National took office in 2008 – evidence that National’s hands-off approach to closing the gender ... More >>
New Zealand must do more for our Pacific neighbours
Friday, 2 October 2015, 12:14 pm | Green Party
The Government must listen to Pacific leaders and start taking climate change seriously on the international stage, the Green Party said today. More >>
Green Party will return prisons to state control
Friday, 2 October 2015, 11:19 am | Green Party
Green Party will return prisons to state control The Green Party will return all prisons to state control because a person’s liberty should not be monetised. Fresh allegations have been made against our failing private prison system about beatings ... More >>
Parata’s comments highlight massive holes in Govt’s plan
Friday, 2 October 2015, 11:00 am | Green Party
Hekia Parata’s admission that the Government wants to tie school funding to achievement data, and her bizarre comments about charter schools and Apartheid, shows just how flawed National’s ideologically driven education reforms are, the Green Party said ... More >>
Government’s hunt for oil is a dying dream
Thursday, 1 October 2015, 2:43 pm | Green Party
Government’s hunt for oil is a dying dream Shell’s decision to halt oil exploration off the Otago coast is another blow to the Government’s oil obsession, the Green Party said today. “Shell is joining the likes of Anadarko, Petrobras, and TAG Oil, ... More >>
NZ must look to balance rights for Kiwis in Australia
Thursday, 1 October 2015, 12:14 pm | Green Party
NZ must look to balance rights for Kiwis in Australia The National Government should immediately move to secure and balance the rights of Kiwis living in Australia, said the Green Party today. Australia recently stepped up its policy of indiscriminate ... More >>
Wasted opportunity to change lanes to electric cars
Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 12:50 pm | Green Party
The Government should be showing leadership and replacing the Crown cars with high-end electric cars instead of buying 34 more diesel BMW limousines, the Green Party said. More >>
Five year test a better bright line test
Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 11:36 am | Green Party
The National Government still has time to extend the bright line test to five years to better curb rampant housing speculation, the Green Party said today. More >>
Australian and NZ Green parties call on deportation halt
Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 3:23 pm | Green Party
Australian and New Zealand Green parties call on deportation halt The Green parties of New Zealand and Australia are jointly calling on the Australian Government to halt the indiscriminate deportation of New Zealanders, and people from other countries, ... More >>
NZ should use leaders’ summit
Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 11:47 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for New Zealand to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC) at President Obama’s Leaders’ Summit, following similar calls by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon. More >>
Greens applaud great start by Government over Kermadecs
Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 9:15 am | Green Party
The Green Party is excited by the news that the Government is creating an ocean sanctuary at the Kermadecs and hope that more is to come. More >>
CYFS Minister needs to support our kids
Monday, 28 September 2015, 1:48 pm | Green Party
The Government must not use the Rebstock review to justify their own irrational ideological obsession to privatise CYFS, the Green Party said today. More >>
John Key must back signing of SDGs with action
Monday, 28 September 2015, 1:19 pm | Green Party
It would be hypocritical of John Key to sign up to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to end extreme poverty around the world and stop climate change, if he does not actually implement those policies at home, said the ... More >>
Even TPPA supporters want more transparency
Monday, 28 September 2015, 12:37 pm | Green Party
The National Government must listen to the overwhelming chorus of voices calling for them to come clean on exactly what’s in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), including from people who support the deal, the Green Party said. More >>
Capital Gains Tax still the best option for Auckland
Friday, 25 September 2015, 2:52 pm | Green Party
A proper Capital Gains Tax remains the most essential immediate option to fix the Auckland housing crisis, the Green Party said. More >>
Will Groser sign the TPPA dud deal?
Friday, 25 September 2015, 2:44 pm | Green Party
Statements by Trade Minister Tim Groser today suggest he has given up on securing a good deal for New Zealand dairy exports and may not even attend the next round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) ministerial negotiations, the Green ... More >>
CYFS’s radical overhaul should not include privatisation
Thursday, 24 September 2015, 12:14 pm | Green Party
CYFS’s radical overhaul should not include privatisation The radical overhaul that is needed for kids in CYFS care to thrive should not include privatisation or abdicate government responsibility the Green Party said today “The Rebstock Report ... More >>
