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Green parties to lodge complaint with AHRC

Friday, 16 October 2015, 12:12 pm | Green Party

The Green parties of New Zealand and Australia will be lodging a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) about the detention and treatment of New Zealanders in Australia. More >>

Govt’s obesity plan must put people ahead of profits

Friday, 16 October 2015, 10:53 am | Green Party

The Government has an opportunity with its obesity plan to put the health of New Zealanders ahead of the profits of multi-national junk food companies, the Green Party said today. More >>

Govt encouraging New Zealanders to become tenants

Friday, 16 October 2015, 10:47 am | Green Party

The Green Party is calling for stronger controls on agricultural land and business sales to overseas investors following new information that Americans were the biggest investors in New Zealand farmland in the past two years. More >>

Waikato Regional Council is sitting on its hands

Thursday, 15 October 2015, 3:04 pm | Green Party

The Waikato Regional Council (WRC) is failing to protect the Waikato River and the communities who value it from increasing pollution, by allowing Landcorp’s upstream dairy conversions to continue and allowing others to take place without resource ... More >>

Two dollar tax bribe at what cost?

Thursday, 15 October 2015, 12:19 pm | Green Party

The Government needs to rule out borrowing to pay for tax bribes while funding for core education and health services continues to fall behind what’s needed, the Green Party said today. More >>

Govt plans to melt Antarctica!

Thursday, 15 October 2015, 11:39 am | Green Party

The National Government’s plans for emissions reduction will melt Antarctica if all other countries follow our lead, the Green Party said today. More >>

Greens will ensure gender balance in Cabinet

Thursday, 15 October 2015, 9:44 am | Green Party

The Green Party is today announcing that, in Government, it will ensure half of all Green Cabinet Ministers are women, and will call on other members of any coalition Government it is involved in to do the same. More >>

James Shaw’s speech to the NZ Council of Trade Unions

Thursday, 15 October 2015, 9:42 am | Green Party

Me aro koe ki te hā o Hineahuone. Mai te tīmatanga, ko Papatūānuku te whaea whenua, ko Hineahuone te ira tangata tuatahi, he wāhine. Tīhei Mauriora! More >>

TPPA will hit farmers in the pocket

Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 1:15 pm | Green Party

Leaked TPPA documents show that farmers will be stopped from saving some seed from their crops to grow again and may face other restrictions, as the National Government signs away farmers’ rights as part of the deal, the Green Party said today. More >>

Surplus good but at what cost?

Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 1:07 pm | Green Party

National today achieved their own narrow goal for the economy by achieving a surplus, but it’s come at the cost of the things that matter to families and children, the Green Party said today. More >>

Green Party praise for Helen Kelly

Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 11:52 am | Green Party

The Green Party has praised retiring New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU) President Helen Kelly, who steps down today after eight years in the union leadership role. More >>

Key and Brownlee cannot get Iraq story straight

Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 3:47 pm | Green Party

The Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence need to get their stories straight regarding what they knew, and when, about a report highlighting safety concerns at Camp Taji, the Green Party says. More >>

Government continues to deny Cantabrians democracy

Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 2:29 pm | Green Party

The Green Party will be strongly opposing the Government’s Environment Canterbury (Transitional Governance Arrangements) Bill, which is due to have its first reading in Parliament today. More >>

High Court finds Govt in breach of OIA

Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 12:37 pm | Green Party

The Government must change its arrogant approach to the public’s right to know about official information, following a court decision that Trade Minister Tim Groser acted unlawfully by refusing to make the slightest release information about the ... More >>

Stronger rules needed to protect beaches from oil spills

Sunday, 11 October 2015, 3:21 pm | Green Party

Stronger rules and enforcement to protect our beaches and marine environment are needed in the wake of new information that more than 360 oil spills have occurred in New Zealand waters since the 2011 Rena disaster, the Green Party said today. More >>

Key’s Camp Taji trip whitewashes reality

Friday, 9 October 2015, 11:41 am | Green Party

The Prime Minister’s comments about Camp Taji’s safety are an attempt to whitewash the reality there, particularly in light of the damning US report on the camp’s safety, the Green Party says. More >>

Independent evaluation of Charter Schools needed

Friday, 9 October 2015, 10:46 am | Green Party

A genuinely independent, expert evaluation of the Government’s charter schools programme is needed in light of revelations that Education Minister Hekia Parata interfered to prevent evaluators comparing the performance of charter school students ... More >>