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Job cuts show Govt failing agricultural science sector
Tuesday, 22 September 2015, 10:32 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to increase core agricultural science funding in light of potential mass layoffs at AgResearch, the Government’s largest Crown Research Institute. More >>
Migration not enough to build sustainable economy
Monday, 21 September 2015, 11:39 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to embrace low-carbon economic development opportunities, because economic growth from record migration and the runaway Auckland housing market is unsustainable. More >>
Gloriavale School teaching Victorian-era values
Monday, 21 September 2015, 9:10 am | Green Party
New information on Gloriavale Christian Community School shows that they are teaching a Victorian-era agenda of domestic servitude that should not be funded by the Government, the Green Party revealed today. More >>
Govt loaded decks in SkyCity’s favour
Friday, 18 September 2015, 1:29 pm | Green Party
Revelations today that SkyCity is planning to sell a hotel that it is only able to build as part of the convention centre deal is the latest evidence that the public of New Zealand have been taken for a ride, the Green Party said. More >>
Govt must ensure Solid Energy buyers live up to standards
Thursday, 17 September 2015, 1:53 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for the Government to ensure that any overseas companies that buy state-owned Solid Energy’s assets are properly vetted for their commitment to workplace safety, local communities, and environmental issues. More >>
Divestment Bill part of climate solution
Thursday, 17 September 2015, 1:51 pm | Green Party
Divestment Bill part of climate solution Parliament will have an opportunity to show it wants to be part of the solution to climate change by voting for the New Zealand Government to divest from fossil fuels, after Russel Norman’s Climate Change ... More >>
Better rules needed to keep NZ land in Kiwi hands
Thursday, 17 September 2015, 12:20 pm | Green Party
Better rules needed to keep NZ land in Kiwi hands The Green Party agrees that blocking the sale of Lochinver Station to Shanghai Pengxin was the correct thing to do, but says tighter rules around the sale of land are still required to stop land falling ... More >>
Economic slowdown an opportunity to invest
Thursday, 17 September 2015, 12:01 pm | Green Party
Economic slowdown an opportunity to invest The Government should be using the economic slowdown as an opportunity to invest to protect jobs and move to a smart, green economy, the Green Party said today. Gross domestic product (GDP) data out today shows the ... More >>
Sam Lotu-Iiga must be stood down
Wednesday, 16 September 2015, 12:03 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for the Prime Minister to stand Sam Lotu-Iiga down as Corrections Minister over his continued mishandling of the SERCO debacle. More >>
Climate uncertainty hurting business – Treasury
Tuesday, 15 September 2015, 4:30 pm | Green Party
The Treasury has told Finance Minister Bill English that the current regulatory uncertainty around climate is hurting business, the Green Party said today. More >>
Information shows Corrections withdrew fines issued to SERCO
Tuesday, 15 September 2015, 3:11 pm | Green Party
New information shows that the Department of Corrections let SERCO off the hook for fines that were issued for basic failures in its management of the Mt Eden Correctional Facility, the Green Party said today. Documents from the Department of Corrections ... More >>
Government needs to act on domestic violence response
Tuesday, 15 September 2015, 12:22 pm | Green Party
Government needs to act on workplace domestic violence response The Green Party has called for the Government to act on workplace domestic violence issues by picking up a Bill the Greens’ Women’s Issues spokesperson Jan Logie has in the Member’s ... More >>
Government ignoring lessons of East Timor in West Papua
Friday, 11 September 2015, 12:08 pm | Green Party
John Key and Murray McCully’s hands-off approach to human rights atrocities in West Papua is in stark contrast to the actions taken by previous New Zealand governments on similar abuses by Indonesia in East Timor, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens congratulate Russel Norman on Greenpeace appointment
Friday, 11 September 2015, 10:18 am | Green Party
The Green Party is offering former Co-leader Dr Russel Norman a very warm thank you and congratulations following his announcement this morning that he will be taking up the position of Greenpeace New Zealand Executive Director. More >>
Govt asleep at the wheel in ‘dangerous territory’
Friday, 11 September 2015, 10:14 am | Green Party
The Government’s ideological refusal to properly address the demand side factors is driving the unsustainable Auckland housing market into ‘dangerous territory’ and creating major risks for the economy, the Green Party said. More >>
Auditor General shows swamp kauri assurances wrong
Thursday, 10 September 2015, 5:05 pm | Green Party
The Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy was wrong to ever assert that everything was fine and dandy with the mining and export of ancient swamp kauri, the Green Party said today. More >>
Minister allows proposal for drilling in dolphin sanctuary
Thursday, 10 September 2015, 4:17 pm | Green Party
The Conservation Minister is negligent for allowing the Government to propose opening up more of the Maui’s dolphin sanctuary to oil and gas exploration, the Green Party said today. More >>
Minister withholding full extent of SERCO failure
Thursday, 10 September 2015, 11:56 am | Green Party
Sam Lotu-Iiga has been withholding the extent of SERCO’s failures from the public with more revelations of breaches by the private prison, the Green Party said today. It has been revealed by 3News , last night, that SERCO has lost $315,000 over and ... More >>
OCR wind-back highlights need for Reserve Bank reform
Thursday, 10 September 2015, 10:12 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for reform of the Reserve Bank’s governance structure following today’s Official Cash Rate decision which reverses the mistaken OCR rises of 2014. The Reserve Bank Governor has today unwound 75 of the 100 basis points that ... More >>
McCully refusal to act on West Papua shameful & embarrassing
Wednesday, 9 September 2015, 11:03 am | Green Party
Murray McCully’s position that a fact-finding mission into human rights atrocities in West Papua isn’t needed shows a complete lack of leadership and credibility, the Green Party said today. More >>
