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Govt needs to rule out Serco buying our state houses
Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 12:36 pm | Green Party
Thousands of state houses being placed on the asset sales block tomorrow for overseas buyers is a move that is deeply unpopular with New Zealanders, the Green Party said today. More >>
Investigation by Auditor General on Saudi Agri-hub
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 4:41 pm | Green Party
The Green Party welcomes the decision by the Office of the Auditor General to investigate our complaint to the Saudi Agri-hub Partnership. More >>
Landcorp farms must stay in NZ hands
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 4:06 pm | Green Party
The Government must rule out mass sales of Landcorp’s 137 farms to overseas interests, following suggestions that the state-owned farmer is under pressure from the falling dairy price, the Green Party said. “The Government needs to rule out sales of Landcorp’s ... More >>
Health Minister misled Select Committee over Pharmac funding
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 1:21 pm | Green Party
Jonathan Coleman misled a health Select Committee in June when he claimed that Pharmac was happy to work within the Government’s flat-line funding of the drug-buying agency, the Green Party revealed today. More >>
Govt must keep Lochinver Kiwi
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 1:20 pm | Green Party
The National Government must not allow one of New Zealand’s largest, most productive farms – Lochinver Station – to fall into foreign ownership, the Green Party said today. More >>
Pre-paid power parity needed
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 1:19 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on all power companies to follow Contact’s lead and equalise pre-paid power prices with post-paid prices. More >>
Govt being left behind on clean energy transition
Monday, 17 August 2015, 11:39 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to set a goal of 100 percent renewable electricity generation or risk being left behind as industry leads the transition from dirty fossil fuel electricity generation to clean renewable power, the Green ... More >>
Overseas ownership undermining economic sovereignty
Monday, 17 August 2015, 10:29 am | Green Party
New Zealand’s ability to add value to primary products and develop our economy is being undermined by selling land and productive assets offshore, the Green Party said. More >>
Govt should abandon state-house sell-off
Monday, 17 August 2015, 10:21 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to go back to the drawing board on state housing, following Bill English’s admission that he’s now looking at leasing the houses out because there’s little interest from community groups in buying ... More >>
Government needs to get its story straight on Landcorp
Monday, 17 August 2015, 10:08 am | Green Party
Prime Minister John Key and Finance Minister Bill English need to get their stories straight over Landcorp’s large scale dairy conversions, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt must turn concern over dairy conversions into action
Saturday, 15 August 2015, 12:42 pm | Green Party
The Government must immediately introduce a moratorium on dairy conversions and call on its legal heavyweights to help Landcorp stop converting forestry to dairy farms, after admitting for the first time today that the conversions are a problem, the ... More >>
Hekia Parata has broken her word
Friday, 14 August 2015, 12:37 pm | Green Party
Hekia Parata has broken her word not to open another round of charter school applications this year, the Green Party said today. More >>
Solar bill will help power NZ’s transition to green economy
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 1:17 pm | Green Party
Parliament will get to vote on a simple amendment to the Electricity Industry Act that would guarantee households a fair price for any excess renewable electricity they supply back to the grid, the Green Party said today. More >>
Solid Energy reprieve should spur Govt action
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 12:33 pm | Green Party
The Government has forced Solid Energy to the point of no return with a deliberate series of actions and policies, and now wants to sell it off, the Green Party said today. More >>
Skyrocketing child poverty creating a country of two halves
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 11:39 am | Green Party
The Government is creating a country of two halves, with child poverty skyrocketing by 45,000 and a third of all income earners getting no benefit from the so-called rock star economy, the Green Party says. More >>
National pushing students further into debt and distress
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 11:16 am | Green Party
National pushing students further into debt and distress Tertiary students have become significantly more financially distressed since National took office, according to the NZUSA Income & Expenditure Survey out today. The survey shows that almost ... More >>
Power prices rise eclipses inflation
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 8:59 am | Green Party
The Government is failing New Zealand households by letting residential electricity prices rise 3.8 percent while inflation is nearly zero, new data released today in the annual ‘Energy in New Zealand’ publication shows, the Green Party said. More >>
Spies need less, not more, power
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 3:39 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is concerned that a Government review of the law that governs state spy agencies may be used to expand their powers, after the Minister in charge of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) and Security Intelligence Service ... More >>
A better Rugby World Cup Bill is on the cards
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 3:01 pm | Green Party
12 August 2015 Green Party confident that a better Rugby World Cup Bill is on the cards More >>
PM must say whether McCully misled Cabinet over Saudi deal
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 11:02 am | Green Party
John Key needs to unequivocally say whether Foreign Minister Murray McCully misled Cabinet over his actions in the Saudi sheep deal, or provide evidence that he didn’t, the Green Party said today. More >>
