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Government can support Māori Language Month
Monday, 3 August 2015, 2:05 pm | Green Party
Government can support Māori Language Month The Green Party is challenging the Government to back a Te Reo Māori language month. “Te Reo is a living language, cherished by many New Zealanders Pākehā and Māori alike. Supporting a month of ... More >>
Groser’s emotions should not define NZ’s TPPA stance
Monday, 3 August 2015, 10:50 am | Green Party
Tim Groser should not let his personal stake in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations supersede the best interests of the New Zealand public, said the Green Party today. More >>
Smelter decision creates opportunity for new economic plan
Monday, 3 August 2015, 10:36 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to show leadership and work with the Southland community to develop an economic plan for a post-Tiwai Point aluminium smelter world. “It’s a relief for Southlanders that the smelter will stay open ... More >>
The climate, the Council, and the People of the Canoe
Saturday, 1 August 2015, 5:31 pm | Green Party
It is not hyping it to say that the 7,499th meeting of the UN Security Council was unique. More >>
Time for the Govt to come clean on flailing TPP
Saturday, 1 August 2015, 5:10 pm | Green Party
The Government should come clean about what concessions it has already made and what issues have been left on the TPP negotiating table, the Green Party said today. More >>
Global Community loses opportunity on climate change
Friday, 31 July 2015, 12:04 pm | Green Party
With the lack of a formal document on climate change from New Zealand’s term as President of the Security Council, the Global Community has lost a critical opportunity to do the right thing on climate change, said the Green Party today. More >>
Wellington case another sign the Govt must do more
Friday, 31 July 2015, 10:18 am | Green Party
Wellington case another sign the Govt must do more to fix the state of our housing stock This morning’s story about Lamar Aspinall contracting rheumatic fever from living in a cold, mouldy rental home is yet another reminder of why we urgently need ... More >>
Urgent action needed on family and sexual violence
Thursday, 30 July 2015, 9:08 am | Green Party
The Government’s stocktake of family and sexual violence spending must now be followed up by a commitment to spending the money needed to prevent the violence in the first place the Green Party said. “I’m relieved that the Government are ... More >>
Even the lawyers say stock numbers should come down
Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 12:55 pm | Green Party
Legal advice that says Hawke’s Bay farmers might have to reduce stock numbers in order to mitigate pollution to waterways, will have implications for water allocation all over New Zealand, the Green Party said today. Earlier this year, a Board of Inquiry ... More >>
Government delay in Māori Language week an embarrassment
Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 12:11 pm | Green Party
Government MPs inability to make a decision today about an inquiry into Te Reo in schools is an embarrassment in Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week) the Green Party said today. The Green Party and New Zealand First are jointly calling ... More >>
Cost increase, under TPPA, must come from new funding
Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 10:58 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to guarantee not one cent of the health budget will be funnelled into additional subsidies for Pharmac when it’s forced to pay more for medicines under the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). “John ... More >>
Reserve Bank’s failings hurting businesses and households
Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 9:52 am | Green Party
New information released by the Green Party today shows that the Reserve Bank has failed to forecast inflation accurately over the last four years meaning interest rates have been kept higher than necessary, hurting businesses and households. More >>
Sick New Zealanders will pay under John Key’s TPPA
Tuesday, 28 July 2015, 12:41 pm | Green Party
The Prime Minister’s admission today that the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will hike the cost of medicine in New Zealand is yet another reason why we need to immediately withdraw from the dead-end deal, the Green Party said today. ... More >>
MPs should back Te Reo in schools
Monday, 27 July 2015, 2:09 pm | Green Party
The Green Party and New Zealand First are jointly calling for a Select Committee inquiry into the capacity to deliver and support Te Reo Māori within New Zealand schools. On Wednesday, the Education and Science Select Committee should tautoko ... More >>
Privatising environmental decisions will cost
Sunday, 26 July 2015, 12:16 pm | Green Party
Forcing councils to contract out regulatory functions such as issuing resource consents is likely to cost the environment and the public, the Green Party said today. More >>
Environment at risk as GE advocate chosen to head the EPA
Friday, 24 July 2015, 2:46 pm | Green Party
An ardent advocate of genetic engineering (GE) should not be heading the body charged with protecting the environment, the Green Party said today. More >>
Prisoner voting ban needs to be repealed
Friday, 24 July 2015, 2:28 pm | Green Party
National needs to immediately bring legislation to the House which lifts the ban on the right of prisoners to vote, said the Green Party. More >>
SERCO contract could have been cancelled earlier
Friday, 24 July 2015, 1:41 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is demanding to know why SERCO’s contract has not been terminated yet despite at least six Performance Notices in the last three years. More >>
Compromised charter board should go
Friday, 24 July 2015, 1:41 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to cancel its latest charter school application round, and disestablish the Partnership Schools/Kura Hourua Authorisation (PSKH) board, following the bail out of a problem-plagued Northland charter school. More >>
New health and safety law worse than what it replaces
Friday, 24 July 2015, 1:33 pm | Green Party
Workers have been let down by the National Government’s new Health and Safety Reform Bill which in many ways is worse than what it replaces, the Green Party said following the release of the Select Committee Report into the bill today. More >>
