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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Prisoner voting ban needs to be repealed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 >>
Time to consider cancelling SERCO contract
Friday, 24 July 2015, 9:13 am | Green Party
Fresh revelations of violence and injuries at Mt Eden Prison should prompt the Government to consider cancelling SERCO's contract to run the prison, the Green Party says. “It's time for the Corrections Minister to stop protecting SERCO and the Corrections ... More >>
Questioning of Lotu-Iiga reveals more SERCO failures
Thursday, 23 July 2015, 3:02 pm | Green Party
The Government should not renew SERCO’s contract to run Mt Eden Prison, following confirmation from the Corrections Minister today that SERCO has been fined $300,000 for a myriad of failures in the last financial year. More >>
Government must act to fix ACC rot
Thursday, 23 July 2015, 10:31 am | Green Party
Government must act to fix ACC rot The Green Party is calling on the Government to permanently ditch its plans for an ACC appeals tribunal and act immediately to ensure ACC has fairer and more just processes. The call comes after the release of ... More >>
OCR drop exposes National’s failed economy
Thursday, 23 July 2015, 9:41 am | Green Party
The cooling New Zealand economy has prompted the Reserve Bank to continue its stimulatory stance by dropping the OCR further, in the absence of any long term plan for economic resilience from National, the Green Party said. “With the economy slowing down ... More >>
Key needs to refer SERCO scandal to Ombudsman
Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 5:20 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on John Key to refer the SERCO prison scandal to the Ombudsman given there is no other proper agency to investigate the matter. More >>
PM’s “belief” that Kiwis can buy a home an insult
Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 10:15 am | Green Party
PM’s “belief” that Kiwis can buy a home an insult Prime Minister John Key’s comment that he “believes” low income New Zealanders could one day buy a home is an insult to Kiwis who have been priced out of the market by Government inaction ... More >>
Government should review benefit levels
Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 3:44 pm | Green Party
The Government should review benefit levels, following official advice showing that a family of four on welfare is likely to have $72 less per week than what they need to provide for the core essential items, the Green Party says. Advice provided by ... More >>
Govt can raise the 2030 climate target
Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 3:10 pm | Green Party
The National Government ought to listen to the public and raise the ambition of its climate change target, the Green Party said today. “The Government is out of touch with the public’s desire for a cleaner, low-carbon New Zealand,” said Mr Shaw. ... More >>
Govt needs to listen to those who don’t want GE trees
Monday, 20 July 2015, 12:48 pm | Green Party
Communities are saying no to genetically engineered (GE) trees and pushing back against the National Government’s attempt to remove the right of councils from controlling the release of GE trees in their regions, the Green Party said today. More >>
National failing to build strong, export-focused economy
Monday, 20 July 2015, 11:53 am | Green Party
Growing economic pessimism is justified and will be reinforced further by National’s failure to grow the internationally competitive part of our economy, comprising of exports and import competing industries, the Green Party said today. More >>
Need for Greens’ Independent Prison Inspectorate
Monday, 20 July 2015, 10:26 am | Green Party
The Green Party’s Independent Prison Inspectorate Bill would have brought to light the prison fight club problem much earlier, said the Green Party today. More >>
Is Govt running scared from TPPA’s implications for Māori?
Monday, 20 July 2015, 10:22 am | Green Party
The Government shouldn’t have argued against the Waitangi Tribunal fast tracking two claims regarding the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) because this has worrying implications for natural justice, the Green Party said today. “The ... More >>
Local Govt plastic bag decision needs central Govt support
Monday, 20 July 2015, 8:57 am | Green Party
The National Government has no excuse not to allow a point-of-sale levy on single use plastic shopping bags now that Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) has overwhelmingly passed a remit calling for a levy, the Green Party said. “Councils deal with waste ... More >>
Greens claim win but more action needed on plastic bags
Saturday, 18 July 2015, 6:23 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming a new system for recycling plastic bags as a useful first step but one that is not by itself enough to solve the problem of plastic bag pollution. More >>
Greens disappointed in Northland waste contract decision
Friday, 17 July 2015, 3:30 pm | Green Party
It’s very disappointing that the Far North Regional Council has dumped a pioneering and innovative, community and iwi owned waste management enterprise, the Green Party said today. “Cleanstream has been dealing with the Far North’s waste for over ... More >>
