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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 >>
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 >>
