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Local Govt Commission must listen to Wellingtonians
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 2:54 pm | Green Party
People in the Wellington region have sent a clear message that they do not want an Auckland type super-city, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt’s half-baked housing quality standards not enough
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 11:18 am | Green Party
The Government’s proposed health and safety standards for rental properties are nowhere near enough to fix the shoddy state of cold, damp New Zealand homes and keep Kiwi kids from getting seriously sick, the Green Party said today. “If John Key ... More >>
National must protect quarry workers
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 11:04 am | Green Party
Workers in quarries need the same protections as those that work in the mining industry, the Green Party said today. More >>
New Chum beach decision a victory for community
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 10:36 am | Green Party
The withdrawal of the development consent application to build a residential subdivision at the pristine, world-famous New Chum Wainuiototo beach in the Coromandel is a victory for the local community who have spent years fighting the proposal, the Green Party ... More >>
IRD contract set to benefit US economy not NZ
Monday, 8 June 2015, 4:53 pm | Green Party
Profits from work reshaping the IRD’s IT systems will flow offshore given the IRD has chosen an United States based firm for a potentially billion dollar plus contract to design and supply software, the Green Party said today. More >>
Government must keep Relationships Aotearoa going
Monday, 8 June 2015, 11:54 am | Green Party
Government must keep Relationships Aotearoa going The Government should continue funding Relationships Aotearoa until such time as there are other providers ready to continue the services they provide, the Green Party said today. Relationships ... More >>
FTA privilege should be not extend to torturers
Monday, 8 June 2015, 11:50 am | Green Party
The Government should not extend the privilege of a free trade agreement (FTA) to Saudi Arabia given its highest court has reinforced the penalty of torture for exercising free speech, the Green Party said today. More >>
Families struggling to pay their power bills
Sunday, 7 June 2015, 12:30 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to make non-recoverable grants to families struggling with power bills this winter, to help prevent more children becoming sick from cold, damp homes. More >>
Dalziel’s budget plan still sells Christchurch assets
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 10:29 am | Green Party
Lianne Dalziel’s budget plan, announced today, will see Christchurch’s profitable assets sold in three years, said the Green Party. More >>
Govt must fix the 20,000 uninsulated state houses
Friday, 5 June 2015, 11:05 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for the Government to immediately insulate and fix the 30 percent of state homes that it has neglected to insulate so far, despite promising to do so. More >>
Dunedin flooding highlights costs of Govt’s inaction
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 3:18 pm | Green Party
Local governments throughout New Zealand will have to pick up the ongoing cost of National’s inaction on climate change, the Green Party said today. “The flooding in Dunedin highlights that the National Government needs to stop being the problem ... More >>
Toddler’s death shows urgent need for housing WoF
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 12:49 pm | Green Party
The Government must introduce a Warrant of Fitness for all houses in New Zealand, starting with state houses, following the release of a coroner’s report which linked the death of an Auckland toddler to the living conditions in her family’s Housing ... More >>
Education Minister challenged to come clean on charters
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 11:18 am | Green Party
The Green Party is challenging the Education Minister to come clean on what’s known about the success, or not, of the five charter schools that have been open for more than a year, as annual reports due this week fail to tell the full story. ... More >>
Key proved wrong on costs of climate action
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 5:16 pm | Green Party
The Government’s own economic modelling has proved John Key wrong about the cost of reducing New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions, the Green Party said today following an exchange between the Prime Minister and new Green Party Co-leader James ... More >>
PM needs to stand down McCully and investigate
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 3:33 pm | Green Party
The Prime Minister needs to stand down Murray McCully and investigate the Saudi sheep deal following new contradictory claims by Murray McCully, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt must stop demanding reports on National Standards
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 1:20 pm | Green Party
The Education Minister must stop demanding schools report on National Standards and immediately stop collecting data for league tables following evidence that the standards are completely unreliable, the Green Party says. The Ministry of Education’s ... More >>
Are our spy agencies stopping asylum seekers
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 12:48 pm | Green Party
Prime Minister John Key needs to confirm if our spy agencies were involved in snooping on asylum seekers and potentially breaching our international human rights obligations, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today. More >>
Mentally ill NZers are not a cash cow for National’s mates
Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 3:38 pm | Green Party
2 June 2015 Mentally ill NZers are not a cash cow for National’s mates More >>
Spy review panel needs to look at NSA roll back
Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 11:45 am | Green Party
The intelligence and security review panel needs to look overseas and realise that unbridled power for spy agencies to undertake mass spying is no longer acceptable, and ensure that New Zealanders do not have less privacy protections than American ... More >>
James Shaw speech to 2015 Green AGM
Sunday, 31 May 2015, 12:02 pm | Green Party
I want to start by paying tribute to Russel and all the work he’s done for our party and our cause. More >>
