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Greens support Budget moves to protect biodiversity
Friday, 22 May 2015, 11:03 am | Green Party
The Green Party will support the new levies on international passengers to protect New Zealand’s biosecurity, announced in Budget 2015. “New Zealand’s biosecurity is vital to our agricultural and tourism sectors, not to mention our natural environment, ... More >>
Reduced spend on refugees undermines resettlement
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 6:12 pm | Green Party
Government is cutting $1.5million from essential refugee services, potentially stranding vulnerable refugees overseas, the Green Party said today. More >>
National’s police cuts risk community safety
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 6:10 pm | Green Party
National’s police cuts risk community safety Real cuts to Police funding will leave our communities more vulnerable to crime, the Green Party said today. Budget 2015 sees further long-term cuts to police spending. Police spending peaked in 2010 and ... More >>
Nasty cuts to Kiwisaver show young NZers are fair game
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 5:56 pm | Green Party
Government moves to axe the $1000 Kiwisaver kick-start show that the Government has abandoned young New Zealanders, the Green Party says. More >>
Metiria Turei’s 2015 Budget Speech: The abandoned generation
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 3:25 pm | Green Party
Mr Speaker Today John Key could have kept his promise to reduce child poverty. More >>
Today’s Budget still no solution to child poverty
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 3:06 pm | Green Party
Today’s Budget is still no solution to child poverty, the Green Party said. “John Key could have kept his promise to tackle child poverty, but he chose instead to do the bare minimum,” Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said. More >>
Govt must guarantee homes built on Crown land are affordable
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 10:35 am | Green Party
21 May 2015 Govt must guarantee 100% of homes built on Crown land are affordable More >>
Taxpayer funded captioning gives broadcasters a free pass
Wednesday, 20 May 2015, 1:15 pm | Green Party
Increasing taxpayer funding to captioning is letting profitable broadcasters off the hook from their responsibilities, said the Green Party today. More >>
The abandoned generations poised to be left out of budget
Wednesday, 20 May 2015, 11:00 am | Green Party
National’s admission it will break its promise to reduce child poverty in tomorrow’s budget is the latest sign that the National Government has abandoned New Zealanders under 40, the Green Party says. “New Zealanders aged under 40 have been abandoned ... More >>
Government must put bees first
Wednesday, 20 May 2015, 10:52 am | Green Party
20 May 2015 Government must put bees first The Environmental Protection Agency needs to apply the precautionary principle and stop the use of pesticides containing neonicotinoids due to the detrimental affect they have on New Zealand’s bees, the Green party ... More >>
Greens welcome ‘locked-gate’ policy on Taranaki dump farms
Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 11:00 am | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed news that New Plymouth District Council will implement a ‘locked gate’ policy which prevents farmers from grazing cows on oil industry dump sites until the soil has been tested and declared safe. More >>
‘Oliver Twist’ poverty measure excuse for breaking promise
Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 9:56 am | Green Party
John Key has completely invented a new poverty measure that drastically underestimates the extent of child poverty, presumably to avoid taking meaningful action in this week’s budget, the Green Party says. In the last week John Key has put the number ... More >>
PM must come clean on link to gossip queen’s hit-job
Monday, 18 May 2015, 2:55 pm | Green Party
John Key is refusing to rule out having spoken with gossip columnist Rachel Glucina, in the days before and after her front page hit job on the woman who complained about the Prime Minister pulling her hair, the Green Party says. More >>
John Key selective with facts on capital gains tax advice
Monday, 18 May 2015, 11:51 am | Green Party
Both the IRD and the Treasury have produced previous advice supporting a capital gains tax, including advice about bright line tests – advice that conflicts with John Key’s statement today that National’s about-face on a capital gains tax ... More >>
Government finally beginning to see sense on capital gains
Sunday, 17 May 2015, 1:04 pm | Green Party
Government finally beginning to see sense on capital gains The Green Party is congratulating the Government for beginning to see sense on a capital gains tax, but is warning that limiting it to properties sold within two years of purchase doesn’t go far ... More >>
Greens will deliver a game-changer on kids’ savings
Sunday, 17 May 2015, 11:53 am | Green Party
Greens will deliver a game-changer on kids’ savings The Green Party will deliver Kiwi kids a more financially secure future, while reducing inequality, by introducing a national savings scheme for all New Zealand children. The Green Party announced ... More >>
Greens voice concern regarding US bullying over TPPA
Friday, 15 May 2015, 2:31 pm | Green Party
The Green Party joined with dozens of current and former legislators in calling for New Zealand’s trade negotiators to beware of the potential for the United States Government to apply the process of ‘certification’ to the Trans-Pacific Partnership ... More >>
Time for Government to back NZers up on climate change
Friday, 15 May 2015, 11:15 am | Green Party
A new survey from Motu shows New Zealanders are taking action on climate change and that its time for the Government to catch up and reduce its emissions, said the Green Party. More >>
Revamped “100% Pure” campaign needs real-world back-up
Friday, 15 May 2015, 10:38 am | Green Party
Urgent action is needed to make the 100% Pure New Zealand slogan authentic, following the revamp of Tourism New Zealand’s marketing campaign with more emphasis on the natural environment, the Green Party said today. “New Zealand’s clean, green ... More >>
Spy agencies investigated for political gain, again
Thursday, 14 May 2015, 4:31 pm | Green Party
John Key’s lack of oversight of our spy agencies has once again made them the subject of an inquiry by the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) into their political spying. More >>
