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NZ an easy mark for overseas property speculators
Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 1:56 pm | Green Party
Revelations that New Zealand is being marketed in Malaysia and other parts of Asia as an easy place to make a quick property buck show why we desperately need restrictions on non-resident foreign buyers in our overheated market, the Green Party said today. More >>
Time for a plastic bag-free NZ
Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 12:41 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has launched a campaign to create a plastic-bag free New Zealand and is calling on the Government to legislate to phase plastic bags out. Green Party waste spokesperson Denise Roche is leading the charge and is canvassing the country ... More >>
Government out of touch with "shop around" suggestion
Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 10:36 am | Green Party
Government suggestions that parents should “shop around” for a free doctor when their child has an accident shows how completely out of touch National is, the Green Party says. More >>
Rally to save our electric locomotives
Tuesday, 21 April 2015, 3:23 pm | Green Party
Green MP Julie Anne Genter and a 14m-long moving billboard rally to save our electric locomotives More >>
Govt breaks free doctors visit promise to kids
Tuesday, 21 April 2015, 9:47 am | Green Party
The Government has already broken a key election promise by reneging on a pledge to make all doctors’ visits for under 13 year olds free, the Green Party says. More >>
Vital need for organics regulation
Monday, 20 April 2015, 3:17 pm | Green Party
“The Government must safeguard the value of the term ‘organic’,” Green Party agriculture spokesperson Steffan Browning said today. More >>
Housing crisis now main obstacle to interest rate cut
Monday, 20 April 2015, 11:21 am | Green Party
Today’s record low inflation figure of 0.1 percent for the year to March 2015, well below the Reserve Bank’s target band, gives the Bank scope to cut the Official Cash Rate later this month but it is unlikely to given National’s failure to address ... More >>
Good start to keeping Christchurch’s assets
Monday, 20 April 2015, 11:04 am | Green Party
Any measures to stop the sale of Christchurch’s assets, including the proposed Common Sense Plan, should be carefully considered by the Christchurch City Council, the Green Party said today. “Christchurch residents have been telling us that they ... More >>
Key recklessly, pointlessly, damages China relationship
Monday, 20 April 2015, 9:10 am | Green Party
Evidence that the Key Government recklessly approved a GCSB spying operation to intercept Chinese diplomatic communications between offices in Auckland will pointlessly damage our relationship with China, the Green Party said today. More >>
Four nominees confirmed for Green Party male Co-leader
Friday, 17 April 2015, 5:12 pm | Green Party
Four nominees have put their hats in the ring to replace Russel Norman as Green Party male Co-leader, the party announced today. More >>
National denying Kiwis their basic human right
Friday, 17 April 2015, 2:07 pm | Green Party
The Green Party whole-heartedly supports the Chief Human Rights Commissioner’s call for a cross-party accord on housing, and it’s time other political parties put their petty differences aside for the good of New Zealanders, the Green Party ... More >>
Greens call for politicians to do what’s right on housing
Thursday, 16 April 2015, 10:43 am | Green Party
Political parties need to stop cherry-picking their housing policies and adopt a package of new and wide-ranging measures to help New Zealanders into their first home, the Green Party said today. “Politicians need to stop pussy-footing around ... More >>
GCSB dragging NZ into human rights abuses in Bangladesh
Thursday, 16 April 2015, 9:47 am | Green Party
The New Zealand government should stop providing intelligence assistance to Bangladeshi security agencies that are known to systematically engage in human rights abuses, said the Green Party today. More >>
John Key must introduce a Capital Gains Tax
Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 3:30 pm | Green Party
John Key needs to recognise his government’s policies are driving up house prices and instead adopt the Reserve Bank’s recommendation to introduce a Capital Gains Tax, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt blind to soaring public transport use in Auckland
Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 2:07 pm | Green Party
The Government should take note of huge increases in Auckland’s public transport patronage figures released today by Auckland Transport and bring forward funding for the City Rail Link, the Green Party said. More >>
NZ Public Have a Right to Know About Deployment
Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 11:31 am | Green Party
Reports out of Australia say that New Zealand troops will begin their deployment today. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed the deployment of Australian troops and has also disclosed when troops will be operational. More >>
Government’s Budget Announcements for Kids Can’t Be Trusted
Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 11:10 am | Green Party
A huge underspend in special education shows that Government Budget promises can’t be trusted and Ministers have no idea about the real needs of children, the Green Party says. More >>
Government abusing emergency powers to push through plans
Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 3:33 pm | Green Party
The Government is misusing Christchurch’s emergency legislation to push through port expansion plans with potentially significant effects on Lyttelton Harbour, the Green Party said today. More >>
National equals the record: seven deficits
Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 1:34 pm | Green Party
Dark clouds are hanging over the National Government’s tattered image as a responsible manager of the economy following John Key’s hollow pre-Budget speech, the Green Party said today. “John Key’s speech lacks a vision for a better New Zealand. ... More >>
Landlords' reluctance to insulate shows need for rentals WOF
Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 11:43 am | Green Party
Reports this morning that landlords are still reluctant to insulate homes for their tenants, despite subsidies to do so, show the urgent need for a Warrant of Fitness for rental homes, the Green Party says. More >>
