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Maui's dolphin sighted in new oil block
Tuesday, 31 March 2015, 3:51 pm | Green Party
The sighting of a Maui’s dolphin in an area the Government has just opened up to oil and gas exploration shows how willing Energy Minister Simon Bridges is to sacrifice the environment for oil, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens welcome ban on animal cosmetics testing
Tuesday, 31 March 2015, 2:45 pm | Green Party
After more than a year of campaigning by Green MP Mojo Mathers, the Government has finally agreed to ban cosmetics testing on animals, the Green Party said today. “I’m over the moon that the Government has acknowledged my work on this issue by finally ... More >>
"Mean" Govt should drop appeal of minimum wage decision
Tuesday, 31 March 2015, 11:19 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to drop its mean-spirited move to appeal a court decision that respite carers should be paid at least the minimum wage. The Green Party can reveal that Crown lawyers yesterday lodged an application to appeal ... More >>
Govt set to miss first deadline on climate target
Tuesday, 31 March 2015, 10:31 am | Green Party
Govt set to miss first significant deadline on climate target The National Government looks set to miss the first United Nations (UN) deadline to submit its emissions reduction target for 2030, the Green Party said today. Mexico, Norway, Switzerland ... More >>
Ministers exclude emissions from ‘environment reporting'
Monday, 30 March 2015, 3:40 pm | Green Party
The National Party Government has today revealed that the national environmental report topics for this year will, incredibly, exclude New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions, the Green Party said today. “The topics, vetted by the Minister ... More >>
Government ignores concerns about deep sea drilling
Monday, 30 March 2015, 11:12 am | Green Party
The Government’s block offer announcement of an area almost twice the size of New Zealand and including the home of the critically endangered Maui’s dolphin and other protected conservation areas is further evidence of how out of touch they’ve ... More >>
Tide has turned on National after Northland nightmare
Saturday, 28 March 2015, 8:56 pm | Green Party
Tide has turned on National after Northland nightmare The National Party’s loss in the Northland by-election is proof that the tide has turned on an increasingly out of touch Government, says the Green Party. “The tide has turned on National,” ... More >>
Green Party welcomes IGIS inquiry into GCSB
Thursday, 26 March 2015, 3:47 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is pleased the Inspector General of the Intelligence and Security (IGIS) has confirmed that she will be undertaking an inquiry following a complaint from the Green Party into the actions of the Government Communication Security Bureau ... More >>
Govt’s R&D experiment has failed
Thursday, 26 March 2015, 2:20 pm | Green Party
The National Government’s research and development (R&D) strategy has failed, with no growth in the proportion of businesses investing in R&D since its first year in office, the Green Party said today. More >>
TPPA leak proves foreign corporations can sue New Zealand
Thursday, 26 March 2015, 1:45 pm | Green Party
National appears to be giving foreign corporations extra rights to sue governments if they legislate to act in the national interest, says the Green Party. More >>
Govt must rule out selling state homes to developers
Tuesday, 24 March 2015, 11:45 am | Green Party
The Government must rule out selling state homes for private developers to profit from, the Green Party said today. “The Government looks set to sell off these assets to property developers, and then pay the same developers to house low income tenants ... More >>
State house sell-off puts people at mercy of speculators
Monday, 23 March 2015, 11:01 am | Green Party
The Government’s grand state house sell-off will pit the welfare of the most vulnerable Kiwis against the profit motives of big business, as good community organisations refuse to have a bar of the extreme housing reforms, the Green Party says. More >>
Spy agencies used for personal gain, again
Monday, 23 March 2015, 10:25 am | Green Party
New Zealand’s spy agencies are once again being used to further the personal ambitions of Cabinet Ministers, the Green Party said today. More >>
Govt out of step with PM’s own science advisor on obesity
Friday, 20 March 2015, 2:29 pm | Green Party
The Government’s hands-off approach to childhood obesity is out of step with the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor who, in another role, recommends a ban on the marketing of junk food to kids, a ban on junk food at schools, and has given ... More >>
Government failing sexual violence victims
Friday, 20 March 2015, 10:14 am | Green Party
Victims of sexual violence are waiting hundreds of days, and in the worst examples thousands, for their cases to be resolved by the justice system, the Green Party revealed today. Information obtained from the Minister of Justice’s office shows ... More >>
Government must immediately act on damning report
Thursday, 19 March 2015, 12:35 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Minister of Police to immediately establish an independent taskforce to implement and enforce changes in police culture in the wake of a damming report from the Independent Police Complaints Authority’s (IPCA) into ... More >>
Super Fund should divest $140 million in high risk coal
Thursday, 19 March 2015, 12:05 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the New Zealand Super Fund to divest their $140 million investment in coal companies that are vulnerable to becoming financially stranded according to a damning new report from Oxford University. The Smith School of Enterprise ... More >>
Govt cut-backs hit families of children with disabilities
Thursday, 19 March 2015, 10:57 am | Green Party
The Green Party is demanding an urgent explanation from the Government about why the number of disability allowances for children has been slashed, despite the number of children with disabilities increasing. The Child Poverty Action Group’s (CPAG) ... More >>
Sad day as PM votes against feeding hungry kids
Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 9:23 pm | Green Party
John Key and the National Government showed their true colours today, voting against a Bill to feed hungry kids in New Zealand schools, the Green Party said. More >>
Six years on Government still denying Cantabrians democracy
Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 5:01 pm | Green Party
National is attempting to control local government in Canterbury, and is denying its people the right to make their own decisions, the Green Party said today. More >>
