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Clearer picture needed on air quality to safeguard health
Thursday, 5 March 2015, 1:48 pm | Green Party
The Government needs to beef up the monitoring of a harmful airborne particle in order to protect New Zealanders’ health, the Green Party said today. More >>
Time for PM to come clean on Pacific spying
Thursday, 5 March 2015, 11:17 am | Green Party
John Key must come clean and tell New Zealanders whether the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) has illegally spied on them during mass information gathering on behalf of the United States of America, said the Green Party today. More >>
Demanding passwords at the border is unacceptable
Thursday, 5 March 2015, 10:45 am | Green Party
Insisting people give up their laptop and smartphone passwords at the border, without a search warrant or due process, is completely unacceptable and goes against common perceptions of privacy, the Green Party said today in response to a discussion document ... More >>
Pay transparency is vital to reduce inequality
Tuesday, 3 March 2015, 2:19 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today welcomed calls for a conversation about public sector pay caps, but stressed that the conversation must also include pay transparency and the ratios between the highest and lowest incomes, as part of a larger plan to address inequality ... More >>
Approving GE trees in Brazil will have dire implications
Tuesday, 3 March 2015, 12:25 pm | Green Party
The approval of GE trees by a Brazilian regulatory body will have implications for New Zealand’s clean, green image and potentially the pockets of taxpayers, the Green Party said today. More >>
McCully must be proactive on human rights
Tuesday, 3 March 2015, 10:47 am | Green Party
Murray McCully must take a proactive stance on human rights abuses in West Papua during his meeting with the Indonesian Foreign Minister. More >>
Productivity Commission should investigate carbon intensity
Tuesday, 3 March 2015, 9:47 am | Green Party
The Green Party has suggested a Productivity Commission inquiry into how New Zealand can best raise living standards while simultaneously reducing net greenhouse gas emissions. “Measuring carbon intensity and agreeing on ways to reduce it can help ... More >>
Green Party welcomes changes to MPs’ salary setting rules
Monday, 2 March 2015, 5:30 pm | Green Party
It’s good that the Government has listened to New Zealanders and announced a fairer way to set MPs’ salaries, the Green Party said today. More >>
Public consultation on our climate target needed
Sunday, 1 March 2015, 12:45 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is today calling on the Government to commit to meaningful public consultation around its emissions reduction target it will take to the United Nations (UN) climate talks in Paris later this year. More >>
MPs’ pay rises should be indexed to median income
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 4:56 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for cross-party support to agree on a system of indexing MPs’ salary movements to median income, following the announcement of a significant pay rise for MPs, the Green Party said today. More >>
Make kids’ needs a priority, Green Party urges Government
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 12:36 pm | Green Party
The Green Party said today that it is challenging the Government to follow Wellington City Council’s lead and make children’s needs a priority in decision-making. Today (26 February) attendees at the Child Friendly Cities Forum co-hosted by UNICEF ... More >>
Today is the day to act on child poverty, Mr Key
Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 1:02 pm | Green Party
Today is the day to act on child poverty, Mr Key The Green Party is calling on John Key and National to support the Feed the Kids Bill in Parliament tonight, in the wake of a damning report from Amnesty International on inequality in New Zealand. ... More >>
Time for Govt to get on board City Rail Link
Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 11:30 am | Green Party
Today’s announcement that construction work on the City Rail Link will begin this year is a further sign that the Government needs to get on board with immediate funding, the Green Party said today. “While today’s construction announcement is a positive ... More >>
Govt must come clean about its fruit fly failure
Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 9:48 am | Green Party
Nathan Guy needs to stop playing politics with biosecurity and face up to the fact that National’s cuts to biosecurity funding contributed to the Queensland fruit fly outbreak, the Green Party said today. More >>
Charter school victims deserve Minister’s personal help
Tuesday, 24 February 2015, 5:16 pm | Green Party
Students at a struggling school in Northland are the victims of the Education Minister’s failed charter school experiment and she must personally ensure they are given the educational help they need, the Green Party said today. More >>
No mandate for John Key’s Iraq war
Tuesday, 24 February 2015, 2:43 pm | Green Party
John Key is dragging New Zealand into someone else’s war without a mandate from New Zealanders, said the Green Party today. The Prime Minister today announced that his Government would be sending troops to Iraq without taking the matter to Parliament ... More >>
Big holes exposed in spy oversight
Tuesday, 24 February 2015, 2:33 pm | Green Party
Big holes exposed in spy oversight Big holes in spy oversight have been revealed by the Inspector General of Security and Intelligence (IGIS) who says that the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) has no internal audit mechanism, said ... More >>
Power companies too focussed on short-term pay-outs
Tuesday, 24 February 2015, 1:39 pm | Green Party
Partially privatised energy companies are keeping electricity prices artificially high and ignoring international clean energy investment opportunities to ensure private shareholders get big pay-outs, the Green Party said today. Genesis Energy today announced ... More >>
What was on the table at dinner Prime Minister?
Tuesday, 24 February 2015, 12:37 pm | Green Party
John Key must front up to New Zealand and say what he discussed with Donghua Liu when the disgraced businessman paid $25,000 for the Prime Minister to come to dinner at his Remuera home, the Green Party said today. More >>
John Key must take next step after McLay appointment
Friday, 20 February 2015, 2:52 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on John Key to take the next step and recognise the state of Palestine following the Government’s decision to appoint Jim McLay as the Representative to the Palestinian Authority More >>
