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Green Party mourns Dr Apirana Mahuika
Monday, 9 February 2015, 11:10 am | Green Party
The Green Party is saddened by the death of Dr Apirana Mahuika and extends its love and condolences to his whanau and the Ngati Porou people. More >>
Govt must to listen and protect Maui's Dolphin
Thursday, 5 February 2015, 1:35 pm | Green Party
The Government must listen to the Auckland Council who today voted to call on the Government to protect the habitat of our critically endangered Maui’s dolphin from oil and gas exploration, the Green Party said today. More >>
Productivity Commission report: need for green innovation
Thursday, 5 February 2015, 1:12 pm | Green Party
A report released today by the Productivity Commission underlines the need for New Zealand to change its economic direction and invest in smart green innovation, to improve New Zealand’s economic performance, create well paid sustainable jobs, ... More >>
Importance of climate-resilient economic development
Thursday, 5 February 2015, 9:43 am | Green Party
The Green Party is pleased to see the impacts of climate change taken into account in the Tai Tokerau Northland Growth Study Opportunities Report, released yesterday. More >>
Govt must do more to close the digital divide
Tuesday, 3 February 2015, 4:46 pm | Green Party
Data released today by Statistics New Zealand shows that the Government is not doing enough to close the digital divide between those who have internet access and those who don’t, said the Green Party. Over 340,000 households – one in four – don’t ... More >>
Oceans warming at rate of two trillion 100-watt lightbulbs
Tuesday, 3 February 2015, 4:34 pm | Green Party
A new study on increasing ocean temperatures released today highlights the urgent need for the Government to take action on climate change, the Green Party said today. The international study, which included work compiled by NIWA, shows that ocean warming ... More >>
Time for WCC to grab Key’s cycling money
Tuesday, 3 February 2015, 10:29 am | Green Party
The Green Party is urging Wellington City Councillors to take on board Prime Minister John Key’s comments and not vote today to hold up progress on cycleways. At yesterday’s post-Cabinet press conference Mr Key said: “I think we’ve got the capacity with ... More >>
National needs to rethink local government strategy
Monday, 2 February 2015, 1:16 pm | Green Party
The National government needs to stop beating up on local government and develop the type of genuine partnership that Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) is promoting in its “Local Government Funding Review” discussion paper, the Green Party said ... More >>
Government’s urban cycleways plans are not enough
Friday, 30 January 2015, 2:49 pm | Green Party
The urban cycling infrastructure projects announced today are not enough to prevent costly injuries to cyclists and encourage commuters and school children to cycle, The Green Party said today. Green Party transport spokesperson Julie Anne Genter ... More >>
Russel Norman to stand down as Green Party Co-leader
Friday, 30 January 2015, 11:08 am | Green Party
Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman has announced today that he will stand down as leader at the party’s Annual General Meeting in May. Dr Norman will remain as Co-leader and retain his finance and climate change portfolios until the AGM. “After ... More >>
Speech: Russel Norman to stand down as Green Party Co-leader
Friday, 30 January 2015, 11:07 am | Green Party
I am announcing today that I will not be standing for Co-leader of the Green Party at our AGM in May. This is my ninth year as Co-leader and I think it’s time for a change. More >>
Government’s social housing numbers wrong
Thursday, 29 January 2015, 1:19 pm | Green Party
The Government is vastly misrepresenting how many additional homes will be created under its so-called social housing plan, in order to make its fire-sale of state homes look better, the Green Party says. More >>
Landlords and developers winners from state home selloff
Wednesday, 28 January 2015, 2:19 pm | Green Party
Prime Minister John Key’s fire-sale of state homes will line the pockets of landlords and property developers and drive up rents, while offering less security for New Zealand’s most vulnerable families, the Green Party says. “John Key’s speech ... More >>
Greens call for ring-fencing of state home proceeds
Tuesday, 27 January 2015, 1:40 pm | Green Party
The Government must ring-fence the proceeds of any state home sales and spend every dollar raised on more Government-built homes in order to address the housing crisis, the Green Party says. More >>
Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei’s Rātana speech
Friday, 23 January 2015, 12:55 pm | Green Party
Tēnēi au e tū whakaiti nei i raro i a Ranginui, i runga i a Papatūānuku, e tītiro kau ana ki ngā maunga whakahi me ngā tini uri o Tane. More >>
Government cuts driving increased education costs
Friday, 23 January 2015, 12:54 pm | Green Party
Government cuts to education are forcing more of the burden on to parents and damaging the education of poorer kids, as the cost of primary and secondary education increases by five times the cost of inflation, the Green Party says. More >>
University students pushed further into debt
Thursday, 22 January 2015, 12:28 pm | Green Party
Students have become significantly poorer since National took office according to recently released data, the Green Party said today. More >>
National fails to produce evidence justifying attack on RMA
Thursday, 22 January 2015, 10:55 am | Green Party
The National Government is misusing evidence provided in the Motu report on planning rules to justify gutting the environmental protections secured by the Resource Management Act (RMA), says the Green Party today. More >>
RMA changes won’t build more homes
Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 7:19 pm | Green Party
RMA changes won’t build more homes The National Government must stop using the Resource Management Act as the straw man for its own failure to build more homes and put an end to the country’s housing crisis, the Green Party says. Today, Environment ... More >>
RMA not responsible for housing crisis – Government is
Tuesday, 20 January 2015, 11:17 am | Green Party
A survey showing that only a tiny fraction of resource consent applications are declined makes a nonsense of the Government’s claims that the Resource Management Act is getting in the way of housing development, the Green Party says. More >>
