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Will John Key stop delaying Auckland City Rail?
Monday, 29 September 2014, 10:57 am | Green Party
Another steep rise in Auckland public transport patronage in August demonstrates the need for the Government to start investing in rail and busway infrastructure now, not in the 2020s, the Green Party said today. “The rail network is close to ... More >>
Key should look to Children’s Commissioner
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 11:57 am | Green Party
John Key should not reinvent the wheel when it comes to ideas for tackling child poverty, and instead look to the recommendations of the Children’s Commissioner’s Expert Group on Child Poverty, Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei says. “It is ... More >>
NZ fossil fuel industry admits days are numbered
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 10:28 am | Green Party
The oil and gas industry’s acknowledgment that fossil fuels’ days are numbered has left National isolated in its refusal to work towards a clean energy future, the Green Party said today. The new chief executive of the Petroleum Exploration ... More >>
Dairy drop exposes bankruptcy of economic strategy
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 10:23 am | Green Party
Fonterra’s cut to the dairy pay-out today shows National needs new ideas for the economy other than reliance on increasing commodity dairy production, which pollutes our waterways more and threatens New Zealand’s clean, green brand, the Green Party ... More >>
McCully must table emissions target while at UN
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 12:34 pm | Green Party
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully needs to table a New Zealand emissions reduction target while at the UN climate summit in New York this week, the Green Party said today. More >>
John Key bats away child poverty problem, again
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 11:27 am | Green Party
John Key cannot continue another term of ignoring the overwhelming statistics that child poverty is the biggest challenge facing New Zealand, said the Green Party today. More >>
Govt must take action over West Papua
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 11:24 am | Green Party
The New Zealand Government needs to back up its parliamentary support of media freedom in West Papua with action, the Green Party said today. More >>
Time for new Key Government to take strong action on climate
Monday, 22 September 2014, 12:51 pm | Green Party
The UN Climate Summit in New York on Tuesday is the final, final chance for John Key to demonstrate New Zealand’s commitment to help secure a safe, stable future for our children, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens ramp up defence of environment and workers
Monday, 22 September 2014, 12:02 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is heading into a new parliamentary term promising to ramp up efforts to defend both the environment and workers from National plans to ram through changes that will attack both, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today. National has ... More >>
Action needed to increase voter turnout numbers
Monday, 22 September 2014, 10:57 am | Green Party
Expanded civics and citizenship education is urgently needed to turn around the low voter turnout in New Zealand, the Green Party said today. The Electoral Commission has estimated voter turnout for the 2014 election at 77.04 percent of those enrolled ... More >>
Greens pledge to clean up Govt
Friday, 19 September 2014, 10:24 am | Green Party
The Green Party is needed in Government to clean up politics after repeated abuses of power by National, the Green Party said today. More >>
Norman: Green Party 2014 election campaign close
Thursday, 18 September 2014, 1:40 pm | Green Party
I became the Co-leader of the Green Party in 2006, eight years ago this June. At that time we were sitting at just above 5 percent in the polls and only had six MPs in Parlia-ment. I am enormously proud of the work Metiria and I have done to build ... More >>
Turei: 2014 election campaign close
Thursday, 18 September 2014, 1:39 pm | Green Party
Today we stand on the cusp of something awesome - the first ever Green Party in Government in New Zealand. Change - real change - is literally hours away. I can feel the bristling urgency and hope, can't you? The truth is that change can't come soon enough - for ... More >>
Inequality analysis gives wrong impression
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 12:32 pm | Green Party
Recent analysis of trends in inequality over the last 20 years by a tax consultant gives a misleading impression of the reality of inequality and poverty in New Zealand, the Green Party says. More >>
National overseeing increased pollution of Waikato River
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 12:17 pm | Green Party
National is overseeing massive dairy conversions in the Waikato that are likely to undermine the $210 million taxpayer funded clean-up of the Waikato River, the Green Party has revealed today. More >>
Leading economists endorse Green Party economic direction
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 10:18 am | Green Party
Some of the world’s best economists have today reaffirmed the urgency and the benefits of shifting to a low carbon, high innovation economy, the Green Party said. More >>
Green Party will help students in financial distress
Tuesday, 16 September 2014, 2:01 pm | Green Party
The Green Party will stop National’s campaign of punishing tertiary students and do more than any other party to support young Kiwis into study, Green Party students spokesperson Gareth Hughes said today. More >>
Green Party announce Welcome Pack for newborn babies
Tuesday, 16 September 2014, 10:50 am | Green Party
The Green Party today announced its final social policy before the election, aimed at ensuring that every child thrives from the day they are born. To complement the range of initiatives already announced, the Green Party will provide every newborn ... More >>
Yes or no John Key – is X-Keyscore spying on New Zealanders?
Tuesday, 16 September 2014, 8:57 am | Green Party
Prime Minister John Key must explain revelations this evening that the GCSB operates X-Keyscore in New Zealand and conducting mass surveillance on New Zealanders without their knowledge, said the Green Party. “Yes or no John Key, is X-Keyscore spying ... More >>
More oil company subsidies, power price increases under Nats
Monday, 15 September 2014, 2:13 pm | Green Party
Power prices are set to rise further under National along with our carbon emissions, as outlined in its Energy and Resources policy announced this morning, the Green Party said today. More >>
