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National must stop meddling with ACC before the election
Wednesday, 13 August 2014, 12:12 pm | Green Party
The redesign currently occurring at the Accident Claims Corporation (ACC) for sensitive claims needs to be put on hold immediately, said the Green Party today. More >>
Green Party celebrates MOU win on contaminated sites
Wednesday, 13 August 2014, 12:05 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is celebrating the announcement of a national register of contaminated sites today, and $2.5 million to start cleaning two sites up. The Green Party and the National Party agreed to include toxic site management work in their Memorandum ... More >>
Minister has failed to change ACC culture
Tuesday, 12 August 2014, 4:52 pm | Green Party
The latest damning report by the Auditor General shows that the ACC Minister has failed to fulfil her mission to fix the sick culture at ACC and real change will not come till a new Government is elected, the Green Party said today. More >>
Green Party announces priorities for Christchurch
Tuesday, 12 August 2014, 10:39 am | Green Party
The Green Party has today announced its plan for a fairer, smarter and more democratic Canterbury rebuild, with a focus on smart transport solutions, restoring local democracy, and keeping Christchurch’s assets. More >>
Full details of oil execs’ junket revealed
Monday, 11 August 2014, 11:26 am | Green Party
Full details of a $237,000 taxpayer-funded oil executives’ junket in 2011 have emerged. National paid the nearly quarter of a million dollars to wine and dine 11 oil executives in New Zealand during the Rugby World Cup. More >>
NZ Govt must push for fair play in Fiji elections
Friday, 8 August 2014, 11:39 am | Green Party
The New Zealand Government needs to do more to push for human rights and media freedom in Fiji as it stages its first election since the 2006 coup, the Green Party said today. More >>
Big funding injection for regions in Greens transport plan
Friday, 8 August 2014, 11:24 am | Green Party
The Green Party will increase transport spending in the regions by 50 percent over the next decade under its new transport plan, the Green Party said today. “Transport is the life-blood of the regions. They have been starved under National,” Green ... More >>
Convention Centre: Another taxpayer subsidy for business
Thursday, 7 August 2014, 4:07 pm | Green Party
The awarding of the Christchurch convention centre contract raises more questions than it answers, said the Green Party today. More >>
National’s environmental priorities are not what NZers want
Thursday, 7 August 2014, 3:48 pm | Green Party
National’s environment priorities, presented by Conservation Minister Nick Smith at the Environmental Defence Society conference today, are greenwash and won’t protect the New Zealand we love, the Green Party said today. More >>
Green Party announces massive investment in public transport
Thursday, 7 August 2014, 11:06 am | Green Party
The Green Party will invest over $10 billion in new public transport projects and rail over the next decade, transforming how New Zealanders get around our largest cities. The Green Party’s ten year transport plan, announced today, will cost less ... More >>
National’s “growth” – more jobless, wages down in real terms
Wednesday, 6 August 2014, 11:02 am | Green Party
New data today shows that six years under National has translated into more people without jobs and salaries and wages down in real terms, the Green Party said today. “The benefits of economic recovery have largely been for the few. Most households ... More >>
Falling milk prices highlight danger of economic strategy
Wednesday, 6 August 2014, 10:31 am | Green Party
Falling dairy prices are highlighting the danger of National’s economic strategy that focuses on the export of a few, simple commodities, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens pledge free off-peak public transport for students
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 2:05 pm | Green Party
The Green Party today launched its plan to deliver free off-peak public transport for tertiary students. The plan is the second component of the Green Party's economic priority this election: Building a smarter greener economy that really works for ... More >>
New multi-million dollar bill for taxpayers under failed ETS
Monday, 4 August 2014, 2:52 pm | Green Party
New figures showing taxpayers forked out nearly $6 million in the last year on free pollution permits to Rio Tinto show the emissions trading scheme (ETS) must go, the Green Party said today. More >>
National must cover cost of failed TV take-back scheme
Monday, 4 August 2014, 2:20 pm | Green Party
National must bail out the community organisations and small businesses that are carrying the cost of its failed TV Take Back scheme, the Green Party said today. More >>
NZ Govt must respond to Israel’s Gaza onslaught
Monday, 4 August 2014, 1:06 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for new measures in response to the latest round of violence inflicted on Palestine by Israel, including divestment by the New Zealand Government and the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador. More >>
Environmental impact of Lochinver sale must be considered
Monday, 4 August 2014, 10:48 am | Green Party
National’s support for selling off New Zealand farmland to overseas investors will result in more and more environmental degradation from dairy intensification, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Key must come clean on NSA/GCSB interception site
Friday, 1 August 2014, 3:44 pm | Green Party
Key must come clean on NSA/GCSB interception site on NZ cable John Key must come clean after revelations that a US National Security Agency (NSA) engineer was in New Zealand in 2013 discussing with the GCSB the setting up of an interception site ... More >>
No asset sales for Christchurch
Friday, 1 August 2014, 11:34 am | Green Party
Christchurch City Council should not be forced into selling its strategic assets, the Green Party said today. Today’s report into Christchurch City Council’s finances by Cameron Partners shows that the Council is facing a substantial financial hole, ... More >>
National forcing Auckland into second class rail
Friday, 1 August 2014, 10:28 am | Green Party
National’s lack of commitment on the Auckland City Rail Link (CRL) is forcing Aucklanders to accept second best for their city rail service, the Green Party said today. More >>
