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Govt tricky on real cost of asset sales
Friday, 20 June 2014, 2:11 pm | Green Party
The true costs of the Government’s asset sales are over $640 million, more than five times the $120.6 million National is claiming today, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said. More >>
Denniston gamble more eco-vandalism from National
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 1:38 pm | Green Party
Allowing opencast mining at Denniston is another example of short-sighted environmental vandalism from National, the Green Party said today. More >>
GDP up but households not getting their fair share of it
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 11:17 am | Green Party
New Zealand households facing increasing costs from rising interest rates and stagnant wage growth are not getting their fair share of economic growth, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. Figures released today by Statistics New Zealand show that ... More >>
Funding cuts results in loss of sexual violence services
Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 4:06 pm | Green Party
The only 24/7 sexual violence crisis callout service in Christchurch will have to stop its services because the Government has cut its funding, said the Green Party today. More >>
Key used Banks’ vote to sell our assets
Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 1:19 pm | Green Party
The Key Government has been able to sell our assets, make life worse for New Zealand workers, and weaken our environmental laws due to John Banks’ sole, discredited vote, Green Party open government spokesperson Holly Walker said today. More >>
Green Party celebrates EPA iron sands decision
Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 1:17 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed the Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision not to allow massive seabed mining in the habitat of the world’s most endangered dolphin - the Maui’s Dolphin - and close to a blue whale breeding ground. More >>
Govt opens Maui’s dolphin habitat for petroleum exploration
Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 11:08 am | Green Party
The situation for New Zealand’s highly endangered Maui’s dolphin is dire, and the Government is making it worse by opening up more of their habitat to petroleum exploration and drilling, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens will put kids at heart of election priorities
Tuesday, 17 June 2014, 11:07 am | Green Party
Greens will put kids at heart of election priorities The Green Party is committing to put kids at the heart of the election campaign, and is supporting the major new Tick for Kids initiative launched today by over thirty children’s’ education, ... More >>
Cross party strategy needed on abuse
Monday, 16 June 2014, 1:08 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to join with all political parties in Parliament to develop a national strategy and accord on domestic violence and child abuse, in the wake of a review that shows the current system is not working. More >>
Climate change ignored in National’s transport budget
Monday, 16 June 2014, 10:49 am | Green Party
National’s transport budget for the next decade is a fantasy plan that pretends climate change doesn’t exist and locks New Zealanders into their cars for the next 50 years, said the Green Party today. More >>
RBNZ rate hike equals more pain for home owners
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 10:31 am | Green Party
Today’s Reserve Bank interest rate hike means home owners with a floating rate mortgage of $250,000 will pay more than $1200 a year extra in interest than they did in March, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said. More >>
Extreme weather “picture of the future”
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 10:23 am | Green Party
The Green Party is accusing the Government of systematic inaction over climate change, as New Zealand scientists warn the extreme weather battering the country is a “picture of the future”. “The extremes of weather we’re seeing fit with predictions. ... More >>
Fund school support staff centrally
Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 2:16 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is urging the Education Minister to move to the central funding of school support staff as primary principals and teachers reject her $359 million flagship education plan. More >>
Govt inaction on protecting Maui’s dolphins criticised
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 1:37 pm | Green Party
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has published a report that concludes the situation for New Zealand’s highly endangered Maui’s dolphin is dire, and that the Government’s “current management situation falls short of that required ... More >>
Has Key joined efforts to thwart Obama on climate?
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 1:33 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on John Key to confirm or deny that New Zealand is part of a small handful of countries trying to block global action on climate change. More >>
Greens launch plan for 3D printing strategy
Monday, 9 June 2014, 12:00 pm | Green Party
Green Party information and technology spokesperson Gareth Hughes launched a component of the Green Party’s Smart Green Innovation package today. The Blueprint For The Future, a digital manufacturing strategy for New Zealand, will: develop a digital ... More >>
Greens commit to all obesity recommendations
Monday, 9 June 2014, 11:55 am | Green Party
The Green Party congratulates the New Zealand Medical Association for its ground-breaking report on battling obesity, and commits to implementing all its recommendations when in Government. More >>
Green Party to decriminalise abortion
Friday, 6 June 2014, 10:51 am | Green Party
The Green Party will decriminalise abortion and assert the right of women to make decisions regarding their own health and the wellbeing of their family or whanau. Abortion is currently a crime under the Crimes Act. It is only legal if two consultants ... More >>
John Banks must go
Thursday, 5 June 2014, 3:40 pm | Green Party
The National Government has been propped up for the past three years by a criminal MP who got his seat through a dodgy deal with John Key, and it is time for that arrangement to end, the Green Party said today. In the High Court at Auckland Act MP John Banks ... More >>
Writer, artists, comedians, Olympic rower in rivers campaign
Thursday, 5 June 2014, 2:14 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is celebrating World Environment Day with a renewed call for swimmable rivers. More >>
