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Govt must release evidence to back up TPPA claim
Monday, 9 December 2013, 10:41 am | Green Party
The Government needs to release any official reports that back-up Gerry Brownlee’s claims in the House about the economic benefits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. When questioned in ... More >>
Government warned to measure child poverty in 2009
Monday, 9 December 2013, 10:24 am | Green Party
As far back as 2009, Health Officials recommended the Government measure and target child poverty as a way to improve child health, but the Government has continued to keep its head in the sand about the biggest threat to child wellbeing in New Zealand, ... More >>
Report proves Government’s poverty denial is harming kids
Monday, 9 December 2013, 8:59 am | Green Party
A new report from the Children’s Commission shows the National Government’s poverty denial is threatening the lives of three out of five children living below the breadline, who experts say will spend at least seven years being poor, the Green ... More >>
Green Party proposal will keep more Meridian in public hands
Sunday, 8 December 2013, 6:41 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has announced it will offer investors in Meridian Energy the choice of not paying their second instalment payment in return for the Government retaining more shares in public ownership, Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Govt enabling money laundering in SkyCity
Saturday, 7 December 2013, 11:40 am | Green Party
Govt enabling money laundering in SkyCity Today’s revelations that SkyCity Casino is caught up in an alleged international crime syndicate comes as no surprise given the Government’s inaction over money laundering in casinos, the Green Party said ... More >>
Green Party gets in behind NZEI’s day of action
Friday, 6 December 2013, 2:11 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is 100% behind the NZEI’s green day of action, Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty said today. This day of action is about reversing the cuts to kindergarten teacher funding that put quality at risk and proper funding for head teachers of ... More >>
Green Party saddened by death of Nelson Mandela
Friday, 6 December 2013, 12:24 pm | Green Party
The Green Party expressed sadness at the passing today of Nelson Mandela. “Nelson Mandela’s life showed how one person’s struggle against the injustices of apartheid and colonisation made a difference,” said Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman. More >>
National needs to apologise for huge cost of asset sales
Friday, 6 December 2013, 11:58 am | Green Party
The latest Crown financial statements show that National’s failed asset sales have carved a path of destruction through the government books, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Greens back call for environmental rights
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 4:16 pm | Green Party
New Zealanders are asking for the preservation and protection of New Zealand’s environment and resources to be a constitutional priority, according to today’s final report by the Constitutional Advisory Panel on New Zealand’s ‘Constitutional ... More >>
Govt silent over growing foreign ownership in Meridian
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 3:30 pm | Green Party
New information suggests that New Zealand ownership of Meridian Energy has now dropped below the Government’s threshold of 85 percent, the Green Party said today. More >>
National hiding true cost of Transmission Gully Partnership
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 1:49 pm | Green Party
The Government must release the findings of a Treasury study comparing the cost of procuring Transmission Gully through normal public funding with the cost of a Public-Private Partnership before any contract is signed, Green Party transport spokesperson Julie ... More >>
UNICEF calls Govt on their failure to protect Children
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 1:34 pm | Green Party
Government inaction on children’s rights is trapping children in poverty and failing to provide them a route out. Today’s ‘Kids Missing Out’ UNICEF report demonstrates the lack of progress that has been made on the United Nations Convention on the Rights ... More >>
National hiding true cost of Transmission Gully Partnership
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 12:14 pm | Green Party
National hiding true cost of Transmission Gully Public Private Partnership The Government must release the findings of a Treasury study comparing the cost of procuring Transmission Gully through normal public funding with the cost of a Public-Private Partnership ... More >>
Oil announcement benefits foreign owned companies
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 12:06 pm | Green Party
Oil announcement benefits Norwegian pensioners and foreign-owned companies The Government is further putting our New Zealand beaches at risk of an oil spill by today awarding four new permits to mainly foreign-owned companies for deep sea oil exploration, ... More >>
Health Minister still failing Māori and Pacific people
Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 4:17 pm | Green Party
New figures released by the Green Party today demonstrate how the Minister of Health is failing Māori and Pacific people. More >>
Another wheel falls off National Act Government
Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 1:15 pm | Green Party
The wheels have well and truly fallen off the National Act Government as the Act Party rejects its sole MP who is also a central part of John Key’s imploding coalition, the Green Party said today. More >>
National admits asset sales failure could wipe out surplus
Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 1:06 pm | Green Party
National has finally admitted that its failed asset sales programme is bringing in $1.2 billion less than expected, which puts the Government’s commitment to returning to surplus in 2014/15 at risk, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Kids do worse in school under National
Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 9:38 am | Green Party
The authoritative OECD PISA report on education released today shows that New Zealand kids’ educational achievement is getting worse under National. More >>
Officials waited for Minister’s ‘guidance’ on Ruataniwha
Tuesday, 3 December 2013, 3:14 pm | Green Party
New information released by the Green Party today highlights the implausibility of Nick Smith’s responses to date on the Ruataniwha submission, and shows that Department of Conservation (DOC) officials were specifically waiting for his guidance on where ... More >>
Privileges Committee points finger at PM’s abuse of power
Tuesday, 3 December 2013, 12:49 pm | Green Party
The Prime Minister launched an inquiry which directly attacked New Zealand’s democracy and our constitutional arrangements; that is the inescapable conclusion of the Privileges Committee report released today, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said. More >>
