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NZ Must Pursue Independent Foreign Policy
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 12:00 pm | Green Party
“The US election result should be a wake-up call that our country must steer clear of the AUKUS military pact,” says the Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Teanau Tuiono. More >>
Near Four-Year High Unemployment Reveals Dire Need For New Direction
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 11:31 am | Green Party
“The Government’s economy for the rich is leaving thousands behind," says the Green Party’s Spokesperson for Social Development and Employment, Ricardo Menéndez-March. More >>
Near Four-year High Unemployment Reveals Dire Need For New Direction
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 11:27 am | Green Party
“The Government’s economy for the rich is leaving thousands behind," says the Green Party’s Spokesperson for Social Development and Employment, Ricardo Menéndez-March. More >>
Not Too Late To Abandon The Bill, Christopher
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 10:15 pm | Green Party
Te Tiriti is permanent, Governments are temporary. Honouring the Treaty has to come before the honouring of coalition agreements. More >>
Coalition Govt’s Expensive Tunnel Vision For Wellington Comes At The Expense Of The Regions
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 5:38 pm | Green Party
“If the Government is going to spend a few billion dollars on a road, it would be better spent in the regions where it will actually make a difference - not just a few kilometres of an extra lane in the centre of Wellington." More >>
Greens Reignite Call For Free Dental
Monday, 4 November 2024, 8:25 am | Green Party
“Everyone in Aotearoa deserves access to dental care - we can make this happen with a fair tax system,” says the Green Party’s spokesperson for Primary Health, Ricardo Menéndez March. More >>
Greens Call For Bottom Trawling Ban And Call Out Minister For Lacklustre Response
Friday, 1 November 2024, 11:15 am | Green Party
“We either ban bottom trawling or we allow our ocean ecosystems to be ripped apart and washed away,” says the Green Party Spokesperson for Oceans and Fisheries, Teanau Tuiono. More >>
Louise Upston Cherry-Picks Data To Punch Down On The Poor
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 10:30 am | Green Party
“Poverty is a political choice this Government is choosing for our communities,” says the Green Party’s social development spokesperson, Ricardo Menéndez March. More >>
Luxon Needs To Address The Cow In The Room
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 1:48 pm | Green Party
Agriculture is the biggest emitting sector in Aotearoa - accounting for more than half of our emissions. Luxon has done everything he can to make matters worse in these areas, selling out to big dairy at the expense of people and planet. More >>
Another Step Towards Pasifika Justice
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 11:42 am | Green Party
Teanau Tuiono’s Restoring Citizenship Removed By Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982 Bill would restore the right to citizenship for people from Western Samoa who were born between 1924 and 1949, fixing a cruel and targeted law from the 80s. More >>
Time To Shut Down Failed Youth Justice Residences
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 2:38 pm | Green Party
The Greens are calling for an end to Youth Justice Residences and military-style bootcamps. Our young people deserve a system which sets them up to rebuild their lives, not to be confined to prisons which perpetuate trauma, isolation and violence. More >>
Statement From Green Party Regarding Darleen Tana’s Removal From Parliament
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 11:36 am | Green Party
“Every single day, we have continued to fight for people and planet, and hold the Government to account on their cruel and destructive agenda. That mahi continues with the vigour our communities need and deserve.” More >>
Fast-Track, Off The Rails: Submitters Show Strong Opposition To Bill
Friday, 18 October 2024, 4:55 pm | Green Party
Among the amendments dismissed outright were those that would have upheld environmental protections, introduced Te Tiriti considerations, given the public an opportunity to be consulted and protected the rights of current consent holders. This is the ... More >>
Statement From Green Party Following SGM
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 8:55 pm | Green Party
From the outset, we have done all we can to navigate the situation in front of us with our values as the guiding star. I am proud of how we have held true to these throughout this process: Green Party Co-Leader Chlöe Swarbrick More >>
Soaring Benefit Sanctions Push More Into Poverty
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 11:11 am | Green Party
“This heartless Government has more than doubled benefit sanctions, stripping people of their dignity and ability to put food on the table,” says the Green Party’s spokesperson for Social Development and Employment, Ricardo Menéndez March. More >>
International Energy Agency Issues Wake-Up Call On Climate Action
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 11:08 am | Green Party
“Luxon’s decision to pour fossil fuel on the climate crisis fire actively undermines not only energy security and resilience, but a climate-safe future,” says Green Party Co-Leader and spokesperson for Climate Change Chlöe Swarbrick. More >>
CPI Figures Show Rents Continuing To Soar
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 12:24 pm | Green Party
“Housing is a human right, but this Government is treating it like a game of Monopoly,” says the Green Party’s Housing spokesperson, Tamatha Paul. More >>
Statement From Green Party On Upcoming SGM
Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 11:35 am | Green Party
We have received notice that Darleen Tana is appealing the High Court ruling from the 20th of September. This does not affect our party’s plans to hold a Special General Meeting this Thursday. More >>
Govt’s Shameful Backtrack On Marine Conservation
Sunday, 13 October 2024, 2:17 pm | Green Party
To exempt commercial fishing from the provisions in the Hauraki Gulf Protection Bill means the Government is prepared to allow stocks of various fish and marine species to tip over the edge into extinction. More >>
Significant Step Forward For Pasifika Justice In Aotearoa
Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 5:57 pm | Green Party
“My Member’s Bill will restore the right to citizenship for people from Western Samoa who were born between 1924 and 1949, fixing a cruel and targeted law rushed through by the Government in 1982 to deny New Zealand citizenship to Samoans," says ... More >>
