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Greens Bill Pushes To Stop Supermarkets Binning Edible Food While Families Go Hungry
Thursday, 23 July 2026, 8:32 am | Green Party
“Food is abundant. In a country that grows enough food to feed millions, no one should be going hungry while perfectly good kai is thrown away,” says Green Party Zero Waste spokesperson Kahu Carter. More >>
Luxon Government Off Track To Meet Almost All Climate Targets
Wednesday, 22 July 2026, 1:42 pm | Green Party
“Christopher Luxon came to power and shredded climate action, meaning we’re now off track to meet almost all of our climate targets. This isn’t about numbers on a page. This is about people’s lives and livelihoods," says Green Party Co-leader ... More >>
Fossil Fuel Inflation Drives Up Cost Of Living, Luxon Rests Assured
Tuesday, 21 July 2026, 11:19 am | Green Party
New Zealanders deserve common sense economic management that keeps bills affordable, protects local jobs and is sustainable in every sense of the word: for people and planet. That’s why the Greens exist. More >>
Government’s RMA Replacement Bills Get Worse At Select Committee, Now A ‘Race To The Bottom’
Monday, 20 July 2026, 2:46 pm | Green Party
Environmental limits acting as a backstop to development were one of the few remaining safeguards in the legislation. The Government has watered them down and included references to big agriculture and aquaculture instead. More >>
Green Party Launches Plan To Cut Power Bills And Take Power Back From The Big Energy Companies
Monday, 20 July 2026, 1:18 pm | Green Party
200,000 households are unable to afford to heat their homes while four big power companies control over 85 per cent of the market and rake in massive profits. More >>
Green Party Calls For Cross-Party Support To Change Consent Laws Now
Sunday, 19 July 2026, 1:06 pm | Green Party
Safety against sexual assault does not need to wait. There is cross-party support for a clear definition of consent, right now, says Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson. More >>
Green Party Calls For Union Membership As Default Setting For New Employees
Thursday, 16 July 2026, 8:53 am | Green Party
"Workers are the backbone of our economy and this country. Unions give workers a voice in their workplace and help fight for their rights and best interests," says Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson. More >>
Much Delayed Climate Adaptation Bill Needs Much More Work
Wednesday, 15 July 2026, 12:57 pm | Green Party
"Communities deserve certainty and investment in our collective resilience and safety. That is what an adaptation framework is for, and it’s what the Greens are dedicated to continuing to work to make a reality," says Swarbrick. More >>
Transport Plan More Pipe Dream Than Pipeline
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 11:49 am | Green Party
Communities have lost the projects that were affordable and ready to go, and in exchange they get roads that exist only on paper. More >>
Green Party Calls On Parliament To Get On With Solar Loans Before Election
Wednesday, 8 July 2026, 11:58 am | Green Party
"Passing the scheme right now takes unnecessary point-scoring off the election table, locks in progress and puts solar panels on roofs sooner. We can then have the election contest over the things parties genuinely disagree on." More >>
Coromandel Communities Deserve Clean Water, Healthy Rivers And Thriving Oceans
Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 6:34 pm | Green Party
Grealey said protecting waterways is about far more than the environment alone. More >>
People And Nature First In Greens’ Rivers And Oceans Policy
Monday, 6 July 2026, 1:16 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has announced its policy programme ‘Drink Swim Fish’ which will deliver far reaching environmental change and protect human and ecological health from harm caused by corporate greed, Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson says. More >>
Kahu Carter Officially Launches Christchurch Central Campaign, Pledging Fearless Advocacy For Ōtautahi
Sunday, 5 July 2026, 7:36 pm | Green Party
Kahu is aiming to be the first Green Party electorate MP in Christchurch Central, after the success of the Green Party electorate campaigns in 2023 and 2020. More >>
Private Emails With Lobbyists In Luxon's Ministerial Offices Are Potentially A Systemic Problem
Wednesday, 1 July 2026, 1:44 pm | Green Party
“New Zealanders have the right to know who is influencing political decision making, and how,” says Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. More >>
Coromandel Deserves Conservation Laws That Put Nature First
Monday, 29 June 2026, 5:07 pm | Green Party
Our conservation estate was never intended to become a land bank for commercial interests. The purpose of the Conservation Act is to protect these places for future generations. More >>
Conservation Amendment Bill Needs To Start Again
Thursday, 25 June 2026, 3:04 pm | Green Party
"This Bill still rewrites the purpose of the Conservation Act so commercial development comes first and nature comes second. Removing these clauses does not change what this reform was designed to do," says Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson. More >>
Green Party Will Protect Public Conservation Land For Future Generations
Thursday, 25 June 2026, 10:36 am | Green Party
Nearly 50,000 people have signed our petition to protect conservation land, and polling shows 64 per cent of New Zealanders do not support selling it off. More >>
Greens Commit To Tax The Super-Rich And Large Corporates Fairly, Cut Income Tax For 96%
Sunday, 21 June 2026, 2:12 pm | Green Party
‘A tax system for all of us’ will increase net revenue by $5.15 billion in 2027/28, rising to $5.73 billion by 2030/31. More >>
Calls For Fisheries Amendment Bill To Be Dropped Completely
Thursday, 18 June 2026, 4:29 pm | Green Party
Fisheries Minister Shane Jones today confirmed he would delay the Bill until after the election. More >>
Homelessness At Historic Levels In New Zealand
Thursday, 18 June 2026, 2:05 pm | Green Party
“Homelessness continues to trend up in Wellington. This is upsetting because it is entirely preventable”, says Green Party housing spokesperson Tamatha Paul. More >>
