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PM forced to admit GCSB can read NZers’ inbox

Friday, 16 August 2013, 10:44 am | Green Party

John Key has been forced to admit that the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) Bill does allow his spy agency to read the content of emails and other electronic communications, the Green Party said today. More >>

Congestion shows rail, public transport must be priority

Friday, 16 August 2013, 10:27 am | Green Party

New figures from Auckland Transport show congestion is easing in the city as people drive less and use public transport more, meaning the National Government's billion dollar motorways should not be the priority, Green Party transport spokesperson Julie ... More >>

Ranfurly strike sign of more to come

Thursday, 15 August 2013, 3:04 pm | Green Party

The Green Party warns that a caregivers strike at Ranfurly Veterans Home is an indicator of more to come when the Employment Relations Act Amendment Bill is passed and workers find employment conditions are being stripped away. More >>

Central Government responsibility for rating issues

Thursday, 15 August 2013, 12:54 pm | Green Party

Instead of taking a hammer to local government through its sweeping changes to the Local Government Act, National should fix the basics by improving capacity and ensuring councils implement existing legislation properly, the Green Party said today. More >>

Treasury question Reserve Bank’s governance structure

Thursday, 15 August 2013, 9:25 am | Green Party

New information released by the Green Party today shows that Treasury has recommended a review of the Reserve Bank’s governance structure. More >>

Iwi oversight needed for Maori child removals

Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 2:31 pm | Green Party

The Green Party wants extra iwi oversight over new permanent out of family placements for Maori children who are three times as likely to be removed from their families as non-Maori. More >>

Record bank profitability causing long-term damage

Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 12:53 pm | Green Party

ASB Bank’s record profit announcement today highlights the long term harm excess profitability and high foreign ownership is doing to the New Zealand economy, the Green Party said today. More >>

Public silenced on oil well consents

Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 3:04 pm | Green Party

The Gisborne District Council is wrong to deny residents a say on the first proposed oil well in the district, the Green Party said today. “An international corporation should not be allowed to apply for consents to drill an oil well on the East Coast ... More >>

Government ignoring poverty, again

Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 1:15 pm | Green Party

It remains to be seen if announcements today will better protect children, but the National Government is forgoing an opportunity to really help kids by ignoring the elephant in the room, which is poverty, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei says. More >>

Meridian’s profits highlight case against asset sales

Monday, 12 August 2013, 12:22 pm | Green Party

Meridian Energy’s $295 million annual profit highlights the economic ineptitude of National’s asset sales programme and the need to reform the electricity market, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>

National’s housing policy just poly filler

Sunday, 11 August 2013, 2:50 pm | Green Party

11 August 2013 National’s housing policy just poly filler in face of crisis National’s just released housing policy throws a bit of money at first home buyers but does nothing to address New Zealand’s wider housing affordability crisis, the Green ... More >>

RMA changes risk further damage to NZ’s reputation

Saturday, 10 August 2013, 12:27 pm | Green Party

National’s push to weaken our environmental laws while the world is watching our response to the botulism scare is economic sabotage, the Green Party said today. More >>

National sets poor example for women leadership roles

Friday, 9 August 2013, 11:45 am | Green Party

9 August 2013 National sets poor example for women leadership roles The number of women on state appointed boards has declined under this National Government, the Green Party said today. The Ministry of Women’s Affairs today released their latest ... More >>

NZ Govt must send message to Russia over discriminatory laws

Thursday, 8 August 2013, 1:03 pm | Green Party

The Government needs to support gay New Zealand Olympian Blake Skjellerup and call for the repeal of homophobic laws ahead of the Winter Olympics in Russia, said Green Party rainbow spokesperson Jan Logie. More >>

Govt breaks promise on independent environment reporting

Thursday, 8 August 2013, 12:29 pm | Green Party

The Green Party is worried about politicisation of the state of the environment reporting announced today because the reporting will be done by the Ministry for the Environment rather than independently by Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE), ... More >>