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Inequality, child poverty plateau under National
Monday, 16 August 2010, 2:43 pm | Green Party
The latest Household Incomes in New Zealand report shows the gap between rich and poor has plateaued since John Key’s Government came into office, the Green Party said today. More >>
Floods show need for climate change preparation
Monday, 16 August 2010, 11:01 am | Green Party
In light of flooding worldwide, including here in the Bay of Plenty, the Green Party is calling on the central government to provide greater leadership on adapting to climate change induced weather events through a National Policy Statement on climate ... More >>
Independent review of ACC changes needed
Thursday, 12 August 2010, 12:34 pm | Green Party
The urgent u-turn on sexual abuse counselling strongly suggests that all changes ACC has made to its cover, entitlements, and assessment criteria need to be independently reviewed, the Green Party said today. More >>
PPPs Privatisation In Disguise
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 4:15 pm | Green Party
The Key Government’s plan to give private industry a stake in the ownership of new public assets is simply privatisation in disguise, said Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei today. More >>
Support Foster Parents And Single Parents
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 4:12 pm | Green Party
Extra support for foster parents is the right attitude, and one John Key’s Government could extend to single parents, the Green Party said today. More >>
Porter Ski Area Land Swap Unconscionable
Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 2:20 pm | Green Party
A proposal to give 200 hectares of high country conservation land to a private Australian company to expand their ski area shows how the Minister of Conservation’s priorities are compromising the public conservation estate for business purposes. More >>
Time for NZ to have proper Made in NZ definition
Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 10:00 am | Green Party
New Zealand needs a clear, easily understood, and legal definition of the term ‘Made in New Zealand’, Green Party Consumer Affairs spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
More public information needed on MMP referendum
Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 9:54 am | Green Party
There is an urgent need for more information to be available to the public on the MMP referendum so that people can engage in the debate about the electoral system, said the Green Party today. More >>
Invest in jobs and wages, not beneficiary bashing
Monday, 9 August 2010, 10:51 am | Green Party
Investment in real job creation and a living wage for everyone is what’s needed instead of hand-ringing about ‘long-term welfare dependency’ and trying to force people off benefits into scarce, low-paid work, the Green Party said today. More >>
Minister must listen to health sector not bullying
Monday, 9 August 2010, 10:50 am | Green Party
Tony Ryall’s call for cuts at Wellington DHB, despite the CE’s resignation because further cuts will damage health services, shows his contempt for advice from the health sector, the Green Party said today. More >>
Government needs to retain role in state housing
Friday, 6 August 2010, 1:44 pm | Green Party
John Key’s Government needs to invest in state housing not divest itself of a role in looking after our most vulnerable citizens, said the Green Party today. More >>
Greens launch judges' pecuniary interests register
Friday, 6 August 2010, 10:48 am | Green Party
The Green Party has launched a member’s bill to set up a pecuniary interest register for judges. More >>
DHBs have no more fat to cut
Friday, 6 August 2010, 10:32 am | Green Party
Statements made by outgoing Capital and Coast DHB Chief Executive Ken Whelan show that frontline health services are being cut, the Green Party said today. More >>
Sow crates could be in our past with Green Bill
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 4:00 pm | Green Party
Sow crates could soon be a thing of the past if Parliament bands together to support the Green Party’s Animal Welfare Amendment Bill, Green Party animal welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More >>
Disability Commissioner Bill pulled from ballot
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 3:35 pm | Green Party
Green Party disability spokesperson Catherine Delahunty’s Human Rights (Disability Commissioner) Amendment Bill was pulled from the Members Ballot today. More >>
Dramatic irrigation expansion defies science
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 2:57 pm | Green Party
The Government’s plan to subsidise massive irrigation schemes in places like Canterbury flies in the face of science, the Green Party said today. More >>
Unemployment stats show folly of 'future focus'
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 12:44 pm | Green Party
Unemployment figures in the Household Labour Force Survey released today demonstrate how inappropriate the Government’s planned ‘future focus’ welfare reforms are, the Green Party said today. More >>
Another F for Joyce
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 9:49 am | Green Party
Todays decision to link tertiary education funding to performance is another big fail from the Minister of Tertiary Education, the Green Party said today. More >>
Crafar farm sale offers once-in-a-lifetime chance
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 2:31 pm | Green Party
The sale of the Crafar farms in the Waikato offer New Zealanders a window of opportunity to reconnect the Pureora forest and create a Tōtara National Park, the Green Party said today. More >>
Gender pay gap increases
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 2:15 pm | Green Party
The latest Quarterly Employment Survey shows the average pay gap between men and women has widened in the last quarter to 12.81 percent, the Green Party said today. More >>
