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Green Party Condemns The Passage Of Treaty Principles Bill
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 5:17 pm | Green Party
“Today a majority of powerful people prioritised cynical politics, fanning the flame of a culture war, over the truth and the needs of our nation,” says Green Co-Leader, Chlöe Swarbrick. More >>
Fast Track Bill Threatens Environment, Climate And Reputation
Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 9:11 pm | Green Party
This Bill in its current form would push our climate targets even further out of reach while threatening the progress we have made so far. More >>
Greens Join King’s Counsel In Calling For Treaty Principles Bill To Be Abandoned
Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 9:07 pm | Green Party
Aotearoa as we know it was built on Te Tiriti. Te Tiriti affirms the rights of Māori to continue to care for their people and their taonga. It provides the foundations for an enduring relationship between tangata whenua and tangata Tiriti. It is a blueprint ... More >>
Green Party Stands In Support Of Survivors Of Abuse In Care
Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 11:58 am | Green Party
The Green Party believes that today’s apology must be more than a statement. It must be a genuine commitment to change. The survivors’ brave testimonies should be followed by justice and healing - we owe that to the 250,000 people affected. More >>
Green Party Calls For Conscience Vote On Treaty Principles Bill
Monday, 11 November 2024, 3:32 pm | Green Party
“Tens of thousands are mobilising across the country against a divisive waste of time cooked up in secret by three men,” says Green Co-Leader, Chlöe Swarbrick. More >>
Govt Move To Exclude Journalist Risks Chilling Effect
Monday, 11 November 2024, 1:33 pm | Green Party
“When a journalist is barred from doing their job, just because they asked the Prime Minister difficult questions, it sets a dangerous precedent,” says the Green Party’s Media and Communications spokesperson Hūhana Lyndon. More >>
Without Action, An Apology Will Be Empty Air
Monday, 11 November 2024, 1:29 pm | Green Party
“An apology without accountability - or worse, actively perpetuating the same harms - is nothing more than empty air" says the Green Party’s Spokesperson for Children, Kahurangi Carter. More >>
Urgent Wake-up Call On Climate
Friday, 8 November 2024, 12:55 pm | Green Party
An approach which takes a high level of ambition towards reducing our domestic emissions is not only more equitable, but it would open up billions of dollars in clean energy investments, and directly benefit New Zealanders. More >>
Green MP’s Meme-ber’s Bill Set To Save The World
Friday, 8 November 2024, 10:04 am | Green Party
“This Bill is designed to provide space for creators, artists, commentators, and everyday Kiwis to poke a little fun without breaking the law – or the bank." More >>
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 >>
