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Greens Support Call For Divestment From Illegal Israeli Settlements
Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 12:00 pm | Green Party
“How we spend our money counts - the Government must ensure that our country does not assist, or profit from, crimes against humanity,” says the Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Teanau Tuiono. More >>
Trojan Horse Approach To Fast-track Projects Threatens Environment
Sunday, 6 October 2024, 4:34 pm | Green Party
What we see in this list is a number of projects that will have long-lasting and potentially irreversible impacts on the environment. Talk of renewable energy and housing are nothing more than a smokescreen to the environmental vandalism this is ... More >>
Work To Do On Climate Adaptation
Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 10:24 am | Green Party
“Climate change is here. We must both mitigate further climate changing emissions and we must adapt. Good policy does both,” says Green Party Co-Leader and spokesperson for Climate Change, Chlöe Swarbrick. More >>
End Of Free RAT Tests Means More Exposure To Virus
Monday, 30 September 2024, 2:44 pm | Green Party
“We cannot afford to become complacent with Covid, testing is a tool that should remain accessible to all,” says the Green Party’s Health spokesperson, Hūhana Lyndon. More >>
Raising Speed Limits Will Cost Our Communities
Saturday, 28 September 2024, 1:58 pm | Green Party
Simeon Brown is dangerously uninformed, and is going against public opinion, expert advice, and even the coalition agreement to reverse speed limit reductions ‘where it safe to do so. More >>
Greens Stand In Solidarity With Buller Community
Saturday, 28 September 2024, 1:11 pm | Green Party
Buller deserves better. It’s nothing short of a crisis when staffing shortages at the local hospital, which has barely been open a year, result in it having to be closed for a month. More >>
Govt Set To Break Promise On Dunedin Hospital
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 1:48 pm | Green Party
“Failing to build the hospital to what was promised would be a complete betrayal and an utter kick in the guts for Dunedin,” says Dunedin-based Green Party MP Scott Willis. More >>
Landlord Govt Finds New Way To Undermine Public Housing
Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 4:22 pm | Green Party
The current Government has shown little interest or ambition in building public housing. Kāinga Ora has been clear that these cuts are a result of them planning to build less housing at a time where more than 20,000 people across the country are waiting ... More >>
NZ Must Urgently Help Whanau In Lebanon
Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 12:30 pm | Green Party
“The crisis in Lebanon is deepening by the day. We must act and evacuate our Lebanese whanau out of harm’s way,” says the Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Teanau Tuiono. More >>
Green Government Will Revoke Oil And Gas Permits
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 4:11 pm | Green Party
“A Green Government will reinstate the oil and gas ban and revoke any permits granted under the current regime and their obsession with pouring oil, coal and gas on the climate crisis fire,” says Green Party Co-Leader and spokesperson for Climate Change, ... More >>
Government Introduces Controversial MACA Legislation
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 4:03 pm | Green Party
“This legislation is not fit for Parliament and represents an outright assault on the rights of iwi and hapū, disregarding the founding agreement Aotearoa was built upon,” says the Green Party’s spokesperson for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, ... More >>
Green Party Reschedules Special General Meeting
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 12:46 pm | Green Party
This Special General Meeting will discuss the potential use of provisions in the Electoral Act, informally known as the party-hopping law, in the case of Darleen Tana. More >>
Govt Undermines Public Service With WFH Crackdown
Monday, 23 September 2024, 5:28 pm | Green Party
Our public service needs to be supported so it can support our communities. Undermining our public servants at every opportunity will only lead to an erosion of the services we all rely on. More >>
Statement From Green Party Following Court Ruling
Friday, 20 September 2024, 4:51 pm | Green Party
As we have just received today’s judgment, we will take the appropriate time to take advice and consider next steps. We will have more to say in due course: Green Party Co-Leader Chlöe Swarbrick. More >>
Economic Decline Further Cause For Tax Transformation
Thursday, 19 September 2024, 12:07 pm | Green Party
Luxon’s Government has chosen to double down on trickle down tax cuts which disproportionately benefit the wealthiest by siphoning resources from those who need it and the creaking infrastructure all of us rely on. More >>
Govt Must Act To Avoid The Worst Of NIWA’s Climate Projections
Wednesday, 18 September 2024, 3:23 pm | Green Party
“We cannot ignore inconvenient truths. We’re talking about the hard scientific fundamentals necessary for life on earth as we know it. This can and must be yet another wake-up call to meet the climate crisis with the scale of transformative ... More >>
Govt Already Seeking Advice On Treaty Referendum
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:30 am | Green Party
Te Tiriti o Waitangi is the enduring heartbeat of Aotearoa and not something that can be erased by way of referendum. As our founding document, it establishes a blueprint for a relationship between Tangata Whenua and Tangata Tiriti. More >>
Job Losses From Mill Closures Linked To Govt Inaction
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:19 am | Green Party
Job losses from pulp mill closures in Ruapehu District highlight government inaction on energy market flaws, prompting criticism from the Green Party for failing to prioritise sustainable solutions. More >>
Greens Call On Treaty Principles Bill To Be Abandoned After Letter From Christian Leaders
Monday, 16 September 2024, 1:59 am | Green Party
The Green Party urges the Prime Minister to reject the controversial Treaty Principles Bill after a letter from over 400 Christian leaders condemns it for distorting Te Tiriti o Waitangi. More >>
Vast Majority Of Councils Support Māori Wards
Monday, 16 September 2024, 1:50 am | Green Party
Local government knows first-hand the value of Māori wards which allow councils to more adequately and accurately represent our often under-represented and under-served Māori. More >>
