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Greens Back Pay Transparency Open Letter
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 12:21 pm | Green Party
The Green Party supports immediate Government action to close the pay gap as called for in an open letter released today by the Human Rights Commission and 50 other organisations. “Pay transparency legislation will change people’s lives for the ... More >>
Continued Strikes Show Need For Bold Action
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 10:45 am | Green Party
The Green Party backs the demands of thousands of secondary and area school teachers striking today. “The wellbeing of our teachers is the wellbeing of our tamariki. The Green Party is calling on the Minister of Finance to prioritise our teachers ... More >>
Greens Welcome Waste Strategy Release And Work
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 9:53 am | Green Party
The Green Party is today welcoming the release of the Government’s waste strategy, but says it has a big gap without action on the container return scheme for beverage containers. “We need to reduce plastic pollution urgently and avoid waste going ... More >>
Statement From Marama Davidson
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 7:15 pm | Green Party
On Saturday morning, I was hit by a motorcyclist who struck me at a pedestrian crossing. The person who hit me was part of a convoy of motorcyclists. A short time after the incident, I was confronted by a representative from the far-right and conspiracy ... More >>
Greens Call For Government To Close Oil And Gas Loophole
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 4:38 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is disappointed in news that NZ Petroleum and Minerals has just granted an offshore oil and gas exploration permit to Greymouth Petroleum. “We must stop oil and gas exploration once and for all. The Government needs to close ... More >>
Mass Arrivals Legislation A Breach Of NZ’s Values
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 4:34 pm | Green Party
The Government’s decision to introduce ‘mass arrivals’ legislation goes against the values we all share of Aotearoa as a place where all people are treated fairly, the Green Party says. “It is a human right for people escaping harm to arrive at ... More >>
Green Party Announces Disability Advocate Neelu Jennings As The Candidate For The Hutt South Electorate
Monday, 27 March 2023, 9:50 am | Green Party
The Green Party has announced Neelu Jennings as the candidate for Hutt South. Neelu Jennings is a disabled disability advocate and former athlete. The mother of two aims to use her platform to call for a fair and inclusive Aotearoa where disabled ... More >>
Green Party Statement On Events At Auckland Protest
Saturday, 25 March 2023, 2:19 pm | Green Party
Statement from Green Party Co-leader James Shaw: The Green Party stands with our trans and non-binary whānau. Aotearoa should be a place where everyone can live their lives without fear of hate or discrimination. Following a public rally in support ... More >>
Green Party Announces Benjamin Doyle As Candidate For Hamilton West
Friday, 24 March 2023, 9:57 am | Green Party
The Green Party has announced Benjamin Doyle (they/he/ia) (Ngāpuhi / Pākehā) as their candidate for Hamilton West in this years’ general election. Benjamin has spent nine years in education as a high school teacher, in both Tāmaki Makaurau ... More >>
National’s Education Policy Gets An F
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 1:18 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has marked the National Party’s new education policy and given it a fail, especially for its failure to address the underlying drivers of school performance. “Our education system should give our tamariki the best possible start ... More >>
Child Poverty Stats Show Need For Action
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 11:13 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to immediately provide more support to families doing it toughest. Statistics released today by Stats NZ show the situation has not improved and that progress to lift children out of poverty is far too slow. ... More >>
Greens Ask Auckland MPs Across Party Lines To Speak Up On Council Budget Proposals
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 6:33 am | Green Party
Auckland Central Green MP, Chlöe Swarbrick, has written to all Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland based Members of Parliament requesting their urgent attention to Auckland Council’s unprecedented slash-and-burn proposals. “Tāmaki Makaurau is staring ... More >>
Green Party Announces Environmental Lawyer Teall Crossen As Candidate For The Nelson Electorate
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 6:21 am | Green Party
The Green Party is announcing Teall Crossen as their candidate for the Nelson Whakatū electorate. Teall is an environmental barrister and activist with two decades of experience advocating for the rights of people and nature in the Courts in Aotearoa, ... More >>
IPCC Report Shows 2023 Is A ‘Now Or Never’ Climate Election
Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 6:46 am | Green Party
“This is it; 2023 will be the last opportunity New Zealand has to get a government that will confront the climate emergency with the urgency it demands,” says the Green Party’s co-leader and climate change spokesperson, James Shaw. Speaking after ... More >>
Green Party Co-leader James Shaw's State Of The Planet Speech, 2023
Monday, 20 March 2023, 9:52 am | Green Party
Ata mārie ki a tātou katoa. Good morning. You will never truly understand, from the pictures you’ve seen in the newspapers or on the six o-clock news, the sheer scale of the devastation wrought by Cyclone Gabrielle. Two weeks ago, Marama and ... More >>
Greens Call Time On Slow Progress
Sunday, 19 March 2023, 2:10 pm | Green Party
Political parties that want to negotiate with the Green Party after the election must come to the table with much faster, bolder climate action, co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson emphasised in their State of the Planet speech today. “Make ... More >>
Green Party Announces Gina Dao-McLay As Candidate For Mana Electorate
Friday, 17 March 2023, 9:37 am | Green Party
The Green Party is proud to announce Gina Dao-McLay as their candidate for Mana. Gina is a queer young person living in Porirua, the Co-Convenor of the nationwide Young Greens network and the former Co-Director of Make It 16 , the campaign to lower ... More >>
Greens Back Teachers’ Demands
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 6:25 am | Green Party
The Green Party backs the demands of the teachers’ strikers. “The wellbeing of our teachers is the wellbeing of our tamariki. The Green Party is calling on the Government to prioritise our teachers and address the many issues the sector faces” ... More >>
Greens Will Waste No Time With Minister For Zero Waste
Wednesday, 15 March 2023, 9:31 am | Green Party
The error Labour Ministers made by stopping work on a beverage container return scheme will be reversed by the Greens at the earliest opportunity as part of the next Government. The Greens will seek to have a Minister for Zero Waste in the next ... More >>
Greens Secure Win For Clean Transport
Tuesday, 14 March 2023, 4:33 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has made it easier for commuters to access e-bikes thanks to an amendment to tax rules. “This is a huge Green win that we have been pushing for many years. It will finally rebalance the tax law to make it easier for people to ... More >>
