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Fair Pay Agreements Huge Step Towards Fairer Future
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 6:38 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is celebrating a landmark change in the law that will ensure more people are paid what they deserve. “The Green Party has long supported fair pay agreements so more New Zealanders are paid fairly for the work they do. Today is ... More >>
Green Pressure Helps Keep Check On Commercial Fishing
Tuesday, 25 October 2022, 4:27 pm | Green Party
Thanks to political pressure from the Green Party, environmental NGOs and recreational fishers, the Government has changed plans that would have baked into law rules that shut out the public from important fisheries decisions. “Green Party pressure has ... More >>
Greens Call For Sanctions On Iranian Regime
Saturday, 22 October 2022, 1:58 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for Aotearoa New Zealand to follow the EU, UK, and Canada by imposing sanctions and restrictions on the organisations and people responsible for ongoing human rights abuses in Iran. “We in Aotearoa can support and help protect ... More >>
Groundhog Day For Pay Transparency
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 11:55 am | Green Party
Labour is asking for the exact same advice on pay transparency that a Green Minister first asked for five years ago. “It must be pay transparency Groundhog Day in the Beehive. Rather than doing the same work, based on the same research, which will ... More >>
Benefit Stats Show Urgent Need To Wipe Work And Income Debt
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 11:38 am | Green Party
The Government needs to clear the debt that MSD has forced hundreds of thousands of low income people to take on and immediately lift benefits, says the Green Party. “Fixing poverty is a political choice. Right now tens of thousands of families ... More >>
Welfare Support Must Keep Pace With Inflation
Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 11:46 am | Green Party
The tools exist to lift every family out of poverty – and as costs continue to rise it is more urgent than ever that we use them, the Green Party says. Speaking on Morning Report today, the Minister of Finance acknowledged that benefit payments ... More >>
Lasting Public Health Measures Needed For COVID Response Ahead Of Future Waves
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 12:12 pm | Green Party
Winding down COVID powers does nothing to change the fact that stronger public health measures are needed to protect our immunocompromised and disabled whānau. “The recent removal of longstanding protections has been of major concern for public health ... More >>
Redesign The Tax System To Work For Everyone
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 11:57 am | Green Party
The high rate of inflation continues to show why we must design a fairer tax system that addresses inequality, the Green Party says. “Inflation impacts everyone – but not equally. We urgently need to redesign the tax system to provide strong public ... More >>
Urgent Support Needed To Help People Eat
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 11:19 am | Green Party
As another month goes by with record high food prices, the Government needs to urgently increase support for people struggling to put food on the table. Data released today from Stats NZ shows that food prices remain at a record high. “The Green Party ... More >>
Govt Failing Our Oceans
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 10:59 am | Green Party
Government progress to protect the health of our oceans is unacceptably slow, the Green Party says. Our Marine Environment 2022 released today shows how ocean health is deteriorating as a result of plastic pollution, climate change and dirty fishing ... More >>
Minister Hipkins Way Off The Mark On Unlawful Police Action
Wednesday, 12 October 2022, 4:05 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on Minister Hipkins to address the underlying causes of crime, rather than to allow for abusive, American-style policing which makes our communities less safe. “Tough on crime rhetoric that justifies abusive policing ... More >>
Pacific People Need Immediate Action To Boost Pay
Wednesday, 12 October 2022, 3:51 pm | Green Party
The Government should ensure the Fair Pay Agreements Bill is passed as soon as possible, immediately introduce pay transparency legislation and raise the minimum wage to the same level as the living wage, the Green Party says. The Green Party says these ... More >>
Unacceptable Immigration Policy Makes Income A Barrier To Families Being Together
Wednesday, 12 October 2022, 12:50 pm | Green Party
It is unacceptable for the Government to prioritise family reunification for high income earners, while forcing those on lower incomes to stay apart, the Green Party says. “The Green Party is calling for an end to the Government’s blatantly unfair ... More >>
Space For Peace
Wednesday, 12 October 2022, 11:51 am | Green Party
Private companies must be stopped from launching rockets on behalf of foreign militaries into space, the Green Party says. “Weaponising space is not in our national interest and goes against our international commitments to ensuring peace in space. The Government ... More >>
Redesign Tax To Work For Everyone
Wednesday, 12 October 2022, 10:03 am | Green Party
Evidence showing that Aotearoa has one of the worst tax systems in the world for reducing inequality demands urgent action, the Green Party says. According to new research from Oxfam International , the tax system in Aotearoa New Zealand designed ... More >>
No More Biden Time On Cannabis Decriminalisation
Friday, 7 October 2022, 11:55 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to follow President Joe Biden’s lead and decriminalise cannabis. “Over 120,000 New Zealanders have been prosecuted for cannabis possession or use since 1980. More than 80% of New Zealanders have used ... More >>
Child Poverty Report Shows Need For Urgent Action
Friday, 7 October 2022, 10:25 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to immediately step up and provide families on the lowest incomes the support they need to thrive, the Green Party says. MSD’s Child Poverty Report 2022 out today makes for sobering reading. More than ... More >>
Report Shows Reducing Actual Farming Emissions Vital
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 1:43 pm | Green Party
Evidence shows that relying on offsets to reduce agriculture’s impact on the climate will not work, the Green Party says. “We cannot plant our way out of the climate crisis. The only option is to support farmers to change on-farm practices, including ... More >>
Greens Back Uni Strikes And Call On Hipkins To Bring Sector To The Table
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 11:55 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Minister of Education to bring the tertiary education sector together so we can urgently improve the pay and condition of university staff. “People who work at our universities contribute so much to our communities; teaching ... More >>
Time To Ditch Your Tax Plans, Mr. Luxon
Wednesday, 5 October 2022, 2:11 pm | Green Party
The Conservative Party in the UK has ditched its inflationary tax cuts, and the National Party should do the same. The Reserve Bank has increased the Official Cash Rate today by 50 basis points to 3.5% in an effort to slow inflation. “Cutting ... More >>
