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Statement From Green Party Regarding Darleen Tana’s Removal From Parliament
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 11:36 am | Green Party
“Every single day, we have continued to fight for people and planet, and hold the Government to account on their cruel and destructive agenda. That mahi continues with the vigour our communities need and deserve.” More >>
Fast-Track, Off The Rails: Submitters Show Strong Opposition To Bill
Friday, 18 October 2024, 4:55 pm | Green Party
Among the amendments dismissed outright were those that would have upheld environmental protections, introduced Te Tiriti considerations, given the public an opportunity to be consulted and protected the rights of current consent holders. This is the ... More >>
Statement From Green Party Following SGM
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 8:55 pm | Green Party
From the outset, we have done all we can to navigate the situation in front of us with our values as the guiding star. I am proud of how we have held true to these throughout this process: Green Party Co-Leader Chlöe Swarbrick More >>
Soaring Benefit Sanctions Push More Into Poverty
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 11:11 am | Green Party
“This heartless Government has more than doubled benefit sanctions, stripping people of their dignity and ability to put food on the table,” says the Green Party’s spokesperson for Social Development and Employment, Ricardo Menéndez March. More >>
International Energy Agency Issues Wake-Up Call On Climate Action
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 11:08 am | Green Party
“Luxon’s decision to pour fossil fuel on the climate crisis fire actively undermines not only energy security and resilience, but a climate-safe future,” says Green Party Co-Leader and spokesperson for Climate Change Chlöe Swarbrick. More >>
CPI Figures Show Rents Continuing To Soar
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 12:24 pm | Green Party
“Housing is a human right, but this Government is treating it like a game of Monopoly,” says the Green Party’s Housing spokesperson, Tamatha Paul. More >>
Statement From Green Party On Upcoming SGM
Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 11:35 am | Green Party
We have received notice that Darleen Tana is appealing the High Court ruling from the 20th of September. This does not affect our party’s plans to hold a Special General Meeting this Thursday. More >>
Govt’s Shameful Backtrack On Marine Conservation
Sunday, 13 October 2024, 2:17 pm | Green Party
To exempt commercial fishing from the provisions in the Hauraki Gulf Protection Bill means the Government is prepared to allow stocks of various fish and marine species to tip over the edge into extinction. More >>
Significant Step Forward For Pasifika Justice In Aotearoa
Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 5:57 pm | Green Party
“My Member’s Bill will restore the right to citizenship for people from Western Samoa who were born between 1924 and 1949, fixing a cruel and targeted law rushed through by the Government in 1982 to deny New Zealand citizenship to Samoans," says ... More >>
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 >>
