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Green Party Supports Allied Health Workers
Friday, 4 March 2022, 9:31 am | Green Party
The Green Party supports the 10,000 allied health workers who were due to strike today and calls on DHBs to do the right thing and make a decent pay offer. “A strong public health system depends on the wellbeing of its health care workers, who must ... More >>
Questions To Govt Reveal Urgent Need For Rental WOF And Register
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 12:52 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is renewing its calls for a Warrant of Fitness for rental homes and a register of landlords and property managers after revelations the Government doesn’t track compliance with the Healthy Homes Standards. Renters spokesperson ... More >>
Green Party Calls For ‘test To Stay’ In Schools, Free RATs For All
Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 3:10 pm | Green Party
The Green party is calling for “test to stay” in schools and early childhood education, and free Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) for all to protect vulnerable communities. “Hundreds of our schools now have active COVID cases, and with close contacts no ... More >>
Greens Support Resettlement And Support For Ukrainian Refugees
Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 12:06 pm | Green Party
The Green Party urges the Government to offer to resettle and support Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russian violence and persecution. “Aotearoa New Zealand’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine must focus first and foremost on what we can do ... More >>
Protect At-risk Communities As Borders Open
Monday, 28 February 2022, 4:46 pm | Green Party
Border changes announced today underscores the need for the Government to step-up protections for the most at-risk communities. “Our pandemic story is one of collective action, of coming together for the good of everyone, of manaakitanga,” says Dr ... More >>
Greens Call On Government To Be A Mediator For Peace In Ukraine
Thursday, 24 February 2022, 8:37 pm | Green Party
“Our first thoughts are with the people of Ukraine and their families, as well as the political activists, journalists, human rights defenders and Rainbow community members who dedicate their lives working to build a peaceful and inclusive future ... More >>
Liveable Incomes Still Desperately Needed
Thursday, 24 February 2022, 1:49 pm | Green Party
Today’s child poverty statistics show family incomes are not high enough, and the Government must do more if it really wants to end child poverty. “Our tamariki deserve to have enough to get by, food on the table, a warm, dry, affordable home ... More >>
Greens Win Support For Our Cities’ Cultural Infrastructure
Monday, 21 February 2022, 3:16 pm | Green Party
The Greens welcome targeted support for music venues, bars, cafes, theatres and the people who bring them alive, as announced by the Minister of Finance today. Last week, Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick delivered an open letter co-signed by ... More >>
Greens Call For Further Benefit Lift As Part Of COVID-19 Response
Monday, 21 February 2022, 11:28 am | Green Party
Ending poverty should be part of our public health response, says the Greens today in support of a report from Child Poverty Action Group . “Food banks are not the answer for families struggling to make ends meet. The Government must further lift ... More >>
Green Party Win Will Help Reduce Transport Emissions
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 4:56 pm | Green Party
“Today we have taken an important step towards ensure people have more clean and green ways of getting around,” says Ricardo Menéndez March, Green spokesperson for Transport. The Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment legislation has passed ... More >>
It’s Time For A Ministry For Rainbow Communities, Say Greens
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 11:05 am | Green Party
The Green Party has launched a petition calling on the Government to create a Ministry for Rainbow Communities. “We envision an Aotearoa where the diversity of Rainbow people is celebrated and our rights upheld. A Ministry for Rainbow Communities would ... More >>
Golriz Ghahraman To Become First NZ MP To Speak Against Persecution Of Julian Assange, At Historic Belmarsh Tribunal
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 1:24 pm | Green Party
Green MP Golriz Gharahman, is joining an expert panel of civil rights speakers to oppose the persecution of jailed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The Belmarsh Tribunal (NYC, Feb 25th) will put the war criminals on trial instead of the journalist who ... More >>
Urgently Increase Public Housing Now
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 11:27 am | Green Party
Urgently increasing the supply of state and papakāinga housing now will address what the Salvation Army calls a housing ‘catastrophe’. “We support the calls from the Salvation Army for an urgent increase to the supply of housing to ensure ... More >>
Renters Can’t Live In A Discussion Document
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 10:34 am | Green Party
The Greens welcome today’s Property Manager Regulatory Options Discussion Document, but say it’s time to fix the basics and implement a landlord and property manager register. “While today’s discussion document is a concrete proposal of Government ... More >>
Greens Celebrate Historic Day For Rainbow Communities
Tuesday, 15 February 2022, 9:39 pm | Green Party
The Greens are celebrating conversion practices finally being banned in Aotearoa New Zealand, following the third reading of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill tonight. “Today is an historic day in Aotearoa. It is the day where ... More >>
Personal Stories Of Birth Injuries Delivered To ACC Minister
Friday, 11 February 2022, 10:44 am | Green Party
Trigger warning: this mentions traumatic births and birth injuries Each one of the more than 900 personal stories collected by the Green Party and shared with Minister Sepuloni today make clear why the Government must guarantee coverage of all birth ... More >>
The Time To Protect Our Oceans Is Now
Wednesday, 9 February 2022, 1:12 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to support a strong global treaty at the United Nations to protect our oceans, as Greenpeace hands over a 60,000 signature petition at Parliament today. “Oceans are the lifeblood of our planet, and if they ... More >>
Return Private Land To Māori, Say Greens
Monday, 7 February 2022, 5:43 pm | Green Party
The Green Party’s Te Mātāwaka caucus has released Hoki Whenua Mai - a discussion document outlining what the Crown should do to redress the on-going injustices of the Treaty settlement process. “Returning land to tangata whenua is the right thing ... More >>
Marama Davidson Waitangi Day Speech
Sunday, 6 February 2022, 3:02 pm | Green Party
E ngā tini mate o tēnā whānau, o tēnā marae, o tēnā hapū puta noa. Ngā mate kua hipa atu, i tērā wiki, i tērā marama, i ngā tau, haere, haere, okioki atu rā. Haere atu rā ki tua i te ārai, ki Hawaiki nui, Hawaiki roa, Hawaiki pāmamao. ... More >>
Open Border In A Safe And Equitable Way
Thursday, 3 February 2022, 12:21 pm | Green Party
Now the Government has decided on a date to reopen the border, the Green Party says additional steps should be taken to keep everyone safe. “As we reconnect Aotearoa with the rest of the world, the priority must always been on the wellbeing of whānau ... More >>
