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Greens Welcome Auckland Walking And Cycling Bridge, Call For More Climate Focus
Friday, 4 June 2021, 9:48 am | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming the Government’s renewed commitment to safe walking and cycling across the Waitemata Harbour, but warning that new highway investment puts our response to the climate change emergency at risk. “Rebalancing the NZ ... More >>
Greens Call For Facebook To Be Held Accountable For Role In Spreading Disinformation
Thursday, 3 June 2021, 9:16 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to hold Facebook accountable for its role in enabling behaviour which threatens democracy, by strongly regulating data privacy and the spread of dangerous disinformation. “Facebook has admitted it enables ... More >>
Greens Call For More Protection Of Native Whitebait Species At Risk Of Extinction
Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 10:09 am | Green Party
The Green Party are pleased to see new whitebaiting measures, announced today, to establish a more consistent management regime across the country, but we must go further, faster, to protect our native taonga. “Whitebait are taonga to iwi, and ... More >>
Greens’ Māori Caucus Te Mātāwaka Call For Matariki Ahunga Nui To Be Expanded In School Curriculum
Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 7:03 am | Green Party
The Green Party are calling for an expansion of the current school curriculum on Matariki, so that a deeper understanding of how it relates to managing and harvesting food is explored. This push comes at the start of the Matariki season, the final ... More >>
Green Party Launches Petition For Publicly-owned Public Transport
Tuesday, 1 June 2021, 9:33 am | Green Party
The Green Party is launching a petition calling on the Government to remove legislative barriers to public ownership of our public transport depots, vehicles and services. “Public transport is an essential service, and it makes sense for it to be publicly ... More >>
Greens Urge Government To Stick To No New Mines Commitment In Stewardship Land Review And Reclassification
Saturday, 29 May 2021, 6:16 am | Green Party
The Green Party is urging the Government to stick with its 2017 commitment to no new mines on public conservation land, as the Government speeds up the review and reclassification process for stewardship land, which comprises a third of the public ... More >>
The Green Party’s Te Mātāwaka Welcomes The Wellbeing Budget 2021
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 2:43 pm | Green Party
Today the Green Party’s Te Mātāwaka (Māori and Pasifika) caucus supported the 2021 Budget, acknowledging the investment in Māori health, Māori housing, Māori education, Māori media, Māori tourism and the prevention of family and sexual violence. More >>
Green Party Supports Budget 2021 Which Will Help Those In Poverty
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 2:04 pm | Green Party
The Green Party supports the 2021 Budget which increases income support for New Zealanders living in poverty, and we’ll continue to push for a long term commitment to lift all New Zealanders out of poverty. The Budget also invests over $2.1 billion ... More >>
Green Party Tables Motion To Recognise Palestinian Statehood
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 1:10 pm | Green Party
The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand has tabled a motion in the house to recognise and support the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and statehood through a two-state solution. Green Party Foreign Affairs and Human Rights spokesperson ... More >>
Green Party Tables 26,000 Signatures Against Public Sector Wage Squeeze
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 12:31 pm | Green Party
In Parliament today, the Green Party is tabling a petition of more than 26,000 signatures against the Government’s plans to suppress public sector wages. “Our public sector workers helped keep us safe, taught our kids, and tended to our natural spaces all ... More >>
Greens Call On Labour To Urgently Support Members Bill To Protect The Human Rights Of Rainbow Communities
Monday, 17 May 2021, 8:25 am | Green Party
The Green Party spokesperson for Rainbow Communities Dr Elizabeth Kerekere is calling for the Labour Party to support her members bill to protect the rights of takatāpui, in particular, trans, intersex, and non-binary people. Their support would strengthen ... More >>
Green Party Welcomes KiwiSaver Fossil Fuel And Illegal Weapons Exclusion
Friday, 14 May 2021, 3:29 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming the changes to KiwiSaver implemented today by the Government that require default providers to exclude investments in fossil fuel production and illegal weapons. “New Zealanders can now be sure their savings are being put to ... More >>
Student Accommodation Inquiry Recommends Proactive Transparency, Independent Dispute Resolution Process
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 2:07 pm | Green Party
Today the student accommodation inquiry initiated by Green Party Tertiary Education spokesperson Chlöe Swarbrick tabled its report in Parliament. Recommendations include establishing an independent dispute resolution process that can provide compensation, ... More >>
Student Accommodation Inquiry Recommends Proactive Transparency, Independent Dispute Resolution Process
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 2:00 pm | Green Party
Today the student accommodation inquiry initiated by Green Party Tertiary Education spokesperson Chlöe Swarbrick tabled its report in Parliament. Recommendations include establishing an independent dispute resolution process that can provide compensation, ... More >>
Green MP Teanau Tuiono Walks Out Of The House In Support Of Te Pāti Māori
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 4:31 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono walked out of the House today in support of Te Pāti Māori, who call for debate in the House about kaupapa Māori to include Māori voices. “We continuously see and hear the National Party deliberately inciting racist debates ... More >>
Manawatū District Council Must Not Defer Māori Wards To 2024
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 5:17 pm | Green Party
A successful hikoi in Manawatū has challenged the decision by the Manawatū District Council to defer introducing Māori Wards to 2024. “Today I walked with iwi, hapū and whānau from across the Manawatū to protest against Manawatū District Council ... More >>
Launching Petition Calling For Labour To Reverse Public Sector Wage Suppression On Our Nurses, Teachers, DOC Workers
Friday, 7 May 2021, 10:34 am | Green Party
The Green Party has launched a petition calling on Labour to reverse its decision to suppress the wages of public servants like nurses, teachers, and DOC workers earning between $60,000 and $100,000. On Wednesday the Government announced that for the ... More >>
Greens Welcome US Support For People’s Vaccine
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 10:17 am | Green Party
The Green Party strongly supports today’s commitment by the United States to waive the morally indefensible pharmaceutical patents on the COVID-19 vaccine in order to make it accessible to Developing World communities. “It has been deeply disappointing ... More >>
Public Sector Pay Restrictions Are Unacceptable
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 4:26 pm | Green Party
The Government’s decision to restrict the wages of many essential public sector workers for another two years does a disservice to those who have kept our communities safe during COVID-19, the Green Party said today. “Our essential workers in the ... More >>
The Green Party Is Putting Reasonable Renting Rules On The Agenda
Monday, 3 May 2021, 9:18 am | Green Party
The Green Party is launching its Reasonable Rents campaign to start a national conversation about the high cost of rents for the more than 1.4 million Kiwis who live in a rental home. “We all deserve a warm, affordable and accessible place to call home. Whether ... More >>
