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March For Nature Sends Signal Government Cannot Ignore
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 3:48 pm | Green Party
Today’s March for Nature sends a clear message that our country is deeply against the Fast Track Approvals Bill proceeding because the cost to the environment would be unacceptable. More >>
Green MP’s Member’s Bill To Establish Fairer, More Innovative Electricity Market
Friday, 7 June 2024, 12:27 pm | Green Party
A new Member’s Bill lodged by a Green Party MP would help Aotearoa New Zealand’s electricity market become more affordable and accessible for consumers while supporting use of more sustainable energy. More >>
Coalition Of Climate Deniers Have Heads Buried In Potholes
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 2:55 pm | Green Party
The Government’s move to pour billions into potholes whilst remaining inactive on climate change does nothing to solve our transport system's core problems. More >>
Workers’ Rights Must Be Respected In Review Of Holidays Act
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 3:08 pm | Green Party
The Government must ensure workers’ rights are at the core of any changes made to the Holidays Act 2003. More >>
The Coalition Government And Its Road To Yesterday
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 5:19 pm | Green Party
The Coalition Government is stuck in a time warp, obsessed with building a handful of expensive highways to take us back to the past with them,” says the Green Party’s spokesperson for Transport, Julie Anne Genter. More >>
Government Throws The Environment On The Scrap Heap
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 4:45 pm | Green Party
“For all the Government’s hot air about Budget ‘24, they forgot about the fundamental thing that upholds it all - the environment,” says the Green Party’s spokesperson for the Environment, Lan Pham. More >>
Trickle-down Tax Cuts While The Planet And Social Contract Burns
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 3:42 pm | Green Party
The Government’s bloody-minded commitment to delivering trickle-down tax cuts at all costs comes at the expense of investment in people and planet. More >>
Government Missing In Action On Pasifika Issues
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 3:22 pm | Green Party
This year’s Budget reflects the heartlessness of the Coalition Government when it comes to Pasifika, according to the Green Party’s Te Mātāwaka (Māori and Pasifika) caucus. More >>
Budget Neglects Māori And Disregards Te Tiriti
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 3:07 pm | Green Party
The Green Party’s Te Mātāwaka (Māori and Pasifika) caucus has labelled this year’s Budget as unambitious for Māori and unapologetic in its disregard for Te Tiriti. More >>
Coalition Of Cowards Slashes Investment In Climate Action
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 2:51 pm | Green Party
This Government has slashed and burned almost all climate and environmentally minded policy whilst pouring coal, oil and gas over the roaring climate crisis fire. Today’s Budget has seen funding from almost every major programme in the Emissions Reduction ... More >>
Government Gives Nothing To Climate And Inequality Crises
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 2:07 pm | Green Party
The Government has chosen to preserve poverty and remain a not-so-innocent bystander to the unfolding climate crisis with an incredibly unambitious Budget for Aotearoa: Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson. More >>
People-powered Fight Back Against The Coalition For Climate Crisis
Saturday, 25 May 2024, 5:51 am | Green Party
The Green Party has today launched a petition to halt the Government’s coal mining agenda. More >>
Government Trying To Rush Māori Wards Legislation Through Without Public Say
Friday, 24 May 2024, 1:24 pm | Green Party
The Green Party unequivocally condemns the governing parties’ attempts to limit the public’s say on the controversial Māori wards legislation, after the select committee considering the legislation set a deadline for submissions of just five ... More >>
Coalition Of Coal Will Prove Catastrophic For Climate
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 5:44 pm | Green Party
The Government’s plans to ramp up coal mining in the heat of a climate crisis will see our chances of a liveable future melt away. More >>
Aotearoa Must Follow In The Footsteps Of Countries Recognising Palestinian Statehood
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 11:35 am | Green Party
The New Zealand Government can and must do more to ensure this conflict comes to an end and a sustainable ceasefire is secured. Recognising Palestinian statehood and following the lead of Ireland, Spain and Norway is a step in the right direction. More >>
Government Introduces Bill To Roll Back Māori Wards
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 11:49 am | Green Party
The Green Party has sounded the alarm over the Government’s introduction of legislation to remove Māori Wards and roll back years of progress. More >>
Government Must Build More Public Houses, Not Find Excuses To Sell Them
Monday, 20 May 2024, 4:56 pm | Green Party
The Green Party says the Government must use the review of Kāinga Ora as a platform to build more homes, not an excuse to sell them off. More >>
Green Party Co-Leaders Full Speech: State Of The Planet: Government Must Be Guided By Values Not Money
Sunday, 19 May 2024, 1:30 pm | Green Party
Green Party co-leaders Marama Davidson and Chlöe Swarbrick have used their State of the Planet speeches to challenge the Government to prioritise people and planet over profit as the delivery of the Budget approaches. More >>
No-cause Evictions Leave No Hope For Renters
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 6:56 pm | Green Party
The Government’s introduction of legislation that would enable landlords to end tenancies with no reason marks a dark day for the 1.4 million people who rent their home in Aotearoa. More >>
Government Ignorant Of Evidence In Neglect Of Tamariki
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 2:56 pm | Green Party
Today’s justification from the Minister for Children for scrapping protections for our tamariki was either a case of ignorance or deliberate deception. More >>
