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National drags its feet on airport rail
Tuesday, 8 August 2017, 2:42 pm | Green Party
Documents obtained by the Green Party show the National government has quietly delayed work to protect the route for light rail to the airport from development, having previously said it was being urgently progressed, the Green Party said today. More >>
Clendon and Graham withdraw from Green Party caucus
Tuesday, 8 August 2017, 12:53 pm | Green Party
David Clendon and Kennedy Graham have today withdrawn from the Green Party caucus, following on from their decision yesterday to withdraw from the Party’s 2017 election list. More >>
James Shaw on Kennedy Graham and David Clendon
Monday, 7 August 2017, 6:43 pm | Green Party
Statement from James Shaw on Kennedy Graham and David Clendon “Kennedy Graham and David Clendon have this evening decided to withdraw their names from the Green Party’s 2017 party list. “We are disappointed they’ve made this decision, though we respect ... More >>
Green Party will honour Te Tiriti in Government
Sunday, 6 August 2017, 2:27 pm | Green Party
Green Party will honour Te Tiriti in Government The Green Party has today announced a set of commitments to honour and implement Te Tiriti o Waitangi in a new progressive government. The commitments, announced at the Party’s Māori campaign launch today, ... More >>
Greens welcome Labour’s commitment to public transport
Sunday, 6 August 2017, 2:00 pm | Green Party
Greens welcome Labour’s commitment to public transport The Green Party is welcoming Labour’s commitment to greener transport for Auckland after it today announced support for light rail lines to the airport and West Auckland. Labour today said ... More >>
"Greenraiser" – Whangarei Green Party Branch Hold Fundraiser
Friday, 4 August 2017, 9:29 am | Green Party
The Whangārei Branch of the Green Party of Aotearoa will be holding a special fundraising event on Friday 11 August with MC Guy Williams, an art + experience auction, goodies from all over town, a bespoke menu by the hottest new restaurant in town, No.8, and ... More >>
Statement from Metiria Turei
Thursday, 3 August 2017, 7:32 pm | Green Party
Statement from Metiria Turei “I was the sole provider for my daughter. I was fully financially responsible for us both. “I did not live at the same address as the father of my child. “I was, however, enrolled to vote at the same address as him, ... More >>
A Plastic Ocean- The sobering reality of plastic pollution
Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 4:05 pm | Green Party
Ash Holwell and the Whangārei Branch of the Green Party of Aotearoa are hosting a special one-off screening of A Plastic Ocean , the 2016 film that will demonstrate how plastic pollution has become a man-made global catastrophe. More >>
Greens Will Double Number of DOC Rangers to Protect Nature
Tuesday, 1 August 2017, 11:50 am | Green Party
The Green Party will double the number of rangers working on the frontlines of defending nature, and double the amount of pest control carried out. More >>
Green Party Committed to Working with Labour for Change
Tuesday, 1 August 2017, 11:39 am | Green Party
The Green Party is committed to working with Labour to change the government this September. “Our relationship will continue to be sound now that Jacinda Ardern has assumed leadership of the Labour Party, and our congratulations goes out to her ... More >>
Greens will double the number of DOC rangers
Tuesday, 1 August 2017, 10:09 am | Green Party
The Green Party will double the number of rangers working on the frontlines of defending nature, and double the amount of pest control carried out. More >>
Greens back call for new climate law
Thursday, 27 July 2017, 2:51 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is backing the call by Parliament's environment watchdog for all political parties to support a new law that would require governments to tackle climate pollution in New Zealand. Today the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment ... More >>
NZ authorities ignoring the experts on health risk - report
Thursday, 27 July 2017, 2:38 pm | Green Party
New Zealand authorities ignoring the experts on health risk - report New Zealanders’ health is being put at risk by a chemical in commonly used weed killers deemed unsafe by international agencies, but not our own Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ... More >>
Greens Launch Manawatū – Hawke’s Bay Rail Plan
Thursday, 27 July 2017, 10:16 am | Green Party
The Green Party today launched a plan to trial a new twice-daily passenger train from Palmerston North to Napier, while the Manawatū Gorge is closed to road traffic, as well as a commitment to increase funding to reduce fares on the Capital Connection ... More >>
Statement from Metiria Turei on MSD
Wednesday, 26 July 2017, 1:36 pm | Green Party
Statement from Metiria Turei on MSD “Today, I have spoken over the phone with an investigator from the Ministry of Social Development. “I was phoned by this person after their office received a letter from me (attached), which I sent on Monday. ... More >>
National squanders another opportunity for real action
Wednesday, 26 July 2017, 11:27 am | Green Party
The National Government’s tinkering with the Emissions Trading Scheme will do nothing to actually reduce New Zealand’s climate pollution, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens welcome LGNZ support for Māori wards
Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 12:45 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is welcoming Local Government New Zealand’s (LGNZ) recommendation that the process for establishing local wards be made equal, by removing the possibility of referenda being held on proposed Maori wards. More >>
Poorest New Zealanders struggling to pay for housing
Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 12:12 pm | Green Party
Many New Zealanders are increasingly struggling to pay for the roof over their heads, according to the latest overview of poverty trends, the Green Party said today. New Zealanders on the lowest incomes are now spending 51 percent of their income on housing, ... More >>
Grandparents & Children Deserve Better than ‘Penal Welfare'
Monday, 24 July 2017, 10:44 am | Green Party
A study highlighted by Grandparents Raising Grandchildren is even more proof that National’s ‘penal welfare’ approach is failing kids, failing caregivers and failing New Zealand, the Green Party said today. More >>
Local ratepayers need central government action on climate
Sunday, 23 July 2017, 5:25 pm | Green Party
The Local Government Leaders’ Climate Change Declaration is welcome and lays down a challenge for the National Government, the Green Party said today. More >>
