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Billions on infrastructure – but no airport rail
Friday, 28 April 2017, 10:06 am | Green Party
Increased infrastructure spending must focus on the best ways to fix the housing and transport problems in Auckland, not just a few more expensive and ineffective highways, the Green Party said today. More >>
National is failing to save our water, report shows
Thursday, 27 April 2017, 1:00 pm | Green Party
Present and future generations are suffering the consequences of National’s weak moves to prevent pollution from entering our rivers, lakes and aquifers, the Green Party said today. More >>
Barbaric treatment of children needs to cease
Thursday, 27 April 2017, 11:00 am | Green Party
The ‘secure care’ that children are experiencing whilst in Oranga Tamariki custody is barbaric and must stop immediately, the Green Party said today. More >>
Billion dollar bail laws are moral and fiscal failure
Thursday, 27 April 2017, 10:58 am | Green Party
A new report highlighting the causes of the runaway growth in the prison population released today is further proof we need a cross-party consensus on justice issues, the Green Party said today. More >>
Poor forestry regulations will not protect soils or rivers
Monday, 24 April 2017, 12:14 pm | Green Party
Weak forestry regulations proposed by the National Government will do little to prevent forests being planted on steep, erosion-prone country, or avoid forestry debris harming streams, the Green Party said today. More >>
PACER Plus Pacific trade deal has fishhooks
Friday, 21 April 2017, 10:47 am | Green Party
New Zealand appears to have pushed for a trade deal that could undermine Pacific Island countries’ ability to support their local economies and restrict their right to regulate in their own interests, the Green Party said today. More >>
National shutting down access to equal pay
Friday, 21 April 2017, 9:30 am | Green Party
A draft National Party Bill will put more barriers in the way of women seeking to be paid fairly, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens launch plan for cheaper and cleaner electricity
Thursday, 20 April 2017, 11:19 am | Green Party
The Green Party has today launched a plan for cheaper power bills, cleaner electricity generation, and a smarter electricity network. More >>
Mental health inquiry will help to save lives
Wednesday, 19 April 2017, 2:59 pm | Green Party
The Green Party supports the findings of the People’s Mental Health Review, released today, and is calling on the Government to now do its job and hold an inquiry into our strained mental health system. More >>
Caregivers win historic pay battle
Tuesday, 18 April 2017, 10:23 am | Green Party
Payday has been hard fought for by women who work in the aged-care, home support and disability service sector, thanks to Kristine Bartlett, unions and supporters around the country, the Green Party said today. More >>
Housing speculators’ paradise continues
Thursday, 13 April 2017, 11:59 am | Green Party
13 April 2017 Housing speculators’ paradise continues A capital gains tax on property speculators is urgently needed to rebalance the housing market, as the median nationwide house price rose to over half a million dollars today , the Green Party said. “New ... More >>
Kiwis one step closer to knowing where their food is from
Thursday, 13 April 2017, 9:06 am | Green Party
Support for Green MP Steffan Browning’s member’s bill is a win for the vast majority of New Zealanders who want to know where the food they buy is produced, the Green Party said today. More >>
School funding changes put vulnerable kids at risk
Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 12:24 pm | Green Party
Radical changes to the school funding system have not been thought through and will ultimately mean less funding for schools, the Green Party said today. More >>
Solutions to water crisis are a band aid on a broken leg
Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 11:42 am | Green Party
The Government’s weak strategy for cleaning up fresh water won’t undo years of abuse, unless we change our farming model, and take a hard long look at how we develop land in this country, the Green Party said today. More >>
Report strengthens case for Green housing policy
Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 10:33 am | Green Party
The Green Party’s Home for Life Policy is a way to achieve the social and economic gains of getting people into their own homes, outlined in a new report by the New Zealand Housing Foundation and BERL Economic Research released today. More >>
Green Party selects Philippa Stevenson as Waikato candidate
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 3:34 pm | Green Party
The Waikato branch of the Green Party has selected Philippa Stevenson as Waikato candidate for the 2017 general election. More >>
Tribunal report a wake-up call for National
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 1:37 pm | Green Party
Today’s report from the Waitangi Tribunal is a wake-up call about National’s failure to tackle Māori overrepresentation in the justice system, the Green Party said today. More >>
State house sales coming home to roost
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 10:05 am | Green Party
News that social housing providers are having to turn families away to sleep in their cars, as the Government continues to sell-off state houses, shows how disconnected from reality National has become, the Green Party said today. More >>
Greens back Labour's plan for monetary policy reform
Monday, 10 April 2017, 1:19 pm | Green Party
The Green Party and Labour are now of a single mind on monetary policy. We’ve been promoting these sensible, non-controversial reforms since 2013. More >>
Green Party criticises US strike on Syria
Friday, 7 April 2017, 3:39 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has criticised the United States for acting unilaterally in its cruise missile attack on Shayrat airfield in Syria. That attack was launched following the reported use of chemical weapons against civilians in a town in northern Syria ... More >>
