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Swamp kauri wetlands too valuable to rip up
Monday, 13 March 2017, 4:07 pm | Green Party
The Greens in Government would put a moratorium on further mining of swamp kauri after new research reveals huge tracts of wetland, currently able to be mined without a resource consent, may be more ecologically valuable than first thought, the Green ... More >>
Extreme flooding shows need for climate investment
Monday, 13 March 2017, 12:00 pm | Green Party
Extreme flooding in Auckland over the weekend shows the urgent need for central government-led investment into aging infrastructure to prepare for more frequent and extreme weather events, the Green Party said today. More >>
New home finance problems in Auckland
Monday, 13 March 2017, 10:43 am | Green Party
House prices keep rising across New Zealand and banks are unable or unwilling to fund new affordable homes in Auckland, the Green Party said today. More >>
Rochelle Surendran is Green Candidate for Invercargill
Monday, 13 March 2017, 10:24 am | Green Party
Invercargill, New Zealand (Sunday 12 March 2017) - It’s women running for office in the south as Rochelle Surendran joins three other women campaigning for the four largest political parties. More >>
Nick Smith’s water policy dissolving
Friday, 10 March 2017, 1:19 pm | Green Party
10 March 2017 Nick Smith’s water policy dissolving as another environmental group walks away from Land and Water Forum Federated Mountain Club’s withdrawal from the Land and Water Forum shows how Environment Minister Nick Smith’s water policy ... More >>
Hundreds risk losing hearing while waiting for surgery
Friday, 10 March 2017, 12:11 pm | Green Party
National needs to clear the backlog of people waiting for cochlear implants and fund the programme properly, the Green Party said today. More >>
Unaffordable housing sends teachers packing from Auckland
Friday, 10 March 2017, 10:30 am | Green Party
Unaffordable housing is pushing teachers out of Auckland, with grim consequences for schools and students, the Green Party said today. More >>
Super changes will hurt manual labourers, Maori, & migrants
Thursday, 9 March 2017, 12:31 pm | Green Party
Bill English’s announcement that National will increase the age of retirement will not only hurt Generation X unfairly, it will also hit manual workers, Maori, and migrants hard. More >>
Greens introduce Bill to make local wards process fair
Thursday, 9 March 2017, 11:42 am | Green Party
The Green Party has today entered a Member’s Bill into the ballot that would make local government representation more equitable by ensuring that the establishment of both Māori and general wards on district and regional councils follows the same ... More >>
Poll shows huge support for country of origin labelling bill
Thursday, 9 March 2017, 9:38 am | Green Party
The Green Party is calling for cross-party support for its Members’ Bill that would introduce mandatory country of origin labelling for meat, fruit, vegetables and nuts, after the release of a poll that shows more than 70 percent of New Zealanders support ... More >>
A win for women
Thursday, 9 March 2017, 9:04 am | Green Party
Unanimous support for Jan Logie’s bill to protect victims of domestic violence is a win for women on International Women’s Day, the Green Party said today. More >>
Holiday Highway budget blow-out should spell its end
Wednesday, 8 March 2017, 12:35 pm | Green Party
A Green government would immediately halt Simon Bridges’ eye-wateringly expensive motorway expansion between Warkworth and Wellsford and redirect funding to high-value projects like rail to Mount Roskill or the North Shore, the Green Party said today. More >>
Women's Day should mean equal pay
Wednesday, 8 March 2017, 12:30 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to do something meaningful for the women of New Zealand this International Women’s Day, by picking up a Member’s Bill on pay transparency that’s currently in the ballot. More >>
We have a Bill to solve her problem
Tuesday, 7 March 2017, 1:35 pm | Green Party
Paula Bennett’s first speech as Minister for Women was underwhelming and will not change things for New Zealand women, the Green Party said today. New research released today by the Ministry for Women, and promoted by the Minister, shows about ... More >>
Smith’s bogus standards create split in Land and Water Forum
Tuesday, 7 March 2017, 11:42 am | Green Party
7 March 2017 Smith’s bogus standards create split in Land and Water Forum Forest and Bird walking out of the Land and Water Forum (the Forum) is yet another sign that Nick Smith's river rebranding exercise has done more harm than good for freshwater ... More >>
Another National housing failure
Monday, 6 March 2017, 12:48 pm | Green Party
With new data showing building consents for new homes are trending down , the Government must do the responsible thing and step up to build more affordable homes, the Green Party said today. More >>
Smith’s RMA changes a gift to property developers
Monday, 6 March 2017, 9:20 am | Green Party
Nick Smith’s proposed changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) are based on anecdote and ideology. They will further weaken laws that help control ugly urban sprawl, and protect freshwater, public conservation land, and the coastal environment, ... More >>
Fresh water rules should be clear, not murky
Sunday, 5 March 2017, 2:08 pm | Green Party
Fresh water rules should be clear, not murky The latest confusion around National’s fresh water policy makes it clear that Nick Smith can’t be trusted to look after New Zealand’s rivers and lakes, the Green Party said today. Forest and Bird revealed ... More >>
Govt action needed if mums are to be paid more
Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 12:48 pm | Green Party
Working mothers are still being underpaid in New Zealand and will continue to be until we have a government that’s willing to take decisive action on gender pay equity, the Green Party said today. More >>
Nick Smith looks other way on environmental breaches
Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 12:32 pm | Green Party
A new report released today shows that officials under Environment Minister Nick Smith are largely ignoring councils who fail to enforce environmental law, leaving our natural places vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. More >>
