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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 >>
Green Party supports accessibility for all
Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 12:30 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is throwing its support behind the Access Alliance’s new campaign to make Aotearoa 100% accessible for everyone. More >>
Speech: Shaw - Green Party Candidate Conference
Sunday, 26 February 2017, 1:54 pm | Green Party
Embargoed until delivery Speech to Green Party Candidate Conference | 26 February 2017 1 “Our Vision: 2017” Speech to Green Party Candidate Conference, 26 February 2017 James Shaw More >>
Green Party launches Member’s Bill to protect our freshwater
Sunday, 26 February 2017, 1:28 pm | Green Party
Green Party launches Member’s Bill to protect our freshwater The Green Party has today launched a member’s bill that will keep water from underground sources, called aquifers, safe from pollution and contamination. Co-leader James Shaw announced the ... More >>
Julie Anne Genter proud to have worked with the people
Sunday, 26 February 2017, 10:01 am | Green Party
Green Party MP Julie Anne Genter is grateful for having had the opportunity to talk to thousands of Aucklanders about making their city even better and even greener, during the Mt Albert by-election campaign. The by-election was won today by Labour ... More >>
National response to Learning Inquiry an F for fail
Friday, 24 February 2017, 2:46 pm | Green Party
National’s inadequate response to the Select Committee Inquiry into Learning Support will see children on the autism spectrum, with dyslexia, and dyspraxia, continue to miss out on an education, the Green Party said today. More >>
Dirty rivers rebrand ignores pressing risks to public health
Friday, 24 February 2017, 1:02 pm | Green Party
Nick Smith’s rebranding of dirty rivers as clean has conveniently left out diseases that account for a third of all illnesses New Zealanders can catch from swimming in dirty rivers, the Green Party said today. More >>
New Zealanders still waiting for swimmable rivers
Thursday, 23 February 2017, 2:39 pm | Green Party
New Zealanders who want swimmable lakes and rivers have been let down by the Government’s freshwater announcement today, which does nothing but shift the goalposts, the Green Party said. More >>
Wellington Council housing a hint of things to come
Thursday, 23 February 2017, 12:44 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has today welcomed Wellington City Council’s proposed social and affordable housing plan as an example of how to help solve the housing crisis. More >>
12,000 New Zealanders join call for safe, swimmable rivers
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 11:34 am | Green Party
Who: Green MP Catherine Delahunty will show a list of 12,000 names we have collected on our Swimmable Rivers campaign calling for the standard for freshwater to be raised to ‘swimmable’ from the current standard of ‘wadeable’. More >>
Social bonds not the answer
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 2:42 pm | Green Party
The Government’s social bond plan to allow foreign companies to profit off mentally ill New Zealanders will put already vulnerable people at further risk, the Green Party said today. More >>
National cooking the planet with gas
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 12:20 pm | Green Party
National is not taking seriously its responsibility to protect future generations and eliminate climate-damaging pollution, despite its high-profile commitment last year to the Paris Climate agreement, the Green Party said today. More >>
