Green Party
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The Green Charter The charter is the founding document of The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand accepts Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the founding document of Aotearoa New Zealand; recognises Maori as Tangata Whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand; and commits to the following four Principles: Ecological Wisdom: The basis of ecological wisdom is that human beings are part of the natural world.
A Public-Private Partnership for Transmission Gully is an expensive form of borrowing for an uneconomic highway, Green Party transport spokesperson Julie Anne Genter said today.
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The National Government has broken two election promises it made to act on climate change, the Green Party revealed today.
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New Zealand needs to follow the lead of Hong Kong and place restrictions on overseas buyers' ability to purchase real estate here, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today.
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It's disappointing that the Environment Court has sided with foreign-owned mining giant Newmont, over concerned Waihi residents," said Green Party terrestrial mining spokesperson Catherine Delahunty.
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The Prime Minister should look to children for advice on running the country, with an international survey showing the first thing kiwi kids would do if they had his job would be to provide the food, housing and necessities everyone needs, the Green Party said today.
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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key should use any opportunity he gets to talk to President Barack Obama to raise the plight of civilians in Gaza, the Green Party said today.
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Building a small number of expensive houses and labelling them 'affordable' will do nothing to alleviate the chronic shortage of houses that ordinary families can afford to buy, Green Party housing spokesperson Holly Walker said today.
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The Government needs to review its decision to allow frequent fliers, including high rolling gamblers, with South China Airlines to dodge visa checks, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today.
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A new Green Party campaign has been launched to highlight the need for better access to specialist services for survivors of rape and sexual abuse.
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The Green Party today welcomed Pure Advantage's commitment to an ambitious economic strategy that strengthens the economy and the environment.
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The Government today reaffirmed its love affair with casinos claiming the pokies-for-convention centre deal with SkyCity is a jobs winner despite evidence jobs will be sucked out of retail and tourism if the casino's pokies business expands, the Green Party said today.
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The needs of children must be put at the heart of our social welfare system, the Green Party said today.
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The Green Party is pleased that the Government Administration Committee will take extra time to carefully consider the Lobbying Disclosure Bill.
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The Green Party today welcomed the Government's timely review of KiwiSaver costs.
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The National Government needs to take responsibility for increasing gender pay inequity, the Green Party said today.
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The National Government announced today it is withdrawing from global efforts under the Kyoto Protocol to fight climate change and instead aligning with countries who will just talk about it, Green Party climate change spokesperson Kennedy Graham said.
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The National Government is actively undermining environmental protection and looks likely to obstruct local councils seeking to safeguard water quality, the Green Party said today.
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One more vote in Parliament this evening could help to lift 100,000 children out of poverty via the Income Tax (Universalisation of In-work Tax Credit) Amendment Bill, which would transform the In-work Tax Credit into a child payment for all children who need it, the Green Party said today.
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The Green Party is putting up a positive alternative to the National Government's Bill to gut the ETS, which is likely to be debated in Parliament today.
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The latest dire jobs numbers mean the National Government can no longer ignore the crisis in manufacturing arising from its failed economic management, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today.
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The Government must move rapidly to implement all the recommendations of the Royal Commission report into Pike River, West Coast based Green Party MP Kevin Hague said today.
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The Green Party has welcomed the recommendations of the Electoral Commission on the Review of MMP released today.
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The Green Party hopes that the Royal Commission report into Pike River provides positive solutions for improving law and regulations around health and safety, and their enforcement, that will prevent any further tragedies occurring.
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The Minister of Social Development is passing the buck on client privacy, following the release of the damning Deloitte report on privacy breaches at the Ministry of Social Development, the Green Party said today.
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Near record profits announced by BNZ today comes at high cost to New Zealand businesses and households and reinforces the need for Government to focus on how it can reduce the costs to New Zealand of the foreign controlled banking sector, said Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman today.
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Workers will be the big losers with National's decision to amend employment laws that protect many low paid and vulnerable New Zealanders, Green Party industrial relations spokesperson Denise Roche said today.
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The Green Party is encouraged by reports New Zealand and the United States have finally agreed to a joint proposal for a marine protected area in Antarctica's Ross Sea, but want to know the details.
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The National Government has decided to stop producing the essential five-yearly State of the Environment Report, the Green Party revealed today.
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Nearly 8,000 manufacturing firms have closed their doors in the past four years, in another sign of the crisis in manufacturing under National, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today.
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The Green Party is questioning the Commerce Commission's decision to allow two of the biggest players in the telecommunications market to merge.
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Building more suburbs in rural areas far from city centres will not make housing more affordable or New Zealand's cities more liveable, Green Party housing spokesperson Holly Walker said today.
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The Government should be supporting innovation from within the public education system to improve overall student outcomes, rather than importing failed ideas from overseas, the Green Party said today.
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The real agenda behind the increased powers of Ministerial intervention in National's Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill is now clear, the Green Party said today.
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It would be a mistake for the Government to allow more development on Auckland's urban fringe in its attempt to address the growing housing affordability crisis, said Green Party housing spokesperson Holly Walker.
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The Labour Minister should publicly commit to keeping the protections for vulnerable workers in the Employment Relations Act, the Green Party said today.
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The loss of jobs with the closure of the Spring Creek Mine is yet another cost of the Government's asset sales agenda, West Coast-based Green Party MP Kevin Hague said today.
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Record profits posted by ANZ bank today highlight the on-going weakness of having 94 percent of our banking industry owned offshore, said Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman today.
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The Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler’s unwillingness to lower the Official Cash Rate (OCR) despite acknowledging the devastating effect that the over-valued dollar is having on Kiwi jobs is further confirmation that the Reserve Bank needs modern tools to better do its job, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today.
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The Government must step up its support for the aged care sector after the Health Select Committee was told of a number of issues facing residents and workers in the sector, the Green Party said today.
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The monitoring report on the human rights of disabled people shows that there is still a long way to go for disabled people in New Zealand, Green Party disability spokesperson Mojo Mathers said today.
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The focus on racing to higher and higher dairy production leaves farmers exposed, the Green Party said today.
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The Reserve Bank should move to lower the Official Cash Rate (OCR) tomorrow to lower the exchange rate and help rebalance the economy towards exports and manufacturing, the Green Party said today.
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Young people need realistic bail options, not to be locked up and denied their rights, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei says.
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Prime Minister John Key must ensure that human rights are firmly part of the agenda for discussion with the President of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino, the Green Party said today.
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Greyhound dogs are literally dying for our entertainment and stronger measures need to be put in place to protect them, the Green Party said today.
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The Government's Education Amendment Bill is an attack on public education and will hurt vulnerable children, the Green Party said today.
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The Green Party today lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission over the Minimum Wage (Starting-out Wage) Amendment Bill.
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A Green Party bill to force casinos to pay back some of the proceeds of crime they receive through gambling was drawn from the ballot today.
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More efficient use of energy by primary sector businesses is great news for the economy and the environment, Green Party energy spokesperson Gareth Hughes said today.
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A new member's bill launched today would help to bring new citizens into the partnership embodied in Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Green Party said today.
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Threats made to Southland medical professionals and those involved in abortion law reform are unacceptable and should be treated very seriously, the Green Party said today.
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A new member’s bill launched today would help to bring new citizens into the partnership embodied in Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Green Party said today.
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Fonterra needs to come clean about how much genetically engineered (GE) feed it is importing into New Zealand for the dairy industry, the Green Party said today.
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It is unethical that over 300 ACC staff are paid in excess $100,000 a year at the same time the corporation has been culling its long term claimants, the Green Party said today.
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The Green Party is challenging the National Government to actually do something to stop child poverty, and back its Bill to give a child payment to all children who need it.
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Today's record low inflation figure of 0.8 percent, below the Reserve Bank's target band, gives the Bank scope to cut the Official Cash Rate later this month, the Green Party said.
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The Government is sneaking in some frightening changes that put into legislation the worst aspects of Nationals education agenda, the Green Party said today.
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National has gone through the pretence of consultation over asset sales and water rights but has done nothing to fix what will be an enormously costly issue if asset sales proceed, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today.
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The National Government are not putting their money where their mouth is to support victims of sexual assault and rape, the Green Party said today.
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The high dollar is causing farmers to lose confidence as the National Government refuses to respond to other countries' polices that are driving our exchange rate up, Greens Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today.
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The privacy breach at the Ministry of Social Development is yet another blow to the public's trust in the ability of Government agencies to safeguard the confidential data they hold, the Green Party said today.
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It is deeply worrying that no council or Government agency can tell us the names and volumes of the chemicals used in fracking wells in Taranaki during the period from 1989 to mid-2011, Green Party energy spokesperson Gareth Hughes said today.
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Green MP Kevin Hague today unveiled a Bill to comprehensively overhaul adoption law and address related surrogacy issues, which will be entered in the next Members' bill ballot.
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The Labour Party, the Green Party and New Zealand First have today announced a parliamentary inquiry into the crisis in manufacturing.
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A 'tool' that has identified children of beneficiaries at risk of being abused should be applied to all children if it's a solution to keeping kids safe from maltreatment, the Green Party said today.
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There needs to be a review of the salaries paid to public sector chief executives, Green Party MP Dr Kennedy Graham said today.
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Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei is calling on Maori men leaders to stand up for their wahine and keep boxer Mike Tyson out of New Zealand.
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The National Government can continue to stick its head in the sand but the evidence of a crisis in manufacturing keeps on growing, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today.
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In the year since the Rena grounding, New Zealand's worst environmental maritime disaster, there have been 11 "near miss" incidents in our waters, the Green Party said today.
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The National Government thinks the way forward for New Zealand is to give young workers a pay cut, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today.
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The National Government's credibility on job creation is at an all-time low, due to huge job losses in the manufacturing sector and record numbers of New Zealanders moving to Australia, the Green Party said today.
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The National Government are not serious about addressing child poverty and nutrition, the Green Party said today.
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The Greens grab-bag of theories to lower the New Zealand dollar shows exactly how little they understand the economy and growth, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says.
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne tonight endorsed tax avoidance as a legitimate practice when challenged about the use of secret New Zealand foreign trusts as a tax haven.
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The Green Party today proposed a suite of measures that would help rebalance the economy onto a more productive footing by taking upward pressure off the high New Zealand dollar.
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The loss of 40 more highly skilled, high paid manufacturing jobs due to the high dollar, this time at the Christchurch Engine Centre, highlights the urgent need for action on monetary policy, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today.
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A new survey shows New Zealanders care about the environment even if the Government doesn't, Green Party conservation spokesperson Eugenie Sage said today.
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The Minister for Earthquake Recovery has the power to take action to preserve Christchurch's heritage - including the Cranmer Courts - and should use it, not let such an important building be demolished, the Green Party said today.
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Excess profits in the banking industry and the high level of foreign ownership of the banking sector is causing long term damage to the economy, the Green Party said today.
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The Green Party welcomes the independent review of Maritime New Zealand's response to the grounding of the Rena, announced by Government today, but says it is not the broad-based independent inquiry the country needs to best learn the lessons of the Rena.
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Amending the Rakaia Water Conservation Order (WCO) to facilitate irrigation is a tragedy on par with allowing an open cast mine in a National Park, Green Party environment spokesperson Eugenie Sage said today.
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Another round of job cuts at the Department of Conservation (DoC) will see less done to protect New Zealand's precious plants, wildlife and landscapes, the Green Party said today.
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National's policies of charter schools and teacher performance pay don't work to lift achievement, according to education experts who spoke at a forum at Parliament today.
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New figures showing the smallest rise in hourly earnings in over a decade highlight the urgent need to raise the minimum wage and make sure that vulnerable families can make ends meet, the Green Party said today.
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Government must begin methyl bromide recapture now, while the research it is funding into alternatives is being carried out, the Green Party said today.
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Shutting courts in small towns is about saving money and will reduce access to justice, Green Party courts spokesperson David Clendon said today.
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John Key said he wasn't told the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) spied on Kim Dotcom but that isn't true so he has either misled the public or isn't doing his job as the minister in charge, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today.
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The Government has not acted to protect New Zealand from future devastating oil spills like the Rena, the Green Party said today.
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The Government's National Standards website should be pulled down following revelations nearly half of all assessments were marked incorrectly, the Green Party said today.
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A year since the Rena disaster, the Government has failed to raise the Oil Pollution Levy on industry to pay for similar accidents, the Green Party said today.
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KiwiRail's decision to close the Gisborne-Napier rail line is a huge disappointment for the Gisborne community and a result of the National Government's wrong-headed transport policy, Green Party transport spokesperson Julie Anne Genter said today.
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The announcement about scientists producing GE milk will damage New Zealand's brand on which our more than $10 billion a year dairy exports rely, the Green Party said today.
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The Green Party supports the Government's measures, announced today, to protect the whitetip shark, but is calling on the Government to put an end to shark finning in New Zealand waters.
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The report by the Inspector-General released today is five and a half pages of excuses aimed at justifying clearly illegal behaviour by the Government Communications Security Bureau, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today.
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The Green Party has lodged a complaint with the Police over the Government Communications Security Bureau’s illegal interception of Kim Dotcom’s communications, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today.
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The Green Party welcomes the New Zealand Superannuation Fund's decision to divest, on ethical grounds, from Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said.
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