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National to increase New Zealand’s debt by $61 billion over five years

Budget numbers reveal our national level of indebtedness will skyrocket by $61 billion over five years, which is an economic ticking time-bomb, says...

Petrol tax should be invested in public transport

The Green Party is urging the Government to invest revenue, raised by their increase in petrol tax, on public transport in light of evidence that car...

Govt abuses urgency to extend Anadarko Amendment

The Government is trying to pass legislation under urgency which would make the Anadarko Amendment - which limits protest at sea - apply to an...

Power price surge highlights need for NZ Power

The latest surge in businesses' electricity costs highlights the failure of the current electricity market and the need for the introduction of NZ...

Budget numbers show National’s failure on home affordability

The Budget's projection that house prices will rise between 23 percent and 46 percent by 2017 exposes the National Government's lack of action on...

Events

Stand up for the Environment RMA meeting in Hamilton

20/05/2013 - 7:30pm

Stand up for the environment.
Hearings of submissions on Psychoactive Substances Bill related to animal testing

21/05/2013 - 2:00pm
Stand up for the Environment RMA meeting in Nelson

21/05/2013 - 7:30pm

Stand up for the Environment
Stand up for the Environment RMA meeting in Invercargill

22/05/2013 - 7:30pm

Stand up for the environment
Small business in a changing world, with David Clendon

23/05/2013 - 5:15pm

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Blog posts

Crackdown on overseas borrowers – a real life example

Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has been busy tweeting about how great the new crackdown on overseas borrowers contained in the Budget will...
How do we create a real golden age in the arts in NZ?

Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson found himself fighting a losing battle on twitter last night as he tried to defend his...
Better transport planning needed in Christchurch

Multi-modal transport design also promotes community cohesion. Todd Litman said that in Victoria B.C, walkability is the city’s most valuable asset...
Government of the 2% for the 2%: Russel Norman's Budget 2013 Speech

The three key challenges facing the New Zealand economy are to deal with the growing current account deficit, to deal with the growing...
Health Budget predictions and alternatives

As I write this I am preparing to go into Parliament to hear the Budget, and no doubt to see Government Ministers crowing about “more money than...
Green vision for education or charter schools?

The Bill that will facilitate charter schools went through the second reading last night. It relies on the Māori Party for support as no one else...
Hands across the sand opposing risky deep sea oil

With the Government’s announcement a couple of weeks ago that they are opening up 190,000 more square kilometres to oil drilling, there’s never been...

Green Tweets

GarethMP Heading out to Piha now to launch an exciting new part of the stop deep sea oil campaign. Great speakers lined up. http://t.co/yAuDURuE88
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RusselNorman Twice as many NZers bought shares in Contact than MRP. But most of them have sold them. Now owned from OZ @nzqanda
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RusselNorman NZ's annual deficit will increase from $10 billion a year in 2013 to $17 billion a year by 2017 under Nats economic plan
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RusselNorman Nats massive borrowing will drive up interest rates for home buyers and businesses @nzqanda
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