Latest Press Releases
These are the latest press releases from the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. You can also search press releases by subject and author.
Key Government signals poverty and environmental degradation
The Key Government is intent on digging New Zealand into an economic and environmental black hole, said Green Party Co-Leader Dr Russel Norman today.
National blocking protection of Mackenzie Country
The Green Party is calling on the Government to stop obstructing the Department of Conservation from protecting public land in the Mackenzie high country, said Green Party Co-leader, Dr Russel Norman today. The Party is instead asking the Prime Minister to support a Dryland Park there as a great Waitangi Day gift to the nation.
Rest homes are not prisons
The Green party strongly supports the Hastings Coroner’s call for an overhaul of the aged care sector, and his call for an urgent review of staffing levels in aged care facilities.
“However we do not support his call for CCTV cameras in rest homes to help manage dementia patients and identify aggressive behaviour,” Green Party Aged Care spokesperson Sue Kedgley said.
Reduce inequality if you want to improve education
If the Government really wants to raise national standards of literacy and numeracy it needs to get serious about reducing socio-economic inequalities in our society, the Green Party said today.
Legislation must protect farm animals as well as pets
Any legislation increasing penalties for animal cruelty must include all forms of animal cruelty not just individual acts of cruelty to pets, Green Party Animal Welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today.
Two days for Government to make climate change commitment
The Government has just two days to make a serious commitment to reduce emissions under the Copenhagen Accord. "The government’s failure to participate in the Accord negotiations casts doubt about their seriousness in tackling climate change,” Dr Russel Norman, Green Party Co-Leader said.
Fitzsimons announces February resignation
Green MP Jeanette Fitzsimons announced her resignation today, bringing a 13-year Parliamentary career to a close.
Government neglects vulnerable again
A twenty-five cent increase in the minimum wage will do little to help some of New Zealand’s most vulnerable families make ends meet, said Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei today. “John Key’s Government lacks both the courage and the compassion to help those earning the bare minimum to get through these difficult economic times,” said Ms Turei.
