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Keep Our Assets

02 Apr 2012 | Issue

Please support the petition calling for a citizens initiated referendum on asset sales. This is the best chance we've got to stop the government selling our power companies and Air New Zealand for a quick buck. Volunteer to help now. More

Frack No!

Petition | Gareth Hughes MP

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment recently announced that she will be undertaking an enquiry into fracking. This is great news, but in the meantime we need a moratorium on new fracking wells until we are assured it is safe. More

Clean rivers

12 Aug 2011 | Issue | Russel Norman MP

Our sparkling rivers and lakes are a key part of what makes Aotearoa New Zealand such a beautiful place to live. But our rivers and lakes are under threat. More

Disability issues

17 Jul 2011 | Issue | Mojo Mathers MP

In an inclusive society, everyone has their full rights recognised and actively participates in their communities. We want to ensure that New Zealanders with impairments have access to quality education, essential services, and suitable employment. More

End child poverty

26 Jul 2011 | Issue | Metiria Turei MP

One quarter of all New Zealand children are growing up in poverty. That's about 270,000 kids. We've developed four solutions to bring 100,000 children out of poverty by 2014. More

Green Jobs

12 Sep 2011 | Issue

We have a practical economic plan that creates decent jobs, adds resilience to our economy, and protects our natural environment. It is a plan for clean green prosperity for all New Zealanders. More

MMP Review

10 Mar 2010 | Issue | Holly Walker MP

In the 2011 election, New Zealanders voted in a referendum to keep MMP as our electoral system. There is now a review of MMP in progress, to make it even more effective. Make sure you have your say on MMP. More

Disability Policy Summary

Policy Summary | Mojo Mathers MP

the real obstacle to full participation in society by people with impairments is not the impairment itself but rather physical, environmental, social and organisational barriers, poorly informed attitudes, and inadequate support services More

Eugenie Sage's maiden speech to the House

15 Feb 2012 | Speech | Eugenie Sage MP

Tēnā koe Mr Speaker and congratulations on your election.

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa

I greet the sky above and the air we breathe. I greet the seas that surround us and the lands on which we stand. More

Steffan Browning's maiden speech to the House

15 Feb 2012 | Speech | Steffan Browning MP

Kia ora tatou katoa

I give my acknowledgement to this House, those that have gone before, to the Tangata Whenua of this region, and indeed Aotearoa. More

Julie Anne Genter's maiden speech to the House

15 Feb 2012 | Speech | Julie Anne Genter MP

It is with the greatest respect that I address this House for the second time.

It is with gratitude and humility that I stand here. Gratitude to those who have gone before, gratitude to all those who have taught me on my journey so far. More

Holly Walker's maiden speech to the House

15 Feb 2012 | Speech | Holly Walker MP

Mr Speaker, I never met Rod Donald.

To many people, it will seem amazing that, just six short years since his tragic death, there is already a Green MP who never met Rod. To many, it will seem very sad - indeed it is. More

Denise Roche's maiden speech to the House

15 Feb 2012 | Speech | Denise Roche MP

Nga mihi nui kia koe Mr Speaker, ki nga rangitira o te whenua o te whare tēnei tēnā koutou katoa.

We come to this house - all of us - as the individual expression of collective aspiration, collective experience and collective effort. More

Jan Logie's maiden speech to the House

15 Feb 2012 | Speech | Jan Logie MP

I acknowledge this House, the land it stands on, and the indigenous people of this place. To all the women and people on the margins who have gone before me in this place - I thank you. I will do my best to live up to your vision of a future where we can all speak constructively. More

Mojo Mathers' maiden speech to the House

15 Feb 2012 | Speech | Mojo Mathers MP

My river is my life.

Mr Speaker, it was the desire to save a very special river, the Waikirikiri, which led directly to my involvement in politics. More

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