The Green Party Population Policy does not seek in any way to influence the number of children New Zealanders should have, as could be taken from a TV3 news item tonight. “One sentence in the policy has been wrongly interpreted to mean the Green Party are putting pressure on parents to have fewer children,” Green Party MP Keith Locke says.
The increase in family violence reporting revealed in statistics released by the police today is one clear indicator of just how successful the ‘It’s Not OK’ and related campaigns have been, says the Green Party.
National's new welfare policy is a recipe for further harassment and despair, and little more than an updated replay of its failed 1990s attack on unemployed people and beneficiaries.
Green Party Education Spokesperson Metiria Turei is dismayed at Auckland University's announcement that it will be restricting entry to undergraduate programmes.