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Transport plan more pipe dream than pipeline
The Government's Major Transport Projects Pipeline, released today, shows billions of dollars of mega-roads still unfunded with no timeframe for when many will ever be built.
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Green Party calls on Parliament to get on with solar loans before election
With Labour today announcing their support for a version of the Ratepayer Assistance Scheme, the Green Party is calling on Parliament to pass legislation to make it happen before the House rises for election 2026.
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People and nature first in Greens’ rivers and oceans policy
The Green Party is calling foul on the Luxon Government’s dismantling of environmental protection, announcing a policy programme to deliver clean drinking water, swimmable rivers and beaches, and healthy oceans for all New Zealanders.
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Private emails with lobbyists in Luxon's Ministerial offices are potentially a systemic problem
The Ombudsman has confirmed the Prime Minister's Office unreasonably withheld secret briefings, and the Green Party has obtained a new OIA showing the same private email problem in other Ministers' offices, suggesting a potentially systemic problem across Government.
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Conservation Amendment Bill needs to start again
The Green Party says Conservation Minister Tama Potaka's decision to drop the disposal and exchange clauses from his Conservation Amendment Bill shows public pressure is working, but the whole Bill needs to be pulled and the reform started again.
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Green Party will protect public conservation land for future generations
The Green Party is announcing in government it will overhaul the laws protecting Aotearoa's conservation land and wildlife, scrapping the Government's current reform and starting again with a process focused on protecting what we have for future generations.
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Greens commit to tax the super-rich and large corporates fairly, cut income tax for 96%
The Green Party has announced their 2026 tax policy ‘a tax system for all of us’ today.
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Calls for fisheries amendment bill to be dropped completely
The Green Party is welcoming the Government's backdown on the Fisheries Amendment Bill, but says the Bill needs to be scrapped completely, not just delayed.
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Homelessness at historic levels in New Zealand
The Green Party says the Government’s new funding for homelessness, announced yesterday, is a drop in the bucket to address the crisis in New Zealand.
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Parliamentary Budget Office clearly needed ahead of election
The Green Party has written to the National and Labour finance spokespeople urging support for an independent Parliamentary Budget Office to cost political commitments and lift the standard of public debate.