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Cracks in fast-track legislation already
Minister Shane Jones’ decision to step away from a seabed mining project is evidence of the murky waters surrounding the Government’s fast-track legislation.
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Greens elect new Co-leader
The Green Party has elected Chlöe Swarbrick, MP for Auckland Central, to be its new Co-leader alongside Marama Davidson.
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Say hello to NZ’s most anti-environment government in decades
The Government is giving big industry a free pass to bulldoze New Zealand’s precious native wildlife.
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Govt must prioritise building more homes, not kicking people out
If the Government was serious about moving families into public housing, they would build more houses so there is actually somewhere for people to go.
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Reversing oil and gas ban brazen and utterly reckless
The Government’s new timeframe for expanding oil and gas exploration starts the clock on the time remaining to save the oil and gas ban.
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More emissions, more congestion, transport policy a disaster
The Government’s policy statement on transport is a climate change-fuelling, congestion creating disaster. It will not work.
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Scrapping Māori Health Authority tramples over Te Tiriti o Waitangi
The Green Party condemns the Government’s latest trashing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in rushing through legislation, without any public input, that will see Te Aka Whai Ora scrapped and the health of Māori neglected.
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Migrant worker changes fall short
The Green Party welcomes the Government’s decision to accept the recommendations of the review into the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) but calls on Ministers to address the core of exploitation by decoupling work visas from single employers.
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Benefit sanctions will punish people who need support
The National-led Government’s plans to arbitrarily increase benefit sanctions will have a lasting impact on the people who need our support the most.
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Luxon’s buzzwords hint at sinister agenda
The Prime Minister’s State of the Nation speech today was a buffet of buzzwords with a nasty undertone of cuts to investment in communities and nature, the Green Party said. “Christopher Luxon is obsessed with cutting, cancelling, and disestablishing things but he has no plan to build, invest, or create a better Aotearoa,” said Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson.