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Greens welcome Auckland walking and cycling bridge, call for more climate focus
The Green Party is welcoming the Government’s renewed commitment to safe walking and cycling across the Waitematā Harbour, but warning that new highway investment puts our response to the climate change emergency at risk.
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Greens call for Facebook to be held accountable for role in spreading disinformation
The Green Party is calling on the Government to hold Facebook accountable for its role in enabling behaviour which threatens democracy, by strongly regulating data privacy and the spread of dangerous disinformation.
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Greens call for more protection of native whitebait species at risk of extinction
The Green Party is pleased to see new whitebaiting measures, announced today, to establish a more consistent management regime across the country, but we must go further, faster, to protect our native taonga.
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Greens’ Māori Caucus Te Mātāwaka call for Matariki Ahunga Nui to be expanded in school curriculum
The Green Party are calling for an expansion of the current school curriculum on Matariki, so that a deeper understanding of how it relates to managing and harvesting food is explored. This push comes at the start of the Matariki season, the final year before it is set to become a public holiday on 24 June 2022.
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Green Party launches petition for publicly-owned public transport
The Green Party is launching a petition calling on the Government to remove legislative barriers to public ownership of our public transport depots, vehicles and services.
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Housing First Pūrākau share experiences of homelessness
Associate Minister of Housing (Homelessness) Marama Davidson has welcomed the release of two pūrākau reports telling the diverse and real life stories of whānau supported by Housing First.
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Greens urge Government to stick to no new mines commitment in stewardship land review and reclassification
The Green Party is urging the Government to stick with its 2017 commitment to no new mines on public conservation land, as the Government speeds up the review and reclassification process for stewardship land, which comprises a third of the public conservation estate.
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Budget 2021 speech - Marama Davidson
Whakarongo ki te tangi a te manu o te taiao Nāna te tangi kia tuituia tatou ki te ao marama Tuia ki runga, tuia ki raro Tuia ki roto, tuia ki waho Ka rongo te pō, ka rongo te ao Tuia te whare e tū iho nei e Ki ngā muka here o te motu e
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Prevention and community leadership key in Budget 2021 family violence, sexual violence funding
Budget 2021 is investing in a range of initiatives to help communities prevent family violence and sexual violence from happening in the first place, and help those using violence to stop.
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Foundations laid for strong climate action
$300 million to accelerate investment in low-carbon technology $67.4 million to implement the Carbon Neutral Government Programme, including a significant boost of $19.5 million to the successful State Sector Decarbonisation Fund, and $41.8 million for leasing low-emissions vehicles $19.7 million to support the Government’s policy response to the Climate Change Commission’s final advice Commitment to recycle future Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) revenue to achieve more emissions reductions from Budget 2022