The Green Party welcomes the Labour Party’s commitment today to take action for clean water.

Documents obtained by the Green Party show the National government has quietly delayed work to protect the route for light rail to the airport from development, having previously said it was being urgently progressed, the Green Party said today. A briefing to Transport Minister Simon Bridges in March said a business case for route protection for the CBD to airport corridor would be completed in 2017.  https://archive.greens.org.nz/file/nzta-oia-responsepdfAn Official Information Act response from the NZ Transport Agency in July said that...

David Clendon and Kennedy Graham have today withdrawn from the Green Party caucus, following on from their decision yesterday to withdraw from the Party’s 2017 election list. They will stay on as Green MPs for the remainder of this Parliamentary term, but will not participate in caucus and strategy meetings, or campaigning. “David and Kennedy withdrew from caucus today. That decision was supported by the other 12 Green Party MPs,” said Green Party Co-leader James Shaw. “They have made the...

The Green Party has today announced a set of commitments to honour and implement Te Tiriti o Waitangi in a new progressive government. The commitments, announced at the Party’s Māori campaign launch today, will address ongoing Te Tiriti breaches, fix the Treaty settlement process so that it is just, fair and durable, and uphold Māori representation in local and central government.   “The Greens have the most consistent track record in Parliament of supporting Te Tiriti justice, and we will have the influence...

The Green Party is welcoming Labour’s commitment to greener transport for Auckland after it today announced support for light rail lines to the airport and West Auckland. Labour today said it would prioritise building light rail lines to the airport and West Auckland within a decade. In July the Green Party announced it would fast track rail to the airport by 2021 and is campaigning to have rail to the North Shore completed by 2030. “It’s fantastic to have Labour...

The Green Party is committed to working with Labour to change the government this September.

The Green Party will double the number of rangers working on the frontlines of defending nature, and double the amount of pest control carried out. The conservation plan, announced today in Auckland’s Waitakere Ranges, will allow the Department of Conservation (DOC) to employ an additional 720 frontline rangers, by doubling DOC’s baseline conservation funding. “This is the single biggest new investment in conservation since DOC was established in 1987,” said Green Party Co-leader James Shaw. “The plan will allow DOC...

A move by Thames-Coromandel and Hauraki District Councils to give themselves special powers to destroy manawa/mangroves in the Firth of Thames and around Coromandel Peninsula is ill conceived, the Green Party says. The Thames-Coromandel and Hauraki District Council Mangrove Management Bill is sponsored by National MP, Scott Simpson and is awaiting its first reading in Parliament. “The councils’ lack of understanding about the role mangroves play in providing habitat for fish, birds and shellfish in the harbour is disappointing,” Green...

New Zealanders’ health is being put at risk by a chemical in commonly used weed killers deemed unsafe by international agencies, but not our own Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Green Party said today.

The Green Party is backing the call by Parliament's environment watchdog for all political parties to support a new law that would require governments to tackle climate pollution in New Zealand. Today the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment recommended all parties come together to support a new climate law that would make emissions targets legally binding and establish an independent expert group to advise government on climate policy and track its progress. “We have a responsibility to pass on a...