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Immigration rules must focus on workers’ rights, not just cater to businesses’ needs
The Green Party welcomes the Government’s decision to remove specific qualification requirements to enable more skilled chefs to come to Aotearoa, and calls for more action to improve working conditions for everyone who works in hospitality.
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Whānau endorse ancestral name in showdown with Geographic Board
In a hui at Kohupātiki Marae last night, whānau unanimously endorsed the name Moko Tūāraro as the revised option for their application to the New Zealand Geographic Board.
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No more Biden time on cannabis decriminalisation
The Green Party is calling on the Government to follow President Joe Biden’s lead and decriminalise cannabis.
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Child poverty report shows need for urgent action
The Green Party is calling on the Government to immediately step up and provide families on the lowest incomes the support they need to thrive, the Green Party says.
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Report shows reducing actual farming emissions vital
Evidence shows that relying on offsets to reduce agriculture’s impact on the climate will not work, the Green Party says.
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Greens back uni strikes and call on Hipkins to bring sector to the table
The Green Party is calling on the Minister of Education to bring the tertiary education sector together so we can urgently improve the pay and condition of university staff.
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Time to ditch your tax plans, Mr. Luxon
The Conservative Party in the UK has ditched its inflationary tax cuts, and the National Party should do the same.
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Green Party applauds strength of Iranian protestors and communities
The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand applauds the strength of Iranian protestors and the communities supporting them in Iran and around the world, and condemns the violent actions of the Iranian regime.
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Time for the Electoral Commission to run local elections
Recent media coverage of the challenges facing local body elections, including people not receiving their voting papers and being told incorrectly that they are not eligible to vote, make it abundantly clear that the job of running our democracy should be given to the Electoral Commission.
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Greens welcome step forward for Waimana whānau
The Government has finally agreed to meet with the whānau of Te Waimana Kaaku, a step the Green Party says must lead to warm, dry, secure homes being provided on their whenua and papakāinga.