The Green Party welcomes a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic – but is disappointed with the narrow scope.

The Green Party is calling on all political parties to commit to stronger representation for disabled people at every level of politics. 

The Green Party will continue to push for strong protections of core public assets so they cannot be sold off against the wishes of New Zealanders.

A decision by a United States Court to ban seafood imports from New Zealand shows the Government needs to do more to protect Māui dolphins. 

New Zealanders deserve strong protection against the future privatisation of water assets, the Green Party says.

Parties from across Parliament have come together to call on the Government to take decisive action to hold those responsible for violence and human rights violations in Iran to account.

The Green Party is welcoming today’s announcement that pay equity will be extended to more social workers, and urges the Government to work with unions to get this sorted as quickly as possible.

The Government should adopt an excess profits tax and use any revenue raised to help people make ends meet, following the rise in the Official Cash Rate today. 

Long overdue changes to the Crown Minerals Act are a welcome step in the right direction but the Government needs to go further to end the nonsensical search for fossil fuels.

The Government’s decision to exclude landlords from property management regulations means more than half of Kiwi rentals will be left out in the cold. And, where they’re kicking the can down the road on Healthy Homes Standards, the Government falls short on the basics that a Rental Warrant of Fitness would fix.