The Green Party will be voting against the Oranga Tamariki oversight bill as it comes up for second reading in Parliament today.

Delegates at the AGM of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand have voted to retain Marama Davidson as Green Party co-leader and to re-open nominations for the other co-leader position.

The biggest polluters will have to do more to help meet climate targets because of changes the Government is making to decade-old settings that have allocated far too many free climate pollution credits to New Zealand’s largest emitters, Climate Change Minister James Shaw announced today.

The Government is allowing wealthy individuals to ‘purchase’ residency while entrenching a system that keeps low-waged workers on a precarious and temporary status, the Green Party says. 

The Election Access Fund established by a Green Party members’ bill opened for submissions this week, showing positive progress towards more accessible elections.

The Green Party is calling on the Government to pass legislation to increase pay transparency, saying it is an urgent step that needs to be taken in response to shocking new evidence that most of the pay gap for Pacific, Māori, and other ethnic minorities cannot be explained. 

The Green Party has made the decision to move its 2022 AGM online. Members of the party will not be gathering in Christchurch this weekend.

Action is needed to address the inequality crisis and support New Zealanders on the lowest incomes, the Green Party says.

The Government must lift student incomes now, says the Green Party, as new evidence shows thousands of students are living in poverty, with many struggling to pay rent and put food on the table. 

The Green Party is on board with the extension of half-price public transport, but once again calls on the Government to go further and make public transport free - for good.