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Greens commit to ensuring strong oceans protection this term
The Green Party will work with Labour this term to ensure better protections for our oceans, Green MP Eugenie Sage said today.
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Auckland COVID-19 case shows need for extended sick leave before busy Christmas period
The case of an Auckland city worker heading to work with COVID-19 symptoms shows the need for urgent extended sick leave, Green Party Workplace Relations spokesperson Jan Logie said today.
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Reserve Bank policies will inevitably heat housing market, Government must implement tax reform to cool it down
The Government must use levers to prevent further over-heating of the housing market, which will result from the Reserve Bank pumping another $28 billion into the economy in the form of cheap loans to banks.
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Successful prosecution of Talley’s deep-water fishing division shows need for more marine protected areas and better enforcement
Today’s ruling that Talley’s deep-water fishing division, Amaltal, is guilty of bottom trawling in the Hikurangi Marine Reserve demonstrates the need for increased fisheries enforcement and strong marine protected areas off our coasts, Green MP Eugenie Sage said today.
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Green Party backs calls by New Zealand charities to lift the benefit by Christmas
The Green Party supports calls by 40 welfare and poverty organisations to increase income support payments to help lift families out of poverty before Christmas.
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Green Party responds to final election results from specials
Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson said today: “The final results are in and we’re incredibly excited to confirm our outstanding success this election.
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Greens welcome commitment to sick leave extension
The Green Party has welcomed the Government’s commitment to introduce legislation to extend statutory minimum paid sick leave to ten days before the end of 2020.
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Labour and Greens to have Cooperation Agreement
Labour and Greens to have Cooperation Agreement The Labour Party and the Green Party will have a Cooperation Agreement that will see the Green Party Co-leaders hold ministerial portfolios outside of Cabinet, and areas of cooperation on climate, environment and child and community wellbeing issues. The Green Party will support the Labour Government on procedural motions in the House and at Select Committees, and will not oppose it on matters of confidence and supply for the full term of the...
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Close preliminary Cannabis result means a wait for the specials: Greens
A close preliminary result for Cannabis legalisation and control shows that we won’t know for sure what the result in until the specials come in, Green Party spokesperson on Drug Law Reform Chlöe Swarbrick said today.
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Election Night Speech - James Shaw
On Election Night three years ago I stood up in front of you to say, “We are still here!” Well, tonight, not only are we still here, we are the first support party in MMP history to have started and finished a term in government above the 5% threshold. We are stronger at the end of our first term in Government than we were at the beginning. We have defied the odds. We have made history. You have made history.