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Biodiversity and Environmental Regeneration Policy
Our policy protects indigenous biodiversity and supports our relationships with te taiao.
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Climate action now.
Climate change isn’t a future problem. It’s already affecting our homes, our coastlines, our food systems, and our communities. From rising insurance costs to extreme weather, flooding and coastal erosion, the impacts are here and they’re growing. Our polices are about responding with urgency and fairness. This means cutting climate pollution fast, ending our dependence on fossil fuels, restoring the ecosystems that protect us, and making sure the transition strengthens communities instead of leaving people behind.
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Climate Change Policy
Our policy supports a liveable future through urgent, equitable, evidence-based actions to negate the global climate crisis.
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Agriculture Policy
Our policy aims for an agricultural sector that upholds the mana of the land, people, and animals.
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Animal Welfare Policy
Our policy respects all animals and upholds their rights.
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Emergency Management Policy
Our policy helps communities to prevent, prepare, respond to, and recover from disasters, while caring for all living things.
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Food Policy
Our policy works to ensure that nourishing food is always local, affordable, safe, and sustainable for future generations.
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Foresty Policy
Our policy aims for sustainable, diverse forests that benefit local communities and ecosystems.
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Freshwater Policy
Our policy supports waterways and water bodies to be healthy, clean, and support thriving ecosystems.
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Land Use and Soils Policy
Our policy protects and regenerates land and soil ecosystems so they continue to provide livelihoods, food, medicine, and spiritual fulfilment.
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Marine Policy
Our policy supports Tiriti-based ocean governance that protects and regenerates marine ecosystems and supports a healthy, well-managed blue economy.
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Waste and Hazardous Substances Policy
Our policy aims for all activities to eliminate waste, circulate resources, and regenerate nature.
Latest Nature and Climate News
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RMA replacement laws pass today, usher in new era of harm to the environment
The Green Party says the worst parts of the new laws replacing core environmental legislation were copied and pasted from industry lobbying documents, and will allow untold harm to human health and the environment.“With the passing of these bills, Aotearoa is in a new era of environmental exploitation at the hands of polluting industries,” says Green Party Environment spokesperson Lan Pham. “At a time when half of our rivers are too polluted to swim in, ocean fisheries like tarakihi are...
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Greens commit to undoing attacks on conservation and environment laws
The Green Party has announced at the March for Nature in Auckland that, if elected, it will ensure that conservation land is managed for nature, not for profit, and that there are strong limits on activity that might harm the wider environment.“Today, people from across Aotearoa have stood up yet again against the Coalition Government's attacks on nature and public conservation land. The Green Party is marching with them because corporate interests should never come at the expense of our...
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Docs show new anti-enviro laws copy pasted from Big Polluter wish lists
The Natural Environment Bill and Planning Bill will go to their third readings this week. These are the laws replacing New Zealand’s foundational environmental law, the Resource Management Act (RMA).Changes to the bills that appear to have come straight from industry lobby groups include critical wording on climate impacts, pollution limits, resource use limits, and environmental health, while including special provisions for specific industries, and reducing public input opportunities. This occurred despite repeated official advice, and independent expert warnings. “Let...
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Public pressure on Conservation Amendment Bill forces roll back but meaningless as worst elements still remain
Public pressure has forced the Coalition Government to roll back parts of the Conservation Amendment Bill, but changes are essentially meaningless when the remaining clauses could still have disastrous ramifications, says the Green Party. “While we welcome the Select Committee’s decision to abandon the controversial conservation land exchange and disposal provisions, New Zealanders should remain extremely concerned about the ‘squeeze any economic value at any cost’ approach of the economic clauses in the Bill,” says Green Party environment spokesperson Lan Pham. ...
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Methanex closing eliminates any arguable case for LNG Terminal
The Green Party says Methanex closing shuts the door on any arguable reason for the Government to build an LNG import terminal, and is calling on the Government to cancel its plans."It's time for the Government to cancel their plans to use $1 billion of taxpayer money to underwrite the LNG import facility," says Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. "Methanex leaving takes the country's largest gas user out of the market and frees up gas supply through to the end...
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Luxon Government off track to meet almost all climate targets
The Climate Commission has today warned that unless we get a serious Government willing to take real action in the next 12 to 24 months, we are at risk of missing almost all of our climate targets.“Christopher Luxon came to power and shredded climate action, meaning we’re now off track to meet almost all of our climate targets. This isn’t about numbers on a page. This is about people’s lives and livelihoods," says Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. “New Zealanders...
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Government’s RMA replacement bills get worse at select committee, now a ‘race to the bottom’
The Government’s replacement resource management bills have come back from select committee weaker than before, removing and weakening key environmental safeguards and leaving New Zealanders to pay the cost.“At a time when pollution and exploitation of our environment is unprecedented, these Bills are now a race to the bottom. The Luxon Government is stripping away environmental protections while New Zealanders are left paying for the costs of environmental damage and the Government’s regulatory relief framework,” says Greens Party Environment spokesperson...
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Much delayed climate adaptation bill needs much more work
The Climate Change Response Amendment Bill introduced today falls far short of the game plan our communities urgently need, says the Green Party."Luxon’s Government has spent nearly three years delaying a climate adaptation plan that in October last year they also decided to delay all funding decisions for. Councils can’t take on more unfunded mandates, and New Zealanders are none the wiser about who pays," says Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. "We’ve been actively trying to engage the Minister in...
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Calls for fisheries amendment bill to be dropped completely
The Green Party is welcoming the Government's backdown on the Fisheries Amendment Bill, but says the Bill needs to be scrapped completely, not just delayed.“The Government may be at war with nature in their plans to privatise our oceans, conservation land and waterways, but people are pushing back and winning,” says Green Party Co-leader and Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick. Fisheries Minister Shane Jones today confirmed he would delay the Bill until after the election. “This is the same...