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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.
Nature and Climate Policies
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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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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...
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Green Party calls on Parliament to get on with solar loans before election
With Labour today announcing their support for a version of the Ratepayer Assistance Scheme, the Green Party is calling on Parliament to pass legislation to make it happen before the House rises for election 2026."Parliament can lower New Zealanders' power bills and reduce emissions before the election kicks off. Now both the red team and the blue team have announced their support for the Ratepayer Assistance scheme, there's no reason we can't progress on a cross-partisan agreement to do this...
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People and nature first in Greens’ rivers and oceans policy
The Green Party is calling foul on the Luxon Government’s dismantling of environmental protection, announcing a policy programme to deliver clean drinking water, swimmable rivers and beaches, and healthy oceans for all New Zealanders.“This is about protecting our taiao. The Green Party has announced its policy programme ‘Drink Swim Fish’ which will deliver far reaching environmental change and protect human and ecological health from harm caused by corporate greed,” says Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson. “Clean, healthy water is a human right,...
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Conservation Amendment Bill needs to start again
The Green Party says Conservation Minister Tama Potaka's decision to drop the disposal and exchange clauses from his Conservation Amendment Bill shows public pressure is working, but the whole Bill needs to be pulled and the reform started again. "This is a backdown forced by tens of thousands of New Zealanders who refused to let their wild places be put on the market. The Minister has finally heard them, but removing these clauses does not fix a Bill that was built to...
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Green Party will protect public conservation land for future generations
The Green Party is announcing in government it will overhaul the laws protecting Aotearoa's conservation land and wildlife, scrapping the Government's current reform and starting again with a process focused on protecting what we have for future generations.“Our public conservation land is not the Government's to sell. It belongs to all of us, and to the generations who come after us. Conservation reform should give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, put indigenous-led land stewardship at the centre, and make...
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Budget 2026 confirms Luxon’s climate ‘plan’ is a trashfire
Budget 2026 confirms the Government has no plan to meet our commitment under the Paris Climate Agreement, at a cost that previously Treasury calculated as up to $23 billion due by 2030. "New Zealanders have experienced 21 States of Emergency this year, which even the Prime Minister has acknowledged are inflamed by climate change. Yet, his Government continues to pour fossil fuels on the fire," says Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. “We have all known for years that meeting the Paris Agreement, covering 2021 to 2030, will require offshore mitigation. Every bit of domestic action reduced increases the cost...