✔ Public housing build

3000 new homes to be delivered through the Kāinga Ora build programme.

✔ Key electoral changes made to strengthen democracy

These electoral changes include the ban of foreign donations, lowering the disclosure threshold for donations to political parties to $5k, restorin...

✔ Supermarket watchdog and code of conduct created

The creation of a supermarket industry regulator 'watchdog' and mandatory code of conduct an important first step toward reigning in unfair behavio...

✔ Emissions Trading Scheme strengthened

The biggest polluters will have to do more to meet climate targets, after changing decades-old ETS settings to ensure the phase-down of free alloca...

✔ Free masks to protect against COVID-19

Providing the same level of protection to everyone, regardless of income, is the best way to keep everyone safe from COVID-19; free masks are avail...

✔ Communities given greater say over how their local transport services are run

The new Sustainable Public Transport Framework will enable public ownership of transport systems that prioritise better wages and working condition...

✔ Tax change encourages businesses to supply public transport options for staff

Public transport subsidies will finally be exempted from fringe benefit tax, which means that when an employer subsidises public transport passes f...

✔ Health sector makes landmark commitments to improve ADHD outcomes

Minister of Health commits to six key areas of progress for the ADHD community, presenting a roadmap for transformational change to ADHD diagnosis ...

✔ Live animal exports banned

Aotearoa finally ends the live export by sea of cattle, deer, sheep and goats.

✔ Public oversight of fisheries decisions protected

Government removes provisions in the Fisheries Amendment Bill that would establish pre-set decision rules, which would have limited the public’s ab...

✔ NZ supports a moratorium on seabed mining in international waters

Government finally puts the health of our ocean’s seabed, ecosystems and marine life ahead of the profits of international mining corporations, by ...

✔ Alcohol harm minimisation solution adopted

Removing the special appeals process from Local Alcohol Policies will enable genuine community decison making and reduce corporate lobbying power

✔ Frequent visitors from Samoa granted visa-waiver status

Frequent visitors from Samoa can travel to Aotearoa without a visa

✔ Bus drivers around the country receive a wage boost

Fairer wages and better working conditions are good for bus drivers and their families, and they will also lead to better services and fewer cancel...

✔ Changes to Immigration system to put people first

Post Study Work Visa holders locked out due to COVID border closures have been issued Open Work Visas, changes to residency settings mean that nurs...

✔ Birthing injuries now covered by ACC

Including cover for birthing injuries will mean birthing parents can access existing support and treatment available through the AC Scheme, includi...

✔ Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People launched

The Ministry will lead and coordinate disability policy across Government, including improving outcomes for disabled people in areas such as employ...

✔ Telehealth service launched, allowing people to access early medical abortions over the phone

People who are pregnant and wish to have an abortion are now able to access an early medical abortion (10 weeks) over the phone, and have the medic...

✔ Pay equity extended to social workers

Pay equity extended to all social workers employed in iwi or community organisations that receive Crown funding (4,600 workers).

✔ Fair pay agreements legislation passed

Fair Pay Agreements will employers and employees to bargain collectively for industry or occupation-wide pay and conditions.

✔ More single use plastic products have been phased out

From October 2022 plastics banned for sale include single use plastic drink stirrers and cotton buds, some plastic meat trays and polystyrene food ...

Funding for the Māori Health Authority

We welcome the substantial funding going into the new health system, Pae Ora, particularly for the Māori Health Authority, Iwi-Partnership Boards, ...

More funding for Predator Free 2050

We're supporting our native animals by further supporting Predator Free 2050 to reduce numbers of rats, stoats and possums

Action on Homelessness

We secured $75m for homelessness programmes which specifically focus on rangatahi and kaupapa Māori Services

Deer and wild goat control

We're supporting our native plants by increasing pest control of deer and goats which have significant impacts on the health of our native forests

Funding for Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence

Budget 2022 delivers $114.5 million over four years to prevent and respond to family violence and sexual violence across Aotearoa

More walking, cycling and better public transport

With more investment in safer walkways and cycle lanes and better public transport, we'll create more options to get from A to B

The End of Coal Boilers in Schools

We'll replace all coal boilers in schools by 2025

Decarbonising our energy grid to reach the goal of 100% renewable power generation

By banning all new baseload fossil fuel generation, we'll make sure all new energy is from renewable sources - so no more coal burning!

Climate Emergency Response Fund (CERF)

The CERF is how we pay for Aotearoa's climate action. It's a fund generated through the Emissions Trading Scheme that we have kept specifically to ...

Community Energy Fund

We'll make it easier for communities to cut their energy bills and their emissions, by installing small scale renewable energy

Support to buy electric vehicles

We'll continue the Clean Vehicle Discount, and support low-income households into EVs through a vehicle scrap-and-replace scheme

Warmer, drier, more energy efficient buildings

By improving insulation our new buildings will be more energy-efficient and will keep our people warmer and healthier

The end of low- and medium-temperature coal boilers

We're banning new low- and medium-temperature coal boilers and phasing out existing ones by 2037

Less food waste in landfills

We'll support councils to provide kerbside collection of food scraps, so that most households have access to a food waste collection service by 2030

Better public transport

Improvements to public transport will mean more routes and more frequent services. We'll also guarantee better pay for bus drivers and create a nat...

Support for regenerative agriculture

We'll support the development of regenerative farming practices & enable Māori farmers to adopt low emissions farming practices

Better waste management

We'll invest in waste infrastructure so climate pollution created by landfills can be captured by 2026

Clean Car Standards

We'll make sure imported cars meet higher standards, to reduce emissions and prevent New Zealand being a dumping ground

Māori climate strategy that prioritises mātauranga Māori

We need to ensure an equitable transition for Māori to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We'll work with Māori to develop a Māori Climate Strategy asnd ...

Supporting workers to transition

By working with unions, communities and businesses, we'll develop plans to support communities to move away from industries that fuel the climate c...

Restoration and protection of native forests

By funding more trees and stopping pests, we'll restore our native forests which will help to absorb climate pollution from the air, while also hel...

Carbon Neutral Government Programme

We're pushing Government to lead by example, by requiring central government agencies to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025

Gas Transition Plan

We'll support households and businesses to reduce emissions by developing a transition plan away from fossil gas

Decarbonising trucks and trains run on clean energy

We'll ensure emissions from trucks and trains are reduced by 35% by 2035, by supporting the uptake of zero-emissions trucks and enabling low- and z...

Warmer Kiwi Homes Expansion

We'll support more low income families to make their homes warmer and more energy efficient with insulation, heating and LED lights

Decarbonising public transport

We'll also ensure more buses are zero emissions through a $40 million fund for electric buses

✔ Emissions Reduction Plan

We led the creation of the all-of-government plan to cut climate pollution, which will be critical meeting our international climate obligations

✔ Eliminating violence in our homes and communities

We're working with community leaders to prevent and respond to family and sexual violence

✔ Coal boilers in schools replaced

All remaining coal boilers in New Zealand schools will be replaced with renewable woody biomass or electric heating sources by 2025 reducing carbon...

✔ Conversion Practices Banned

After 157,000 people called for it, we changed the law to ban harmful conversion practices so takatāpui and rainbow people can be safe and free.

✔ Birth injuries to be covered by ACC

More people who experience birth injuries will be able to make a claim through ACC and get the rehabilitation and healthcare they need.

✔ Electoral law reform

The Government has announced it will make changes to strengthen democracy.

✔ Hauraki Gulf marine protection

The Government released a plan to protect the Hauraki Gulf, including new marine protected areas.

✔ Raising incomes

Budget 2021 significantly increased benefits, providing more support for people out of work, single parents, and people with health conditions and ...

✔ Additional funding for Kauri protection

The Government used funding from Jobs for Nature to extend the programme for protecting taonga Kauri against dieback disease.

✔ Pathways to residency

A one-off residency pathway will enable more migrants to settle in Aotearoa.

✔ Disability Assist Dogs bill

New protections to ensure disabled people do not face discrimination for having a disability assist dog.

✔ Climate finance for countries most vulnerable to climate change

We quadrupled our climate aid commitment to $1.3b over the next 4 years, with at least 50% going to the Pacific.

✔ Matariki to become a public holiday

Matariki will be a public holiday from 2022 - so everyone in Aotearoa can connect with whānau and celebrate.

✔ Dawn Raids apology

The Government has formally apologised for the Dawn Raids.

✔ Funding for mental health services

Delivering funding for youth mental health serivces, rainbow services, and developing a long-term pathway for mental wellbeing in Aotearoa.

✔ Clean Car Discounts

Subsidies will make electric and hybrid cars cheaper.

✔ Māori wards

Stronger Māori representation on local councils with the barriers to creating Māori wards removed.

✔ More sick leave

Working people now get 10 days paid sick leave instead of 5. 

✔ Māori Health Authority Established

$98 million in Budget 2021 for establishing the Authority and supporting its initial operations.

✔ Childrens' mental health support

School-based Mana Ake mental health services are rolling out in more regions.

✔ Clean Car Standards

Imported cars will have to meet strict new pollution standards

✔ Building a strategy to reduce violence

Prioritising community voices through the national engagement process on the prevention and elimination of family and sexual violence.

✔ Climate Change Emergency Declared

The Government declared a Climate Emergency and committed to making the public service carbon neutral by 2025.

✔ Reducing and preventing homelessness

Funding and partnering with frontline groups doing the mahi to reduce and prevent homelessness. 

✔ Replacing coal with clean energy

New industrial coal boilers will be banned, and existing industrial coal use phased out. 

✔ More transitional housing

1,000 new transitional housing places and support services will help people with immediate housing needs. 

✔ Exposing climate risk

Aotearoa is the first country to require major financial investors to disclose climate change-related risks. 

✔ Creating safer communities

Funding frontline family violence and sexual violence prevention services with $132 million in Budget 2021. 

✔ Warming up homes

47,700 more homes will get insulation and heating, adding to the 400,000 warmer homes the Greens have delivered since 2009.

✔ Empowering iwi-led housing

Budget 2021 delivers $380 million for papakāinga and Māori-led housing.

✔ Investing in climate action

The Green Investment Fund got another $300 million in Budget 2021 to speed up the transition to clean energy. 

✔ Benefit Increase

After years of pressure, the Government is raising the incomes of those who need it most. 

✔ Protection for kauri

$28 million from Budget 2021 will help protect taonga kauri trees against Kauri Dieback disease. 

✔ Zero Carbon Bill

This landmark climate law sets up the legal framework for a 30 year plan to avoid a climate crisis

✔ Renting rules reformed

We’ve reformed renting rules so people who rent get a fairer deal

✔ Jobs for Nature

We secured $1.3 Billion to create thousands of nature-based jobs in the COVID-19 response

✔ Working to End Family Violence and Sexual Violence

Changing how government works to take a collective, strategic approach to end family violence and sexual violence.

✔ Huge boost to DOC funding

We secured the biggest increase of funding to DOC in decades, allowing DOC to increase efforts to support our native plants and animals

✔ Warm, dry, energy-efficient state homes

We’ve ensured every new home built by Kāinga Ora (formerly Housing NZ) will meet the “Home Star 6” energy efficiency rating, meaning public houses ...

✔ Climate included in the RMA

We put climate change back in the Resource Management Act, meaning consents for big polluting projects can be blocked, so that Aotearoa NZ builds a...

✔ Landmark welfare report

We need to put the heart back into our social support system. The Welfare Expert Advisory Group report creates a roadmap for our long term vision a...

✔ Doubled protections for dolphins

We doubled the size of marine sanctuaries for Māui & Hector’s dolphins

✔ Ended offshore oil and gas exploration

We banned new offshore oil and gas exploration to ensure fossil fuels stay in the ground

✔ Domestic violence protections

We passed world-first laws to provide leave from work for people experiencing domestic violence

✔ Nationwide cycleways upgrade

We secured $220 million for cycleway projects across the country.

✔ Single-use plastic bags banned

We banned single-use shopping bags and are moving to phase out other hard-to-recycle plastic packaging made from PVC and polystyrene

✔ Raising core benefits

We raised benefits by $25 per week, a first step to making sure people have enough to live with dignity

✔ Divested Kiwisaver funds

We banned default Kiwisaver funds from investing in fossil fuels, so your savings don’t fund the climate crisis

✔ Funding for clean transport

We’ve reprioritised transport planning to boost low carbon options like public transport, electric commuter rail and major cycling projects such as...

✔ Boosted funding to Family Planning

We got the biggest funding increase to Family Planning in over a decade to address long wait times and help hire more staff so New Zealanders can g...

✔ Winter Energy Payments

We're helping some of the lowest income people in our communities stay warm through Winter Energy Payments

✔ Major housing reforms

Major housing reforms are underway, to make renting fairer, to restart state house building, and our progressive home ownership policy is being rol...

✔ Major water reforms

We put in place rules to stop pollution of rivers and lakes, so they’ll be swimmable again within a generation

✔ Waste levy

We're expanding and increasing the waste levy to provide a stronger economic incentive to divert waste from landfill

✔ Making nature more accessible

We launched Accessibel, a new tool which helps communicate the accessibility of walkways, waterways and cycle ways.

✔ Financial sector climate reporting

We made New Zealand the first country in the world to require the financial sector to report on climate risks.

✔ Home insulation scheme

We’ve insulated 9,000 more homes, taking the grand total since 1999 (when the Greens first started insulation subsidies) to almost 400,000

✔ Misuse of Drugs Act reformed

We reformed the Misuse of Drugs Act so people get health support, not criminal convictions

✔ Phasing out plastic packaging

We're working to start phasing out other hard-to-recycle plastic packaging made from PVC and polystyrene

✔ Climate Change Commission

We established the independent Climate Change Commission to drive a just transition to a climate-friendly economy

✔ Youth mental health pilot

Our mental health pilot focuses on young people and will help support the next generation to live strong healthy lives

✔ Expanded Kahurangi National Park

We added 64,000 hectares to the Kahurangi National Park, the largest ever addition to a national park

✔ Equal Pay Amendment Bill

Our Green Minister for Women, Julie Anne Genter, unanimously passed the Equal Pay Amendment Bill which ensures women are paid fairly and makes it e...

✔ Aotearoa New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy launched

Te Mana o te Taiao, the Aotearoa New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy, envisions Aotearoa New Zealand as a place where ecosystems are healthy and resi...

✔ Extra support for maternity services

We secured $242 million -  the largest funding boost ever -  for primary maternity services, so midwives receive better support for their vital rol...

✔ Decriminalised abortion

After calling for it for years, a ground-breaking law passed that decriminalises abortion and ensures women and pregnant people seeking abortions h...

✔ National Plan of Action for Seabirds

We've revised and strengthened the National Plan of Action for Seabirds (NPOA) which now has the new objective of working to achieve zero bycatch o...

✔ Ended unnecessary sanctions

We abolished the cruel rule that cut single parents' welfare payments if they didn't name the other parent of their child

✔ Predator Free 2050

We’ve set Aotearoa on a path to be predator free by 2050, by increasing funding and setting out what needs to happen to achieve this ambitious goal

✔ Safe to School

We increased funding to Bikes in Schools and launched the Bike Ready programme so 43,000 more can learn to ride a bike. We're also changing the def...

✔ Increased the refugee quota

We got our longstanding policy of increasing the refugee quota over the line, with a doubling of the quota to 1500. This means Aotearoa NZ is provi...

✔ Climate education in schools

We rolled out a new resource for schools to help children understand how to live with climate change, and how they can make a difference

✔ Election Access Fund Bill

We passed landmark law to ensure deaf and disabled voices are heard equally in democracy

✔ International Visitor Levy

We set up a levy that tourists pay when entering the country, which is spent on protecting and enhancing nature.

✔ Green Investment Fund

We set up the Green Investment Fund to kick-start innovation towards a low-carbon economy

✔ Food in schools

After campaigning for it for years, we've now provided more than 200,000 kids with lunch at school

✔ Container return scheme

We're designing a container return scheme for beverage containers so that the materials that bottles and cans are made of, such as aluminium and pl...

✔ Paid Parental Leave

We've increased Paid Parental Leave to 26 weeks, so parents can spend more time with their new babies

✔ Progressive home ownership

We secured $400 million for a government progressive home ownership scheme, which will help families buy their own home in partnership with Kāinga ...

✔ Climate Action Plan

We got agreement for the first ever all-of-Government Climate Action Plan

✔ Prisoner Voting

We changed the law so prisoners in jail for three years or less can vote and are continuing to push for all prisoners to have the right to have the...

✔ Two new great walks

We opened the Paparopa track and are working towards opening Hump Ridge as the next Great Walk so people can enjoy nature

✔ Banned letting fees

We banned landlords and property managers from charging letting fees

✔ Solar schools and coal boiler replacements

We've started replacing coal boilers in schools and hospitals with clean energy alternatives, and have started putting solar panels on schools so k...

✔ Free period products in schools

Young people in Waikato will be the first to have free access to period products in schools, in another step to support children and young people i...

✔ International push to end fossil fuel subsidies

We've worked to end fossil fuel subsidies at international climate negotiations

✔ Family reunification

We locked in funding to reunite more refugees with their families, ensuring they have the best chance at a new life in Aotearoa New Zealand

✔ Te Reo in schools

Government support for te reo Māori language teaching in schools has been boosted, with 600 new advocates being introduced to schools

✔ Circular economy

We’re starting work towards a circular economy, by supporting businesses that are finding ways to create new products from others' rubbish

✔ More electric vehicle chargers

We’ve funded hundreds of new electric vehicle chargers to be built all over Aotearoa NZ – even on the Interislander ferry

✔ Product stewardship

We’re designing waste out of the system with mandatory product stewardship schemes for products such as e-waste, tyres and batteries, to make sure ...

✔ Fairness at work

We re-instated the right to rest and meal breaks, and restricted unfair 90 day trials

✔ New Energy Research Centre

We established the New Energy Research Centre in Taranaki to spur innovation and create jobs

✔ Country of origin labelling

Our member’s bill that allows New Zealanders to know where their food comes from was passed almost unanimously by Parliament

✔ Medicinal cannabis

We legalised medicinal cannabis products so those in chronic pain can get help

✔ Started the switch to low carbon trucks

We're building the foundation for a national network that facilitates the use of hydrogen for commercial and heavy transport fleets to decarbonise ...

✔ Climate impacts assessment

We started work on the first Climate Change Risk Assessment so we can prioritise action in the areas that need the most support to adapt to the eff...

✔ Plaque to commemorate New Zealand wars

As a step towards confronting our past, we helped Parliament to acknowledge our history by displaying a plaque to commemorate the New Zealand Wars.

✔ Economic justice for women

We reduced the gender pay gap in the public service to the lowest levels in 20 years and we're addressing systemic bias in the public service

✔ Ended Iraq deployment

We pushed for the end of the deployment of our troops to Iraq and we got it

✔ Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill

We introduced the Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill which aims to ensure the ecological, cultural, heritage and scientific values of Crown owned past...

✔ World first Algorithm Charter

We led the way for Aotearoa New Zealand to be the first country to set guidelines for the use of algorithms by public agencies. This means New Zeal...

✔ Family Funded Care

We changed Family Funded Care so parents and partners of disabled people with high or very high support needs will be paid for caring for their fam...

✔ Defence Climate Change Implementation Plan

We released the Defence Climate Change Implementation Work Plan, titled: "Responding to the Climate Crisis: An Implementation Plan", which marks th...

✔ More Measles Vaccines

We're leading the fight against measles and protecting hundreds of thousands more young adults by investing up to $40 million for a year-long measl...

✔ No more foreign donations

We changed the law to help protect our democracy from the influence of powerful vested interests, by banning foreign donations of more than $50

✔ Indigenous Fish Bill

We revised a 20 year old law to provide effective tools to look after indigenous fish spawning areas, ensure that culverts and drains don’t block f...

✔ Transparency in Government

We pioneered the proactive release of Green Party Ministers’ diaries, which was eventually taken up by all Government Ministers. We also saw a chan...