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Children's Policy
Our policy helps all children to experience a joyful childhood and the best possible start to life.
People and Communities
For the people.
A better future starts with people having what they need to live well. Right now, too many are facing stress and insecurity while wealth flows to the top. By choosing people over corporate profits and investing in homes, health, and community wellbeing, we can build a future where everyone feels valued, supported, and able to build a life they’re proud of. The Green Party is committed to challenging the status quo and building a future where everyone can thrive.
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Communities of Colour Policy
Our policy supports communities of colour to belong, be understood, and to lead.
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Disability Policy
Our policy helps disabled people and whānau to thrive in caring communities.
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Overseas New Zealanders Policy
Our policy celebrates and safeguards the diverse diaspora of Aotearoa New Zealand, and fosters meaningful links to home.
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Rainbow Policy
Our policy supports takatāpui and Rainbow communities to live with dignity, equality and bodily integrity, and upholds their mana, self-determination and leadership.
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Rural Communities Policy
Our policy helps build resilient rural communities that embrace nature, connection, and shared futures.
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Seniors Policy
Our policy helps seniors thrive, in all their diversity, and with dignity and autonomy, in vibrant intergenerational communities.
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Tagata Moana Policy
Our policy upholds the self-determination of tagata moana and recognises whakapapa connections across the Pacific.
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Women's Policy
Our policy supports women to thrive, lead, and uplift our communities.
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Youth Policy
Our policy helps young people to feel valued, connected, loved, and empowered to engage with the world, in hope.
Latest People and Communities News
people and communities
Greens commit to pay equity for care workers
The Green Party is announcing it will restore pay equity law to the position it was in before Luxon's Government butchered it in 2025, along with funding a settlement for the roughly 65,000 care and support workers whose claim was stopped by those changes. "Care and support workers look after disabled people, older people and some of the most vulnerable people in New Zealand every day, yet their work has been undervalued for too long," says Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson....
people and communities
Foreign Affairs Minister fails to seek advice on leaving Paris Agreement
The Green Party has discovered Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, has neither sought nor received any advice on what it would mean for New Zealand to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, while his party campaigns on taking the country out of it. "The majority of current Government coalition parties are ramping up the campaign to remove our country from the world's main climate change agreement, but the Minister of Foreign Affairs hasn't asked his officials a single question about what...
people and communities
Luxon undermines economic resilience
The Green Party says the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU) shows this Government has failed to deliver a resilient economy that works for New Zealanders.“Luxon’s fiscal hole is in New Zealanders’ wallets, the empty shops in our towns and the gap in action required to meet the climate crisis,” says Green Party Co-leader and Finance spokesperson Chlöe Swarbrick. “Hope is not a plan, but it’s clear that’s all this Government has as they sit on their hands and hope...
people and communities
New Zealanders overwhelmingly support Green’s wealth tax
The Green Party says other parties should get behind a wealth tax after a new Ipsos survey shows almost two-thirds of New Zealanders back the party's policy.“New Zealanders know our infrastructure is falling apart and they know that the super wealthy are not paying their fair share. They want a country that works for all of us, which is why they want a wealth tax,” says Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. The latest Ipsos Issues Monitor surveyed 1,003 people between...
people and communities
Green Party announce plan for city centre vibrancy
The Green Party has today announced a plan to get small businesses a fair deal by making sure market rent reviews can lower rents, and by giving councils the power to auction leases on shops that have been empty for more than a year."We want thriving towns and cities, which means filling vacant spaces with our country’s limitless talent, creativity and entrepreneurship. The Greens are here to support our local economy," says Green Party Co-leader and Auckland Central MP, Chlöe...
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Government ignores disabled people and passes flawed disability law
The passage of the Disability Support Services Bill is a profound failure to listen to disabled people, carers and whānau, Green Party Disability spokesperson Kahu Carter says.“‘Nothing about us’ without us is supposed to mean something. Today, this Government has shown disabled people that when it comes to decisions about their own lives, their voices can still be pushed aside. “This Bill was developed without meaningful consultation with disabled people and rushed through Parliament despite thousands of people speaking up...
people and communities
47,500 more children in poverty under Luxon Government
The Green Party says the Child Poverty Action Group Change Manifesto to Reduce Child Poverty confirms change is needed, reinforcing the need for a government that champions the wellbeing of children instead of the interest of large corporations.“The state of child poverty in Aotearoa is shocking. One in seven children, 169,300 of them, are now in material hardship. That’s 47,500 more than in 2022. New Zealand must take action to end the child poverty crisis,” says Green Party Co-leader Marama...
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Nats under-16 social media ban lets social media giants off the hook
The Green Party is critical of the Government’s bill which would attempt to ban social media for under-16s. “A ban on social media for under-16s doesn’t solve the problem of social media platforms churning out harmful and dangerous content in the first place,” says Green Party Spokesperson for Media and Communications, Hūhana Lyndon. “We need to regulate social media platforms for all users so these platforms are free from harmful content, rather than just trying to limit access for young people...
people and communities
Green Party announces plan for free and nutritious school lunches
The Green Party has announced its new election policy for free and nutritious school lunches.“School lunches are about more than food. They are about investing in our children’s futures, creating local jobs and supporting local food producers,” says Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson. “We know that our tamariki learn better when they are well fed. Every child across Aotearoa deserves healthy, delicious, locally prepared kai that helps them thrive.” “This is why the Green Party is excited to announce that...