Press Releases
Time for Govt to get serious on household debt
31 July 2025
Ricardo Menendez March
Commerce and Consumer AffairsThe Green Party is calling on the Government to intervene following a new report on rising h...
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Greens launch petition against Govt’s attack on democracy
30 July 2025
Marama Davidson
Democracy and Electoral ReformThe Green Party has launched a petition calling on the Government to keep its hands off voti...
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Greens call on Govt to recognise Palestinian statehood
30 July 2025
Marama Davidson
Foreign AffairsThe Green Party is calling on the Government to recognise Palestine as a state, following a ...
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Greens launch petition for regional passenger rail
24 July 2025
Julie Anne Genter
TransportThe Green Party has launched a petition calling on the Rail Minister Winston Peters to reins...
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Govt’s electoral reform weakens democracy
24 July 2025
Celia Wade Brown
Local GovernmentThe Government is weakening our democracy by restricting voting rights and making it easier ...
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People need opportunities not punishment to find jobs
24 July 2025
Ricardo Menendez March
Workplace Relations and SafetyThe Green Party is calling on the Government to put its money where its mouth is when it com...
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Govt confirms homelessness is rising, fails to take responsibility
23 July 2025
Tamatha Paul
HousingThe Government’s Homelessness Insights report has confirmed that homelessness is on the rise.
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Greens call on Housing Minister to be honest about homelessness
20 July 2025
Tamatha Paul
HousingThe Green Party is calling on the Associate Minister of Housing Tama Potaka to come clean ab...
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Greens call for NZ Govt to take UK’s lead and lower voting age
18 July 2025
Celia Wade Brown
Democracy and Electoral ReformThe Green Party is calling on the Government to follow the lead of the United Kingdom and lo...
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Benefit sanctions double under National as unemployment soars
17 July 2025
Ricardo Menendez March
Social DevelopmentLatest figures from the Ministry of Social Development show the Government is pushing more a...
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Minister must back regional vocational education with real support
15 July 2025
Francisco Hernandez
Tertiary EducationThe Government’s move to re-establish ten polytechnics fails to ensure the thriving, future-...
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Submissions show overwhelming opposition to RSB
14 July 2025
Francisco Hernandez
RegulationThe Green Party is calling on Cabinet to stop the Regulatory Standards Bill, after only 19 o...
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