Press Releases

Minister for the Environment missing in action in Budget 2025

22 May 2025

Lan Pham

Environment

Budget 2025 makes it crystal clear that this Government has no interest in protecting nature...

Housing crisis will rage on with Budget 2025

22 May 2025

Tamatha Paul

Housing

Budget 2025 makes clear that the Coalition Government has no long-term plan to help communit...

Government pours gas on the climate crisis fire

22 May 2025

Chloe Swarbrick

Climate Change

Budget 2025 has put our climate targets in serious jeopardy, says the Green Party. 

Budget 2025 leaves future of school lunches uncertain

22 May 2025

Lawrence Xu Nan

Education

The future of the Ka Ora | Ka Ako school lunch programme looks to be uncertain with Budget 2...

‘Growth Budget’ = growth in poverty

22 May 2025

Ricardo Menendez March

Social Development

The Government’s Budget is failing families in poverty by pulling the rug on young people re...

Report shows Govt’s callous lack of support for system at breaking point

20 May 2025

Lawrence Xu Nan

Education

A new report from Aotearoa Educators’ Collective, released today, has confirmed what teacher...

Social Security Amendment Bill pushes poverty on people

15 May 2025

Ricardo Menendez March

Social Development

The Government’s just-passed Social Security Amendment Bill is set to create more benefit sa...

Report exposes damage of rushed cuts to Oranga Tamariki

15 May 2025

Kahurangi Carter

Children

Today’s report into last year’s Oranga Tamariki contract procurement process confirms the Go...

Green Budget: Early Childhood Education for Everyone

14 May 2025

Marama Davidson

Early Childhood Education

The Green Party has unveiled its new plan to make Early Childhood Education (ECE) free.

Green Budget delivers for Māori

14 May 2025

Huhana Lyndon

Maori Development

The Green Party is delivering for Māori with its Green Budget.

Tribunal review an attack on Te Tiriti o Waitangi

09 May 2025

Huhana Lyndon

Maori Development

The Government’s plans to limit the powers and scope of the Waitangi Tribunal is a disgrace.