Press Releases

Static child poverty stats highlight need for urgent action

20 February 2025

Marama Davidson

Child Poverty Reduction

This morning’s Stats NZ child poverty statistics should act as a wake-up call for the govern...

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NZers didn’t need this much pain to reduce OCR

19 February 2025

Chloe Swarbrick

Finance

Today’s OCR cut will fail to soothe the long-term pain Christopher Luxon’s Government is inf...

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Govt funding for biodiversity an embarrassment

17 February 2025

Marama Davidson

Conservation

The Government’s newly announced funding for biodiversity and tourism of $30-million over th...

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Job losses from Kinleith Mill closure devastating

14 February 2025

Scott Willis

Regional Development

The hundreds of jobs lost needlessly as a result of the Kinleith Mill paper production closu...

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Fisheries consultation must put sustainability before profit

12 February 2025

Teanau Tuiono

Oceans and Fisheries

The Green Party is urgently calling on the Government to prioritise long-term prosperity of ...

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Benefit levels fail to keep families out of poverty

12 February 2025

Ricardo Menendez March

Social Development

The Salvation Army’s State of the Nation report is a bleak indictment on the failure of Gove...

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Public Works Act overhaul fails to protect Māori land

05 February 2025

Huhana Lyndon

Maori Development

The Government’s so-called overhaul of the Public Works Act will fail to prevent further inj...

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Govt’s lack of a plan shows in soaring unemployment stats

05 February 2025

Ricardo Menendez March

Social Development

The latest labour market figures confirm unemployment has risen to levels not seen since the...

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Government plan fails on growing public housing stock

04 February 2025

Tamatha Paul

Housing

The Green Party says the Government is giving up on growing the country’s public housing sto...

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Greens stand with Coromandel locals against Luxon’s destructive mining policy

31 January 2025

Steve Abel

Resources

Green Party MP Steve Abel this morning joined Coromandel locals in Waihi to condemn new mini...

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Where’s the “culture of yes” on climate ambition?

31 January 2025

Chloe Swarbrick

Climate Change

The Green Party is calling on the Government to strengthen its just-announced 2030-2035 Nati...

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Open season on renters begins with no-cause evictions

30 January 2025

Tamatha Paul

Housing

The Green Party says that with no-cause evictions returning from today, the move to allow la...

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