Press Releases
Raising speed limits on undivided highways invites trouble
29 January 2025
Julie Anne Genter
TransportThe Government’s move to increase speed limits substantially on dozens of stretches of rural...
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Govt’s sanctions regime fails us all
23 January 2025
Ricardo Menendez March
Social DevelopmentThe Government’s newly released data paints a damning picture: the sanctions regime targetin...
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Government spin won’t pay the rent
22 January 2025
Chloe Swarbrick
FinanceThe latest Consumer Price Index figures show rents rising almost twice as fast as general in...
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Aotearoa must step up as Trump plays with climate fire
21 January 2025
Chloe Swarbrick
Climate ChangeThe Green Party is calling on the Government to stand firm and work with allies to progress ...
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Greens welcome Gaza ceasefire, but say more work to do
16 January 2025
Teanau Tuiono
Foreign AffairsThe Green Party has welcomed the provisional ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, and re...
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Greens welcome deadline extension but reiterate call for Bill to be binned
09 January 2025
Tamatha Paul
JusticeThe Green Party welcomes the extension of the deadline for Treaty Principles Bill submission...
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Govt’s ‘free speech’ legislation stokes fear, not freedom
19 December 2024
Francisco Hernandez
Tertiary EducationThe Government’s planned changes to the freedom of speech obligations of universities is lit...
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Green Government will revoke dodgy fast-track projects
17 December 2024
Lan Pham
EnvironmentThe Green Party has warned that a Green Government will revoke the consents of companies who...
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Government for the wealthy keeps pushing austerity
17 December 2024
Chloe Swarbrick
FinanceThe Green Party says the Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update shows how the Government is fa...
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Govt’s miserly 1.5% minimum wage will take workers backwards
17 December 2024
Teanau Tuiono
Workplace Relations and SafetyThe Government’s announcement today of a 1.5 per cent increase to minimum wage is another bl...
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Luxon’s ‘localism’ strikes again
16 December 2024
Celia Wade Brown
Local GovernmentThe Government has used its final post-Cabinet press conference of the year to punch down on...
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Greens call for end to subsidies for Methanex
16 December 2024
Scott Willis
EnergyThe Green Party is calling for the Government to stop subsidising the largest user of the co...
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