Press Releases

Legacy politics has failed whānau, it’s time to act

15 February 2024

Marama Davidson

Child Poverty Reduction

Today’s Salvation Army’s State of the Nation Report shows clearly why politics matters. Only...

Groundhog Day as National once again punishes people on benefits

14 February 2024

Ricardo Menendez March

Social Development

The coalition Government has today conceded that it did not consider the impact of its benef...

National Govt will make more people poorer

11 February 2024

Ricardo Menendez March

Social Development

The Social Development Minister, Louise Upston’s plan to increase benefit sanctions and decr...

Māori face significant harm from axing govt funding of background reports

07 February 2024

Tamatha Paul

Courts

Māori will be among the most impacted by the Government’s cruel, irrational, and senseless p...

Income support for unemployed must be urgently increased

07 February 2024

Ricardo Menendez March

Social Development

Stats NZ unemployment data released today further highlights the urgent need for this govern...

Knowingly cruel, Govt makes Aotearoa a more precarious place for working people

21 December 2023

Teanau Tuiono

Workplace Relations and Safety

Just days after axing Fair Pay Agreements, this Government is once again trampling over peop...

Govt trashing nature for its industry mates

20 December 2023

Lan Pham

Environment

The Government’s repeal of the Natural and Built Environment Act is rushed, ideologically mo...

Govt gets its priorities all wrong with Kāinga Ora review

18 December 2023

Tamatha Paul

Housing

The independent reviews of Kāinga Ora announced today should be focused primarily on buildin...

Public transport and housing must be prioritised from remnants of Let's Get Wellington Moving

17 December 2023

Julie Anne Genter

Transport

The new government's decision to walk away from Let's Get Wellington Moving shows they are s...

Govt slams on the brakes of climate action

14 December 2023

Julie Anne Genter

Transport

The scrapping of the Clean Car Discount is an act of climate vandalism - and the Green Party...

Energy giants treating households like cash machines

14 December 2023

Scott Willis

Energy

The Green Party is calling on the Government to step in as New Zealand’s four energy giants ...

Luxon’s free pass to the fossil fuel industry needs to be stopped

14 December 2023

Marama Davidson

Climate Change

Chris Luxon is giving big oil and gas corporations a free pass at a time when countries all ...