Press Releases
Legacy politics has failed whānau, it’s time to act
15 February 2024
Marama Davidson
Child Poverty ReductionToday’s Salvation Army’s State of the Nation Report shows clearly why politics matters. Only...
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Groundhog Day as National once again punishes people on benefits
14 February 2024
Ricardo Menendez March
Social DevelopmentThe coalition Government has today conceded that it did not consider the impact of its benef...
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National Govt will make more people poorer
11 February 2024
Ricardo Menendez March
Social DevelopmentThe Social Development Minister, Louise Upston’s plan to increase benefit sanctions and decr...
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Māori face significant harm from axing govt funding of background reports
07 February 2024
Tamatha Paul
CourtsMāori will be among the most impacted by the Government’s cruel, irrational, and senseless p...
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Income support for unemployed must be urgently increased
07 February 2024
Ricardo Menendez March
Social DevelopmentStats NZ unemployment data released today further highlights the urgent need for this govern...
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Knowingly cruel, Govt makes Aotearoa a more precarious place for working people
21 December 2023
Teanau Tuiono
Workplace Relations and SafetyJust days after axing Fair Pay Agreements, this Government is once again trampling over peop...
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Govt trashing nature for its industry mates
20 December 2023
Lan Pham
EnvironmentThe Government’s repeal of the Natural and Built Environment Act is rushed, ideologically mo...
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Govt gets its priorities all wrong with Kāinga Ora review
18 December 2023
Tamatha Paul
HousingThe independent reviews of Kāinga Ora announced today should be focused primarily on buildin...
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Public transport and housing must be prioritised from remnants of Let's Get Wellington Moving
17 December 2023
Julie Anne Genter
TransportThe new government's decision to walk away from Let's Get Wellington Moving shows they are s...
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Govt slams on the brakes of climate action
14 December 2023
Julie Anne Genter
TransportThe scrapping of the Clean Car Discount is an act of climate vandalism - and the Green Party...
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Energy giants treating households like cash machines
14 December 2023
Scott Willis
EnergyThe Green Party is calling on the Government to step in as New Zealand’s four energy giants ...
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Luxon’s free pass to the fossil fuel industry needs to be stopped
14 December 2023
Marama Davidson
Climate ChangeChris Luxon is giving big oil and gas corporations a free pass at a time when countries all ...
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