Press Releases

Budget 2026 confirms Luxon’s climate ‘plan’ is a trashfire

Budget 2026 confirms Luxon’s climate ‘plan’ is a trashfire

28 May 2026

Chloe Swarbrick

Climate Change

Budget 2026 confirms the Government has no plan to meet our commitment under the Paris Clima...

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Government miss child poverty targets

Government miss child poverty targets

28 May 2026

Marama Davidson

Child Poverty Reduction

The Green Party says this year's Budget show the Government is failing to meet child poverty...

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“End of an era” as Government law change disestablishes Ministry for the Environment

“End of an era” as Government law change disestablishes Ministry for the Environment

27 May 2026

Lan Pham

Environment

The Green Party is condemning the Government’s disestablishment of the Ministry for the Envi...

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Luxon quietly borrows $1.4 billion more to hide climate failure

Luxon quietly borrows $1.4 billion more to hide climate failure

27 May 2026

Chloe Swarbrick

Climate Change

The Green Party has revealed Luxon's failed climate policies have created a $1.4 billion fis...

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Luxon’s Government found breaching trade agreements again

Luxon’s Government found breaching trade agreements again

26 May 2026

Chloe Swarbrick

Trade

Today’s report from Lawyers for Climate Action shows that Luxon’s handouts to fossil fuel co...

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NZ democracy at risk of corporate corruption - Green Party backs urgent inquiry

NZ democracy at risk of corporate corruption - Green Party backs urgent inquiry

25 May 2026

Chloe Swarbrick

Environment

Allegations that the Prime Minister’s office withheld information about backroom lobbying by...

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Government rushes disability bill through Parliament without disabled people at the table

Government rushes disability bill through Parliament without disabled people at the table

22 May 2026

Kahurangi Carter

Disability

The Green Party says the Government has failed disabled people by rushing the Strengthening ...

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Bill would protect public conservation land this Government wants to mine

Bill would protect public conservation land this Government wants to mine

21 May 2026

Lan Pham

Conservation

Green Party Member Lan Pham's Bill to prohibit mining on conservation land has been drawn fr...

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Bill drawn to ensure young people aren't made homeless when leaving Oranga Tamariki

Bill drawn to ensure young people aren't made homeless when leaving Oranga Tamariki

21 May 2026

Marama Davidson

Youth Justice

The Green Party bill requiring the government to make sure young people leaving state care h...

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National’s public housing reform ‘cuts costs’ at the expense of our most vulnerable

National’s public housing reform ‘cuts costs’ at the expense of our most vulnerable

21 May 2026

Tamatha Paul

Housing

The Green Party is warning that the Government’s changes to public housing will see more pub...

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Luxon backs anti-trans bill as families struggle to pay the bills

Luxon backs anti-trans bill as families struggle to pay the bills

21 May 2026

Kahurangi Carter

Rainbow Issues

The Government should be focused on the cost-of-living crisis facing whānau across Aotearoa,...

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Greens oppose rushed disability support law changes

Greens oppose rushed disability support law changes

20 May 2026

Kahurangi Carter

Disability

The Green Party is opposing the Government’s Disability Support Services Bill, saying disabl...

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