Press Releases

Foreign Affairs Minister fails to seek advice on leaving Paris Agreement

Foreign Affairs Minister fails to seek advice on leaving Paris Agreement

30 September 2026

Chloe Swarbrick

Climate Change

The Green Party has discovered Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, has neither soug...

Luxon undermines economic resilience

Luxon undermines economic resilience

29 September 2026

Chloe Swarbrick

Finance

The Green Party says the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU) shows this Governme...

New Zealanders overwhelmingly support Green’s wealth tax

New Zealanders overwhelmingly support Green’s wealth tax

25 September 2026

Chloe Swarbrick

Finance

The Green Party says other parties should get behind a wealth tax after a new Ipsos survey s...

Greens reject Taxpayers' Union's dirty politics – call to clean up politics

23 September 2026

Chloe Swarbrick

The Green Party is calling on all parties and political organisations to reject the tactics ...

RMA replacement laws pass today, usher in new era of harm to the environment

23 September 2026

Lan Pham

Environment

The Green Party says the worst parts of the new laws replacing core environmental legislatio...

Greens announce plan to get big money and influence out of politics

Greens announce plan to get big money and influence out of politics

22 September 2026

Marama Davidson

Democracy and Electoral Reform

The Green Party has today announced a plan to get big money and influence out of politics, w...

Green Party announce plan for city centre vibrancy

Green Party announce plan for city centre vibrancy

20 September 2026

Chloe Swarbrick

The Green Party has today announced a plan to get small businesses a fair deal by making sur...

Greens commit to undoing attacks on conservation and environment laws

Greens commit to undoing attacks on conservation and environment laws

19 September 2026

Marama Davidson

Conservation

The Green Party has announced at the March for Nature in Auckland that, if elected, it will ...

Minister finally loses confidence in FENZ leadership

17 September 2026

Mike Davidson

Internal Affairs

The Green Party says Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden should have acted on firefi...

Luxon Government captured by lobbyists and big business

Luxon Government captured by lobbyists and big business

17 September 2026

Marama Davidson

Public Services

Trust in law-making in Aotearoa is being eroded by the clear influence of commercial lobbyin...

Luxon Government decides their final say should outweigh local democracy

17 September 2026

Mike Davidson

Local Government

National Government has decided its final say matters more than local democracy by taking aw...

Ake, Ake, Ake: Green Party commits $200m to the future of te reo Māori

Ake, Ake, Ake: Green Party commits $200m to the future of te reo Māori

14 September 2026

Marama Davidson

The Green Party is committing to a flourishing reo Māori in homes, in schools, and in commun...