Press Releases

Greens back striking secondary teachers

31 May 2023

Teanau Tuiono

Education

The Green Party backs secondary teachers resuming strike action.

National’s backtrack forces another visionless, shambolic policy

28 May 2023

Julie Anne Genter

Urban Development

The National Party has released another confused and rushed policy that will only further wo...

We don’t need to engineer a recession, Government can tax wealth

24 May 2023

Chloe Swarbrick

Revenue

The Green Party is calling on the Government to take responsibility for reducing inflation b...

Enough posturing, let’s get on and build enough public housing

24 May 2023

Ricardo Menendez March

Housing

The Green Party is urging the Government to take its own advice and come up with a long-term...

Greens welcome much needed investment but Labour can go further for Te Ao Māori & Pasifika in the Budget

18 May 2023

Teanau Tuiono

Maori Development

Today the Green Party’s Te Mātāwaka (Māori and Pasifika) caucus supported the 2023 Budget, b...

Free prescriptions important step forward

18 May 2023

Ricardo Menendez March

Health

The Green Party is today welcoming free prescriptions.

Long-term commitment needed on public housing

18 May 2023

Ricardo Menendez March

Housing

Budget 2023’s investment in public housing falls short of what’s needed.

ECE extension Green win nearly 10 years in the making

18 May 2023

Teanau Tuiono

Education

The Green Party is today celebrating Budget 2023 funding extending free ECE to two year olds.

Green initiative addresses both climate and inequality

18 May 2023

Julie Anne Genter

Transport

A long standing Green Party policy has been extended yet again in this year’s Budget. This w...

Greens on board with more affordable buses and trains

18 May 2023

Julie Anne Genter

Transport

The Green Party is fully on board with free bus and train travel for under 12s and half pric...

Govt must break up supermarkets

12 May 2023

Ricardo Menendez March

Commerce and Consumer Affairs

The Government needs to do much more to address supermarket profiteering, which is driving h...

Action to support people to put food on the table more urgent than ever

11 May 2023

Ricardo Menendez March

Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Yet another increase in food prices shows the urgent need for the Government to tax wealth a...