Press Releases

Budget 2026 hides a nearly $500 million KiwiSaver hole across the public service

08 June 2026

Chloe Swarbrick

Finance

The Green Party says Budget 2026 leaves a hole of nearly half a billion dollars, the cost of...

Luxon's Government nearly halves food bank funding as demand hits record high

Luxon's Government nearly halves food bank funding as demand hits record high

04 June 2026

Marama Davidson

Social Development

The Green Party says this Government has nearly halved funding for food banks in Budget 2026...

Government clears the way to automate decisions about people's survival

Government clears the way to automate decisions about people's survival

29 May 2026

Ricardo Menendez March

Social Development

The Green Party is condemning the Government's move to hand decisions on benefits over to au...

Pasifika left behind by Budget 2026

Pasifika left behind by Budget 2026

28 May 2026

Teanau Tuiono

Pacific Peoples

Today Nicola Willis delivered a third Budget in a row which prioritises the super-rich and p...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

 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...

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

Climate Change

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