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Accident Compensation Policy
Our policy builds a holistic system that promotes good health, reduces harm, and improves quality of life.
Services and Systems
Systems that support all of us.
Our vision is simple: communities that flourish because the systems around them work. This means investing in the basics: affordable housing, sustainable transport, universal healthcare, and lifelong learning. By rebuilding public infrastructure and prioritising community wellbeing, we can reduce inequality and unlock opportunity. This is how we create a future where everyone belongs and everyone has the support they need.
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Drug Policy
Our policy creates an evidence-based legal framework for drug use that promotes and delivers health, wellbeing, and informed choice.
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Education Policy
Our policy supports lifelong learning for all that empowers people to benefit humanity and the planet.
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Energy Policy
Our policy enables everyone to access reliable, affordable, and renewable energy, from a Tiriti-based, democratised energy system that prioritises community wellbeing over private profit.
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Health Policy
Our policy takes a holistic approach to health that supports whānau|family, hinengaro|mind, tinana|body and wairua|spirit.
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Housing Policy
Our policy requires accessible, healthy, secure and sustainable housing in thriving communities.
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Livelihoods Policy
Our policy ensures everyone has enough income and resources to live a fulfilling life with dignity and participate fully in society.
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Transport Policy
Our policy supports everyone to safely, conveniently, and independently move around and connect with their community with minimum harm to the planet.
Latest Services and Systems News
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Green Party pledge to remove AI from welfare payment decisions
The Green Party pledges that artificial intelligence and automated decision making will not be used for payment decisions in the welfare system, such as cancelling, suspending, or reducing welfare payments, or imposing benefit sanctions when it is in Government. “The Coalition’s push for automated decision making has already proven disastrous by treating tens of thousands of people like test subjects and leaving them financially vulnerable,” says Green Party Social Development Spokesperson, Ricardo Menendez March. “The Ministry of Social Development's report...
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Over 14,000 Benefits Wrongly Suspended Under Minister’s Watch, Call For Compensation Continues
Today’s report by the Ministry of Social Development shows that over 14,000 people had their payments wrongfully suspended as a result of legislation introduced and passed under urgency by Louise Upston. “Louise Upston’s policies have resulted in thousands of people being left without the payments they need to put food on the table and cover their bills. Many of the people impacted are people living with health conditions, injuries, and disabilities, whose lives would have been turned upside down due to these payment suspensions”, says Green Party Social Development Spokesperson Ricardo Menendez March. “Falling behind by $3000 when you are on...
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Greens launch plan to break up the supermarket duopoly and bring down the price of food
The Green Party has today announced a plan to break up the supermarket duopoly by creating a publicly owned supermarket chain called KiwiMart, as part of its Affordable Kai election policy. "Our country produces enough food to feed 40 million people. There is no shortage of food in Aotearoa, but it's somehow becoming too expensive for too many New Zealanders," says Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. "Two companies control what almost everyone in this country eats, and they take about a...
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Luxon’s fuel tax freeze leaves worse roads and fewer choices
The Green Party says the Government's decision to cancel next year's fuel excise increase will leave the land transport system short of the money it needs and shows neither major party has a serious plan for paying for transport."Neither Labour nor National is being serious or responsible about how we pay for transport," says Green Party transport spokesperson Julie Anne Genter. "Freezing fuel excise will make our roads worse, defer maintenance we badly need, and leave people with fewer options...
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Labour’s nursing policy a positive step, more work still needs to be done to support healthcare workers
The Green Party welcomes Labour’s election policy of guaranteed employment for all nursing graduates. However, more work needs to be done when it comes to supporting the health workforce, says Green Party Co-Leader Marama Davidson.“Guaranteed employment for all nursing graduates is something the Green Party supports. We’re pleased to hear Labour’s announcement that they will do this if elected.” “However, there is still more that could be done to support nursing graduates and our health workforce, such as introducing paid...
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New bill to ban supermarket price gouging
The Green Party has announced a new Member's Bill, the Commerce (Excessive Pricing in Retail Grocery Industry) Amendment Bill, that would ban price gouging by the supermarket duopoly."New Zealanders pay too much for their groceries, while supermarkets are raking in excess profits of a million dollars a day. So, the Greens are introducing a law to make it illegal to charge unreasonable prices for groceries," says Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. "While Luxon’s Government has talked tough, prices at the...
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Government making life harder for young people with ill mental health and cancer patients
The Green Party says the Government’s changes to Jobseeker benefit eligibility for young people will cut support for thousands of disabled, injured and sick young people.This follows Louise Upston today revealing that almost 70% of young people on Jobseeker Support (Health Condition, Injury or Disability) have a psychiatric or psychological condition. “This Government is making it harder for thousands of disabled and sick people to get the support they need. You don’t make mental health better by taking away income,”...
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Financial mentoring report demands immediate action on New Zealand’s spiralling debts
The Green Party commits to regulating debt collection and banning attachment orders against beneficiaries, following FinCap’s finding that their clients’ debt has surged to almost a billion dollars.“Families are increasingly under pressure from the rising cost of living and the growing burden of difficult debt. Poorly regulated debt collectors are deepening the crisis for too many families,” says Green Party Social Development spokesperson Ricardo Menéndez March. “An attachment order mandates the Ministry of Social Development to deduct up to 40%...
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Fossil fuel inflation drives up cost of living, Luxon rests assured
Exposure to volatile fossil fuels has driven inflation to its highest level in two years, piling more pressure on New Zealanders' cost of living, says the Green Party. "Stats NZ has today confirmed what every New Zealander already feels at the checkout. Almost everything is more expensive. That is because our economy is wired up to fossil fuels," says Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. "Inflation has hit 4.1 per cent in the year to June, up from 3.1 per cent in...