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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.
Policies
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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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Greens' fiscal plan builds real economic resilience to lower cost of living and stimulate 64,000 new jobs
The Green Party has released its fully costed fiscal plan, which returns the books to surplus in 2029/30 and pays for new investment with around $8 billion a year in new revenue from the super-rich and big corporations. “The Green Party is serious about real world economic management. Our fiscal plan makes critical investment essential for productivity and resilience, improving long-term fiscal sustainability,” says Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. The Green Party will: Commit to future operating allowances of $4.5 billion...
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Greens to deliver more staff, shorter wait times and a healthier country with significant health investment
The Green Party is announcing it will turn around the crisis in health by strengthening hospital and emergency care, investing in primary and community care, and funding a long-term plan for the health workforce.“Governments are failing if they declare a surplus while children have cancer treatment delayed and our emergency departments are in crisis. The Greens are committed to real world economic management, and our fiscal plan will deliver the long-term funding our health system needs to recover and serve...
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Green Party to abolish training wage and provide more support for apprentices
The Green Party will abolish the training wage, so people aren’t forced to live in poverty while they learn on the job. “A strong economy needs a strong workforce. We will ensure apprentices are paid properly for their work, supporting more tradies on and into the job,” says Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. "We need to more homes and renewable energy, which means we need a skilled workforce of builders, electricians, plumbers, mechanics, and other tradespeople to make it happen.”...
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Greens announce paid placements for nurses, teachers, and social workers
Greens announce paid placements for nurses, teachers, and social workers The Green Party has announced it will provide students a universal weekly payment while they complete practical training to become nurses, teachers, and other essential health and social support workers."Students should not have to go broke while they train for the jobs New Zealand needs. Our paid placements policy will make sure they can afford the essentials while training,” says Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson. The Green Party will also...
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Greens promise to reverse National’s Public Service cuts
The Green Party would cancel the National Party's $2.4 billion cuts to the public service if elected, says co-leader Marama Davidson. "National's reckless cuts to public services have left New Zealanders with crumbling essential services, and job losses that have devastated our local economy, including the hospitality and retail sectors.” "Instead of investing in our public service, and the people who bring their skills, talent and dedication to the sector, the National Party is proposing cutting another 8,700 more roles and...
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Greens give councils tools to fund tourist infrastructure
The Green Party has announced it will ensure councils get the tools they’ve been asking for, including a bed levy, to fund the infrastructure visitors use. “Councils and the communities they represent want a bed levy to reduce the pressure on ratepayers and support the tourism they’re asked to absorb. The Greens will make it happen,” says Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. “From Auckland to Queenstown, Mayors don’t care about central government politicians’ squabbles about whether a levy is a tax....
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Greens announce jobs guarantee for young people
The Green Party has announced a jobs guarantee for young New Zealanders, giving every 16- to 24-year-old who has been out of work for six months a pathway into a job in their local community. “All around our country, infrastructure and nature need maintenance and renewal, and community services are short of the people they need. We will guarantee young people a job doing this important work,” says Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson. “When there is so much real work...
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Green Party launches the transport plan to combat fossil fuel crisis
The Green Party has announced that they will provide fast, frequent and affordable public transport that saves everyone time, money and frees us from the expense of filling up a car. “New Zealanders deserve a fast, convenient and affordable transport system. The Greens have the plan to get immediate improvements using what we’ve already got, while laying down the tracks for the future,” says Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. “Congestion sucks – it costs us time, money and productivity. The...
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Green Party announce plan for passenger rail between major NZ cities
The Green Party has announced its plan to invest in New Zealand’s rail network by connecting the country with intercity passenger rail services.These services include: An Auckland-Wellington overnight rail service, Passenger rail between Christchurch and Dunedin, Improving, electrifying and extending the Te Huia route to Tauranga. “Where public transport has been invested in, it’s well used, saving people time and money every day. But for a lot of New Zealand, public transport options remain expensive and infrequent, especially when travelling...