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Greens launch petition to stop Auckland Council climate action cuts
The Green Party has today launched a petition to stop Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s proposed cuts to climate and environmental programmes that protect us from extreme weather. -
Greens join call for immediate rent freeze after floods
The Green Party is joining more than 20 community organisations to call for an immediate rent freeze in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, after reports of landlords intending to hike rents after flooding. -
Hauraki Gulf in urgent need of protection
The Green Party backs the demands of Forest and Bird and calls on the Government to take urgent action to restore the health of the Hauraki Gulf/Tīkapa Moana/ Te Moananui ā Toi. -
Greens welcome Government coming to party on reducing alcohol harm
The Green Party are celebrating today’s introduction of the Government’s Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Community Participation) Amendment Bill, effectively adopting Part One of Chlöe Swarbrick’s Harm Minimisation Bill. -
Healthy Homes for all means a WOF and Landlord Register
The Government’s decision to exclude landlords from property management regulations means more than half of Kiwi rentals will be left out in the cold. And, where they’re kicking the can down the road on Healthy Homes Standards, the Government falls short on the basics that a Rental Warrant of Fitness would fix. -
Greens call on Education Minister to bring tertiary sector to the table
The Green Party is once again calling on the Minister of Education to bring union, government officials and sector leaders together to urgently improve the pay and condition of tertiary education staff. -
Govt adopts Green alcohol harm solutions
The Greens welcome the Government’s announcement today to remove the special appeals process from Local Alcohol Policies, effectively adopting the first half of Chlöe Swarbrick’s Alcohol Harm Minimisation Bill. -
No more Biden time on cannabis decriminalisation
The Green Party is calling on the Government to follow President Joe Biden’s lead and decriminalise cannabis. -
Greens back uni strikes and call on Hipkins to bring sector to the table
The Green Party is calling on the Minister of Education to bring the tertiary education sector together so we can urgently improve the pay and condition of university staff. -
Years of Green Party work leads to the end of live exports
Aotearoa will finally bring an end to the live export by sea of cattle, deer, sheep and goats.