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Marine Protection Bill encouraging, but more work required
The Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill is an encouraging example of what cross-party co-operation can achieve. -
Failure of climate auction highlights government inaction
The lack of bids at today’s ETS auction is a sad indictment on this Government's staggering indifference to the climate crisis and their lack of a plan. -
Budget cuts chances of liveable future
Scrutiny of Budget 24 and advice to the Minister of Finance shows the Government is knowingly increasing emissions and shredding climate action. -
Farmers among first and worst hit by climate change
The Government has once again kicked the climate action can down the road by removing agricultural emissions from the Emissions Trading Scheme. -
Government to add oil and gas to climate fire
The Government deciding to lift the oil and gas ban in the middle of a climate crisis is a severe step backwards that will have serious consequences for our future. -
Trickle-down tax cuts while the planet and social contract burns
The Government’s bloody-minded commitment to delivering trickle-down tax cuts at all costs comes at the expense of investment in people and planet. -
Coalition of cowards slashes investment in climate action
Actions speak louder than words and this Government's attack on the climate will ripple through generations, says the Green Party. -
Government gives nothing to climate and inequality crises
The coalition Government has offered Aotearoa little hope and even less ambition in this year’s Budget. -
Coalition of coal will prove catastrophic for climate
The Government’s plans to ramp up coal mining in the heat of a climate crisis will see our chances of a liveable future melt away. -
State of the Planet speeches, 2024
Green Party co-leaders Marama Davidson and Chlöe Swarbrick used this year's State of the Planet to call on the Government to prioritise people and planet as the delivery of the Budget approaches. A full transcript of their speeches can be found below.