On World Refugee Day, the Green Party is calling on the new Minister for Immigration, Michael Wood to make up for the support that was not provided to people forced to leave their home countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aotearoa must retain its independent foreign policy in the Pacific region, the Green Party says.

The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is welcoming the Government’s latest step toward electoral reform, which begins to fulfil an important part of the Co-operation Agreement between the two parties.

A stronger democracy is on the horizon, as Golriz Ghahraman’s Electoral (Strengthening Democracy) Amendment Bill was pulled from the biscuit tin today.

An independent review of New Zealand’s detention regime for asylum seekers has found arbitrary and abusive practices in Aotearoa’s immigration law, policy, and practice.

The Green Party welcomes the long overdue deal to resettle 150 refugees held unlawfully in Australia’s prison islands here in Aotearoa - but says the resettlement should be in addition to the existing refugee quota.

Al Salaam Aleykum. We remember the day three years ago, when our nation’s heart was broken. My heart was broken.

The Green Party urges the Government to offer to resettle and support Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russian violence and persecution.

“Our first thoughts are with the people of Ukraine and their families, as well as the political activists, journalists, human rights defenders and Rainbow community members who dedicate their lives working to build a peaceful and inclusive future for their country and are likely to be particular targets of Russian violence,” says Foreign Affairs spokesperson Golriz Ghahraman. 

The Green Party says Parliament must take action to make democracy more accessible by lowering the voting age to 16.