The tools exist to help families with surging costs – and as costs continue to rise it is more urgent than ever that we use them, the Green Party says.

The Green Party are welcoming a pause on all remaining oil and gas exploration, and call on the Government to stop it all together. 

The Government will constrain itself unnecessarily at Budget 2023 unless it changes the tax system to raise revenue from the wealthiest few which can be used to support people.

The Green Party will continue to prioritise affordable public transport for everyone.

The Government should adopt an excess profits tax and use any revenue raised to help people make ends meet, following the rise in the Official Cash Rate today. 

Long overdue changes to the Crown Minerals Act are a welcome step in the right direction but the Government needs to go further to end the nonsensical search for fossil fuels.

The four big electricity companies should be required to reinvest massive profits into cutting both household bills and climate pollution, the Green Party says.  

The Minister for Transport can show climate leadership and consider only the lowest carbon ways of crossing Waitematā harbour.

Chris Luxon’s plan to reopen new gas projects in the middle of the climate crisis is about as irresponsible as it gets. 

The Green Party is once again calling on the Government to introduce an excess profits tax and use the money to support people, rather than relying on the good will of corporations.