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Enough posturing, let’s get on and build enough public housing
The Green Party is urging the Government to take its own advice and come up with a long-term plan to build thousands more public homes. -
Free prescriptions important step forward
The Green Party is today welcoming free prescriptions. -
Long-term commitment needed on public housing
Budget 2023’s investment in public housing falls short of what’s needed. -
Govt must break up supermarkets
The Government needs to do much more to address supermarket profiteering, which is driving high food prices. -
Action to support people to put food on the table more urgent than ever
Yet another increase in food prices shows the urgent need for the Government to tax wealth and use the money to help people put food on the table. -
The time is now for overstayer amnesty
With the alarming number of Dawn Raids occurring, the Green Party is calling on the Minister to immediately grant an amnesty to all overstayers. -
Government must end benefit sanctions and cancel debt
The Government needs to end benefit sanctions, cancel debt to the Ministry of Social Development, and immediately lift benefits, says the Green Party. -
Labour must come to table on RSE residency
The Green Party welcomes National’s support of residency pathways to RSE workers, and is urging Labour to join this emerging cross-party consensus. -
Action needed to stop supermarkets taking advantage of people
Supermarket profiteering is driving high food prices and it needs to be reined in urgently, the Green Party says. -
All migrant workers deserve pathways to residency
The Green Party welcomes the broadening of the number of professions who are part of the Green List and Straight to Residency Pathway, and calls on the Government to do more for the workers who are currently without any pathways to residency.