A complete reset of student support. The Green Party will ensure students have what they need to focus on their study, stay healthy, and enjoy life. We all benefit when somebody takes on tertiary study, contributes original thought and their skills to our communities, hapori, country and the world. Political decisions over the last few decades have normalised and entrenched student poverty, with many struggling to pay rent and put food on the table. This wasn’t an accident - and...

An Aotearoa built on the foundations of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The Green Party will whakamana Te Tiriti o Waitangi and uphold tino rangatiratanga, for the wellbeing of tangata whenua and tangata moana. Nearly two centuries of land dispossession enabled by Crown policy has caused an underlying, deep, foundational harm that Māori continue to experience to this day. We see it in everything from the harm that has been done to our natural world, and the effects of homelessness, health...

Healthy and affordable transport for all The Green Party will invest in clean, affordable transport that makes it easy for everyone to get around. Our towns and cities can be places where everyone can move around using affordable, climate-friendly buses and trains, by bike, or walking. Aotearoa was once a country with frequent, affordable bus and train services joined up right across the country - even to very rural areas. We can reconnect our communities and safeguard our climate. All...

Liveable, climate-resilient communities The Green Party will create vibrant, climate resilient, accessible cities and towns. Our towns and cities can be places where people and nature thrive, with affordable homes, low-emissions transport, and vibrant green spaces. Successive governments have failed to plan our urban environments in ways that enable new homes to be built, that support low-carbon travel options. The Green Party knows that we need to rethink how our towns and cities are designed - and who they are...

Creating a circular economy The Green Party will take action to eliminate waste and pollution to help tackle climate change and protect nature. To tackle the climate crisis, protect our forests and oceans, and create healthy communities, we need to think about waste differently. Successive governments have created a system where corporations can extract resources, make products that are not designed to last or be repaired, and then do nothing as the resulting product is thrown into landfill. The Green...

An Aotearoa that cares for all animals The Green Party will protect animals from cruelty and suffering. Animals deserve a life free from suffering. Harmful practices that put profit ahead of their welfare are unacceptable. Thousands of farmed animals are suffering unnecessarily because the standards that are meant to protect their safety, instead allow cruel and harmful practices to continue. Powerful corporations also continue to push for animal welfare protections to be delayed or abandoned. The Green Party has championed...

Strong rights and fair pay The Green Party will reduce inequity, protect working conditions, and improve the lives and rights of working people. Everyone has the right to safe, decent and meaningful work. Our jobs should pay enough to live on and allow for time with whānau. But right now, Aotearoa is not working for all working people. Thousands of people are forced to work two or three jobs just to make ends meet, and successive governments have given big...