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Stronger biosecurity protections at our border and for our iconic kauri
$28 million (as part of $32 million over five years) to roll out a National Pest Management Plan to protect kauri from dieback. $8.9 million for advanced screening technology to strengthen biosecurity management of the growing mail pathway. $22.5 million for the National Animal Identification and Tracing Scheme (NAIT). -
Green Party dismayed at delay in intensive winter grazing regulations
“The Government’s decision to cave into agribusiness and delay the implementation of critical regulations on intensive winter grazing is a bad outcome for rivers and animal welfare”, Green Party Environment spokesperson Eugenie Sage said today. -
Seaweek: Green Party calls on New Zealanders to make submissions supporting Waiheke Rāhui to protect declining kaimoana
The Green Party supports the Rāhui placed around Waiheke Island by Ngāti Pāoa to protect declining kaimoana and as part of Seaweek, is asking New Zealanders to make submissions to the Ministry of Primary Industries consultation -
Green Party calls on Government to stop dirty fishing practice of bottom trawling
The Green Party is calling on the Government to urgently stop dirty, degrading fishing practices in areas most vulnerable to destruction. -
Greens commit to ensuring strong oceans protection this term
The Green Party will work with Labour this term to ensure better protections for our oceans, Green MP Eugenie Sage said today. -
Successful prosecution of Talley’s deep-water fishing division shows need for more marine protected areas and better enforcement
Today’s ruling that Talley’s deep-water fishing division, Amaltal, is guilty of bottom trawling in the Hikurangi Marine Reserve demonstrates the need for increased fisheries enforcement and strong marine protected areas off our coasts, Green MP Eugenie Sage said today. -
Green Party commits to stronger urban tree protection and no new mines on public conservation land
The Green Party is the only party in Parliament which is explicitly committing to protecting public conservation land and the indigenous plants and wildlife which live there, from destructive mining. -
Greens must be at table during RMA reform to protect environment
The Green Party welcomes Labour’s commitment to reform the Resource Management Act, but says a Green voice is crucial to ensure the environment is not put at risk. -
Take action to protect our oceans
We’re taking the health of our oceans seriously and our Thriving Oceans Plan sets out exactly how the Green Party will protect them so we all can enjoy them - now and in the future. Successive governments have allowed our oceans to become more under threat more than ever before in human history. We know that in the aftermath of COVID-19, our recovery cannot be as simple as returning to “business as normal”. We need to invest in and build...