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Green Party calls for stronger action by Auckland Council to protect urban trees and native forest
The Green Party is calling on Auckland Council to do more to protect urban trees and housing developer Aedifice Property Group to restore and replant the native forest it cleared, and protect all the remaining trees on Ngahere Road in Pukekohe after a significant number of native trees were cut down. -
You *wood* not believe it: Greens secure win for urban trees
The Green Party’s advocacy has secured an amendment to the Natural and Built Environment Bill at a crucial stage of the Parliamentary process to ensure the Government provides national direction on protecting urban trees. -
Forestry sector must compensate for slash damage
The Green Party welcomes today’s release of the report of the Ministerial Inquiry into slash and sediment, and are clear that the forestry industry must foot more of the bill. -
Greens launch petition to protect conservation lands from mining by Mineralogy International Limited
The Green Party has today launched a petition calling for conservation land to be protected from mining by big overseas companies such as Mineralogy International Limited, which Australian billionaire Clive Palmer is a director of. -
National's drought of ideas won't help farmers facing climate change
Christopher Luxon and the National Party have once again presented another lazy, back-of-the-napkin policy to Aotearoa. -
Freshwater crisis needs stronger government action
New Zealand’s rivers, lakes and freshwater are in crisis and there needs to be a more ambitious Government plan to clean them up and protect against nitrate contamination, the Green Party says. -
Greens welcome waste strategy release and work
The Green Party is today welcoming the release of the Government’s waste strategy, but says it has a big gap without action on the container return scheme for beverage containers. -
NZ needs strong protection against water privatisation
New Zealanders deserve strong protection against the future privatisation of water assets, the Green Party says. -
Nature missing in RMA reform
The Government has missed a crucial opportunity to redesign the resource management system with climate and nature at its heart. -
Report shows reducing actual farming emissions vital
Evidence shows that relying on offsets to reduce agriculture’s impact on the climate will not work, the Green Party says.