Written By: - Date published: 11:14 am, August 25th, 2023 - 7 comments
As always, if you want to understand green politics, listen to what the Green MPs say themselves. This speech is no exception.
Written By: - Date published: 10:02 am, August 23rd, 2023 - 38 comments
The political courage of the Green Party is paying off.
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, August 18th, 2023 - 7 comments
Our descendants will curse us
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, August 8th, 2023 - 5 comments
“Unpredictable change is the new status quo”
Written By: - Date published: 1:18 pm, July 27th, 2023 - 4 comments
Some guidelines about current moderation.
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, July 24th, 2023 - 66 comments
“No party who wants to work with us after 14th October should ever take our support for granted”
With the urgency of the climate crisis upon us, the Greens are finally willing to use the cross benches card.
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, July 18th, 2023 - 56 comments
The term landback appears to induce anxiety in some people, but whether one agrees with the details or not, there’s nothing in this Green Party policy to be afraid of.
Written By: - Date published: 6:10 am, July 9th, 2023 - 69 comments
James Shaw’s speech to the Greens’ AGM is showing us this is the party with the actual plan for how to get through the crisis.
Written By: - Date published: 11:36 am, July 5th, 2023 - 211 comments
“science would be taught through five contexts – the Earth system, biodiversity, food, energy and water, infectious diseases”
Written By: - Date published: 6:10 am, July 3rd, 2023 - 66 comments
“Right now, the rental market more closely resembles a game of monopoly than a public good – and it’s landlords who hold all the cards. This didn’t happen by accident. For decades, governments have made rules to prioritise those who own property and failed to protect people who rent.”
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, July 3rd, 2023 - 20 comments
“Something went wrong”
Written By: - Date published: 10:58 am, July 2nd, 2023 - 50 comments
“We are the only political party in New Zealand that puts women first”
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, June 12th, 2023 - 160 comments
Poverty is a political choice, and the Green Party is choosing to end it. – James Shaw
Written By: - Date published: 1:49 am, June 6th, 2023 - 53 comments
How does regional rail fit into the biggest story on the planet?
Written By: - Date published: 11:27 am, May 18th, 2023 - 15 comments
“All of these things were impossible, until they weren’t” – Chloe Swarbrick
Written By: - Date published: 8:51 am, April 23rd, 2023 - 40 comments
One of the prime tasks of feminism is to teach women that the patriarchy is not inevitable.
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, April 17th, 2023 - 6 comments
XR are back. New strategy, same smart and bold action.
Written By: - Date published: 9:49 am, March 25th, 2023 - 333 comments
A progressive online space for discussion about the Let Women Speak events this weekend.
Written By: - Date published: 11:26 am, March 13th, 2023 - 162 comments
So much of the ongoing debate about Mātauranga Māori is based on belief, and often unevidenced belief about what Mātauranga Māori is and how it is being used.
Written By: - Date published: 10:01 am, March 8th, 2023 - 39 comments
James Shaw and Greenpeace on why mitigation and adaptation need to be paired.
Written By: - Date published: 10:47 am, February 3rd, 2023 - 187 comments
As property investors indicate an intention to raise rents, Renters United and 20+ community groups call for a rent freeze in Auckland.
Written By: - Date published: 9:41 am, January 25th, 2023 - 142 comments
Another piece on the internet by a Western scientist calling indigenous knowledge superstitious woo that should be separated from the Mighty Western Science way of knowing. Take that as a content warning either way if you are reading on.
Written By: - Date published: 6:09 am, January 16th, 2023 - 2 comments
Who said climate action can’t be funny?
Written By: - Date published: 6:04 am, January 12th, 2023 - 80 comments
The mechanism for ostracism destroys solidarity and has serious implications for the left.
Written By: - Date published: 2:36 pm, January 6th, 2023 - 28 comments
There’s bad news, but there is also hope and opportunity.
Written By: - Date published: 11:51 am, December 14th, 2022 - 15 comments
Kim Hill vs Tobacco Company PR Guy.
Written By: - Date published: 2:47 pm, December 4th, 2022 - 6 comments
So many good initiatives that demonstrate that sustainability and community resiliency are intertwined. The sheer numbers of people involved now is heartening at a time when we are inundated with what is going wrong.
We’ve never had so much choice in what we can do to effect good change. We know the problems, now is the time to put our attention to the solutions, what is already working. and then get on with it.
Written By: - Date published: 11:35 am, November 17th, 2022 - 13 comments
New Zealand National Statement at COP27, and the call for all of us to act.
Written By: - Date published: 11:11 am, November 12th, 2022 - 42 comments
It is really quite something to be watching in real time, the implosion of twitter at the hands of Elon Musk.
Written By: - Date published: 9:02 am, October 26th, 2022 - 93 comments
Written By: - Date published: 10:22 am, October 20th, 2022 - 42 comments
Groundswell want degenerative agriculture.
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