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National pushing through with secret TPP talks before the election

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:30 am, September 17th, 2017 - 23 comments

“This continues National’s desperation to see a TPPA at any cost”

Our Nation’s Stolen Generation Moment

Written By: Guest post - Date published: 8:26 am, September 16th, 2017 - 8 comments

A guest post by @invisiphilia on the recent Mahinarangi Forbes interview on the Hui on the abuse of children in foster care and why the Government is wrong in refusing to have a proper independent inquiry into what went wrong.

Rally Against Poverty – join Metiria Turei and Marama Davidson

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:25 am, September 16th, 2017 - 20 comments

Saturday 16 Sept 2.30pm, Otara Town Centre, South Auckland. Let’s all come together to rally for our communities that have been at the forefront on the fight to end poverty.

Marama Davidson and Chloe Swarbrick on ending poverty

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 3:38 pm, September 15th, 2017 - 8 comments

The Greens have a plan to end poverty now.

Greening the place up

Written By: Robert Guyton - Date published: 10:22 am, September 14th, 2017 - 50 comments

It’s a simple equation; Labour plus The Greens equals real progress, real change, real hope.

Green Party announces a better deal for students

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:20 am, September 14th, 2017 - 8 comments

“Students are the only group in society expected to borrow just to get by. We believe that students should be supported so that they can focus on learning the skills they need to contribute to a smart, innovative economy and a fairer society”

Is NZF positioning itself for a 4th term National government?

Written By: weka - Date published: 12:08 pm, September 12th, 2017 - 34 comments

It’s a timely reminder that 12 days before the election Winston Peters has just reaffirmed the door is very much open to a coalition or Confidence and Supply agreement between National and NZF. If you want to change the government, a vote for NZF is a risk.

If you walked away from the Greens, it’s time to come back

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 8:15 am, September 12th, 2017 - 111 comments

Graham Cameron from First We Take Manhattan writes about the importance of voting Green this election in order to change the government and green the government.

I’m off to vote today

Written By: lprent - Date published: 1:22 pm, September 11th, 2017 - 75 comments

Voting has opened for advance votes and the expectation is that it will be pretty heavy prior to polling day over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be out there voting today for Jacinda Arden as my local MP, and for the Greens as my party vote.

Business leaders endorse Labour / Green government

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:23 am, September 11th, 2017 - 67 comments

In The Herald: “Fear of a Labour/Green Government in the business community is well gone, says SkyCity chairman-elect Rob Campbell”, “Business doesn’t necessarily do better under National led Governments”.

Plant trees, love NZ: the Greens’ bold Climate Protection Plan

Written By: weka - Date published: 8:00 am, September 11th, 2017 - 68 comments

The Greens have a comprehensive, detailed plan for NZ on what to do about climate change that works through transforming the economy, ending poverty, and protecting the environment.

Reasons to vote Green: the TPPA

Written By: weka - Date published: 12:58 pm, September 9th, 2017 - 63 comments

A strong Green Party presence in government is the best way to prevent the TPPA, and is critical in protecting NZ’s environment and social and political sovereignty.

The Cost

Written By: advantage - Date published: 8:00 am, September 9th, 2017 - 59 comments

Should the Greens form part of the next Government there will be huge expectations on them to perform.

Speaking of mothers

Written By: weka - Date published: 1:28 pm, September 5th, 2017 - 31 comments

There’s a direct relationship between how badly we treat mothers and how much we exalt neoliberalism.

The actual implications of a Capital Gains Tax

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 1:38 pm, September 4th, 2017 - 109 comments

Matthew Whitehead looks at what the Greens, Labour and National really mean when they talk about a CGT.

Challenging the divine right of kingmakers

Written By: weka - Date published: 12:40 pm, September 1st, 2017 - 123 comments

23 days to go. We’re now this close to changing the government, and have a real chance at a truly progressive government with a Labour/Green coalition. For that we need strong Green representation.

This is how you change the Government – Enrolments

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 12:19 pm, September 1st, 2017 - 6 comments

The first of what will be a series of posts on practical steps that people can take to elect a progressive Government. In this post the importance of getting as many people enrolled as possible.

The Green Party plans to protect marine mammals and ecosystems

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 10:35 am, August 31st, 2017 - 25 comments

In Government the the Greens will create a blue whale sanctuary and a local ecotourism industry – to replace seabed mining and oil and gas.

Greens commit to Zero Carbon Act in first 100 days

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 11:52 am, August 26th, 2017 - 48 comments

“The Act will mean that climate targets are legally binding, and the Government will be obliged to have a detailed plan about exactly how it will meet those targets, detail that has been desperately missing under National. This is what real action on climate change looks like.”