Tag: Green Party
Chlöe Swarbrick to replace NZ’s outgoing Green Party co-leader James Shaw
RNZ News
Outspoken MP Chlöe Swarbrick will be the Green Party's new co-leader alongside Marama Davidson, as climate change specialist James Shaw steps down.
Last month,...
‘Not complicated’ over killing children, Swarbrick tells Gaza ceasefire rally
Asia Pacific Report
About 5000 protesters calling for an immediate ceasefire and an end to Israeli's genocidal war on Gaza today took part in a...
Fa’anānā Efeso Collins – an ‘extraordinary man’, says widow
RNZ News
The late Green Party MP Fa'anānā Efeso Collins has been remembered by his widow as an "extraordinary man" at a service in South...
NZ’s Green Party co-leader James Shaw had ‘good Pacific relationship’
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
A political commentator says Green Party co-leader James Shaw was a "friend of the Pacific".
Shaw, who was previously New...
Canberra ‘ignores public’ over Gaza war – UNRWA fund cuts...
Asia Pacific Report
Senator and deputy leader of the Australian Greens party Mehreen Faruqi says the survival of millions of people in Gaza depends on...
Pasifika MP among possibles for NZ’s new Green co-leadership
RNZ News
As New Zealand's former climate change minister James Shaw prepares to step down from the Green Party's co-leadership role, the space has opened...
Luxon warned over ‘meddling’ on Te Tiriti – ‘Māori will not...
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been warned that Māori will not sit by without a fight if the government attempts to...
Golriz Ghahraman’s exit from politics shows the toll of online bullying...
ANALYSIS: By Cassandra Mudgway, University of Canterbury
The high-stress nature of working in politics is increasingly taking a toll on staff and politicians. But an...
Former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman faced ‘continuous death threats’
RNZ News
Former Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman -- a leading voice in Aotearoa New Zealand's Parliament for human rights, an independent foreign policy, and...
NZ election 2023: Polls understated the right, but National-ACT may struggle...
ANALYSIS: By Adrian Beaumont, The University of Melbourne
While the tide well and truly went out on Labour on election night in Aotearoa New Zealand,...
NZ elections 2023: It’s National on the night as New Zealand...
By Debrin Foxcroft, Finlay Macdonald, Matt Garrow and Veronika Meduna, The Conversation
From winning a single-party majority in 2020, Labour’s vote has virtually halved in...
NZ election 2023: Two polls show boost for left bloc –...
RNZ News
Two polls out tonight both have Winston Peters firmly in the drivers' seat for forming a government with Aotearoa New Zealand's general election...
NZ elections 2023: Green Party, Te Pāti Māori call out ‘harmful...
RNZ News
Green Party co-leader James Shaw has compared the language of New Zealand First leader Winston Peters to former US president Donald Trump, saying...
NZ election 2023: Green Party pledges to double Best Start payment
RNZ News
New Zealand's Green Party says it will double the Best Start payment from $69 a week to $140 -- and it will also...
NZ election 2023: Overstayers issue kicks off Pacific communities debate
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist
The Pacific Election 2023 debate kicked off today with one of the most pressing issues for Pacific communties --...
NZ election 2023: Greens promise five weeks’ annual leave to up...
RNZ News
The Green Party, if elected in the Aotearoa New Zealand general election next month, is promising to up workers' minimum annual leave entitlements...
NZ election 2023: ‘People power’ alliance wins pledge of 1000 new...
Asia Pacific Report
Opposition National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis was among three political leaders who made a surprising commitment at a debate last night...
Hipkins warns NZ voters against ‘turning the clock back’ on reforms
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist
Parliament has ended for another term, shutting down ahead of the Aotearoa New Zealand election campaign with...
Australian fight to protect koala habitats in northern NSW heats up
The battle to stop the destruction in Australia of critical koala habitats in state forests in Northern NSW has escalated in recent weeks. Wendy...
Greenpeace backs Greens’ ‘solar homes’ policy, but warns over NZ post-election...
Asia Pacific Report
Greenpeace has welcomed the Greens for being the first party to announce a household solar policy for Aotearoa New Zealand's election in...
Chlöe Swarbrick: Housing in NZ a major driver of poverty –...
COMMENTARY: By Chlöe Swarbrick
In 1988, our National Housing Commission declared, “New Zealand does not have the huge, insoluble problems of homelessness and substandard housing...
NZ’s housing market drives inequality – why not just tax houses...
ANALYSIS: By Susan St John, University of Auckland
The Green Party made waves recently when it proposed to tax net wealth more than NZ$2 million...