Tag: Green Party
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...
Rise in NZ disinformation, conspiracy theories prompts calls for election protections
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist
Unprecedented levels of disinformation will only get worse this election in Aotearoa New Zealand, but systems set...
Bike assailant ‘identity known’, says Green Party co-leader
Radio Waatea
Greens' co-leader Marama Davidson believes she knows who was riding the motorbike that hit her during a protest against British anti-transgender activist Kellie-Jay...
Greens lay down NZ climate change election challenge to other parties
RNZ News
New Zealand's Green Party has told other parties to come to the table with faster, bolder climate action if they want their support...
Climate strikes: Thousands march in NZ to demand action from government
RNZ News
Thousands of people turned up for climate strikes across Aotearoa New Zealand today -- and briefly staged a sit-in at Christchurch City Council.
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NZ Greens back call for rent controls after Auckland flash floods
RNZ News
Green Party MP Chlöe Swarbrick is brushing off concerns a temporary rent freeze in flood-hit Auckland would just see landlords hike rents even...
Climate activist says NZ locked in a ‘compromised’ emissions scheme
RNZ News
A climate activist furious with the Aotearoa New Zealand government's watering down of the proposed emissions pricing scheme says he hopes for stronger...