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Labour backs PSA’s call for public good test
Source: Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi PSA re-elects President Virgil Iraia for second term Labour leader Chris Hipkins backed the PSA’s call for a public good test...
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Government Cuts – PSA Says Enough is enough: public good test needed to stop Govt’s reckless restructures
Source: Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi Public good test will force agencies to weigh impact on services, communities and Te Tiriti before cutting jobs 4 out of...
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Election 2026 – Labour recommits to smokefree goals at HCA’s political panel
Source: Health Coalition Aotearoa Labour announced it would restore smokefree generation policies and a licensing regime for tobacco and vapes at Health Coalition Aotearoa’s (HCA) political panel on prevention. Act,...
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New research reveals disturbing extent of violence facing care and support workers – PSA
Source: PSA Almost 80 percent of support workers providing vital disability, home and community care, and mental health and addiction services have experienced workplace violence, research launched today shows. Psychological violence...
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Dental advocates welcome Green Party’s dental policy in new election manifesto
Source: Dental for All Monday 27 July The Dental for All coalition welcomes the Green Party’s commitment to publicly delivered, free dental care for everyone and support for by-Māori for-Māori...
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Animal Welfare – Help Them Escape This Future: Octopus Farming Ban Campaign Goes Huge in Wellington
Source: Animals Aotearoa 177 organisations worldwide stand with New Zealand against factory farming of highly sentient animals. Giant octopuses have appeared on billboards overnight, with a key message: Ban Octopus...
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Politics – Greenpeace says Greens’ policy announcement a win for fresh water and oceans, but Labour must follow
Source: Greenpeace Greenpeace Aotearoa is welcoming the announcement from the Green Party that, if elected, they will phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, reduce the size of the dairy herd and lower...
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Politics – Federated Farmers says Greens freshwater plan is bad policy and bad science
Source: Federated Farmers The Green Party is putting politics ahead of practicality and science with its freshwater policy, Federated Farmers freshwater spokesperson Mark Hooper says. “The Greens’ plan to phase out...
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Policy – Green’s tax policy will help level playing field for ordinary Kiwis, local businesses – Better Taxes
Source: Better Taxes for a Better Future The Better Taxes for a Better Future campaign welcomes the Green Party’s tax policy announcements released earlier today is an important step towards...
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Health Coalition Aotearoa congratulates leader on political candidacy
Source: Health Coalition Aotearoa Health Coalition Aotearoa congratulates its co-chair, Professor Lisa Te Morenga (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Te Uri o Hua, Ngāpuhi and Te Rarawa), on her newly announced Green Party...
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Green bill could halt New Zealand’s infrastructure rebuild – Aggregate and Quarry Assn
Source: Aggregate and Quarry Association of NZ The quarry industry has written to the Green Party saying a new private member’s bill to ban all new extractive activity on all conservation...
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Greenpeace – 26,000 strong petition urges no minerals deal
Source: Greenpeace Greenpeace today delivered a petition signed by over 26,000 people urging Prime Minister Chris Luxon to not sign a minerals deal with the USA. Greenpeace illustrated the public opposition to the...
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Events – Electrify Queenstown brings the buzz
Source: DESTINATION QUEENSTOWN & LAKE WĀNAKA TOURISM Queenstown, New Zealand (17 May 2026) Electrify Queenstown 2026 opened today with a sell-out 400-strong crowd, amped to explore Aotearoa’s electric future. Climate...
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NCEA changes doom thousands of students to failure
Source: Green Party The National Party’s decision to scrap NCEA entirely guarantees many thousands of children will leave school with no qualification, no love of learning, and no preparation for...
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Government announces Treaty Principles Bill by stealth
Source: Green Party The Green Party is condemning the Government’s decision to weaken te Tiriti o Waitangi references across 19 acts of Parliament, calling it the Stealth Treaty Principles Bill....
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Luxon confirms criminalisation of those he’s made homeless
Source: Green Party Luxon’s decision to provide Police with the power to issue move-on orders to homeless people as young as 14 will have disastrous consequences for our country and...
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Greens call on Luxon to abandon racist education reforms
Source: Green Party The Green Party is urging Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to abandon amendments to the Education and Training Act following the Waitangi Tribunal’s scathing report on the proposed...
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‘The violence that I experience is not casual’: Māori women tell Waitangi Tribunal of abuse
Source: Radio New Zealand Green Party MP Tamatha Paul gave evidence at the Waitangi Tribunal’s Mana Wahine inquiry on Thursday (file photo). VNP / Phil Smith The Waitangi Tribunal has...
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NZ’s approach to AI continues to favour slop over substance
Source: Radio New Zealand By; Chris McGavin*, Dr Andrew Lensen* and Dr Cassandra Mudgway* Opinion: Nearly a year has passed since the Government released their so-called AI Strategy. Nine months...
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Luxon chooses to join the anti-migrant bandwagon
Source: Green Party The Prime Minister’s pre-Budget speech today confirms a Government that has chosen to scapegoat migrants and shield corporate profit while New Zealanders struggle to pay the bills,...
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New poll: Coalition partners tumble, but could still form government
Source: Radio New Zealand National would bring 39 MPs into Parliament under the new poll results, with 15 MPs from NZ First and eight from ACT. File photo. VNP /...
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Luxon protects polluters’ profits in sweeping, rushed climate change law amendment
Source: Green Party The Government’s surprise announcement this morning to amend the Climate Change Response Act is yet another example of Luxon loosening the leash for corporate profits at the...
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Political parties negotiate controversial Gene Technology Bill, as progress stalls
Source: Radio New Zealand The Gene Technology Bill was first proposed in late 2024. Unsplash / RNZ composite The government still intends to pass legislation to liberalise gene technology laws,...
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Greens call on Government to act on power bills before winter
Source: Green Party The Green Party is calling on the Government to use every tool they have as shareholding Ministers of the major gentailers to bring power bills down before...
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Government cuts education funding while youth unemployment soars
Source: Green Party Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson says the Government is callously trading away New Zealanders’ education opportunities to pay for tax cuts for the super-rich. “Unemployment has soared...
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Committee recommends disestablishing Environment Ministry despite public opposition
Source: Radio New Zealand The Environment Select Committee has recommended by majority that the bill be passed, despite strong opposition from Labour and Green Party members. RNZ / Angus Dreaver...
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Green Party criticises government’s ‘outrageous’ decision to scrap fees-free tertiary education
Source: Radio New Zealand Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson says the government should invest more in the future of young people, not less. RNZ / Mark Papalii The Green Party...