Policy Launch

Environment pivotal in Green Party tourism policy

The Green Party’s new tourism policy – launched today – will ensure New Zealand lives up to its clean green image and provides sustainable tourism for both domestic and international visitors.

Greens’ Population Policy misinterpreted

The Green Party Population Policy does not seek in any way to influence the number of children New Zealanders should have, as could be taken from a TV3 news item tonight. “One sentence in the policy has been wrongly interpreted to mean the Green Party are putting pressure on parents to have fewer children,” Green Party MP Keith Locke says.

Greens counter Peters with welcoming immigration policy

Anti-immigration feeling has no place in the Green party Immigration and Population policies released today, Green MP Keith Locke says.

“Our policy is the opposite of Winston Peters’,” the Party’s Immigration Spokesperson Keith Locke says.

Green's Menu for Change launches food revolution

Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today launched a Menu for Change - a basket of goodies designed to ensure New Zealanders have access to affordable, healthy food, in her speech to the Party's Annual Conference today.

Kicking the carbon habit

Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today unveiled what she believes to be the best and most equitable way of addressing the contentious issue of putting a price on carbon.

National will push thousands of Kiwi kids into the streets

The Greens are committed to retaining income-related rents for state houses, and substantially increasing the number of state houses the Government provides.

Greens want NZ farmers to make most of clean green image

The Green Party today launched its agriculture policy in Marlborough with a call for the Government to back its plan for ten percent of New Zealand farms to be certified organic by 2010.

Kiwis (and the planet) deserve better quality products

The Greens' Waste-free policy, released in Auckland today, aims to make it easier for Kiwis to make and use more durable products.