The Green Party has today launched an ambitious and comprehensive Open Government policy to expose Government decision-making to closer public scrutiny. Co-Leader Russel Norman says the aim is to make central and local government much more transparent and democratic.
John Key’s call for the party with the most votes to form the Government is a disguised call for returning to First Past the Post - where a Government could represent a minority of voters, the Green Party says.
Transit's continued refusal to fly the Tino Rangatiratanga flag on the Auckland Harbour Bridge on Waitangi Day is fuelling cultural division, says Green Party MP, Metiria Turei.
Green Party MP Metiria Turei will be speaking out against John Howard's draconian moves to end Aboriginal self-determination, in what will be one of the first of many actions around the world on Saturday, July 14th.
TVNZ's behaviour in pressuring a witness who gave evidence before a select committee inquiry amounted to an attack on freedom of speech, the Green Party says.
Maori voters who are not already on the Maori electoral roll should think seriously about making the change while the Maori electoral option is open, according to Green Party Maori Affairs Spokesperson Metiria Turei.
The Government should not give away the right to refuse entry to cricket team representing Mugabe's Zimbabwe when negotiating to host the 2011 Cricket World Cup, according to Green Party Foreign Affairs and Sports Spokesperson Keith Locke.
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