Energy

The age of cheap energy is almost over. Not only do we have to change how we make and use energy because of climate change; the abundant oil and gas which we have built society on has started to run out.

Sustainability the key to biofuel industry: Greens

The Government has turned its back on a sustainable biofuel industry in New Zealand and instead opened our borders to imported fuels that could contribute to world hunger and destruction of rainforests, says the Green Party.

We’re here to progress sustainability, justice, peace and democracy: Address in Reply speech, Dr Russel Norman, 9 Dec 08

The Green Party has a vision of Aotearoa New Zealand as a place where people respect each other and the natural world that we share. It is a vision of our country as a healthy, peaceful and diverse place.

Fitzsimons visits the future on the last day of campaign

Today Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons visited a junior school under construction which incorporates a number of heating and energy initiatives, making it one of the most efficient schools in the country.

Green change we need

I greet you on a most auspicious day.

It is auspicious as a day of sadness because it is three years since we lost our friend and co-leader Rod Donald. Rod loved election campaigns and I’m sure he would’ve loved this one because the Greens time has come and the Greens will do well this Saturday.

Transport Policy Summary - Smart Moves

New Zealanders need more transport choices. Transport accounts for well over 40% of climate-changing CO2 emissions, and the era of cheap oil, on which our transport system depends, is coming to an end.

Greens worried campaign is taking its toll on PM

The Green Party is concerned that the stress of the election campaign may be causing the Prime Minister's memory to fail her.

Rumours about showers

When will the media report the facts about proposed changes to the Building Code in relation to water heating, rather than the political spin being circulated by some politicians? There is no proposal to restrict flow rates in showers.

National announces plan to keep homes cold and damp

National’s plans to cancel the Green Party’s $1 billion home insulation programme reveals yet again that they are not interested in the health and welfare of ordinary New Zealanders, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says.