The Green Party condemns Christopher Luxon’s Government passing its Regulatory Standards Bill, which prioritises profits over people and planet.
“New Zealanders made it clear they didn’t want the Regulatory Standards Bill. Today Christopher Luxon has chosen to ignore them,” says Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson.
“Te Tiriti o Waitangi promises protection for people and our planet. We’ve seen hundreds of thousands of people support te Tiriti, yet we have a Prime Minister entirely unwilling to show up for the promises our country was founded on.
“This Bill is the same tired politics we have seen time and time again from the Government, attacking te Tiriti o Waitangi to make it easier for wealthy companies to exploit our whānau and our taiao for profit.
“Our country has real problems we could be fixing, but instead the Government is stroking the ACT Party’s ego by reviving and pushing through their vanity project which has failed three times over the last twenty years.
“New Zealanders care about each other and the planet that we live on. This legislation entrenches the polar opposite ‘principles’ in how we make our laws going forward. That’s a disgrace to who we are as New Zealanders.
“Governments come and go. Politicians come and go. Te Tiriti o Waitangi is foundational and enduring. Honouring te Tiriti o Waitangi is the constitutional obligation of every Prime Minister – an obligation Christopher Luxon has failed to uphold today, and will continue to.
“The Greens will repeal this waste of time and money, and we’ll deal with the real issues our country is facing. The first step is making this a one-term Government, says Marama Davidson.