The Green Party condemns Christopher Luxonโs Government passing its Regulatory Standards Bill, which prioritises profits over people and planet.
โNew Zealanders made it clear they didnโt want the Regulatory Standards Bill. Today Christopher Luxon has chosen to ignore them,โ says Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson.
โTe Tiriti o Waitangi promises protection for people and our planet. Weโve 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.
โThis 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 whฤnau and our taiao for profit.
โOur country has real problems we could be fixing, but instead the Government is stroking the ACT Partyโs ego by reviving and pushing through their vanity project which has failed three times over the last twenty years.
โNew Zealanders care about each other and the planet that we live on. This legislation entrenches the polar opposite โprinciplesโ in how we make our laws going forward. Thatโs a disgrace to who we are as New Zealanders.
โGovernments 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 โ an obligation Christopher Luxon has failed to uphold today, and will continue to.
โThe Greens will repeal this waste of time and money, and weโll deal with the real issues our country is facing. The first step is making this a one-term Government, says Marama Davidson.