Greens Attack Government’s Council Shake-Up
Councils are already under pressure from infrastructure costs, climate events and reform fatigue, and now the Government wants to restructure the sector at speed.

Councils are already under pressure from infrastructure costs, climate events and reform fatigue, and now the Government wants to restructure the sector at speed.

More Kiwis are out of work, wages are falling behind inflation and entire communities are being hit by closures. And Labour says National has no answer.

New Zealanders trying to deliver aid to Gaza were allegedly beaten and detained by Israeli forces. And PSNA says the Government can no longer stay silent.

Environmental groups warn the Government’s Fisheries Amendment Bill puts industry interests ahead of sustainability while oceans heat and fish stocks come under growing pressure.

Cold flats. Empty fridges. Rising power bills. Student leaders say tertiary students are being abandoned during the worst cost-of-living crisis in years.

A $6-a-day migrant surcharge won’t fix New Zealand’s infrastructure crisis, but critics say it will make vulnerable workers pay for decades of political failure.

This wasn’t another climate talkfest. Santa Marta put fossil fuels on the chopping block, and civil society is watching to make sure governments don’t flinch.

What would a world without a free press look like? It would be a world of indifference, where violence is…

The Green Party says new Stats NZ data shows a 2.1% increase in household living costs is driven by out of control fossil fuel…

The Greens are drawing a hard line: no support, no involvement, no war. Now Luxon has to answer.