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NZ First or ACT first – Will Winston bend the knee to the Regulatory Standards Bill?
The Government passed the first reading of David Seymour’s Regulatory Standards Bill through Parliament and alarmingly, it appears that NZ First might support it all the way to becoming law.
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ACT’s regulatory standards bill threatens to pass, despite Treaty and legal doubts
With the ACT Party’s Regulatory Standards Bill now before the Finance and Expenditure Committee, having passed its first reading in parliament last week, parallels with the now abandoned Treaty Principles…
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Regulatory Standards Bill inflicts ACT’s far-right principles on Aotearoa
The Government is facing backlash over David Seymour’s controversial Regulatory Standards Bill which passed its first reading today, under the shadow of the Budget.
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Budget 2025: The Handmaid’s Tale meets Don’t Look Up
In the middle of the global climate emergency, the New Zealand government is proposing to spend $200m of taxpayer money investing in new fossil gas production. Not renewable energy, not…
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Scorched Earth Budget – tax cuts for polluters and investing in fossil fuels
Greenpeace Aotearoa is condemning the Government’s 2025 Budget as a fighting fund for the war on nature, taken from hard-working New Zealanders to funnel towards wannabe seabed miners and oil…
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Govt ridiculed over deeply ironic use of urgency for Regulatory Standards Bill
The Government’s use of urgency for the first reading of the Regulatory Standards Bill, introduced by ACT leader David Seymour, is being ridiculed by Greenpeace as deeply ironic.
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Greenpeace slams Federated Farmers over ‘selfish’ behaviour on climate
Federated Farmers’ intent to ‘go to battle’ over methane targets is yet another example of the lobby group’s selfish rejection of climate action.
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Greenpeace braced for scorched earth budget from Luxon Government
With the Government set to release its Budget tomorrow, Greenpeace is calling for bold investment in climate and nature, but is bracing for the worst.
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The great carbon capture scam
Carbon capture has always been a fossil fuel industry scam, designed to take attaention away from measures to cut emissions by phasing out coal, oil and gas.
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Leading Environmental organisations issue joint letter calling on the Prime Minister to reject the Regulatory Standards Bill
Four of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading environmental organisations have today issued a joint open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, urging him to reject the Regulatory Standards Bill in full.
