Sustainable Development

Rumours that Fairfax may be interested in snapping up rival media company APN have raised concerns about the independence of New Zealand’s news industry should such a deal go ahead, the Green Party says.

The Green Party is renewing calls for a green public investment plan, in light of the highest inflation figures in 18 years - driven by high oil prices.

A green investment plan would invest in projects to make New Zealand less dependent on oil, reduce our greenhouse emissions, use our resources more efficiently and keep people in work and business in business.

Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman says the National Party’s plans to reform the Resource Management Act are a misguided ‘business-first, community-second, environment-last’ policy.

Dr Norman says National’s RMA gutting will undermine New Zealanders’ ability to protect our environment, and the ability of the community to have a fair say.

Reports from around New Zealand of overcrowding on buses and trains is evidence of a creaking and groaning public transport system that desperately needs to pick up the pace, Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman says.