The Green Party is calling on the Luxon Government to join France, Italy, Spain and other nations to condemn Israel's attacks in the strongest terms, and defend the ceasefire.

Instagram post, 8 April 2026. "The Green Party welcomes the news of a two-week ceasefire in the US-Israeli war on Iran. Escalated violence driven by the warmongering leaders of the US and Israel was never going to bring enduring peace for Iranians. Any cessation of violence will be overdue relief for the millions of Iranian civilians who have watched their family members be killed, their schools, bridges, and power plants all illegally bombed by the US and Israel. Around the world, the resulting fossil fuel crisis is creating hardship and pain for millions of people. We call on Christopher Luxon's Government to firmly condemn the illegal war on Iran, condemn US-Israeli war crimes, and stand up for peace and international law. This ceasefire must become the bedrock of a lasting peace." signed by Marama Davidson and Chloe Swarbrick, Green Party Co-Leaders + Teanau Tuiono, Green Party Spokesperson for foreign affairs.

"warmongering leaders of the US and Israel" and a focus on the Iranian people. love to see it @nzgreenparty @teanau.bsky.social 👏

In case New Zealanders don’t realise, that’s Winston Peters and our flag on the left there.

This is what we’re getting associated with.

Trump is threatening to erase an entire civilisation. We are watching genocide and war crimes become normalised in real time - Just look at Gaza. And where is the Minister for Foreign Affairs? In the United States, playing footsies with Rubio

Hari Huritau @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social congrats also on also being one of only two people i follow on bluesky

These unhinged rants are why we should not be following the US into war. Also a reminder that Israel and the US started this war by dropping a bomb on a school full of children. Say no to AUKUS. Say no to US military payloads being launched from Aotearoa soil.

Crew

Nice one Jono. Epic swim. Ive signed the petition have you? @lanpham-nz.bsky.social

Beaut day at Titahi Bay Easter Fair with @lanpham-nz.bsky.social, @teanau.bsky.social & these beautiful @greens.org.nz people ready to change this Govt to one that puts people & te taiao our environment first.

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Fisheries Bill sacrifices the future of fishing for corporate profits We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.

The Green Party is warning that the Government’s complete rewrite of the Fisheries Act will privatise one of our largest public assets and push fish stocks closer to wipe out

Goldsmith takes charge of Pacific Peoples in ministerial shake-up Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has refreshed his Cabinet, with Paul Goldsmith appointed Minister for Pacific Peoples as part of wider changes.

Talofa from Paolo Goldsmithi the new Minister for Pacific Peoples

Cuba Libre

Reminder they were considering making it zero www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

It’s a joke, right?

….right? 🥲

As China Encroaches, Even New Zealand Is Getting Serious About Its Military Billions will be spent in the coming years—including on missiles, drones and base upgrades—as the remote country squares up to a widening threat.

That includes prioritising diplomacy and the de-escalation of conflict ahead of the kind of politics we are seeing from the US.

Increasing defence spending while reducing the amount we spend helping developing countries simply doesn't uphold the values we should be demonstrating overseas.

More military spending is not how we achieve peace, which is what we all should want here.
Instead New Zealand should bolster our capabilities to support peace, and respond to natural disasters and humanitarian crises.

“What we’re being told here in New Zealand is that we’re in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis,” said Teanau Tuiono, a member of Parliament from the left-wing Greens. “But all of a sudden there’s 12 billion dollars to do what, in my mind, Trump wants us to do,” he said

So bad they had to reel it back but there are still plent of fish hooks in this Bill. The National Party has truly given up on our environment by allowing Shane Jones and his mates to re-write the Fisheries Act at the expense of public interests.

Peyvand Naimi, a young Bahá’í imprisoned in Iran, faces imminent danger after enduring torture, two mock hangings, and efforts to force a false confession to crimes he did not commit.

Read the full story here: bic.org/news/young-bah…

#Iran #Bahai #HumanRight

Inside Christopher Luxon’s Pacific trip: Michael Jones, visas, dancing, and what really happened with his matai title Christopher Luxon travelled to the Pacific as a prime minister and returned a Samoan chief

Pacific peoples should be able to travel to Aotearoa to visit their family without needing to jump through bureaucratic hoops to get a visitor visa approved. Otherwise all this talk from Govt saying we are a part of a family of Pacific nations is just that. All talk.

Watch: Green Party promises to 'properly' support Polyfest Greens MPs attending Polyfest in Auckalnd say they will bridge the $3 million funding gap should they get into government after November's general election.

Surrounded by festival goers this morning at Auckland Polyfest 2026, The Green Party announced that a Green Government would bridge the funding gap currently faced by Polyfest organisers.

Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden considered a minimum wage freeze Documents show Brooke van Velden circulated a paper including a 0% minimum wage update, despite a coalition agreement with NZ First committed to “moderate” increases.

Brooke van Velden looked at the lowest-paid workers in this country and considered giving them absolutely nothing, while the cost of everything around them kept going up.

Considering a 0% increase of the minimum wage is a slap in the face to workers who are already struggling to get by

Rocket Lab wins record contract with US Department of War The four‑year deal funds 20 hypersonic test flights using Haste rockets.

Putting on my scratched record to play what should be plainly obvious to everyone now. Rocketlab are just a part of the US war machine.

Pacific visitors to pay less as NZ cuts visa fees The government says it'll strengthen ties, but critics argue families should not have to pay at all.

Thousands of visitors from the UK, Germany, Israel, and 57 other nations can visit New Zealand without a visa yet Pacific Islanders still pay hundreds of dollars just to see their family. We're calling on the Government to extend visa-waiver access for visitors from our Pacific neighbours.

Pacific families should not have to wait anxiously for a 12-month review to find out if they can afford to visit loved ones in Aotearoa. Winston Peters accepted a petition of nearly 50,000 signatures calling for visa-waiver access for Pacific visitors. This announcement falls well short.

The Government should scrap visitor visa barriers for Pacific Islanders, not just create a 12-month trial of lower fees. Today's announcement is largely a reversal of their own October 2024 decision, when they hiked the total cost from $171 to $216. Calling this a generous initiative is misleading.

Important issues in play here -- the stories told about MethaneSAT don't add up. (And they should add up to the $30M in public money that was poured into it)

And the people who won't tell us what happened play a key role in deciding what missions can launch from New Zealand soil.

MethaneSAT: Unpacking New Zealand’s $30 Million space gamble - The Business of Tech In the latest episode of The Business of Tech, we look at the rise and fall of MethaneSAT, the $30 million national space project that was supposed to cement New Zealand as a serious spacefaring natio...

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There are still unresolved questions about MethaneSAT and so support members of the science community who have asked the Auditor General to take a look at whether we have been told the full picuture about the $30M in public money that it received.