Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

As evidence mounts that housing in Auckland is unaffordable for many, David speaks with Alan Johnson about how the community housing sector can contribute to long-term housing sustainability.

At the 2011 election, Sue Kedgley and Keith Locke, lifelong campaigners and two of our longest standing Green MPs, will be standing down after 12 years in Parliament. In this podcast they reflect on their parliamentary careers, their greatest achievements, working with other parties, and tell us their plans for next year.

We all have river stories - from our childhoods, from our families, from our cultures, or from others. In this podcast Green MPs Catherine Delahunty, Metiria Turei, and Kevin Hague share their river stories, ahead of the launch of the Green Party's Clean Rivers Priority 2011.

In this podcast, kids from a low-decile school talk about poverty in their own words. This podcast was produced as part of our Child Poverty Priority 2011.

Ko te wiki o te reo Māori tenei. It’s Maori language week – a week in which we particularly celebrate the original official language of Aotearoa. In this podcast, Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei and Maori Affairs spokesperson David Clendon talk about importance of te reo to the culture and identity of all New Zealanders.

Kevin Hague talks about his recent discovery of how little the Police are doing about bike safety, and what he thinks we could do better to ensure that people who ride bikes are safe on our roads.

The smart Green plan for our SOEs.

In this podcast three Green Party MPs talk about places they love. Russel Norman snorkels in the Taputeranga Marine Reserve not far from his Wellington home. Catherine Delahunty phones in from her home in the Coromandel with a story about a special place where she recently went for a walk (and shut down a mining rig). Kevin Hague talks about his favourite cycle rides and a part of the National Cycle trail network that recently opened in Northland.

Green Party ICT Spokesperson Gareth Hughes talks about the new internet file-sharing law – what it means, why non-nerds should be worried about it, and what can be done from here.

Online public meeting on file sharing - full audio

The Green Party have put together a package of alternative Budget initiatives this year — initiatives that seek to raise some revenue to address the record deficit and do so in a way that actually transforms the economy in the process. Dr Russel Norman explains a smart green alternative Budget that strives to deliver prosperity while protecting the environment at the same time.

May is New Zealand Music month, a time for celebrating all the fantastically talented and idiosyncratic musos that hail from Aotearoa. There are a number of exciting events happening that our Parliamentary Green Team has been involved in. In this podcast three Green MPs, Metiria Turei, Gareth Hughes and Catherine Delahunty, talk about their favourite New Zealand music.

On the eve of his final trip, Russel talks about the highs and lows of his second Dirty Rivers Rafting Tour and why we need clean water rules now.

In this week's podcast four Green Party MPs who love food share their fall recipes. Even though they're busy, Sue Kedgley and Catherine Delahunty still find time to garden, Gareth Hughes loves to cook, and David Clendon has just started raising chickens in his Auckland backyard. Get the best recommendations for healthy dishes with seasonal vege, locally made organic ice cream and activist-tested vegan chocolate cake. WARNING: Listening to this podcast may make you hungry.

The Green Party have a plan to pay for Christchurch — a temporary levy on income. I talked to Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman about the details of that plan.