Our six MPs provide an effective voice in Parliament, both for people and for our beautiful planet. We keep focus on the things that matter, and we get things done.

What have the Greens achieved in Parliament in the last nine years? This three minute video is a quick summary of our victories, with interviews with our MPs about the difference we've made, including leading the debate on climate change, pushing for and winning new conservation and transport projects, helping to keep NZ out of the Iraq war and standing up for social justice.

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Our Achievements

• We've improved the Emissions Trading Scheme, including creating a Billion dollar fund to make New Zealand homes warm, dry and cost-effective to heat
• We've secured almost a hundred million dollars in the 2008 budget for a range of projects, including: Community Restoration Projects, Community Organisation Grants Scheme, Environment Centre Fund, National Antibiotic Surveillance System, Environmental Education and Community Internship Programme.
• We've ensured legislation for youth wages and flexible working hours
• We've passed New Zealand's first energy efficiency legislation and first
  waste reduction legislation.
• We've pushed the government into taking back the rail track and investing more in public transport.
• We changed the law to help protect our children from violence.
• We've changed the school curriculum so our children are learning about the environment and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
• We've kept commercial GE crops out of New Zealand's soil.
• We initiated the highly successful 'Buy Kiwi Made' programme.

We haven't done this for political kudos. We've done it because it needs to be done.

Check out our many other achievements:

• by subject area
• by year