Summarised by Centrist
The Green Party has launched its 43-page election manifesto under the slogan “For all of us”.
The NZ Herald focused on its climate policies, including charging agricultural emissions, phasing out industrial ETS allocations and forestry offsets, and allowing the Climate Change Commission to control the supply of emissions units.
Other proposals include subsidies for e-cargo bikes, a Commissioner for Animals and withdrawing New Zealand from Five Eyes while ruling out joining Aukus.
However, NZ Media World’s Brynn Neilson examined a different aspect of the manifesto by asking Grok which policies favour Māori over other ethnicities.
“I was shocked at how much of it isn’t ‘For All of Us’,” Neilson wrote.
Centrist checked several of the AI-generated examples against the official Green Party manifesto. The policies include a tikanga-based citizenship pathway for anyone who whakapapa Māori, “regardless of country of residence or birth”.
The Greens also propose “devolving resources and decision-making to hapū and iwi” within the immigration system and working towards a Māori Education Authority governing and funding Māori-medium and kaupapa Māori education.
Other proposals include entrenching the Māori electoral seats, applying Māori data and AI governance frameworks throughout the public sector, and giving iwi and hapū partnership roles in government decision-making.
The party would also empower the Waitangi Tribunal to make binding recommendations returning Crown and private land, while exploring a right-of-first-refusal process enabling private land to be returned to iwi, hapū or whānau when it is offered for sale.
Read more over at The NZ Herald and NZ Media World
