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The Green Party on Family and Morals
The Green Party would keep the drinking age at 18. “It's our binge-drinking culture that needs to be addressed if we want to reduce alcohol-related harm in our society and this happens across all age-groups”.
The Greens say they “support the elimination of all forms of discrimination in New Zealand and support the right of all people, regardless of sexual orientation, to have their relationships recognised equally under the law”.
The Greens oppose lifting restrictions on Easter trading. “There are other values to life that are more important than buying, and selling and making money—values that the Green Party believe are of more consequence to the quality of our lives than promoting the freedom to shop”, they say.
The amendment to s59 of the Crimes Act, which in 2007 removed the defense of ‘reasonable force’ for the purposes of disciplining children, was a Green Party initiative. The Green Party supports the retention of this amendment, but would like to see Government do more to educate people about what the law change really means.
The Green Party supports the retention of the Families Commission. “We initially opposed its establishment, but since that time it has proved itself as an effective research, advisory, support, and advocacy body for New Zealand families. We think it should now stay”.