Green Party

Co-led by Marama Davidson and Chlöe Swarbrick, it won 15 seats in 2023, its best result. It is named in the race for the largest party in the House of Representatives in the 2026 New Zealand election.

History

The party traces its roots to the Values Party of 1972, which Wikipedia calls the world's first national-level environmentalist party. The modern Greens were formed in May 1990 from Values remnants and environmental groups. Jeanette Fitzsimons won an electorate seat in 1999. The party entered government for the first time in 2017 under a confidence-and-supply agreement with Labour, and a similar arrangement followed the 2020 election. It won 10 seats with 7.9% in 2020 and 15 seats with 11.6% in 2023. In 2022 it amended its constitution to require one female co-leader and one co-leader of Māori descent.

Positions

Wikipedia places the party in the centre-left to left-wing range. It combines environmental protection and climate action with social-democratic policies, describing support for a steady-state economy with well-funded public services, human rights, marriage equality, refugees and a wealth tax. It has worked with the Labour Party in government.

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