Green Party in Parliament

The Greens, The Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand first registered with the Electoral Commission in August 1995 and entered Parliament in 1995. The party has not been in Government.

The Green Party has nine members in the 49th Parliament, all elected from the party list.

The party is led by co-leaders, Metiria Turei and Russel Norman.

Green Party message

’The Green Party:

• is working for a society that values caring, co-operation, nurturing, and sharing relationships between its people
• accords equal opportunity (and obligations) to people of all race, ages, and abilities; it does not value one sex above another; and within those constraints it respects the rights of people to act to sustain their cultural and natural heritage
• guarantees the provision to all of the basic human needs of food, shelter, health care, and education.’

Source: Green Party, http://www.greens.org.nz/about/welcome, last accessed 17 November 2008