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The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament. It focuses firstly on environmentalism, arguing that all other aspects of humanity will cease to be of concern if there is no environment to sustain it. Left-wing economics, progressive social policies, participatory democracy, and non-violence make up the balance of its platform. The Logo of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand I am the webmaster of the Green Party, and I have uploaded this image to use, because I noticed the New Zealand Labour Partys entry has a logo. ... Jeanette Mary Fitzsimons (born 1945) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. ... Russel Norman (1967 - ) is a New Zealand politician. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... For the psychology topic, see Environmental psychology. ... Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Political parties Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... The Parliament of New Zealand consists of the Queen of New Zealand and the New Zealand House of Representatives and, until 1951, the New Zealand Legislative Council. ... For the psychology topic, see Environmental psychology. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... This article is about Progressivism. ... Participatory democracy is a broadly inclusive term for many kinds of consultative decision making which require consultation on important decisions by those who will carry out the decision. ... Nonviolence (or non-violence) is a set of assumptions about morality, power and conflict that leads its proponents to reject the use of violence in efforts to attain social or political goals. ...

The party is currently co-lead by MP Jeanette Fitzsimons and Russel Norman who is outside Parliament. The party has both a male and female co-leader. The male co-leader position was vacant following the November 2005 death of Rod Donald until the 2006 annual general meeting when Norman was elected using the alternative vote system by party delegates from electorates around the country. Jeanette Mary Fitzsimons (born 1945) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. ... Russel Norman (1967 - ) is a New Zealand politician. ... Rod David Donald (10 October 1957 - 6 November 2005), was a New Zealand politician who co-led the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand along with Jeanette Fitzsimons. ... An Annual General Meeting, commonly abbreviated as AGM, also known as the annual meeting, is a meeting that official bodies and associations involving the public are often required by law (In what country?) to hold. ... Example ballot Instant runoff voting (IRV) is a voting system used for single winner elections in which voters rank candidates in order of preference. ...

Policies

The Greens generally focus primarily on environmental issues. In recent times, they have expressed particular concerns about the release of genetically engineered organisms, which they have sought to oppose. They have also spoken out against the military operations conducted by the United States of America and other countries in Afghanistan and Iraq. An iconic image of genetic engineering; this autoluminograph from 1986 of a glowing transgenic tobacco plant bearing the luciferase gene, illustrating the possibilities of genetic engineering. ...

In its economic policies, the Green Party stresses factors such as sustainability, taxing the indirect costs of pollution, and "fair trade". It also states that measuring economic success should concentrate on measuring well-being rather than analysing economic indicators. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Sustainability is an attempt to provide the best outcomes for the human and natural environments both now and into the indefinite future. ... Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Economic policy Monetary policy Central bank   Money supply Fiscal policy Spending   Deficit   Debt Trade policy Tariff   Trade agreement Finance Financial market Financial market participants Corporate   Personal Public   Banking   Regulation        A tax is a financial charge or other levy imposed on... Certified Fair trade quinoa producers in Ecuador. ... The well-being or quality of life of a population is an important concern in economics and political science. ...

Charter

The following forms the English-language section of the charter (the founding document) of The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand accepts Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the founding document of Aotearoa New Zealand; recognises Māori as Tāngata Whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand; and commits to the following four Principles:

Ecological Wisdom:

The basis of ecological wisdom is that human beings are part of the natural world. This world is finite, therefore unlimited material growth is impossible. Ecological sustainability is paramount.

Social Responsibility:

Unlimited material growth is impossible. Therefore the key to social responsibility is the just distribution of social and natural resources, both locally and globally.

Appropriate Decision-making:

For the implementation of ecological wisdom and social responsibility, decisions will be made directly at the appropriate level by those affected.

Non-Violence:

Non-violent conflict resolution is the process by which ecological wisdom, social responsibility and appropriate decision making will be implemented. This principle applies at all levels.

One of the few extant copies of the Treaty of Waitangi The Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Tiriti o Waitangi) is a treaty signed on February 6, 1840 by representatives of the British Crown, and Māori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand. ... Look up Aotearoa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Languages Māori, English Religions Māori religion, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Polynesian peoples, Austronesian peoples The word Māori refers to the indigenous Polynesian peoples of New Zealand, and to their language. ... Languages Māori, English Religions Māori religion, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Polynesian peoples, Austronesian peoples The word Māori refers to the indigenous Polynesian peoples of New Zealand, and to their language. ...

History

Foundations

The Green Party often traces its origins to the Values Party, considered the world's first national-level environmentalist party. The Values Party originated in 1972 at Victoria University of Wellington. While it gained a measure of public support, it failed to win any seats in parliament: the then electoral system made it difficult for smaller parties to gain representation. Because of this problem, throughout the late 1970s and 1980s the Values Party went through a process of transition or rebirth, eventually evolving into the Greens. Some of the foundation members of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, notably Jeanette Fitzsimons, Rod Donald and Mike Ward, had been active members of the Values Party during the spawning of the New Zealand and international Green movement in 1970s. A logo used by the Values Party The Values Party, sometimes considered the worlds first national-level environmentalist party, was established in 1972 at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Victoria Universitys Kelburn Campus. ... Green parties around the world are formally organized political parties based on the principles of Green politics. ... Jeanette Mary Fitzsimons (born 1945) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. ... Rod David Donald (10 October 1957 - 6 November 2005), was a New Zealand politician who co-led the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand along with Jeanette Fitzsimons. ... Mike Ward may refer to: Michael E. Ward, former United States congressman and North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction. ... “Greens” redirects here. ...

Formation

In 1990, however, the Values Party merged with a number of other environmentalist organizations to form the modern Green Party. This sparked a resurgence of support, with the new group winning 6.85% of the vote in the 1990 election (although it still gained no seats). Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... The 1990 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliaments 43rd term. ...

The Alliance years

The following year, the Greens became co-founder members of the Alliance, a group of left-wing parties that gathered together around Jim Anderton's NewLabour Party. The Greens contested the 1993 and 1996 elections as part of the Alliance. With the adoption of the MMP electoral system, the Alliance gained entry to parliament - the Alliance MPs elected in 1996 included three members of the Green Party - Jeanette Fitzsimons, Rod Donald and Phillida Bunkle. Current Alliance logo The Alliance, when referring to New Zealand politics, refers to a left-wing political party. ... James Patrick Anderton, almost always referred to as Jim Anderton, is leader of the Progressive Party, a political party in the New Zealand Parliament. ... NewLabour Party logo NewLabour was the name chosen by Jim Anderton, an MP and former President of the New Zealand Labour Party, for his new left-of-centre party in 1989. ... The 1993 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. ... The 1996 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. ... The Additional Member System (AMS) is a voting system where some representatives are elected from geographic constituencies and others are elected under proportional representation from party lists. ... Jeanette Mary Fitzsimons (born 1945) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. ... Rod David Donald (10 October 1957 - 6 November 2005), was a New Zealand politician who co-led the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand along with Jeanette Fitzsimons. ... Phillida Bunkle (1944 - ) is a former New Zealand politician. ...

In 1997, feeling that membership of the Alliance had subsumed their identity, the Greens took the decision to stand candidates independently of the Alliance at the next election. While most of the Green party members left the Alliance, some decided instead to leave the Green Party and stay in the Alliance (notably MP Phillida Bunkle). Conversely, some of the Alliance party members who joined the Alliance via other parties decided to leave the Alliance and join the Green Party (notably Sue Bradford and Keith Locke, who both joined the Alliance via NewLabour). Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... Sue Bradford (born 1952) is a New Zealand politician. ... Keith Locke (born 1944) is a current New Zealand MP representing the Green Party who was first elected to parliament in 1999. ...

Green Party in Parliament

In the 1999 election, the Greens gained seven seats in parliament, after surpassing 5% of the vote, ensuring that the MMP electoral system would grant the party seats in parliament. The party's co-leader, Jeanette Fitzsimons, also won the electorate seat of Coromandel, believed to be a world-first in a first-past-the-post national electorate seat. Both these achievements only occurred after the counting of special votes, so the Greens had a 10-day wait before officials could confirm their election to Parliament. Perhaps because of this, the centre-left government established by Labour and the Alliance did not invite the Greens to join it, but gained Green Party support on some issues in return for some input into the government budget. The Greens developed a good working relationship with the government and also had some input into government legislation, notably Sue Bradford's amendments to the ERC legislation. The 1999 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 46th session of the New Zealand Parliament. ... Jeanette Mary Fitzsimons (born 1945) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ... The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. ...

In the 2002 election, the Greens managed to increase their strength in parliament to nine seats, although they lost the Coromandel electorate. The electoral campaign featured strong tensions between the Greens and Labour. The Greens sharply criticised Labour for its plans to allow a moratorium on genetic engineering to expire, and believing that Labour would require their support to form a government, intended to make the extension of this moratorium a non-negotiable part of any deal. After the election, however, Labour and their coalition partner, the Jim Anderton-led Progressive Coalition, opted to rely on support from United Future, a party with strong Christian overtones, shutting the Greens out of power. The 2002 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 47th New Zealand Parliament. ... The Progressive Party is a political party in New Zealand. ... United Future New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament with two MPs -- one electorate MP (leader Peter Dunne) and one list MP (Judy Turner (see MMP for the difference). ...

Although the Greens no longer had any input into the budget, they maintained a close working relationship with the government, and the Greens remained involved in the legislation process. Often the government needed to rely on Green votes in the House to pass legislation not approved by United Future, a conservative family-values party. The government won praise from political commentators for juggling the two diametrically-opposed parties. The New Zealand House of Representatives is the legislature of New Zealand. ... This article is about family values as a political concept. ...

While the moratorium on genetic modification has now expired, the Greens remain heavily involved in attempts to prevent any GM releases under the new regulatory framework, and genetic engineering remains a major topic for the party.

In 2005, the Greens again polled over the 5% threshold to be represented in Parliament, and again were excluded from the Government formed by Labour, due to a refusal by United Future and NZ First to support any government which put Greens into cabinet posts. However the negotiated Government-Greens co-operation agreement once again provides for Green input into the budget, and the two Green co-leaders were appointed as the official government spokespeople on Energy Efficiency (Fitzsimons) and Buy Kiwi Made (Donald). Wikinews has news related to: Results of the 2005 New Zealand General Election The 2005 New Zealand general election took place on 17 September 2005 and determined the composition of the 48th New Zealand Parliament. ... The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. ...

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After Donald's death the day before Parliament was due to sit, Nandor Tanczos took up the vacant list position. The position of government spokesperson on Buy Kiwi Made was filled by Sue Bradford. The co-leader position was vacant until a new co-leader, Russel Norman was elected at their 2006 annual general meeting. The other contenders for the position were Nandor Tanczos, David Clendon and Mike Ward (former MP). Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Nándor Steven Tánczos (born 1966), a member of the New Zealand Parliament since 1999, represents the Green Party as a list MP. He briefly lost his seat in the 2005 General Election, but ranked next on the party list and agreed to rejoin Parliament following the sudden death... Russel Norman (1967 - ) is a New Zealand politician. ... An Annual General Meeting, commonly abbreviated as AGM, also known as the annual meeting, is a meeting that official bodies and associations involving the public are often required by law (In what country?) to hold. ... Nándor Steven Tánczos (born 1966), a member of the New Zealand Parliament since 1999, represents the Green Party as a list MP. He briefly lost his seat in the 2005 General Election, but ranked next on the party list and agreed to rejoin Parliament following the sudden death... Mike Ward (born 1942) is a member of Parliament for the Green Party of New Zealand. ...

Public perception

The Green Party engenders strong opinions from different sections of society.

In June 2006, the Green Party was the target of Paul Holmes' breakfast show, where he said that the Green Party was the party of "the hippies, the Morris dancers, the square dancers, the anti-Americans, the nuclear ships fanatics, the fascists of greenness, the far-left, the remnants of the alliance, anti-free traders, apologists for Mao, communist sympathisers, the enemies of science and the rabid, irrational anti-GM movement". Mike Seville, a square dancer, put a complaint forward to the Broadcasting Standards Authority stating that Holmes' statement was untrue because in the 30 years of square dancing he had not met a square dancer who had supported the Green Party. The broadcaster, TRN, said the comment was "delivered in a humorous, sometimes satirical, fashion". The BSA agreed in their ruling, they said the comment did not breach good taste and decency and was not degrading.[1] Paul Holmes could refer to: Paul Robert Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield. ... Singer at a modern Hippie movement in Russia Hippie (sometimes spelled hippy) refers to a member of a subgroup of the counterculture that began in the United States during the early 1960s, becoming an established social group by 1965, and expanding to other countries before declining in the mid-1970s. ... Cotswold morris with handkerchiefs A morris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied with music. ... Square dance is often used as a general term for modern Western square dance. ... The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) is a New Zealand Crown Entity created by the Broadcasting Act 1989 to develop and uphold standards of brodcasting for radio, free-to-air and pay television. ... Alternate uses, see rn (disambiguation) rn (short for Read News) is a program for reading Usenet news written by Larry Wall. ...

The Child Discipline Bill (introduced by Green's member Sue Bradford) to outlaw the legal defence of "reasonable force" when disciplining children, has led to widespread debate as to appropriate parenting techniques. The bill, which sets out to eliminate an often abused defence against charges of assault against children, has been the subject of much debate and it has been named by the media as the "anti-smacking bill". The effect of this has been polarizing, but the divisions do not follow the usual political fault lines. The Crimes (Abolition of Force as a Justification for Child Discipline) Amendment Act was a widely controversial amendment to the New Zealand Crimes Act which was introduced to the New Zealand Parliament as a private members bill in 2005, and passed overwhelmingly in 2007. ... Sue Bradford (born 1952) is a New Zealand politician. ...

Office holders

Co-leaders

• Jeanette Fitzsimons (1995-present)
• Russel Norman (2006-present)
• Rod Donald (1995-2005)

Jeanette Mary Fitzsimons (born 1945) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. ... Russel Norman (1967 - ) is a New Zealand politician. ... Rod David Donald (10 October 1957 - 6 November 2005), was a New Zealand politician who co-led the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand along with Jeanette Fitzsimons. ...

Co-convenors

Equivalent to the organisational president of other parties. The Green Party constitution prohibits the co-convenors from standing for parliament.

• Roland Sapsford (2006-present)
• Karen Davies (2005-present)
• Paul de Spa (2004-2006)
• Catherine Delahunty (2003-2005)
• David Clendon (2001-2004)

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Members of Parliament

• Jeanette Fitzsimons (1996-present)
• Rod Donald (1996-2005)
• Phillida Bunkle (1996-1997, stayed with the Alliance when the Greens left)
• Sue Bradford (1999-present)
• Nandor Tanczos (1999-present)
• Sue Kedgley (1999-present)
• Keith Locke (1999-present)
• Ian Ewen-Street (1999-2005)
• Metiria Turei (2002-present)
• Mike Ward (2002-2005)

Jeanette Mary Fitzsimons (born 1945) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. ... Rod David Donald (10 October 1957 - 6 November 2005), was a New Zealand politician who co-led the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand along with Jeanette Fitzsimons. ... Phillida Bunkle (1944 - ) is a former New Zealand politician. ... Sue Bradford (born 1952) is a New Zealand politician. ... Nándor Steven Tánczos (born 1966), a member of the New Zealand Parliament since 1999, represents the Green Party as a list MP. He briefly lost his seat in the 2005 General Election, but ranked next on the party list and agreed to rejoin Parliament following the sudden death... Sue Kedgley (born 1948), BA (Victoria), Teachers cert (Auckland), MA (Hons) (Otago), a New Zealand politician, has represented the Green Party in the New Zealand Parliament since first becoming a Member of Parliament as a list MP in the 1999 elections. ... Keith Locke (born 1944) is a current New Zealand MP representing the Green Party who was first elected to parliament in 1999. ... Ian Ewen-Street (1949 - ) is a New Zealand politician. ... Metiria Turei (born 1970) is a member of Parliament for the Green Party of New Zealand. ... Mike Ward (born 1942) is a member of Parliament for the Green Party of New Zealand. ...

See also

• Greens Party's Caucus and Greens MPs' responsibilities

The 2005 New Zealand general election took place on 17 September 2005 and determined the composition of the 48th New Zealand Parliament. ...

External links

• Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand official website
• Green Party Charter official website
• Green Party Policy official website
• Green Party Parliamentary Achievements and Budget Initiatives official website
• Green Party History official website

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