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The Green Party is today announcing the people who will have Ministerial and Undersecretary roles in the Labour-led government.
These will be Green Party Co-leader James Shaw and MPs Eugenie Sage, Julie Anne Genter, and Jan Logie.
Gareth Hughes will be the party’s chief musterer (whip) and Marama Davidson will be deputy musterer, together driving the ambitious legislative agenda over the next parliamentary term.
Portfolio responsibilities will be confirmed at a later date.
The Green Party is pleased to support a Labour-led Government that will deliver on the Green Party’s goals, following agreement from the Party’s delegates this evening. The Green Party will support the Labour-led Government on confidence and supply.
“We campaigned with Labour to change the Government and that’s what we’ve delivered tonight,” said Green Party co-leader James Shaw.
“I am confident the agreement reached with Labour will deliver the most green change of any Government in New Zealand’s history.
A new official report detailing potentially irreversible impacts of climate change in New Zealand show why the next government must act urgently to cut climate-damaging pollution, the Green Party said today.
The 2017 Atmosphere and Climate report states that climate change is already potentially irreversibly affecting New Zealand. It says that climate impacts to date include:
· Our glaciers shrinking by almost a quarter of their volume.
· Coastal seas rising by 22 cm.