Green Party welcomes new Labour leader

Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman congratulated Andrew Little on his election as Labour Party leader this afternoon.

“Congratulations to Andrew Little and to the Labour Party for running an open and democratic leadership contest,” Dr Norman said.

“We have had good working relationships with previous Labour leaders and look forward to building on this with Andrew Little.

“We share common ground with Labour in a number of important policy areas.

“We look forward to continuing to build a constructive working relationship with Labour and to help make New Zealand a better, fairer place to live,” Dr Norman said.