List of Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand MPs

Last updated August 04, 2024

The following is a list of members of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand members of Parliament (MPs). The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand was founded in 1990. It first won parliamentary representation in 1996 as a member party of the Alliance. Two of the three Green MPs elected that year split from the Alliance in 1997 and the Greens have retained a presence in the New Zealand House of Representatives continuously until the present day.

Name	First elected	Electorates	Left party / parliament	Notes
Phillida Bunkle	1996	List (1996–1997)	1997	Remained an Alliance MP until 2002
Rod Donald	1996	List (1996–2005)	2005†	Died in office
Jeanette Fitzsimons	1996	List (1996–1999) Coromandel (1999–2002) List (2002–2010)	2010	Resigned from parliament
Sue Bradford	1999	List (1999–2009)	2009	Resigned from parliament
Ian Ewen-Street	1999	List (1999–2005)	2005
Sue Kedgley	1999	List (1999–2011)	2011
Keith Locke	1999	List (1999–2011)	2011
Nándor Tánczos	1999	List (1999–2008)	2008	Resigned from parliament
Metiria Turei	2002	List (2002–2017)	2017
Mike Ward	2002	List (2002–2005)	2005
Russel Norman	2008	List (2008–2015)	2015	Resigned from parliament
Catherine Delahunty	2008	List (2008–2017)	2017
Kennedy Graham	2008	List (2008–2017)	2017
Kevin Hague	2008	List (2008–2016)	2016	Resigned from parliament
David Clendon	2009	List (2009–2017)	2017
Gareth Hughes	2010	List (2010–2020)	2020
Steffan Browning	2011	List (2011–2017)	2017
Julie Anne Genter	2011	List (2011–2023) Rongotai (2023–present)
Jan Logie	2011	List (2011–2023)	2023
Mojo Mathers	2011	List (2011–2017)	2017
Denise Roche	2011	List (2011–2017)	2017
Eugenie Sage	2011	List (2011–2023)	2023
Holly Walker	2011	List (2011–2014)	2014
James Shaw	2014	List (2014–2024)	2024
Marama Davidson	2015	List (2015–present)
Barry Coates	2016	List (2016–2017)	2017
Golriz Ghahraman	2017	List (2017–2024)	2024	Resigned from parliament
Chlöe Swarbrick	2017	List (2017–2020) Auckland Central (2020–present)
Teanau Tuiono	2020	List (2020–present)
Elizabeth Kerekere	2020	List (2020–2023)	2023	Resigned from the party
Ricardo Menéndez March	2020	List (2020–present)
Steve Abel	2023	List (2023–present)
Efeso Collins	2023	List (2023–2024)	2024†	Died in office
Hūhana Lyndon	2023	List (2023–present)
Tamatha Paul	2023	Wellington Central (2023–present)
Lan Pham	2023	List (2023–present)
Darleen Tana	2023	List (2023–2024)	2024	Resigned from the party
Scott Willis	2023	List (2023–present)
Kahurangi Carter	2023	List (2023–present)
Celia Wade-Brown	2024	List (2024–present)
Lawrence Xu-Nan	2024	List (2024–present)
Francisco Hernandez	2024	List (2024–present)

Notes

†:Died in office

Sources

Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives, H33 and/or E9, various years. E9s since 1994 are available here.

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