The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand,commonly known as the Greens,is a green and left-wing political party in New Zealand. Like many green parties around the world,it has four pillars. The party's ideology combines environmentalism with left-wing and social-democratic economic policies,including well-funded and locally controlled public services within the confines of a steady-state economy. Internationally,it is affiliated with the Global Greens.
Shane Geoffrey Jones is a New Zealand politician and a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for the New Zealand First party.
In New Zealand politics,waka-jumping is a colloquial term for when a member of Parliament (MP) either switches political party between elections or when a list MP's party membership ceases.
Julie Anne Genter is an American-born New Zealand politician who is a member of the House of Representatives representing the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. Genter was elected to each Parliament from 2011 to 2023 on the party lists,before being elected as the Member of Parliament for the Rongotai electorate in the 2023 election. She served as the Minister for Women,Associate Minister for Health and Associate Minister for Transport during the first term of the Sixth Labour Government. She holds dual citizenship of New Zealand and the United States.
The 2017 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 23 September 2017 to determine the membership of the 52nd New Zealand Parliament. The previous parliament was elected on 20 September 2014 and was officially dissolved on 22 August 2017. Voters elected 120 members to the House of Representatives under New Zealand's mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system,a proportional representation system in which 71 members were elected from single-member electorates and 49 members were elected from closed party lists. Around 3.57 million people were registered to vote in the election,with 2.63 million (79.8%) turning out. Advance voting proved popular,with 1.24 million votes cast before election day,more than the previous two elections combined.
James Peter Edward Shaw is a New Zealand politician. He has been a member of parliament since 2014 and a leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand since 2015.
Marama Mere-Ana Davidson is a New Zealand politician who entered the New Zealand Parliament in 2015 as a list-member representing the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand,of which she became the female co-leader in 2018.
Darroch Leicester Ball is a New Zealand politician who was elected to the New Zealand parliament at the 2014 general election as a representative of New Zealand First. He was the party's interim president from December 2020 to July 2021.
The 2020 New Zealand general election was held on Saturday 17 October 2020 to determine the composition of the 53rd New Zealand Parliament. Voters elected 120 members to the House of Representatives,72 from single-member electorates and 48 from closed party lists. Two referendums,one on the personal use of cannabis and one on euthanasia,were also held on the same day. Official results of the election and referendums were released on 6 November.
Chlöe Charlotte Swarbrick is a New Zealand politician. Following a high-profile but unsuccessful run for the 2016 Auckland mayoral election,she became a parliamentary candidate for the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand,standing in the 2017 New Zealand general election and was elected as a member of the New Zealand Parliament at the age of 23. In the 2020 election,Swarbrick was elected as the Member of Parliament for Auckland Central,becoming the second Green Party MP ever to win an electorate seat,and the first without a tacit endorsement from a major party leader. She retained Auckland Central in the 2023 election.
Golriz Ghahraman is a New Zealand politician,member of Parliament,and author. The former United Nations lawyer was a child asylum seeker,and became the first refugee elected to New Zealand's Parliament. Ghahraman is a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for the Green Party.
The 2023 New Zealand general election was held on 14 October 2023 to determine the composition of the 54th Parliament of New Zealand. Voters elected 122 members to the unicameral New Zealand House of Representatives under the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system,with 71 members elected from single-member electorates and the remaining members elected from closed party lists. Of the 72 electorates,only 71 seats were filled,with the remaining electorate MP determined in the 2023 Port Waikato by-election,due to the death of one of the general election candidates. Two overhang seats were added due to Te Pāti Māori winning six electorate seats when the party vote only entitled them to four seats,with an additional overhang seat added after the by-election making for 123 members of parliament.
This page lists candidates contesting electorates in the 2020 New Zealand general election.
Ibrahim Omer is a New Zealand politician. He was a Member of Parliament for the Labour Party from 2020 to 2023.
Rawiri Wikuki Waititi is a New Zealand politician and co-leader of Te Pāti Māori alongside Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Waiariki since 2020,when his election returned Te Pāti Māori to the New Zealand Parliament following their defeat at the 2017 general election.
Ricardo Menéndez March is a New Zealand activist and politician who,since 2020,is a Member of Parliament for the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand in the House of Representatives.
Taitoa Wihone is a New Zealand environmental activist and political candidate.
The 2022 Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand co-leadership election was held from July to September. Marama Davidson and James Shaw,the incumbent co-leaders of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand,were re-elected. However,the election for Shaw's position went to a second round. Shaw did not secure a 75 per cent supermajority of party delegates to be re-elected for another year at the party's annual general meeting (AGM) on 23 July,and nominations were reopened. Prior to the AGM,members of the Young Greens had expressed disappointment in Shaw's leadership,particularly in his ministerial portfolios. Davidson served as the sole co-leader until a second election was held.
This page lists candidates contesting electorates in the 2023 New Zealand general election.
The 54th New Zealand Parliament is the current meeting of the legislature in New Zealand. It opened on 5 December 2023 following the 14 October 2023 general election,and will expire on or before 16 November 2026 to trigger the next election.
