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 organisational 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.
Peter Francis Dunne is a retired New Zealand politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ōhāriu. He held the seat and its predecessors from 1984 to 2017—representing the Labour Party in Parliament from 1984 to 1994,and a succession of minor centrist parties from 1994. He was the Leader of Future New Zealand from 1994 to 1995,United New Zealand from 1996 to 2000,and United Future from 2000 to 2017.
Bryan Charles Gould is a New Zealand-born British former politician and diplomat. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 1979,and again from 1983 to 1994. He was a member of the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet from 1986 to 1992,and stood unsuccessfully for the leadership of the party in 1992.
Jeanette Mary Fitzsimons was a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. She was the co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand from 1995 to 2009,and was a Member of Parliament from 1996 to 2010.
Keith James Locke is a former New Zealand member of parliament who represented the Green Party,being first elected to parliament in 1999 and retiring from parliament at the 2011 election.
Derek Francis Quigley is a New Zealand former politician. He was a prominent member of the National Party during the late 1970s and early 1980s,and was known for his support of free market economics and trade liberalisation. Quigley left the National Party after clashing with its leadership,and later co-founded the ACT New Zealand party.
Nicky Hager is a New Zealand investigative journalist. He has produced seven books since 1996,covering topics such as intelligence networks,environmental issues and politics. He is one of two New Zealand members of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
John McGregor Carter is a New Zealand politician,and member of the National Party. He represented the Bay of Islands,Far North and Northland electorates in Parliament from 1987 until July 2011,when he became New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands. Since the October 2013 local elections,he has been mayor of the Far North District.
Harry James Duynhoven is a New Zealand politician and member of the New Zealand Labour Party. He was the mayor of the city of New Plymouth and surrounding districts from 2010–2013. He was a Member of Parliament for the New Plymouth electorate from 1987–1990,from 1993–2003,and again from 2003–2008.
Ron Stanley Mark is a New Zealand politician of the New Zealand First party,and former soldier,who served as Minister of Defence between October 2017 and November 2020. He served as mayor of Carterton from 2010 to 2014.
Paul Clayton East is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Jack Arnold Elder is a New Zealand former politician. He was an MP from 1984 to 1999,representing the Labour Party,New Zealand First and Mauri Pacific.
Tukoroirangi "Tuku" Morgan is a New Zealand Māori politician and former broadcaster.
Warren Ernest Cooper is a former New Zealand politician. He was a National Party MP from 1975 to 1996,holding cabinet positions including Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence. Cooper also twice served as Mayor of Queenstown,from 1968 to 1975 and 1995 to 2001.
John Howard Falloon was a New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1977 to 1996,representing the National Party in the Pahiatua electorate.
Joseph Williams was a Cook Islands politician and physician who served as Prime Minister of the Cook Islands for four months in 1999. He is credited with having worked to prevent the spread of the tropical disease lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis). He principally resided in Auckland,New Zealand,where he was medical director of the Mt Wellington Integrated Family Health Centre.
Guy Winston Salmon is a New Zealand environmentalist.
Michelle Ann Boag is a New Zealand public relations practitioner and former National Party president.
Marama Mere-Ana Davidson is a New Zealand politician who entered the New Zealand Parliament in 2015 as a representative of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand,of which she is the female co-leader.
Operation Burnham was a joint military operation undertaken by the New Zealand Special Air Service and elements of the Afghan Crisis Response Unit and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan's Tirgiran Valley on 21–22 October 2010. Operation Burnham became the subject of the investigative journalists Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson's book Hit &Run:The New Zealand SAS in Afghanistan and the meaning of honour,which alleged that New Zealand forces had committed war crimes against civilians in the Naik and Khak Khudday Dad villages.
