Power Play - While the Green Party has certainly reached the other side of government and is now settling back into opposition, one might question just how safely it has landed, Craig McCulloch writes.
Long before leading the Greens, his politics were influenced partly by his mothers and the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, starting him on a path of environmentalism.
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A year in politics
2020 was a punishing and relentless year in politics, both abroad and at home. We take a look back at the ‘unprecedented’ year.
It was a year which exhausted the word “unprecedented” and forever tainted the exhortation: “be kind”.
In early December, MPs went hard and early into the summer break as Parliament shut up shop for the year. Lucky for some.
January
The year 2020 began roughly a year ago. MPs were gearing up for the election with National in the box-seat to govern. Multiple polls had National ahead of Labour.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s daughter Neve Te Aroha Gayford plays at the feet of those sitting near the pae.