Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

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The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (Māori: Rōpū Kākāriki o Aotearoa, Niu Tireni), commonly known as the Greens or the Green Party, are an environmentalist and social democratic green political party in New Zealand. They are currently the third largest party in the House of Representatives, with 15 of the 120 members, sitting as the second largest opposition party. The party has helped form government three times, providing confidence and supply to the Labour–Alliance coalition from 1999 to 2002, the Labour–New Zealand First coalition from 2017 to 2020, and the Labour majority government from 2020 to 2023. During the latter two of these, the party had ministers outside cabinet. The party traces its origins to the Values Party, founded in 1972. In 1990, the current party was created and was a part of the Alliance from 1991 until 1997. The party first won seats in Parliament in 1996 as part of the Alliance. Since 1997, it has contested general elections independently of the now mainly...

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