Greens rally at AGM, positioning themselves against rivals for centrist voters
At their AGM, the Greens' co-leaders sought to reclaim ground from NZ First, Act and Opportunity while pitching the party's long history as an asset.
The Green Party held its AGM at AUT's south Auckland campus, where co-leaders Chlöe Swarbrick and Marama Davidson took aim at NZ First, Act recruit Paul Henry, and, more subtly, the Opportunity party. Swarbrick framed the party's 30-year history as a selling point and urged members to reach out to new voters. The only policy announcement was a call for a moratorium on data centre consents, and the party unveiled a new slogan, "For all of us." The event came as a recent poll showed the Greens down four points to 9%.
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