Co-leader · since 2018
Marama Davidson
$222,100 / year
Long-serving co-leader; returned to politics in February 2025 after treatment for breast cancer.
Source: Remuneration Authority - Parliamentary Salaries & Allowances Determination 2024GreenRecord as of June 2026
The Green Party
The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand - an opposition party in the 2023-present Parliament
Co-leaders: Marama Davidson & Chlöe Swarbrick
The Greens sit in opposition, so this is not a "promised vs. delivered" scorecard - an opposition party holds no ministerial levers. Instead it records what the party has put forward, how it has voted, the changes and controversies within its caucus, and what its MPs are paid. Every figure links to a primary source.
The Green Party recorded its best-ever result at the 2023 election - 11.6% of the party vote and 15 seats, including three electorates. In opposition it has pushed an expansive tax-and-spend alternative and voted against the coalition's flagship law changes.
But the term has also been unusually turbulent for the party: a change of co-leader, a co-leader's cancer diagnosis and return, the death of an MP, a former MP's shoplifting conviction, and the first-ever removal of an MP under the "waka-jumping" law. This is the documented record - follow the receipts yourself.
At a glance
The party's 2023 result, in three numbers.
11.6%
party vote, 2023
330,883 votes - the Green Party's best-ever party-vote share, up 3.8 points on 2020.
Source: Electoral Commission - 2023 official results15
seats won
Its largest-ever caucus - 3 electorate seats and 12 list seats.
Source: Electoral Commission - 2023 official results3
electorates won
Auckland Central (Chlöe Swarbrick, held), Wellington Central (Tamatha Paul) and Rongotai (Julie Anne Genter) - the last two taken off Labour.
Source: Wikipedia - 2023 New Zealand general election (electorate results)What they've put forward
An opposition party is judged on what it proposes. These are the party's own stated positions and the bills it has lodged - presented neutrally.
An $88.8b tax-and-spend "Green Budget"
Alternative budgetIts May 2025 alternative budget proposed about $88.8 billion in new revenue over four years - including a 2.5% wealth tax on net assets above $2m (individuals), a 33% inheritance tax above a $1m lifetime threshold, and higher income and company taxes - to fund an "Income Guarantee" of at least $395 a week, free GP visits and free childcare.
Source: RNZ - Greens promise free doctor visits, childcare, but new taxesCap rent rises at 2% a year
Party policyIts March 2026 renters' policy would cap annual rent increases at 2%, end no-cause evictions, introduce a Rental Warrant of Fitness and create a national register of landlords. (Its 2023 policy had capped rises at 3%.)
Source: RNZ - Greens promise to cap rent rises at 2% a yearA "right to repair" bill
At select committeeMarama Davidson's Consumer Guarantees Act (Right to Repair) Amendment Bill passed its first reading on 19 February 2025 - with Labour, Te Pāti Māori and NZ First support - and went to select committee.
Source: NZ Parliament - Right to Repair bill (first reading)Clean-transport tax break (defeated)
Defeated at first readingJulie Anne Genter's Income Tax (Clean Transport FBT Exclusion) Amendment Bill - a fringe-benefit-tax break for low-emission transport - was defeated at its first reading on 20 November 2024, by 55 votes to 68.
Source: WhereTheyStand - Clean Transport FBT Exclusion BillTheir policy platform
The Green Party's stated positions across the major policy areas - part of the wider side-by-side comparison of every party.
Tax & cost of living
Tax wealth and all forms of income - capital gains, land, wealth and inheritance taxes - with a tax-free threshold on low incomes, to fully fund universal public services.
Housing
Enshrine a right to housing in law and run a large government-built, government-run public housing programme, plus a big increase in Māori-led housing.
Health
Universal, free healthcare - including fully-funded public dental, GP, ambulance, aged care, palliative and mental-health services.
Education
A free, inclusive, lifelong public system embedding Te Tiriti and universal te reo Māori, better teacher pay, and an end to streaming by ability.
Climate & environment
Legally-binding cuts to end fossil-fuel use by 2035, a rapid shift to renewables, and a funded just transition for affected communities.
Law & order
Focus on prevention, victim support and rehabilitation; build no new prisons (bar replacements); expand marae-based and tikanga approaches.
Te Tiriti / Māori
Honour Te Tiriti as the founding document, affirm tino rangatiratanga, and pursue constitutional transformation (as envisioned by Matike Mai).
Economy & infrastructure
A "regenerative" economy within environmental limits, more public investment, and a Reserve Bank mandate that includes full employment.
How they voted on the term's big bills
The Green Party voted against each of the coalition government's flagship law changes. These are roll-call positions, on the record in Hansard.
Treaty Principles BillOpposedVoted against at first reading; the bill was defeated 112-11 at its second reading on 10 April 2025.
Fast-track Approvals Act 2024OpposedSpokesperson Lan Pham called it "a huge threat to our environment".
Gangs Act 2024 (gang-patch ban)OpposedPassed its third reading 68-55 on 19 September 2024.
Reinstating Three StrikesOpposedVoted against at first reading (25 June 2024); the law received royal assent in December 2024.
A turbulent caucus
No party lost more MPs this term. Here is the factual record of each departure and the one disciplinary finding - with legal outcomes stated exactly.
Fa'anānā Efeso Collins - Died in officeFeb 2024
The first-term Green list MP collapsed and died suddenly on 21 February 2024 while at a charity event, aged 49. He was replaced from the party list.
Source: RNZ - Green MP Efeso Collins diesGolriz Ghahraman - Resigned, then convicted of shopliftingJan-Jun 2024
Ghahraman resigned from Parliament in January 2024 after being accused of shoplifting from several stores. She pleaded guilty to four theft charges on 13 March 2024 and was convicted on 27 June 2024 - the judge declined her request for a discharge without conviction and fined her $1,600 plus $260 in court costs; she paid reparation. Her appeal against the convictions was dismissed in October 2024.
Source: RNZ - Ghahraman denied discharge without convictionDarleen Tana - Removed under the "waka-jumping" lawMar-Oct 2024
Tana was suspended in March 2024 over allegations of migrant exploitation at her husband's bike business - civil claims before the Employment Relations Authority, with no criminal conviction against her. A party-commissioned investigation found, on the civil "more likely than not" standard, that she was probably aware of the allegations. She left the party but refused to leave Parliament, so on 22 October 2024 the Greens used the Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Act - the "waka-jumping" law - to remove her. It was the first time an MP had been ejected under the 2018 Act.
Source: RNZ - Former Green MP Darleen Tana removed from ParliamentJulie Anne Genter - Found in contempt of the HouseAug 2024
After Genter crossed the chamber and stood over a National minister during a debate on 1 May 2024, Parliament's Privileges Committee found in August 2024 that her conduct "could have the effect of intimidating a member of the House" and recommended she be censured and apologise. This was a parliamentary disciplinary finding - not a criminal charge or conviction. She apologised to the House.
Source: 1News - Green MP Julie Anne Genter found in contemptA change at the top
The party also changed co-leader mid-term, and saw a co-leader through a cancer diagnosis and return.
- 30 Jan 2024James Shaw announces he will step down as co-leader, a role he had held since 2015. (1News - James Shaw to resign as Greens co-leader)
- 10 Mar 2024Chlöe Swarbrick is elected co-leader, winning 169 of the delegate votes; she serves alongside Marama Davidson. (1News - Chlöe Swarbrick elected new Green co-leader)
- 17 Jun 2024Co-leader Marama Davidson discloses a breast cancer diagnosis, caught early, and takes leave for treatment. (RNZ - Marama Davidson announces breast cancer diagnosis)
- 3 Feb 2025Davidson returns to politics at Waitangi - "I am alive, I am well and I am back" - continuing as co-leader with Swarbrick. (1News - Marama Davidson announces her return)
What we pay them
MP pay is set by the independent Remuneration Authority. With 10 or more MPs in the House, a Green co-leader is paid $222,100 and every other Green MP $177,600. Shown here are the two co-leaders and the party's three electorate MPs; the figures are the current rates for 1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026.
Co-leader · MP for Auckland Central
Chlöe Swarbrick
$222,100 / year
Elected co-leader in March 2024 after James Shaw stepped down; holds the electorate of Auckland Central.
Source: Remuneration Authority - Parliamentary Salaries & Allowances Determination 2024MP for Wellington Central
Tamatha Paul
$177,600 / year
Took Wellington Central off Labour at the 2023 election - one of the party's three electorate wins.
Source: Remuneration Authority - Parliamentary Salaries & Allowances Determination 2024MP for Rongotai
Julie Anne Genter
$177,600 / year
Took Rongotai off Labour in 2023. Found in contempt of the House in August 2024 over a chamber incident.
Source: Remuneration Authority - Parliamentary Salaries & Allowances Determination 2024Every claim here is sourced.
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