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In the last Parliament, the Greens were part of the government agreement with Labor and New Zealand First.
How did Shaw feel sitting at the table with Winston Peters absent? “It is a new Parliament and it is a new day” was all he offered.
Also part of the agreement is a commitment to work with other parties on issues affecting democracy, including the 2012 Law Commission recommendations related to the provision of the so-called “coat tail” and the reduction of the five percent threshold. .
He also referred to the electoral financing law and the extension of the parliamentary mandate to four years.
Ardern said the latter would likely go to a referendum.
“No politician wants to be seen as fledging his own nest, he has traditionally gone to a referendum, and I imagine that would be the most likely scenario. But if you are in good faith going and having conversations with other parties and crossing Parliament, then that is what that we should do in good faith. “
About 85 percent of the roughly 150 Green delegates voted in favor of the deal in a lengthy conference call last night.
Delegates were presented with the deal after several rounds of talks between Labor and Green leaders that concluded on Thursday.
The agreement includes few policy details, but a commitment to work together on child poverty, climate change and the environment.
It also means that the Greens cannot oppose the Labor Party on matters of trust and supply, but can take their own position on matters outside of ministerial portfolios and areas of cooperation.
Ardern will announce his new formation in the Cabinet in Parliament tomorrow.
RNZ
