NZ Green Party Leader James Shaw Resigns

C0-leader of New Zealand’s Green Party James Shaw today announced he has stepped down from the role he has held for the past nine years. His resignation was expected after the Greens were pushed out of parliament at 2023 general election. In speaking with reporters on Jan. 30, Mr. Shaw said, “It has been the privilege of my lifetime to serve as New Zealand’s climate change minister for the last six years and as Green Party co-leader for nearly nine.” Fifty-year-old Mr. Shaw entered parliament in 2014 as a Green list representative, and in 2015, was appointed male co-leader with Metiria Turei. He was the sole party leader in the 2017 general election before he was joined by incumbent Marama Davidson....