Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

Parliament is a strange place, and often the only images we get are of MPs shouting at each other across the chamber during Question Time. But when the gloves are off, how do MPs from different parties get on? In this podcast three Green MPs - Catherine Delahunty, Kevin Hague, and Gareth Hughes - talk about their cross-party relationships. Can friendship flourish across the political battlefield? In an adversarial Parliament, is there room to find common ground?

10.10.10 Global Working Bee

Today is the first of an occasional series where we talk to a Green MPs about their spirituality. First up, Gareth Hughes.

Capital City Motorway Blues

Can we mosh sustainably? And exactly which Green MP is a Metallica fan?

In this podcast, Green MPs Catherine Delahunty, Sue Kedgley, and Russel Norman talk about why they love gardening, what they’re growing right now, and what their advice is for budding new gardeners.

Forest and Bird are launching their Bird of the Year competition this week and Green Co-leader, Russel Norman, is officially championing the kokako. I talked to Russel about his choice of native bird and his great dream of a Giant Totara National Park that inspired it...along with a gaggle of other Green MPs on their own very special bird connections.

MPs go flatting

In this podcast Green Party disability spokesperson Catherine Delahunty speaks about her bill to establish a Disability Commissioner and about the wider issue of making politics fully accessible to people with disabilities.

Standing for Something

Green Party of Aotearoa - Train Hoppin'

Primary and secondary school pupils headed back to school this week, after two weeks of holidays. The MPs are back too, from their two-week recess, and in this week’s podcast we take the Green MPs back to school to find out what their school days were like. Were they rebels, teachers’ pets, prefects, or dropouts? How have their school experiences shaped their adult and political lives? Tune in to find out.

Green Party Podcast

The Volunteer Economy

The 1981 Springbok Tour and the protests against it were seminal events in New Zealand’s history. 30 years on, some of the players from the 81 Springboks are planning a reunion in New Zealand next year. We hear from Green MPs about their memories of 1981 and their thoughts about the planned reunion.