The Green Party members have agreed to a Cooperation Agreement with Labour - meaning the minor party will now join the Government.
The agreement was released earlier today - giving co-leader Marama Davidson Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence and Associate Minister of Housing (Homelessness) and James Shaw Minister of Climate Change and Associate Minister for the Environment (Biodiversity).
About 150 Green Party delegates vote on the agreement this afternoon, with 75 per cent of those members needing to agree before the Greens could join the Government. (Source: Other)
Instead of policies, it had 'areas of cooperation' that included achieving the purpose and goals of the Zero Carbon Act, protecting our environment and biodiversity and improving child wellbeing and marginalised communities.
"The Cooperation agreement balances these two objective, while not committing to a more formal coalition or confidence and supply arrangement," Labour leader Jacinda Ardern said today.
"Firstly the Agreement commits the Greens to not opposing confidence and supply votes and supporting the Government on procedural motions.
"Secondly the Agreement identifies policy areas where Labour and the Greens will work together. This is specifically around climate change, the environment and biodiversity and child wellbeing and relates to work started last term where there is a desire to see it continue."
The agreement is far less specific than the 2017 coalition and supply agreement. Part of that was reflected in the appointment of just two Ministers. The Green Party held three in the last Government.
At 4pm today it went to about 150 Green Party delegates - needing 75 per cent of those members to agree before the Greens could join the Government.
Marama Davidson and James Shaw had multiple meetings with Labour, only disclosing the biscuits offered in the meeting and that the talks were "progressing well".
Labour received 64 seats in the preliminary results of election 2020, enough to govern alone, and the Green Party got 10. There is still the results of the special vote to be released, making up an estimated 17 per cent of the overall vote.
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