STEPHEN MINTO’S POST throws into sharp relief the utter collapse of ideological credibility within the New Zealand Greens. That the Greens could openly align themselves with private property developers, and facilitate the transfer of public wealth into the hands of capitalist entrepreneurs, is astonishing. Between them they represented just about all of the key political, social, and environmental movements that had defined progressive New Zealand politics between 1965-1985. Green Party politics, like the politics of the Values Party which preceded it, was a product of the “Peak Pakeha” era. The Green Boomers adapted to the new cultural and political protocols of Māori nationalism, but they did not succumb to them.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 23, 2022 18:58 UTC