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The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is one of the more visible minor parties represented in the New Zealand Parliament. In this essay, I will outline the core ideologies and policies of the Green Party, outline which groups are most likely to vote for the Greens, and offer some possible reasons for these groups' support. Ideology The Green party focuses on environmentalism, combined with left-wing economics and liberal social ideals. The core Green ideologies are summed up in the Green Charter, the party's founding document. The charter contains four key principles: ecological wisdom, social responsibility, appropriate decision-making, and non-violence (Green Party 2005a). These four core principles are shared with most other Green parties worldwide (Miller 2006:157). In addition, the Green Charter specifies that the Treaty is the founding document of New Zealand, and that Maori are to be recognised as tangata whenua (Green Party 2005a). What exactly is meant by...


