Green party might link disenchanted Labourites
PA Wellington A New Zealand Green Party might form an alliance with two groups of disenchanted Labour supporters to fight the ! next General Election, according to the president of the Values Party, Mr Bruce Symondson. He said party members would meet environmentalists, feminists, socialists, Maori activists! and
I H Hl alternative health practitioners in a [confei]ence during Easter week-end. |! The > aim would be !to form a New Zealand Green Party or movement. • : l| I ii If support for a Grebn Party was strong enough, the party could field!candidates at the next IGeneral Election. I | : Like the Leftist parties, People First Party j of
'I I ' I r Wellington and the Left Alternative of Auckland, the inovement woulA’proI vide! an alternative to: the Roger Douglas; approach, which put economics ahead of social and , en- ! virorimental Iconsidera- : tions, Mr Symondson said. He hoped the party, if formed, would! have] an alliance, or at least: a ' clear understanding, svith the Leftist parties. I .
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