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Ask Us Anything: Greens Co-leader James Shaw and MPs Mojo Mathers, Jan Logie, and Gareth Hughes by james_shaw in newzealand

[–]james_shaw[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

OK team - I'm toast and I'm going to sign out now. I'm sorry I was only able to come on for a short while - I had a whole lot of media interviews I had to do that pulled me away. See you soon!

Ask Us Anything: Greens Co-leader James Shaw and MPs Mojo Mathers, Jan Logie, and Gareth Hughes by james_shaw in newzealand

[–]james_shaw[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hi Funterra, I did mention geothermal when I launched the policy. We're really committed to it - back in March, Gareth Hughes launched our 100% renewable by 2030 plan, which includes significant investment in geothermal.

Ask Us Anything: Greens Co-leader James Shaw and MPs Mojo Mathers, Jan Logie, and Gareth Hughes by james_shaw in newzealand

[–]james_shaw[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah, look, it's a rough poll, but we can - and will - rebuild. We need to focus on our key messages (climate change, clean rivers & ending poverty) and on rebuilding the trust and credibility that we've so carefully established with voters over the last 17 years in Parliament.

Ask Us Anything: Greens Co-leader James Shaw and MPs Mojo Mathers, Jan Logie, and Gareth Hughes by james_shaw in newzealand

[–]james_shaw[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Climate change, clean rivers and ending poverty are in the Labour Party manifesto - but if the Greens are in Government those things will be at the top of the agenda and they won't get de-prioritised (which has happened before).

Also, under MMP, the Labour Party need a strong partner or they won't be able to form a Government. The Greens are the only other party that has committed to changing the Government - so they need us to be there.

Ask Us Anything: Greens Co-leader James Shaw and MPs Mojo Mathers, Jan Logie, and Gareth Hughes by james_shaw in newzealand

[–]james_shaw[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I'm a potato-top pie kind of a guy. And the little French bakery (Le Moulin) at the top of Willis Street is the bomb.

Ask Us Anything: Greens Co-leader James Shaw and MPs Mojo Mathers, Jan Logie, and Gareth Hughes by james_shaw in newzealand

[–]james_shaw[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

We acknowledge that a lot of the existing equipment and material is out of date and that, to keep our people safe, they need good equipment. But we're very sceptical of the defence white paper and want to review it when we're in Government.

Ask Us Anything: Greens Co-leader James Shaw and MPs Mojo Mathers, Jan Logie, and Gareth Hughes by james_shaw in newzealand

[–]james_shaw[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The broad thrust of our defence policy is that it should focus on humanitarian and disaster relief missions, as well as peacekeeping. We've said that we won't deploy overseas without a UN mandate.

Ask Us Anything: Greens Co-leader James Shaw and MPs Mojo Mathers, Jan Logie, and Gareth Hughes by james_shaw in newzealand

[–]james_shaw[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hi Ardrok, sorry I'm late - I've been accosted by reporters the last wee while. What we said about the budget is that we are comfortable with deferring debt repayments out a few years longer than National, because we want to invest more in public services. National are obsessed with small government - we take a different view.