February 04, 2018
Marama Davidson pushes for Green leadership
Marama Davidson has confirmed she wants to be Greens co-leader.
Announcing her candidacy in Otara yesterday, she said she was the best placed to build a strong, cohesive and diverse movement.
She drew on her history of growing up in south Auckland and the voices made by politicians from the 1970s to 1990s which led to economic collapse in many regions.
Instead of responding to change by saying we are all in this together, elected representatives tore apart the social safety net built up over generations, pushing hundreds of thousands of children and families into hardship and deprivation.
Ms Davidson said she has relished being a voice for kaupapa Maori aspirations and to have ensured the Greens are a constant and regular presence in Maori media and communities for the first time.
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