Thomas Coughlan: NZ Herald deputy political editor on the Greens meeting to discuss Darleen Tana's fate

The Greens are taking time to have a proper discussion about Darleen Tana.

Green Party co-leader Chloe Swarbrick says the party will hold a meeting on September 1 to decide whether to invoke the waka-jumping rule.

She and fellow co-leader Marama Davidson have written to Tana reiterating their request for her to stand down.

NZ Herald deputy political editor Thomas Coughlan says not all delegates have been able to come to the AGM in Christchurch.

"I think one of the reasons why they're scheduling it in a month's time is for party members from all over the country to discuss what they'd like to have happen."

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudgin
from News Talks EDB joining me now.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
To talk politics. We have got New Zealand Herald Deputy
Political editor Thomas Coughlan. Good morning, Thomas, Good morning. Green's
conference this weekend and of course there's a lot of
expectation that there will be an announcement on whether they
plan to walk a jump. Darlene Tanner, where are we
at with this?

Speaker 3 (00:32):
Yeah, well, the Tana, the Tala drama, the Tana saga,
which has been going on since March. This is incredible
how long it has taken. So yes, the Green, this
AGM and christ Church basically Green members from all around
the country get to meet with the caucus. A lot
of it is just administrative stuff, white boring stuff, but
this this AGM, they've they've discussed the situation around Darling Tanna.

(00:57):
They discussed that yesterday Saturday afternoon. One option they appeared
to have discussed, which is to to sched what they
call a special General meeting, which is usually a zoom
call where delegates from around the country about one hundred
and fifty delegants from all the different branches. We'll get
together in a month's time and discussed whether to actually

(01:19):
use that walker jumping legislation to boot diving from parliament altogether.
She's no longer remember the Green corpus. But if they
use that legislation, then should be should be gone from Parliament.
So that appears to have been one of the options
that was discussed yesterday. I think it was the favorite option,
and I think that's possibly the road down which they'll go.

(01:41):
We'll get confirmation of that at about ten thirty this
morning when Chloe Sawbrick will announce the results of those deliberations.
But what they won't They won't that if he is
better to be announcing whether or not yes or no,
they will walk a jumper. The Greens love a long
process and today all they'll be announcing is the next
step from that long process.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
Okay, So why do they need to have another meeting
in a month's time? Do they not have enough delegates
at the AGM?

Speaker 3 (02:10):
I mean, that's a very good question the Greens. The
Greens lover a process. They are a party that is
all about long, democratic consultative processes. What there appears to
have been a wee bit of disquiet ahead of the
AGM from people who were not able to make it
to christ Church to discuss this issue in person. So

(02:35):
I think one of the reasons why they're scheduling it
in a month's time is for the party members more
of over the country to discuss what they'd like to
have happened and all of their different branches, and for
those branches to them come together and tell the party
what they think, because I think there was a week
bit of disquie from some members around the country that
they would be left out of the discussion if they
couldn't make it down here to christ Church. But certainly

(02:58):
if this were another party that the other parties do,
teams to move much faster from these issues and it
would probably be resolved by now. So certainly, Degree and
the Greens cultural love of long democratic processes is Holden's
process up.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
Just a little. They do things their own way. Got
on there we go.

Speaker 3 (03:20):
It has been it's been more than one hundred days.
I've lost count, But this whole thing kicked off in
mid March, so it's really it's it's really draking on.
Thank you everyone. I mean, to be honest, even the Greens.
I was I was knowing about in the sea rooms
today and even the Greens acknowledged that this is you know,

(03:41):
this has taken quite some time now.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
That was New Zealand HEROLD Deputy Political editor Thomas Cogg.

Speaker 1 (03:48):
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