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ELECTION 2020 24 North Canterbury News, September 24, 2020 BUY A FAMOUS FOUR SQUARE PIZZA &PEPSI 1.5L COMBO FORONLY Greennew deal ... Green Party coleaders James Shawand Marama Davidson PHOTO:GETTYIMAGES 14 .99 Broccoli NEW SEASON NZ ASPARAGUS Coming Soon! In pursuitofthe Green newdeal Pams Fresh NZ Oven Ready Chicken 1.5kg Pams FinestCookies 300g $ 3 69 ea WHAT’SNEW AT FOUR SQUARE A Sweet Sapphire Grapes Seedless Be into win with FOUR SQUARE to cele $ 11 99 ea TM FRESH FROM THE U.S BirthdayBox ebrate 90 YearsofWeet-Bix * roccoli $ 1 79 ea ProductofNew Zealand Puhoi Valley Yoghurt 450g 1PRize PER Store Over $150 worth of Sanitarium TM and Four Squaregoodies inside. www.foursquare.co.nz $ 4 99 ea SEE INSTORE FOR MORE INFO facebook.com/FourSquareNZ Specialsavailable South Island only from Monday21stSeptemberuntil Sunday 4th October 2020 or while stocks last.Wine andbeer available at stores with an off licence.Wineand beerpurchases restricted to persons aged 18 yearsold andover. Green Party co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson talk to Mike Houlahan about polling and the Green new deal. Green Party coleader James Shawhas mixed feelings about polling. He cametoparliament in 2014 after consistently high polls,when the party recorded its secondbest election result. But, in 2017, he gavethe Green’s adjournment debatespeech, havingjust been handedapoll saying the partywas well under 5percent. The numbers lookatouch better three yearson, but coleader MaramaDavidson said she and the Green campaign team were well awarethey were trying to defy history —smaller parties haveconsistently fared poorly after aterm as agovernment support party. ‘‘We have polledconsistently around and above that 5% threshold, which is absolutelyencouraging, and Ithink it goes to bothwhat we have managed to get done in government,aswell as being very clear about how we would like to go further. ‘‘We are notresting on any sort of security,and what we havetodoisreally focus on our policiesand get out there; that it is the Green Party and only the Green Party whowill prioritise astable climate,a thriving environment, and making sure we are taking careofeach other;that it is the Green Party who are putting out abroad visionfor the future of Aotearoa.’’ The coleaders’ optimism perhaps reflects the fact they wereinterviewed beforedetails of Mr Shaw’s advocacyon behalfofaGreen schoolinTaranaki becamepublic. Mr Shaw’s backing ran contrary to partypolicy, and alsoraised questions about how stringentlyhehad examined the proposal. It remains to be seen whetherMrShaw’s profuse apologies and statement that he would not make the same decision again are enough to stave off serious harm to the Green’s electoral prospects. Reviewingthe party’ssupport agreementwith Labour, the Greens have not achievedeverythingthe partysought, but the pair felt initiativessuch as the Zero CarbonAct and the ban on oil and gas exploration marked asolid three years. ‘‘Therewas thisview that youshould never let the Greens nearthe levers of government, theywill destroythe country, they’re crazy, they’lldestabilise the Government,’’MrShaw said. ‘‘If you look at our actual track record, we have been aresponsiblepartnerin government, we havedelivered an enormous amountand way more thanwe actually anticipated whenwestarted,and at the same time we know we need to go further and faster thanwehave been able to do in the pastcouple of years.’’ Water —specifically the destiny of Lake Manapouri—was the issue which more than any othercreatedagreenpolitical LEADERS INTERVIEW movement in New Zealand. Fortyyears on, the GreenParty now has to wrestle with the future of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter—the facility for which Manapouri was dammed to generate power. Mr Shaw said with his Climate Change Minister’shat on, part of him wouldlike to see the smelter remainsothat New Zealand had to take responsibility for what it consumed. However, with the closureofthe plant announcedbyownerRio Tinto, Mr Shaw was excitedatthe prospectofmore environmentally friendly alternatives replacing it. ‘‘Thereare things that we can do to diversify and support industry down there, and actually utilisethe factthat we have got thisincredibleresource in the area,if we can retain alot of thoseengineers involved and involve theminnew industries down there.’’ There is alsothe possibly vexed issue of building new hydro generation infrastructure—something with fiscaland environmentalramifications. Likeall parties, the Greens havehad to recalibrate their election strategies, with Covid19 stillapresentdanger. While the pandemic is unwelcome,ithas resulted in some gains for the Greens, with policies such as green jobs being acceleratedtomeet the potentialneed of workers laidoff to retrain. ‘‘The $1.3 billionfor JobsFor Nature schemewas an example of realising that we can have agreenreset, thatwecan have agreen reimagination of our country,’’MsDavidson said. While economicswere certaintobea major election talkingpoint, Mr Shaw said the Greenphilosophy of sustainability meant it brought aunique perspectiveto the economic recovery picture. ‘‘All that liquidity that we are pumping into the New Zealand economy has to be repaidbyafuturegenerationoftaxpayers, who are alsogoing to be confronted, whilstthey are paying that,with climate change, ahousing crisis that hasn’t gone away, poverty whichhasn’t gone away,the cost of the threewatersinfrastructure rebuild. ‘‘Whatweare sayingis, everything we are talking about, whether it is the poverty action plan,the cleanenergy plan, the other stuff we have got coming up, is the Green new deal. ‘‘We need to be putting everydollarwe can of that stimulustowork solvingthe longterm challenges so thatfuture generationsdon’t havetopay twice:you can actually do two things at once.’’
ELECTION 2020 North Canterbury News, September 24, 2020 25 Putting ahuman face on politics NewZealand First leaderWinstonPeters talkstoMike Houlahan aboutpolitical longevityand hisparty’srole in thecoalition government. Having first been elected to Parliamentbefore manyyounger MPs wereevenborn,New Zealand First leaderWinston Peters hasseen most of the surprises that politics can provide. But even he cannot believe the alarms andincursions that have unfoldedover the pastthree years. ‘‘The level of outsideincursion is unparalleled,’’MrPeters said. ‘‘I knowwehavebeen through wartimeand lost far more people, but we didhavesome sort of fixonwhat we were up against. ‘‘Inthiscase (Covid19), we don’t because itisasilentkiller ...and there is no reasontobe careless.’’ QuiteapartfromCovid19 — enough to testany government — Mr Petershas,asdeputy prime minister, beenalongsidePrime Minister Jacinda Ardern as she also dealt with terror attacksand naturaldisasters. Athreepartygoverning arrangement, which sceptics claimedwould not last three months, has proven remarkably resilient in thepast three years, with Mr Petersmostlyrefraining from goading favourite target Green coleaderJames Shaw untilthe end of the parliamentary term. Much of New Zealand First LEADER INTERVIEW politicsfor the past three years hasfocused on the provinces,and it is in theheartlandwhere Mr Peters hopes to find muchofhis hopedfor 5percent of the vote. Thediversity of Mr Peters’ portfoliosmeansthat while he hasperhaps gainedfavourinthe south for championinglocal industry, he has alsoearned local criticismasRacing Minister for the revamp of the sport which has cast realdoubt on the future of somesmaller race venues. ‘‘If youcan’tkeep it going how doyou expect central government to keep you going, because youare just sucking the wholelifebloodout of the industry’s future,solet’s have some rationalisation,’’MrPeters said. ‘‘Parochialismhas stopped it all this time, butanybody whois interestedinracing’s longterm future,weare puttingitall togethernow ... ‘‘I knowthat people willbe upsetand won’t wantthisto happen, but if you enjoyracing youwant racing to be performing like the Irish racing model does, andwehaven’t been.’’ While Mr Peters claimsmany winsonNew ZealandFirst’s watch, such as the provincial growth fund,increased funding forForeign Affairsand Trade, andsubstantial investmentin equipment for the defence forces, it is perhapsanonthehoof policy change which was his most significant politicalmoment in the past three years. Following the mosque shootings, NewZealand First, whichhad previouslyproven difficult to budge on firearm reform, agreed to sweeping changes to gunlaws; Mr Peters explainedsimply thatthe world hadchanged. Although it might have cost his party some muchneededvotes, he stands by his shift in position. ‘‘We arefromthe countryside, we havelivedonfarms, we have used guns, we knowthat pest control is massive anditis literally amatter of survivalin some cases. ‘‘Weunderstand allthat, but we werenever going to be the puppets of the NRA(National Rifle Association) from the UnitedStates. ‘‘Youcan’t have 51 people lose their lives and 49 almostdeador damaged for the rest of theirtime on this Earth withoutyou doing something...We don’t want to be the party that does that.WhenI waschallenged Isaid, ‘yes, we have changed ourmind’. We want rules thatwork.’’ Mr Peters saidthe past three yearshad been hard work, and, aswas to be expected, not allof the governing partieshad agreed Winston Peters ... He has seen most of the surprises that politics can provide. PHOTO:GETTY IMAGES all of the time. He has copped considerable flak from National—which polledthe most partyvotesin 2017—for backing Labour,but Mr Peters, aged75, contrasted this term with his first in parliament in 1979, when he was partofaNational Partywhich had10,000 fewer votes than Labour, but asubstantialfirstpastthepostmajority. ‘‘At leastnow it is atransparent and honest system,’’ he said. ‘‘My colleagues and Itooka massiverisk goingwith Jacinda, but we could seethattherewas a better chance of aleadership change and adirectional change andthe systemwould regain its humanface,and it has.’’ Perfect time for creating your dream pool Anew swimmingpoolwill make asplash this summer andyou will findyourfriends andfamilywillloveyour poolasmuchasyou do.Withsummer on itsway,now is theperfect time to organise theinstallation of your poolwithlocal companyLagoonPools Owners Julie andWarrenHastingsinstalls pools sized from five metres to 12 metres in length to suit both large and smallsections, with ahugevarietyofwidths, coloursand shapes. “Therereallyisapoolfor everysite,”saysJulie. 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