Step to new party

Former Green Party member and leadership hopeful Vernon Tava has taken a first step in establishing an alternative party to the Greens which he hopes could go with either National or Labour at the next election. A landing page for the Sustainable New Zealand Party was launched on Sunday. Tava says he is heartened by the level of interest shown already. The page says: “Our focus on sustainability means that we would be able to work with political parties on the left or right of politics to ensure that the environment is always a top political priority regardless of who makes up the Government.”