No surprise

Radio NZ reported:

Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick will be the Green Party’s new co-leader alongside Marama Davidson, as James Shaw steps down.

Last month, Shaw said he would be stepping down from his duties as co-leader in March.

Dunedin-based activist and conservationist Alex Foulkes had put his hand up too for the role but announced on Sunday that he had conceded defeat. Swarbrick received 169 votes from party delegates, Foulkes received no votes.

This is now old news, and of course absolutely no surprise.

Chloe has a devoted following, especially with younger voters. I would not go so far as to say she will achieve her goal of supplanting Labour as the major party of the left, but I do think she has real potential to grow their vote and especially get more younger people to actually enrol and vote.