An event planned in Clive tonight featuring Green Party leader James Shaw has been cancelled due to the disruption within the party over past weeks.
On Wednesday last week, Green Party MP Metiria Turei resigned as co-leader following her earlier revelations about historical benefit fraud, which were aimed at opening a conversation about the reality of poverty in New Zealand.
An ensuing Newshub poll had the Greens' support dropping to 8.3 per cent, but Ms Turei said her resignation was brought about due to the extreme scrutiny her family had been under since she admitted that as a solo mother in the 1990s she lied to Work and Income about her circumstances.
Yesterday, Mr Shaw, now leading alone until after the election, unveiled a new election slogan "Love New Zealand" at the party's relaunch in Auckland.
As well as the new slogan, he set out three policies the party will focus on - poverty, climate change and clean water, and revealed a new caucus leadership team to take on each of these areas: Marama Davidson - poverty, Julie-Anne Genter - climate change and Eugenie Sage- clean water.