NZ Greens co-leader James Shaw resigns

New Zealand Greens co-leader James Shaw has announced on Tuesday that he will be resigning from the role. Mr Shaw noted in his speech that it’s “the right time” for the Greens party to have a new co-leader. “We are very much a new caucus now moving into opposition again for the first time in six years, and I feel the time is right for a new co-leader,” he said. Mr Shaw has been co-leader for the New Zealand Green party for eight years and was New Zealand's Climate Change Minister for six years under the previous Ardern government. He was best known as the architect of the zero-carbon act, making New Zealand the first nation in the world to enshrine a net-zero target into law. Nominations for his replacement will open on Wednesday.