Green Party co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson have called the National Party's rhetoric "racist" and "hypocritical". Photo: NZ HeraldThe Greens are calling the National Party "hypocritical" for what it says is empty rhetoric on Te Tiriti o Waitangi, while saying its vote against a bill banning conversion therapy is "despicable politics". National Party leader Judith Collins used her speech today to outline the party's key areas of focus, while adding that "recognising the Treaty as a founding document" was a core party value. She said it was "hypocritical" for National to oppose the first reading of a bill banning conversion therapy. Young Nats president Stephanie-Anne Ross told the National Party's AGM that the youth wing was disappointed in the party's opposition to the bill.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 08, 2021 04:41 UTC