If anyone doubts this announcement was the Green Party flexing its muscle and rolling the supposed ‘provincial champions’ NZ First in the coalition, then just look at who fronts the two non-governmental bodies celebrating the axe coming down on irrigation. Greenpeace is headed by former Green co-leader Russel ‘Red’ Norman, and Forest and Bird is headed by former Green MP Kevin Hague. It shows how weak a link in government are NZ First’s Russian ambassador Winston Peters and his sidekick Shane ‘Pinetree’ Jones when they can be so easily rolled by the Greens.
