"It is of little surprise that identity politics has taken precedence within the Green Party..."

"Historically the Green Party has always contained a mix of three ideological threads – environmental, social justice, and socialist politics. In reality, the socialist element of the party has long gone, especially with the departure of MPs like Keith Locke and Sue Bradford. The environmental element has also been seriously in decline – especially with the loss of co-leaders like Jeanette Fitzsimmons and Russel Norman.
    "Rising up to supersede the socialist and environmental factions is the social justice milieu – which accounts for most of the caucus and the activist base.... This social justice strand now predominates....
    "[A]lthough everyone in the Greens has some interest in environmentalism, there are few MPs and candidates in the party who focus primarily on this ... The rest ... are more from the woke side of the Greens: 'their backgrounds and route into politics have mainly been via the social justice side of the policy ledger.'
    "This means that the Greens are now less focused on environmentalism or even traditional leftwing politics. ... The Greens capture by cultural issues was also discussed this week by leftwing political commentator Steven Cowan: 'Seemingly marooned within its own middle-class ghetto, it is of little surprise that identity politics has taken precedence within the Green Party. While it is economic issues that are pressing hard on the lives of working class New Zealanders, its MPs are largely focused on issues surrounding race and gender.'"

~Bryce Edwards, from his post 'The Civil War in the Greens'