James Shaw and Marama Davidson have been re-elected as co-leaders of the Green Party.
The vote took place at the Greens' AGM in Auckland on Saturday where the party made a rare pitch to farmers.
Shaw was welcomed to the stage with rapturous applause. As he delivered his eighth AGM speech, the co-leader was still filled with Green ambition.
"Now, imagine, just imagine, what we could do with a few more Green Ministers," he told the crowd.
And he talked up the Green Party's achievements after six years in Government with Labour.
"Creating a single framework that would require every single Government - every future Government - to take action to cut emissions. That was the job of the Zero Carbon Act, which we passed," he said.
It was this time last year when Shaw failed to get the 75 percent support of members needed to be re-elected. He was ultimately re-instated as co-leader but only after two of his colleagues in Parliament considered challenging him for the role.
One of them was Dr Elizabeth Kerekere, who in May resigned from the Greens after appearing to call fellow MP Chlöe Swarbrick a "crybaby" in a group chat.
National Party leader Christopher Luxon has warned another Labour/Greens coalition Government, potentially supported by Te Pāti Māori, would be a "coalition of chaos".
But Shaw was adamant this wouldn't be true.
"I think if you look at the course of the six years we have been in Government, we have been a strong and stable partner in that Government," Shaw said.
The Greens' recent policies include a wealth tax on net assets above $2 million that would help pay for Income Guarantee, limiting rent rises to no more than three percent a year and allowing developers to build higher if they meet green criteria.
So, is it green enough to satisfy their supporters?
"We absolutely support the recent policies," one person told Newshub.
"The Green Party is the only party that has policies that are meaningful in terms of climate justice," another said.
That support manifested on Saturday in a clean re-election for Shaw and Davidson as co-leaders.
And to expand their vote was an unlikely pitch to farmers. Shaw promised that if Labour and the Greens are re-elected, work will begin to give them more recognition for efforts to store carbon emissions under Emissions Trading Scheme.
"The frustration that a lot of farmers have felt that there are scientifically valid forms of sequestration of carbon dioxide that are happening on their farms that they could do more with that aren't currently recognised," Shaw said.
The Greens co-leader wrapping up a big day with a big grin to match his bold green ambitions.
