Former Green Party co-leader, Jeanette Fitzsimons. File photo / Ross Setford
EDITORIAL
The sudden and unexpected passing of New Zealand's first Green MP this week is something we should all pause and reflect on.
Not only because Jeanette Fitzsimons, 75, was an early and perceptive harbinger of our impending environmental and climate catastrophes, but because she was such a woman of
principle.
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• Former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has died
Among many attributes, Fitzsimons was known during her 13 years in Parliament for never raising her voice in the House and never rising to the bait of petty insults.