Editing Values Party (section)

==Decline of the party==
After the demoralising 1978 election result, the Values Party faced internal conflict between the "red" greens and the "fundamentalist" greens, and it fragmented amidst quarrels about organisational principles. Kunowski was ousted as party leader following the 1978 election leading him to pursue a career as a banker. He later joined the Labour Party and was elected to the [[Canterbury Regional Council]] on the Labour ticket.<ref>{{cite news |title=Canterbury Regional Council |work=[[The Press]] |date=12 October 1992 |page=4 }}</ref> In May 1979 [[Margaret Crozier]] became the leader with Cathy Wilson as deputy leader; it was the first time women had led a political party in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news |last=Collins |first=Simon |title=Values' Top Man Ousted |work=[[The Evening Post (Wellington)|The Evening Post]] |date=12 May 1979 |page=1 }}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |title=Changing times : New Zealand since 1945 |last1=Carlyon |first1=Jenny |last2=Morrow |first2=Diana |publisher=[[Auckland University Press]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-86940-782-7 |location=Auckland |pages=221 }}</ref>

In November 1980 Crozier stated she would resign as leader at the 1981 party conference, citing disagreements and instability in the party.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19801125.2.31 |title=Leader to resign |work=[[The Press]] |date=25 November 1980 |page=3 }}</ref> At the April 1981 conference, delegates elected a three-way leadership with a "[[Triumvirate|troika]]" of co-leaders. [[Janet McVeagh|Janet Roborgh]], [[Jon Mayson]] and Alan Wilkinson.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19810420.2.11 |title=Values elects troika |work=[[The Press]] |date=20 April 1981 |page=1 }}</ref> The leadership reduced to two at the 1984 conference with Mayson and Wilkinson standing down and [[Mike Ward (New Zealand politician)|Mike Ward]] being elected alongside Roborgh.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19840827.2.7 |title=Values to form alliance? |work=[[The Press]] |date=27 August 1984 |page=1 }}</ref> Roborgh resigned at the 1988 conference and was replaced by Rosalie Steward, previously Values candidate for [[West Coast (New Zealand electorate)|West Coast]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19880411.2.60 |title=Values leader change |work=[[The Press]] |date=11 April 1988 |page=6 }}</ref>

By 1987 Values were using the description of the "Green Party of Aotearoa" and were increasingly advocating for [[proportional representation]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19870629.2.44 |title=Values nominates two candidates |work=[[The Press]] |date=29 June 1987 |page=4 }}</ref>

In July 1989 the ruling council of the party agreed in principle to wind up the party and balloted its 200 remaining members for approval.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stone |first=Andrew |title=Ruling council of Values Party agrees to call it a day |newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=24 July 1989 |page=3 }}</ref> However, in May 1990, remnants of the Values Party merged with several other environmentalist organisations to form the [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Greens merge |work=[[Auckland Star]] |date=28 May 1990 |page=A3 }}</ref> which entered parliament in 1996<ref>{{cite news |last=White |first=Mike |title=Are the Greens still scary? A political power comes of age |url=https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/currently-politics/are-the-greens-still-scary-a-political-power-comes-of-age |access-date=10 August 2020 |work=[[North & South (New Zealand magazine)|North & South]] |date=30 May 2017 |language=en-NZ |archive-date=21 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421124344/https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/currently-politics/are-the-greens-still-scary-a-political-power-comes-of-age |url-status=dead }}</ref> and formed part of the Government in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phipps |first1=Claire |title=Jacinda Ardern is next prime minister of New Zealand, Winston Peters confirms – as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/oct/19/new-zealand-election-winston-peters-prime-minister-bill-english-jacinda-ardern-live?page=with:block-59e85c48389e4906e8cf9587#block-59e85c48389e4906e8cf9587 |access-date=1 September 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=19 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901100442/https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/oct/19/new-zealand-election-winston-peters-prime-minister-bill-english-jacinda-ardern-live?page=with%3Ablock-59e85c48389e4906e8cf9587%23block-59e85c48389e4906e8cf9587 |archive-date=1 September 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Many former members of the Values Party became active in the Green Party – notably [[Jeanette Fitzsimons]], [[Rod Donald]] and [[Mike Ward (New Zealand politician)|Mike Ward]].