After 20 years on the fringes, the Greens now have a taste of power
(WorldNews New Zealand)

ROSS GIBLIN/STUFF Greens co-leader James Shaw has led the party into Government for the first time since it was founded 27 years ago Kooky, crazy old Greens no more. It`s a well-trodden argument, posited to great effect in the past mostly by the Right. Now, it`s more a tired cliche, says leader James Shaw, who has taken the party from the brink of extinction to one in Government. He`s likely to take the portfolio of associate finance minister, under Labour`s Grant Robertson. Senior MPs Julie Anne Genter, Eugenie Sage and Jan Logie will also get executive portfolios - two ministerial and one to be an under-secretary. READ MORE: * Green Party confirms ministers * Greens policy grab-bag: Where...