Election 2026: Chlöe Swarbrick needs more info on Green MP’s Mongrel Mob meeting as Marama Davidson ‘proud’ of engagements

Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick won’t say if she would have advised her MP Hūhana Lyndon against meeting with members of the Mongrel Mob.

After being asked the question twice, Swarbrick said she needed to “understand more of the context as to what has played out here”, although she earlier said having those types of engagements were important to understanding and addressing issues in the community.

Swarbrick’s co-leader Marama Davidson said meeting with the Mongrel Mob is “not a new thing” – she made headlines for meeting members in 2021 – and her party was “unapologetic” for engaging with marginalised communities.

“We’re proud and we have done that year and year again,” Davidson said.

Mongrel Mob lifetime member Harry Tam posted images on social media showing members meeting with Lyndon, a sitting Green MP and candidate Michel Mulipola, with Te Pāti Māori MPs Oriini Kaipara and Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke.