The New Zealand Green Party wants to negotiate the legalization of cannabis for personal use in any coalition talks with the Labour party after elections, the New Zealand Herald reported. This stance may have been spurred by the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party's offer not to stand against Green co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons in the closely contested Coromandel election, if her party will make legalization of marijuana a "fundamental issue" in coalition talks.

Fitzsimons, however, has indicated that her party's primary issue is keeping genetically engineered organisms in the laboratory. In 1999, the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party captured 268 votes in Coromandel. Fitzsimons' majority over the other main candidate from the National Party is maintained by only 250 votes.

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