Green Party add an extra MP after special votes counted
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For the Greens, the special votes delivered their best result ever, and their fifteenth MP - Kahurangi Carter.
Carter ran in Christchurch Central and on the party's list.
She spent the last few weeks in 'MP school' with other newcomers, just in case she gained her seat in the special votes.
As a former actor, non-profit leader and now an advisor for the environment ministry, Carter will use her new position to fight for, among other things, climate action.
Carter spoke to Corin Dann.