'I was totally in awe of her' - Jeanette Fitzsimons remembered

From Checkpoint, 5:12 pm on 6 March 2020

Tributes have been flowing for the former Greens co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons, who died suddenly last night aged 75.

Ms Fitzsimons was hospitalised on Thursday after falling while out working on the farm. Her husband Harry Parke says she then suffered a stroke and died shortly before 10pm.

She is being remembered as a tireless activist, a steward of New Zealand's green movement, a woman with unwavering convictions, and who treated everyone with dignity, no matter their politics.

Political reporter Yvette McCullough has more.