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Green Party cancels meeting over Darleen Tana

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The Green Party has agreed to cancel this weekend's meeting on whether to invoke the waka-jumping law to have MP Darleen Tana removed from Parliament.

Last week the former Green MP filed for an injunction seeking to stop the party holding its meeting, planned for this Sunday.

Tana appeared at the High Court at Auckland on Thursday alongside her lawyer Sharyn Green.

Green told Justice Simon Moore both parties had reached an agreement and would defer to a substantive hearing until 12 September.

Until then, the Green Party had agreed not to go ahead with its meeting.

"You've been able, between the two of you, to sort out the road forward," Justice Simon Moore said.

"Thank you for your obvious co-operation."

In a statement, Swarbrick said the party would defer the meeting until legal proceedings were concluded.

"The Greens have no desire to be caught up in protracted legal proceedings and are doing everything we can to ensure things progress without undue delay," she said.

"We will, unfortunately, not be able to confirm a new date until we are confident in the appropriate conclusion of legal proceedings."

Swarbrick said the party would continue to be transparent about the proceedings.