Davidson has said she "doesn’t like" the decision after the co-leader of the Young Greens Max Tweedie wrote on an internal Facebook page that that he was "extremely disappointed" in the decision.
Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage, one of three Green ministers, announced the decision on Tuesday which allows in principle a Chinese water bottling giant to purchase land in order to expand their existing Otakiri Springs water bottling plant near Whakatane.
*Overseas investment for Otakiri Springs bottling giant approved in principle *Greens swing left with Marama Davidson in the co-pilot seat *Political parties sense opportunity on water issues Sage put out a blog post on the decision on the Green Party website.
"Basically the law is clear about what Ministers can and cannot take into account."
Davidson, who ran for co-leader on a platform of greater connection with members, acknowledged in a comment on that post "we don’t like this decision."
"There were strong legal implications for us opposing this.
Ngāti Awa people (who almost universally oppose this) are absolutely livid."
Sage told Stuff she understood why Green Party members would be upset.
Green MPs will push hard for changes to the law and for a charge on bottled water exports."
Tweedie declined to comment further.