The Front Page podcast: Green Party co-leader James Shaw left with black eye after unprovoked attack

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Greens co-leader James Shaw is “shaken” after being injured in a violent attack on his way to Parliament this morning.

Shaw was punched in the face in an apparently unprovoked attack as he walked to work through central Wellington.

A party spokesperson says Shaw was confronted by a man who stepped out, spoke to him and identified him then hit him in the head.

Shaw suffered a black eye in the attack. Thankfully two passers-by came to Shaw’s aid.

He was assessed by ambulance staff at the scene before carrying on to the…