Green co-leader Marama Davidson says she will be sending "thoughts and prayers" to National and ACT should it negotiate a coalition deal with New Zealand First.
Davidson and co-leader James Shaw also refused to confirm they intended to remain in their roles for the entire term.
Both have served as ministers and the party has welcomed seven new MPs to its 14-strong caucus.
Davidson took over as co-leader after Metiria Turei stepped down in 2018 and Shaw has been a co-leader since 2015, replacing Russell Norman.
Asked if both would stay on for the full term, Davidson said there were "still decisions to be made".
It’s not clear if the party's co-leaders plan on sticking around, however, as Benedict Collins reports. (Source: 1News)
"We're here right now and we've had a fantastic campaign. We want to grow on that and those decisions will continue to have the space to be made."
Shaw said the party had a "big new caucus" and the focus was to make sure "everyone gets their feet under the table and that we're off to a really good start".
Asked when a decision would be made about the party's leadership, he said "in the future".
He said the party had "somewhat famously" a leadership election at every annual general meeting (AGM). Shaw was referring to the party's last AGM where he was briefly removed from his role before being reinstated.
The next AGM was due around June or July next year.
Shaw said opposition was "not unfamiliar" to the Green Party, having spent 20 years there before it got into government.
"At the same time, this is the first time we've ever moved from being in government to being back in opposition."
He said the party would develop its opposition strategy over the remaining months of the year.
That included its Question Time strategy and the major "themes" it wished to highlight and campaign on.
"That will be based in part on what we were campaigning on before the election [and] trying to save some of the work we did over the course of last six years and making sure that doesn't get unwound.
"It will also have to reflect the shape of the government of the day and of course we don't know what that looks like yet and we won't for some weeks."
Shaw said any conversations with National on issues particularly dear to the Green Party would likely come later in the first year.
"They've obviously got to stitch together what is going to be a very awkward coalition in the meantime."
Asked what advice the Green Party could give to National leader Christopher Luxon or David Seymour in dealing with Winston Peters in a three-party coalition, Davidson said "thoughts and prayers".
Peters has always maintained the presence of his party in a coalition provides stable government.
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