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Shane Jones
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Date:
25 May 2013
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Private Bag 18888
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Wellington 6160
Fax 04 472 8032
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Hon Shane Jones

List member, Labour Party

Current parliamentary roles

  • Member, Primary Production Committee
  • Spokesperson, Forestry
  • Spokesperson, Regional Development
  • Associate Spokesperson, Finance

Former parliamentary roles

  • Chairperson, Finance and expenditure select committee 9 November 2005-7 November 2007
  • Member, Commerce select committee 9 November 2005-7 November 2007
  • Minister for Building and Construction 5 November 2007-19 November 2008
  • Associate Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations 5 November 2007-19 November 2008
  • Associate Minister of Immigration 5 November 2007-19 November 2008
  • Associate Minister of Trade 5 November 2007-19 November 2008
  • Spokesperson, Local Government 20 November 2008-5 May 2009
  • Spokesperson, Building and Construction 20 November 2008-5 May 2009
  • Spokesperson, Infrastructure 20 November 2008-5 May 2009
  • Member, Local Government and Environment Committee 9 December 2008-21 July 2010
  • Spokesperson, Economic Development 5 May 2009-15 June 2010
  • Spokesperson, Environment 5 May 2009-15 June 2010
  • Member, Auckland Governance Legislation Committee 28 May 2009-20 October 2011
  • Member, Finance and Expenditure Committee 21 July 2010-9 February 2011
  • Spokesperson, Infrastructure 3 February 2011-19 December 2011
  • Spokesperson, Transport 3 February 2011-19 December 2011
  • Associate Spokesperson, Maori Affairs (Economic Development) 3 February 2011-19 December 2011
  • Member, Transport and Industrial Relations Committee 9 February 2011-20 October 2011
  • Member, Finance and Expenditure Committee 18 May 2011-20 October 2011
  • Spokesperson, Fisheries 3 February 2011-25 February 2013
  • Spokesperson, Economic Development (Maori) 3 February 2011-25 February 2013

Personal details

Born 3 September 1959, Awanui, Tai Tokerau. Iwi affiliations : Te Aupouri, Ngai Takoto. Has Welsh and Dalmation heritage

Education/qualifications

  • Awanui School
  • St Stephens School
  • BA in Politics and Maori Studies, University of Auckland and Victoria University of Wellington
  • MA (Prelim) in Political Philiosophy, University of Western Australia
  • MPA, John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Career

  • Advisor, Ministry for the Environment 1992
  • Member, Te Ohu Kaimoana (Māori Fisheries Commission) 1993
  • Chairperson, Te Ohu Kaimoana (Māori Fisheries Commission) 2000-

Awards

Harkness Fellowship, Harvard University 1990

Party activities

  • Chairperson, Labour Maori Caucus
  • Secretary, Labour Backbench Committee

Leisure activities

Sport, especially rugby and league, fishing, gardening, reading, walking