Current parliamentary roles

• Member, Finance and Expenditure Committee
• Spokesperson, Law Commission
• Spokesperson, Statistics
• Associate Spokesperson, Ethnic Affairs

Former parliamentary roles

• Member, Finance and Expenditure Committee 9 December 2008-14 October 2009
• Member, Commerce Committee 14 October 2009-18 November 2009

Personal details

Married, two children. Immigrated to New Zealand in November 1994. The name Huo is pronounced 'Haw'.

Education/qualifications

• BA, Anhui University, Hefei
• LLB, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing
• LLB, University of Auckland
• MLitt (First Class Honours), University of Auckland

Career

• Journalist, New Zealand Herald
• Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand (Brookfields Lawyers, Queen City Law)
• Joint editor/translator, Chinese-English dictionaries and four other books

Community activities

Chairman, KiwiAsian Development Forum

Leisure activities

Sports, gardening, classical music