Current parliamentary roles

• Co-Leader
• Member, Finance and Expenditure Committee
• Spokesperson, Climate Change (ETS)
• Spokesperson, Economics and Finance
• Spokesperson, Environment (Water)

Former parliamentary roles

Member, Local Government and Environment Committee 2 July 2008-3 October 2008

Personal details

Born 1967, Brisbane, Australia. Has lived in New Zealand permanently since the beginning of 1997.

Education/qualifications

• BA (Hons)
• PhD, Political Science

Career

• Nurse's Aid 1988-1988
• Sheet metal worker 1989-1990
• Car assembly-line worker 1990-1992
• Gardener 1994-1995
• Farmhand on organic farm 1997-1999
• Organic market gardener and native bush regeneration 1998-1999
• Researcher/marker, Unitec Not-for-Profit Management course 2001-2001
• Out-of-Parliament Secretary to Keith Locke MP and Nandor Tanczos MP 2001-2001
• Executive Secretary to Sue Bradford MP 2001-2002
• Green Party Parliamentary Researcher/Advisor 2002-2004
• Green Party Campaign Manager 2004-2005
• Researcher, Association of University Staff 2005-2006
• Green Party Co-leader 2006-

Community activities

• Involved in many environmental and social justice campaigns in Australia
• Initiator and Co-Convenor, Auckland GE Free Coalition
• Member, Friends of Cactus Bay 2001-2001
• Coordinator of first big GE Free rally 2001-2001
• Wellington Forest and Bird

Party activities

• Joined NZ Green Party 1997-
• Actively involved in rebuilding the Waiheke and Auckland Green organisations and in the local and national election campaigns 1998-1999
• Editor, Auckland Provincial Newsletter 1998-1999
• Co-Convenor, Auckland Greens 2001-2001
• Green candidate, Rimutaka 2002-2002
• Party Representative on Caucus 2002-2002
• Member, Executive Communications Committee 2003-2004
• Campaign manager, Green Party December 2004-
• Convenor and Treasurer, Green Party Magazine Board 2004-2005

Leisure activities

Tramping, Reading history and ecology, Drinking red wine with friends, Conversation