Current parliamentary roles

• Member, Social Services Committee
• Spokesperson, Immigration
• Spokesperson, Income Support
• Spokesperson, Ethnic Affairs
• Spokesperson, Human Rights
• Spokesperson, Overseas Development Aid
• Spokesperson, Pacific Island Affairs
• Spokesperson, Rainbow
• Spokesperson, Women

Personal details

Born 26 October 1969, in Invercargill.

Education/qualifications

• BA in politics, University of Otago
• Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults

Career

• Cook
• Coordinator, Wellington Woman’s Refuge
• Woman’s Coordinator NZUSA
• Manager, Hutt Valley Youth Health Services
• Executive Director, YWCA Aotearoa NZ
• Teacher, JET Programme
• Teacher, The Akanksha Foundation
• Executive Assistant to Sue Bradford
• Development Manager, New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities

Community activities

• Youthline Dunedin
• HELP Sexual Abuse
• Women’s Refuge
• Out in the Square
• Wellington Rape Crisis
• Women’s Information Network
• Community Organisation Grants Scheme
• Drag Kings
• New Zealand Aotearoa Adolescent Health and Development
• YWCA Aotearoa-NZ
• Various protest groups