Current parliamentary roles

• Musterer
• Member, Business Committee
• Member, Officers of Parliament Committee
• Member, Privileges Committee
• Member, Standing Orders Committee
• Member, Justice and Electoral Committee

Education/qualifications

• BCom, Accounting, University of Auckland
• MA, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Boston
• PhD, Victoria University of Wellington

Career

• New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Wellington, Ottawa, Bangkok, Geneva) 1972-1978
• Secretary-General, Parliamentarians for Global Action 1989-1994
• Quarter-centenary Fellow, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, 1995
• International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Stockholm 1996-1998
• Director, United Nations University Leadership Academy, Jordan 1999-2002
• Senior Research Fellow, United Nations University 2002-2007
• Senior Consultant, United Nations Department of Political Affairs, New York 2004-2006
• Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges 2005-2007
• Senior Adjunct Fellow, School of Law, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 2006-2009

Community activities

Former Chairman, New Zealand Institute for International Affairs, Christchurch branch

Leisure activities

Reading, music, walking, cycling, swimming, yoga