Current parliamentary roles

• Member, Maori Affairs Committee
• Spokesperson, Tourism
• Associate Spokesperson, Education
• Associate Spokesperson, Maori Affairs

Personal details

Married, three children. Iwi affiliations: Ngapuhi.

Education/qualifications

• Bay of Islands College 1980-1984
• Diploma of Teaching, Auckland College of Education 1985-1987

Career

• Scale A Teacher, Koru School 1988-1990
• Second Deputy Principal, Bay of Islands Intermediate School 1991-1993
• Principal, Karetu School 1994-1998
• Advisor to Rural Principals, Education Advisory Service 1998-1999
• Team Leader, Te Putahitanga Matauranga, 2000
• Principal, Kaitaia Intermediate School 2001-2007
• Woolf Fisher Fellow, 2004
• Rotary Group Study Exchange to Arizona, 2005

Community activities

Member, ASB Community Trust Maori Reference Group

Party activities

Labour Party candidate, Te Tai Tokerau, 2008

Leisure activities

Sports, rugby, fishing, shooting and boating