Current parliamentary roles

• Member, Health Committee
• Spokesperson, ACC
• Spokesperson, Biosecurity and Customs
• Spokesperson, Community Economic Development
• Spokesperson, Conservation
• Spokesperson, Cycling and Active Transport
• Spokesperson, Gambling
• Spokesperson, Health and Wellbeing (Health Services, Health Promotion, Hospitals, Mental Health)
• Spokesperson, Oceans
• Spokesperson, Rainbow Issues
• Spokesperson, Rural Affairs
• Spokesperson, Sport and Recreation

Education/qualifications

• BSc (Maths and Physics)
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Public Health
• Teaching Certificate in Adult Education

Career

• Executive Director, New Zealand AIDS Foundation 1998-2003
• Member, National Health Committee 2001-2005
• Chair, New Zealand Public Health Advisory Committee 2002-2004
• General Manager, Planning and Funding, West Coast District Health Board 2003
• Member, Community Sector Task Force 2003-2005
• Chief Executive, West Coast District Health Board 2005-2008

Community activities

• President, Auckland University Students Association 1980
• Representative, NZ Anti-Apartheid Movement at International UNESCO and Commonwealth Conferences
• Member, NZ Delegation to the First UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS
• Co-Chair and Organiser, NZ Gay and Lesbian Conference 1989
• Co-organiser, first Hero Party 1991
• Chair, Oneroa Business Association 1996-1998
• Member, Piritahi Marae Hauora Trust 1997-1999
• Chair, Waiheke Special Needs Trust 1998-2003
• Mountain Bike NZ 2001-2008
• West Coast Tai Poutini Conservation Board 2004-2006
• Chair, West Coastal Pathway 2005-2008
• Co-organiser, 2007 'Sustainable Coast'
• Member, Cycle Advocacy Network

Leisure activities

Mountain biking, cycle touring and tramping.