Current parliamentary roles

• Member, Transport and Industrial Relations Committee
• Spokesperson, Auckland
• Spokesperson, Community and Voluntary Sector
• Spokesperson, Community Economic Development
• Spokesperson, Gambling
• Spokesperson, Industrial Relations
• Spokesperson, State Services
• Spokesperson, Waste

Personal details

Born 9 July 1963, Helensville, mother of two. Iwi affiliation: Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Huri.

Education/qualifications

• Certificate in Journalism, Auckland Institute of Technology
• Diploma in Labour Studies, Auckland University
• Graduate Diploma in Not-For-Profit Management, Unitec
• RMA Hearings Commissioner

Career

• Former singing telegrammist
• Former cleaner
• Former clerical worker
• Former journalist
• Former aged care worker for four years
• Former union official for sixteen years
• Former community waste educator for seven years
• Auckland City Councillor 2007-2010
• Member, Waiheke Local Board 2010-2012

Community activities

• Member, Working Womens Resource Centre 1985-
• Guitarist, WWRC Union Made Choir 1997-2003
• Whanau member/volunteer, Piritahi Marae and Kohanga Reo 1998-2011
• Member, Waiheke Childcare Committee 2000-2002
• Event Organiser, Junk to Funk Recycling in Action Extravaganza 2003-2005
• Member, Waiheke Island Council of Social Services 2003-
• Trustee, Te Huruhi Primary School 2004-2010
• Trustee and voting assembly, Greenpeace New Zealand 2006-2012
• Subcommittee member, Tawaipariera/Rangihoua Reserve Management 2007-2011
• Member, Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Forum 2007-2012

Party activities

Buddy MP for the Auckland and Waikato Green Party provinces