Date and place of birth June 2nd, 1967, Brisbane. Lived in NZ since Jan 1997.
Ethnicity Pakeha/New Zealand European.
Current residence and electorate Hataitai, Wellington. Rongotai electorate.
Educational and vocational qualifications BA (Hons), PhD (politics).
Current occupation Green Party Co-leader
Previous occupations Party Development Coordinator (2006); Researcher, Association of University Staff (2005-6); Campaign Manager (2004-5); Green Advisor/Researcher (2002-4); Secretary to Sue Bradford (2001-2); Out-of- Parliament Secretary to Keith and Nandor (2001); Researcher/marker for Unitec Not-for-Profit Management course (2001); Organic market gardener and native bush regeneration (1998-9); Farmhand on organic farm (1997-9); PhD Scholarship (1996-7); Gardener (1994-5);
Car assembly line worker (1990-2); Sheetmetal worker (1989-90); Nurse's Aid (1988).
Other work experience (including voluntary/unpaid) See below.
Community connections Wellington Forest And Bird; Co-Convenor Auckland GE Free Coalition, and Coordinator of the first big GE Free rally 2001; Friends of Cactus Bay 2001; many other NGOs in NZ and Oz.
Policy interests/Expertise Economics; Environment; Climate Change (I am the lead spokesperson in these areas).
My broad political issues Our fate is to live in the era when the limits are reached - the limits of the planet's ability to supply us with resources and absorb our pollution. Our job is lead humanity's adjustment to living within these limits, in a way that fairly shares the burdens and benefits, while protecting and restoring the non-human diversity of life on Earth. It's hard to overstate the difficulty and risks of making that adjustment.
