Kennedy (Ken) Graham was elected to Parliament at the 2008 election. He had been ranked ninth on the Green Party list. Ken is the Green Party's parliamentary musterer.

Ken has most recently taught international politics and international law at the School of Law, Canterbury and Victoria University, and as Visiting Professor at The College of Europe in Bruges. He has previously worked for NGOs, the UN and as a diplomat. He was involved in negotiating the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, defending the policy as a NZ diplomat before the UN in Geneva and New York and was also Director of a UN programme in the Middle East.

Over the years Ken has developed a conviction about the need for Green principles in political action at a global and national level as well as in individual lifestyles. Ken has worked in ‘and survived’ ten countries, and loves them all. Having returned to New Zealand he has contributed his experience and perspectives to helping the country tackle the global problems we face through action in the Green Party as its International Secretary and, now, will build on that through his Parliamentary service.

Ken holds a B.Com from Auckland University, a BA Hons in Political Science from Victoria; an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Boston (Fulbright); and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Victoria University. He was also a Fellow at Cambridge University, studying in the Global Security Programme. Ken has authored and edited five books including ‘The Planetary Interest – A New Concept for the Global Age’ – which looks at issues of climate change, sustainability and nuclear weapons from a global perspective.

Green Party Spokesperson on: Climate Change (International), Trade & Foreign Investment, Justice, Constitutional Issues, Official Development Assistance, Security & Intelligence Services, Disarmament, Energy (Assoc), Sustainability (Assoc), Foreign Affairs (Assoc).

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