Sue Kedgley


Sue Kedgley has been a Green Party MP since 1999, and is Chair of Parliament’s Health Select Committee.

She has been a safe food campaigner for many years and was a founder of the Safe Food Campaign in New Zealand and the National Food Safety Network. She helped secure the Green budget bid for a $3 million dollar Nutrition Fund for schools and is working closely with the Minister of Health on the Food & Nutrition Guidelines for Schools.

She has an MA (Hons) in Political Science, and is the author or co-author of seven books, the most recent one entitled ‘Eating Safely in a Toxic World’.

She was a Wellington City Councillor for 7 years, a TV reporter/director/producer for 8 years, and worked for 8 years in the United Nations Secretariat, promoting women's issues and organising international conferences.

She is married to Denis Foot and is the mother of 18 year old Zac.

Green Party Spokesperson on: Food, Health and Wellbeing (Preventative Health, Complementary Health, Environmental Health, Nutrition, Aged Care), Local Government, Broadcasting, Animal Welfare, Consumer Affairs, Older Persons, Veterans' Affairs, Environment (Toxics, Assoc), Children (Assoc), Transport (Wellington, Assoc).

What's New?

First reading...Liquor Advertising (Television and Radio) Bill

It is extraordinary that we tolerate and glamorise alcohol which is a highly intoxicating, highly addictive drug...


Transmission Gully A Lemon

Transmission Gully would likely take longer to clear than the coastal highway after a major earthquake, the Minister of Transport, Stephen Joyce, admitted in Parliament today.

Mr Joyce who was answering questions from Green Party MP Sue Kedgley confirmed that it would likely take three weeks to clear Transmission Gully in the event of an earthquake.

Sue Kedgley worried about Radio New Zealand which is woefully underfunded

Even though the Government has agreed to the Radio New Zealand charter, we are worried that it has the same game plan as TVNZ - remove its charter and funding base - and get it ready for sale


Forced Amalgamation not what Wellington Needs

The Auckland SuperCity fiasco shows exactly why Wellington should not go down the road of forced amalgamation, Wellington Green MP Sue Kedgley said today.

Voluntary food labelling open to voluntary opt-out

New Zealanders will continue to be denied the right to know where their food comes from if the Government relies on voluntary country of origin labelling, said Green Party MP Sue Kedgley.

Sue Kedgley opposes more cell towers

Every other week I am contacted by communities around New Zealand that have suddenly discovered a cell tower or some other telecommunications equipment (or EMR emitter, as it is known in the trade) is about to be installed next to their homes, their pre-schools or schools, without any prior knowledge or consent...


Cutting Fruit In Schools would be a rotten move

Cutting free fruit to some of New Zealand’s neediest kids would be an attack on commonsense and child health, Green Health spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today.