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Sue Bradford


Sue Bradford has been a Green Party MP since 1999.

Sue is married and has had 5 children. She currently lives in East Coast Bays, Auckland.. Before becoming an MP Sue was a community development worker and political activist in the unemployed and beneficiaries movement from 1983 – 1999. She was the national coordinator of Te Roopu Rawakore o Aotearoa 1987 – 1990, and helped set up and run the Auckland Peoples Centres. From 1995-1999 she was also a part time tutor in Not for Profit Management at Unitec.

Sue has been an activist on social justice, peace and womens’ issues from 1967 until the present day. She was Vice-president of the New Labour Party in 1989-90 until joining the Green Party in 1990; Stood for the Green Party in the 1998 Auckland City mayoralty elections; was the Green candidate for Rodney in 1999 & 2002, and for Northland in 2005.
First elected to Parliament in 1999, now 3rd term MP and 3rd on the 2008 Green Party List. Sue is the Green Party’s candidate for East Coast Bays for the 2008 Election.

In December 2007 Sue was the Dominion Post’s Politician of the Year, and North & South’s & the Weekend Herald’s Backbencher of the Year. In March 2008 she was ranked third among Auckland MPs by a panel of 5 press gallery journalists.

Sue is Chairperson, Auckland People's Centre; Founder and Trustee, Auckland Region Employment Resource Centre; Trustee, Kotare Research and Education for Social Change Trust; National Co-ordinating Committee, Association of NGOs of Aotearoa. She has a BA in History and Political Studies from Auckland University; MA (Hons) in Chinese from Auckland University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism from Canterbury University.

Sue represents the Green Party in Parliament to help bring about genuine, positive solutions to the unemployment, poverty and environmental problems which plague so many people and their communities in Aotearoa today.

Green Party Spokesperon on: Childrens’ Affairs, ACC, Gambling, Community & Voluntary Sector, Economic Development, Employment, Housing, Industrial Relations, Internal Affairs, Mental Health, National Library & Archives, Racing, Regional Development, Small Business, Social Services.

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New s59 research puts paid to myths: Greens

14 Nov 2008

New research released this morning puts paid to some of the myths about lack of public support for the section 59 law change, says the Green Party.

APN sale raises risk to diversity of opinions - Greens

05 Nov 2008

Rumours that Fairfax may be interested in snapping up rival media company APN have raised concerns about the independence of New Zealand’s news industry should such a deal go ahead, the Green Party says.

Key package helps - but Greens say Kiwis deserve better

31 Oct 2008

Details of John Key’s transitional relief package show that National, like Labour, still falls short in terms of providing equitable assistance for all newly laid-off workers, says the Green Party.

Compassion key to Greens’ unemployment support package

31 Oct 2008

Everyone who loses their job deserves support, Green Party Social Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford says.

"In the face of likely recession and increasing layoffs and redundancies it is vital that people receive assistance to help tide them over."

North Shore candidate meeting

Mairangi Bay Presbyterian Church Hall, 11 Hastings Rd, Mairangi Bay
Sun, 2 Nov 2008 at 7:15pm
9pm

North Shore Candidate Meeting with Sue Bradford and Pieter Watson

East Coast bays candidate meeting with Sue Bradford

Okura Hall, Okura River Road
Mon, 3 Nov 2008 at 7pm
9pm

Come along and support Green party MP Sue Bradford speaking at the east Coast Bays meet the candidates meeting.

Key’s Welfare Proposal Unworkable and Unfair

27 Oct 2008

The Green Party says that John Key’s $100m unemployment plan is seriously flawed. ‘It demonstrates his lack of understanding of the practicalities of administering a national social security system,’ says Social Development spokesperson Sue Bradford.

Mental health care crisis needs urgent attention: Greens

21 Oct 2008

The coroner’s inquest into the death of Shane Fisher while a patient at Auckland Hospital’s psychiatric acute unit will today raise questions that the Auckland District Health Board must urgently answer, Green Party Mental Health Spokesperson Sue Bradford says.

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