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.
I represent 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.
Government Spokesperson on: Buy Kiwi Made
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Greens: Housing at crisis point for many
28 Aug 2008News that increasing numbers of families in the far north are being forced into mortgagee sales should be a wake up call to Government and all political parties about the seriousness of the current housing crisis, the Green Party says.
Mother and baby bill tipped to pass in Parliament today
27 Aug 2008Green Party MP Sue Bradford's third private member's bill in this term of Parliament is expected to pass its final reading in the House this evening.
Her Corrections (Mothers with Babies) Amendment Bill has attracted unusually unanimous support from across all parties.
Launch of Green Party housing policy
Green MP Sue Bradford will be launching the Green party’s housing policy and we encourage as many people to go along and support Sue and hear the Green party solutions for housing issues.
Time: 7 – 9pm.
Venue: Otahuhu Communty Centre, 10-16 High St, Otahuhu
Climate Change and Our Community
Join us to discuss the social challenges we face as a result of climate change and the end of cheap oil: housing, transport, work, community with guest speakers Sue Bradford, Green Party Spokesperson and Henare O'Keefe, Hastings Disctrict Councillor.
National courts beneficiary-bashing vote with welfare policy
11 Aug 2008National's new welfare policy is a recipe for further harassment and despair, and little more than an updated replay of its failed 1990s attack on unemployed people and beneficiaries.
National makes dangerous moves on welfare: Greens
11 Aug 2008National looks set to take a giant step backwards in its plans for beneficiaries, say the Greens.
Big gains for community sector: Green Party policy launch
07 Aug 2008The Green Party believes the New Zealand economy and society would benefit hugely if the community sector was properly resourced and enabled to meet its full potential.<
Hungry young mums should be treated with dignity: Greens
07 Aug 2008It is not acceptable that Work and Income case managers continue to bully and intimidate people seeking their assistance, the Green Party says.
Green Party Social Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford will ask questions in the House today about why the Government allows this culture of abuse to continue, in some Work and Income offices at least.