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Scoop's "Meet The MPs" Project
Scoop's Meet The MPs Project
Over the next few weeks, Scoop, in conjunction with the students at Massey University's School of Journalism, will bring to you a series of interviews with the first-term members of New Zealand's 49th Parliament.
Brendon Burns: | Katie Foley Talks To Labour’s Brendon Burns: Brendon Burns jokes that because of his career choices, he cannot slip any lower in the public’s estimation. In November 2008 Christchurch Central voted him into a career as a Member of Parliament. |
John Boscawen: | Karoline Tuckey talks to Act’s John Boscawen: As a new MP John Boscawen has already felt the thrill of being in on the action; his bill amending the Section 59 ‘smacking law’ was drawn from the ballot on August 26, five days after the national referendum. |
Rajen Prasad: | Liam Napier Talk To Labour’s Rajen Prasad: Rajen Prasad is the twelfth Labour list member of parliament. He has great experience as a Race Relations Conciliator between 1996 and 2001, as a social policy worker, and was also chief of the Families Commission for four years. |
Tim Macindoe: | Emma Geraghty Talks To National’s Tim Macindoe: Tim Macindoe, after a long time involvement in the National Party, on his second attempt in November 2008 took the Hamilton West seat in Parliament. He was elected with a majority of 1618 votes. |
Raymond Huo: | Motoko Kakubayashi and Agnes Ginestet Talk To Labour’s Raymond Huo: The two main reasons for his standing as a candidate for the Labour Party were the encouragements given by the New Zealand Asian community, as well as his upbringing in China in a family of medical doctors. |
Kennedy Graham: | Tobias Brockie Talks To Green MP Kennedy Graham: Green Party list MP Kennedy Graham did not have great political aspirations as a child. The youngest of four boys, he was more concerned with rugby than policy, and spent more time on the field than in the classroom. |
Carol Beaumont: | Michael Dickison Talks To Labour’s Carol Beaumont: Labour MP Carol Beaumont spoke to Scoop about her role models in Parliament, the smacking referendum and the future of MMP.Ms Beaumont picked women for all but one of her top seven role models in Parliament. |
David Garrett: | Chloe Vaughan Talks To ACT’s David Garrett: David Garrett has been involved with politics since the 80s when he helped the Labour Party get Robert Muldoon out of power. He describes Muldoon as ‘the last tyrant before Helen Clark came into power’. |
Catherine Delahunty: | Matthew Backhouse Talks To The Greens' Catherine Delahunty: Lifelong activist and Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty describes Parliament as “a pathologically adversarial place which dehumanises relationships”. |
Grant Robertson: | Kelly Spring talks to Labour's Grant Robertson: Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson has been in Wellington for more than 10 years but credits his time at Otago University for his introduction into politics. |
Louise Upston: | Rory MacKinnon talks to National’s Louise Upston: She may be a recent addition to National's back benches, but the MP for Taupo represents one of National's everywoman success stories. |
David Shearer: | Matthew Theunissen talks to Labour’s David Shearer: It’s been a whirlwind six months for Labour MP David Shearer which has seen him flung from war-torn Baghdad into the houses of Parliament as the representative for Mount Albert. |
Cam Calder: | Sarah Taane talks to National’s Cam Calder: Elected on 16 June this year, National Party backbencher Cam Calder has come a long way since his petanque days. Growing up in Taranaki, Calder attended New Plymouth Boys High School before studying Dental Surgery at Otago University. |
Chris Hipkins: | Denise Garland Talks To Labour's Chris Hipkins: Mr Hipkins identifies his political role models, both recent politicians and a few historical figures, and explains why people like Robert Muldoon are important to New Zealand’s political landscape. |
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