Friday, 30 March 2012, 11:36 am Press Release: Green Party
29 March 2012
Laila Harre to take up role with
Greens
The Green Party announced today that former
Cabinet Minister Laila Harre will be taking up the newly
created position of Issues Director based in Auckland.
The
Issues Director is one of three senior political advisor
roles with the Greens and will oversee all of the Green
Party's out of Parliament issues' staff.
"We are very
pleased to have Laila come on board," said Green Party
Co-leader Dr Russel Norman.
"Laila's experience in central
and local government, coupled with her strong campaigning
background, makes her ideally suited to this job.
"Laila
is returning from Fiji where she has been working for the
International Labour Organisation since 2010. It is great to
have her back in New
Zealand."
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