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Date and place of birth Hamilton, 25th of February 1985

Ethnicity Pakeha

Current residence and electorate Huntington, Hamilton East

Electorate: Hamilton East

Educational and vocational qualifications Post Graduate Diploma(History), Graduate Diploma (Sociology), Graduate Diploma (History), BSc. (Materials and Process Engineering)

Current occupation Delivery Driver

Previous occupations Student, Laboratory Assistant

Community connections Member of the Service and Food Workers Union, Member of the Hamilton left Initiative

Policy Interests/Expertise My research at university focused on the relationship between science and society, whether it be the media representation of mental health, the role Science played in the development of New Zealand's agricultural sector or how New Zealand society shaped the debate around evolution in the nineteenth century. As such my main policy interests are research, science and technology and economic development, I do however have a broad range of policy interests.

Additional information I have been the author of a Hamilton focused political blog since early 2010, www.auginhamilton.wordpress.com.