Date and place of birth 28 November 1977. Sydney, NSW, Australia

Ethnicity Pakeha

Current residence and electorate Auckland Central

Electorate Northcote

Educational and vocational qualifications LLB, LLM (First Class Honours) University of Auckland, Winner of the Fowlds Memorial Prize for Most Distinguished Masters Student in Law 2010.

Current occupation University tutor and sessional lecturer at the Faculty of Law and the Department of Planning at The University of Auckland.

Previous occupations Research Fellow, New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Auckland (2 yrs), Employment Law Advocate (1 yr), Coffee Roaster (3 yrs), Sales Manager (2 yrs), Barista (8 yrs).

Other work experience (inc. voluntary/unpaid) This year I am a National Co-Convenor of the Young Greens and Parliamentary Services Intern for David Clendon MP on matters regarding Resource Management and Local Government law. I speak regularly around the country on animal legal issues and advocate for the recognition of legal personality for non-human nature.

Community connections President of the University of Auckland Debating Society (1998-99); Member of the Executive, Long Bay-Okura Great Parks Society (2007); Founder and President (2009) of the Society of Legal Vegans (SoLVe), a group centred on animal legal issues and cruelty-free eating, established at the University of Auckland School of Law.

Policy Interests/Expertise Animal Welfare/Rights, Environment, Resource Management, Water, Local Government, Constitutional Issues.