Parliament's new faces

GREEN PARTY

Metiria Turei (list)

The 32-year-old wrote billboards in Maori for her run at the Tamaki Makaurau seat. She enters Parliament from the number 8 position on the Greens' list. Turei is a resource management lawyer who studied for her law degree as a solo parent on the DPB. She stood for the McGillicuddy Serious Party in 1993 and the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party in 1996. In her spare time she is involved with the Random Trollops, an anarcho-feminist performance troupe that has become a regular feature in the Hero Parade.

NATIONAL

Don Brash (list)

Aged 61, former Reserve Bank Governor who needs no introduction to voters. At number five, he was the highest-placed newcomer on the National party list.

Brian Connell (Rakaia)

The 46-year-old farmer and former business consultant replaces Jenny Shipley in the Rakaia seat. He is a former secondary schoolteacher and held a middle-management position in an Australian bank. He is married with two children.

Sandra Goudie (Coromandel)

The 42-year-old Thames dairy farmer ran an eye-catching campaign in her purple 1972 Ford Falcon V8. She won the Coromandel electorate, where she has been involved in local politics as a district councillor, from Greens co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons.

Judith Collins (Clevedon)

A lawyer for 20 years, Ms Collins won the Clevedon electorate after beating MP Warren Kyd for the National Party candidacy. Ms Collins is president of the Auckland District Law Society and vice-president of the New Zealand Law Society. She has also owned and operated two restaurants, and is a mother of one.

John Key (Helensville)

Retired 41-year-old merchant banker who toppled long-serving National MP Brian Neeson in an acrimonious selection contest for Helensville. Mr Key gave up a career as the London-based global head of foreign exchange for Merrill Lynch to pursue a lifelong ambition to be a National MP. He is building a $5 million-plus home in Parnell.

UNITED FUTURE

Gordon Copeland (list)

A member of Future New Zealand, Copeland has a background in finance and the oil industry. He is the financial administrator of the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington, and two years ago convened Celebrate Jesus 2000, which attracted 27,000 Christians from all denominations to the WestpacTrust Stadium in Wellington. Copeland has five adult children and eight grandchildren.

Bernie Ogilvy (list)

Ogilvy has lived in Auckland for 40 years and is the director of Worldview Studies, a religious school that teaches God, self, morality, truth and the afterlife in Mt Roskill. Ogilvy lectures at a private teacher training institute and has been a tertiary teacher in a range of subjects, including economics, psychology and Christian studies. He is married to Raye, with three children and four grandchildren.

Marc Alexander (list)

A French-trained restaurateur and Christchurch television chef, Alexander has been a strong campaigner for the Sensible Sentencing Trust. He has authored papers on criminal justice reform, and is married with one child.

Kelly Chal (list)

An Indian-born Englishwoman, Chal is married with four children and works for Career Services. She has a background in employment and has lived in the Manukau East electorate for seven years.

Murray Smith (list)

Smith is principal of an established law practice and party secretary of United Future. He stood against Trevor Mallard in the Hutt South seat. Smith is married with five children and is involved in a number of local-issue advocacy groups.

Judy Turner (list)

A specialist teacher at Whakatane Intermediate School, Turner also hosts a weekly radio programme on behalf of local churches. She is married with three children and is on the hospital chaplaincy committee for Whakatane Hospital.

Larry Baldock (list)

Baldock is a Tauranga city councillor who has been involved in an international Christian movement called Youth with a Mission since 1979. He is married with two children and plays a part in the International Reconciliation Coalition, a global organisation that promotes reconciliation for people who have broken their covenants with God or violated relationships with one another.

Paul Adams (list)

Owner and manager of Paul Adams Motors, this new MP is probably better known as a professional New Zealand rally car driver. He is a qualified carpenter and builder and has been the New Zealand rally, hillclimb and rallycross champion. Adams is married with four children.

LABOUR

Darren Hughes (Otaki)

The 24-year-old redhead, former executive secretary to retiring MP Judy Keall, has a bachelor of arts degree in public policy and social policy and served as a member of the Victoria University Students Association executive.

Lynne Pillay (Waitakere)

An Engineers Union official and former nurse who almost made it to Parliament in 1999 as a list MP, but lost on a countback to the Greens' Keith Locke. She is the partner of the union's northern secretary, Mike Sweeney. Beat Alliance leader Laila Harre.

David Parker (Otago)

The 42-year-old is a Dunedin-based biotechnology businessman and former lawyer at the forefront of genetic modification in New Zealand. Mr Parker is married with three young children, and has been a member of the Labour Party for several years. Two years ago, he and South Island entrepreneur and multimillionaire Howard Paterson launched A2 Corporation, which aims to produce milk with a protein that supposedly offers protection against diabetes and heart disease.

Russell Fairbrother (Napier)

A senior barrister who has been defence counsel in some high-profile cases - including that of Dartelle Alder, the man convicted of killing the Wellington jogger Margaret-Lynne Baxter. Mr Fairbrother is active in initiatives for social reform.

Dave Hereora (list)

Labour's Maori vice-president is a father of six and a Service and Food Workers Union official. He was raised by his grandparents in Tauranga and worked at the local Affco meatworks before becoming active in the union. Mr Hereora comes into Parliament from number 38 on the party list - the top candidate behind the incumbent MPs. He is on a school board of trustees.

Ashraf Choudhary (list)

The country's first Muslim MP, Choudhary is a Massey University professor specialising in agricultural engineering and land cultivation. He is a founding member of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand and has travelled to several countries as a guest lecturer. He has written more than one hundred research papers and chapters in books.

ACT

Deborah Coddington (list)

The North & South journalist says she stood for Act because of deep concerns about the welfare of children. Coddington is the author of a book listing convicted child molesters and sex offenders, and stood on the list for the Libertarianz in 1996 and 1999. She says those attempts were not serious, but standing for Act was.

Heather Roy (list)

The 38-year-old New Zealand portrait gallery contractor and mother of five missed out on a place in Parliament in 1999 when she was 10th on the Act party list and only 9 MPs made it. She has worked for many years as a physiotherapist and in medical research, and stood for Wellington City Council last year. She has been involved with Act since 1996.

NEW ZEALAND FIRST

Barbara Stewart (list)

Stewart, a former teacher, is group training and development manager at a large manufacturing company in Hamilton. She lives on a lifestyle block near Cambridge with her husband and 12-year-old son. She has served on a school board of trustees and has completed a postgraduate diploma in management studies at the University of Waikato.

Pita Paraone (list)

Paraone has spent 38 years in the public service in the area of Maori economic and social development. He is regional director for the Ministry of Maori Development in the North. Paraone unsuccessfully sought nomination in 1999. He has three adult children.

Craig McNair (list)

A marketing manager, McNair has his private pilot's licence. He has been a youth camp leader, and worked as part of an educational team in Russia.

Jim Peters (list)

Principal of Northland College in Kaikohe since 1987, Peters is the brother of party leader Winston Peters and former National MP Ian Peters. He is active in sports coaching and also serves on the Far North District Council. He is married to a teacher and has three adult children.

Dail Jones (list)

Jones returns to Parliament almost 30 years after he first appeared as a National MP for Waitemata. A lawyer, Jones studied at Auckland University and has worked in a range of firms before operating a sole practice from 1984. He sold it in 2000. He is married with three adult children.

Edwin Perry (list)

Perry has a sales and marketing background and has worked overseas. He has been involved in a family business and several community boards.

Wiremu "Bill" Gudgeon (list)

A former New Zealand Army soldier who was selected for the SAS, Gudgeon has lectured at Waikato Polytechnic since 1987 in a range of subjects. He is married with five children and is a keen sportsman who has played Maori representative rugby league.

Brent Catchpole (list)

A former accountant, Catchpole turned to a career in travel and tourism where he has since been involved in a series of international tourism ventures. Catchpole joined New Zealand First in 1993. A keen genealogist, he is also an active member of Toastmasters.

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