LABOUR
Margaret Wilson
standing for Tauranga
Age: 52, unmarried
Occupation: Law professor
Policy priority: Encouraging debate on constitutional
issues among New Zealanders.
Highlight: Founding dean of Waikato's law school.
Political hero: Anyone with the courage to debate
new ideas.
Leisure activity: Reading
Parekura Horomia
standing for Ikaroa-Rawhiti
Age: 49
Marital status: Widower, three adult children.
Occupation: Former manager of the Community
Employment Group and farmer.
Policy priority:
All aspects of Maori development,
particularly employment.
Highlight: Becoming a senior public servant.
Political hero: Mahatma Gandhi.
Winnie Laban
list candidate only
Age: 44, married.
Occupation: Family therapist.
Policy priority: Job creation.
Highlight: Consumer protection work for Pacific
Islands.
Political hero: Helen Clark.
Leisure activity: Pacific dancing.
Ann Hartley
standing for Northcote
Age: 57, married, two adult children.
Occupation: Full-time candidate and former
real estate agent.
Policy priority: Developing a sound economic
base to deliver a fair society.
Highlight: Mayor of Birkenhead from 1986 to 1989
and of North Shore City from 1989 to 1992.
Political hero: Helen Clark.
Leisure activity: Keeping fit, gardening, reading.
Lynne Pillay
standing for Tamaki
Age: 49, partnered with two adult children.
Occupation: Nurse and union advocate.
Policy priority: Reducing tertiary fees.
Highlight: Campaigning for pay equity.
Political hero: Helen Clark.
Leisure activity: Spending time with family and friends.
John Blincoe
list candidate only
Age: 47, married, two children.
Occupation: Lawyer
Policy priority: Environmental/green issues.
Highlight: MP for Nelson 1990-1996.
Political hero: Helen Clark.
Leisure activity: Reading the paper and talking over a
latte at the corner coffee cart.
NATIONAL
Anne Tolley
standing for Napier
Age: 46, married, three children.
Occupation: Owner/operator bed and breakfast
homestead.
Policy priority: Tourism, local government, culture
and heritage.
Highlight: Six years as deputy mayor of Napier.
Political hero: Jenny Shipley.
Leisure activity: Walking.
Katherin Rich
standing for Dunedin North
Age: 31, married, two children.
Occupation: General manager of agricultural business.
Policy priority: Agriculture, producer board reform.
Highlight: Finalist, 'Her Business' Businesswoman of
the Year.
Political hero: Eleanor Roosevelt.
Leisure activity: Reading
Mark Thomas
standing for Mana
Age: 32, partnered.
Occupation: Business consultant.
Policy priority: Commerce, education.
Highlight: Helping launch NZ's first retail electricity
company, First Electric.
Political hero: Mahatma Gandhi.
Leisure activity: Gym
Kerry Prendergast
list candidate only
Age: 46, married, three children.
Occupation: Deputy mayor of Wellington and self-
employed midwife.
Policy priority: Health, education, law and order,
local government.
Highlight: Helping turn around Wellington as chairwoman
of the council economic development committtee.
Political hero: Jack Marshall.
Leisure activity: Walking, reading.
Martin Poulsen
standing for Auckland Central
Age: 37, married, three children.
Occupation: Merchant banker.
Policy priority: Economic growth.
Highlight: Executive vice-president at Bankers Trust.
Political hero: J. F. Kennedy.
Leisure activity: NZ art, NZ wine, children.
