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Before Politics
- ◆Digital consultancy and artist management agency TIPS (co-founded with Bartley Catt)
- ◆Opened café and gallery 'Olly' in Mount Eden, Auckland
- ◆Ran for Auckland Mayor in 2016 — came third
Parliamentary Career
- ◆List MP since 2017 — youngest MP at the time at age 23
- ◆Won Auckland Central electorate in 2020 — only second Green MP ever to win an electorate
- ◆Retained Auckland Central in 2023
- ◆Co-Leader of the Green Party since March 2024
Key Positions
- →Climate change and bold emissions reduction
- →Wealth tax and income inequality
- →Drug law reform
- →Mental health system investment
- →Israel sanctions — member's bill submitted December 2024
- →Green Budget — $8 billion four-year investment in green infrastructure
Accomplishments
- ✓Famous 'OK Boomer' moment in Parliament went viral globally
- ✓Won Auckland Central — first Green electorate MP to hold seat for more than one term
- ✓Named to Fortune '40 Under 40' in 2020
- ✓Won Jane Goodall Trailblazer Award 2019
- ✓Unveiled Green alternative budget proposing 40,000 jobs through Ministry of Green Works
Controversies
- !Removed from Parliament by Speaker Brownlee in August 2025 for criticising government MPs — refused to apologise and was suspended again
- !Apologised to Parliament in 2024 after accusing PM Luxon of lying in the debating chamber — breach of parliamentary rules
- !Israel sanctions bill was politically contentious
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