Kevin Hague

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Kevin Hague
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament
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In office
2008–2016
YearsTermElectorateListParty
2008 –2011 49th List7 Green
2011 –2014 50th List 3 Green
2014 –2016 51st List3 Green

Hague was selected as the Green Party candidate for the West Coast-Tasman electorate ahead of the 2008 general election. Dominion-Post journalist Vernon Small described him as one of the Greens' "impressive new candidates." [16] Hague's candidacy followed several years of political activity with the Greens and unsuccessful attempts from both Labour and National to recruit him to stand for their parties. [17] He finished third in the electorate contest but was elected to Parliament as a list MP for the Green Party, ranked 7 on the party list. [18] He re-contested West Coast-Tasman in the 2011 and 2014 elections and was returned to Parliament as a list MP each time, being placed third on the Green Party list.

During his eight years in Parliament, Hague was the Green Party's health spokesperson and sat on the health committee. He also held responsibility for biosecurity, conservation, rural affairs, rainbow issues, and sport. [19] He successfully campaigned against Meridian Energy's plans to dam the Mōkihinui River between 2009 and 2012, and advocated for reform of the Accident Compensation Corporation in 2012. [3]

Hague had not supported the introduction of civil unions in 2004 because he did not think they provided equality for gay couples with heterosexual couples. [17] He promoted gay rights in Parliament, speaking in favour of the revocation of the gay panic defence in 2009 [20] and drafting legislation to legalise same-sex marriage and to improve adoption law, including for gay adoptions, in 2012. [21] [22] He organised political support for Louisa Wall's Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill, which legalised same-sex marriage in New Zealand in 2013. [23] Hague said once the bill had passed its third reading, in April 2013, there would be a number of "incredibly emotional" weddings between gay couples. [24] Later, he said he had accepted he "was wrong" about civil unions, believing that marriage equality would not have been possible without civil unions as a stepping stone. [17]

Green Party co-leader Russel Norman indicated he would vacate that role in 2015. Hague contested the resulting leadership contest against first-term MP James Shaw. He was seen by commentators as the "safe choice" as the most experienced candidate with the strongest record in Parliament, but lost to Shaw in a 69–56 vote on 30 May 2015. [25] [26] Hague would later say that losing was "a blow." [27] He announced on 5 September 2016 that he would resign from Parliament to become the chief executive of Forest & Bird. [27] He was replaced by Barry Coates. [28] [29]

Later career

Hague was chief executive of the conservation group Forest & Bird for six years from 2016 to 2022. He was succeeded by Nicola Toki. [30] [31]

Hague holds several health sector appointments made by the Sixth Labour Government, which came to power the year after he left Parliament. In 2019, he was appointed a member of the interim board of Te Hiringa Mahara, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission and later became its deputy chair. [32] [33] In 2022, following an appointment as chair of the West Coast Primary Health Organisation, he was appointed to chair the Takiwā Poutini Partnership. [34] He was reappointed to the chair of the Public Health Advisory Committee in November 2022 for a three-year term. [35]

In July 2022 he became a volunteer Civil Defence and Emergency Management controller for the West Coast. [36]

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