Name Julie Genter | Role New Zealand Politician | |
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Education University of Auckland, Instituts d'etudes politiques, University of California, Berkeley | ||
Julie anne genter nz green party mp
Julie Anne Genter (; born 17 December 1979) is an American-born New Zealand politician who is a member of the House of Representatives representing the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. She serves as the party's spokeswoman on transport issues, having previously worked as a transport planner.
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- Julie anne genter nz green party mp
- 20 08 15 question 4 julie anne genter to the minister of finance
- Early life and education
- Professional life
- Member of Parliament
- References
20 08 15 question 4 julie anne genter to the minister of finance
Early life and education
Genter was born in Rochester, Minnesota, United States, in 1979, and grew up in Los Angeles, California. She gained a BA in philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley in May 2003. She then moved to France and in July 2005, she obtained a post-graduate certificate in International Political Studies from Institut d'études politiques in Paris. She obtained a Masters of Planning Practice from the University of Auckland in 2008.
Professional life
Genter has worked as a transportation planner since coming to New Zealand in 2006. She was initially employed by Sinclair Knight Merz in Auckland (2006–2007) before starting with McCormick Rankin Cagney in Auckland in 2008.
She is recognised within the transportation industry as an expert on parking policy and the economic and transport effects thereof, and has advised numerous councils in Australasia on this topic. She has given many presentations at conferences on the subject matter (for example 2008 New Zealand Society for Sustainability Engineering and Science, 2008 IPENZ Transportation Conference and 2010 Local Government Transport Forum), and appeared on TVNZ's Breakfast programme and Kim Hill's Saturday Morning programme on Radio New Zealand National.
Member of Parliament
Placed in 13th place on the Green Party list for the 2011 election, Genter entered Parliament, with the Greens gaining 14 List Members of Parliament.
In July 2015 Genter became the third ever female MP to hold a finance portfolio, alongside the Transport and Youth portfolios. The departure of long-standing Health Spokesperson Kevin Hague in September 2016 led to her taking on the Health portfolio, keeping Transport, Youth, Auckland Issues, and Associate Finance.
Whilst in Parliament, Genter has criticised the Government for spending billions of dollars on motorways despite their own case study showing this not to be the most effective option, called for a nationwide mental health inquiry, and questioned Health Minister Jonathan Coleman on his use of a Coca Cola funded study. In January 2017 Genter criticised former Green Party issues director Laila Harré, stating that the reason Harré gave for resigning from the Greens was not factual. Genter quickly apologised to Harré stating "regret any slight to your integrity".
In late 2016 Genter announced that she would be putting her name forward for the Green Party nomination for the Mount Albert by-election, to be held in February 2017. On 12 January 2017 it was announced that Genter would indeed be her party's nominee. Genter came second in the election, with 11.5% of the vote.
Genter stated she rebuffed an approach by Gareth Morgan to waka-jump to his The Opportunities Party (TOP) in July 2017, though TOP denied any "formal" approach had been made.