Kevin Hague
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Kevin Hague MP |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Green Party List |
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In office 2008–2016 |
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| Succeeded by | Barry Coates |
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18 March 1960 Aldershot, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Children | One |
| Occupation | Former Member of Parliament, Head of Forest and Bird |
Kevin Grant Hague (born 18 March 1960) is a former New Zealand MP representing the Green Party who was first elected to parliament in 2008.
As of 2016[update] Hague was the Green Party spokesperson for Health (including Accident Compensation Corporation and Sport & recreation), conservation, and Rainbow Issues.
Prior to his election to Parliament, Hague was the Chief Executive of the West Coast District Health Board. Hague is also an author, a long time gay rights activist and a former executive director of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation.
Hague has been an activist for a number of causes. In the 1980s he was heavily involved in the campaign against sporting contacts with apartheid South Africa. In 1989 he co-authored Honouring the Treaty: an introduction for Pakeha to the Treaty of Waitangi. Hague also edited Terry Stewart's 1996 book Invisible families: a New Zealand resource for parents of lesbian and gay children.
Hague is openly gay and in 1988 began work as a research officer for the New Zealand AIDS Foundation, which provides education on HIV/AIDS issues and advocacy and support for those with HIV and AIDS. From 1998 to 2003 he was the Foundation's executive director.
He has represented New Zealand at United Nations, UNESCO and Commonwealth conferences on apartheid and on AIDS. He has also campaigned on behalf of cycling.
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