Gareth Hughes is a former MP and member of the Green Party. He took a seat in Parliament as the next person on the Green party list following the retirement of Jeanette Fitzsimons in February 2010.
Hughes did not stand for re-election in the 2020 New Zealand general election and has moved with his wife Meghan and two children, Arlo and Zoe, to be the keepers on Quarantine Island. An eco-sanctuary in the middle of Otago Harbour.
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