Dr Elizabeth Kerekere held the following Parliamentary and Inter-Parliamentary roles from 2020-2022.
Select Committee
•Member of Health Select Committee 02/12/2020 – 2023
•Member of Pae Ora Legislation Committee 28/10/2021 – 2023
Green Party
•Spokesperson for Health and COVID-19 Response, until 15/03/2022
•Chair of Mātāwaka, the Green Party’ Māori and Pasifika Caucus
•Parliamentary Service Commission Role
Other parliamentary roles
•Chairperson of the PSC Artworks Committee from 24/03/2021
Inter-Parliamentary Visits
Elizabeth took part in the following overseas delegations as part of New Zealand’s inter-Parliamentary programme:
•Oireachtas Parliamentary Friendship Group for New Zealand with the New Zealand Parliamentary Friendship Group – Europe (Virtual), 6th April 2022
•European Parliament Exchange Delegation to Europe – the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Bavaria – Germany, European Parliament, Czech Republic, 19 June – 10 July 2022
Parliamentary Friendship Groups
During her time in Parliament, Elizabeth was a member of the following Parliamentary friendship groups:
• New Zealand-North America Parliamentary Friendship Group (Co-Chairperson)
• New Zealand-Europe
• New Zealand-Latin America and the Caribbean
Parliamentary Cross-Party Groups
•The Parliamentary Rainbow Network (Co-chairperson)