Sue Bradford

Guest writer

Sue Bradford has a long background in street and community activism. Much of her work has been in unemployed workers’ and beneficiaries’ organisations, and she was also a Green Party MP from 1999 to 2009. Jenny Chamberlain wrote her biography, Constant Radical, published in 2017. Sue was born in Auckland in 1952.

Jeanette Fitzsimons at home in the Kaueranga Valley in 2002 (Photo: Dean Purcell/Getty Images)

‘An iron commitment to fighting her corner’: Remembering Jeanette Fitzsimons

Former Green MP Sue Bradford recalls her parliamentary colleague as a leader with steely determination, a sharp mind and endless compassion.

By Sue Bradford | 6th March, 2020

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – MAY 16: Former Green MP Sue Bradford protests at the Sky City Convention Centre on May 16, 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

No hope for progressive welfare reform from this government

The Welfare Expert Advisory Group's report could have been the backbone for so much more, says Sue Bradford.

By Sue Bradford | 6th May, 2019

Suffragettes on their way to Women’s Sunday, 21st June 1908. This was the first major, country-wide demonstration for women’s suffrage. Between 200,000 and 300,000 people gathered in Hyde Park, making it one of the largest single demonstrations ever up to that time. (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The Monday Extract: A brief history of suffrage and struggle by Sue Bradford

A new book from Te Papa features essays inspired by exhibits held in the national museum. Sue Bradford writes about a Medal for Valour awarded to suffragette Frances Parker.

By Sue Bradford | 17th September, 2018

Waka jumpers: Rod Donald and Jeanette Fitzsimons at the Green Party Campaign Launch in 2005. Photo: Dean Purcell/Getty Images

My old party is betraying its own proud history on the waka-jumping bill

The Green leadership is undermining its hard-won reputation for integrity in supporting the Winston Peters driven law, argues former Green MP Sue Bradford

By Sue Bradford | 5th February, 2018