"Parliament's newest MP is a Greenpeace activist who has sailed on the Rainbow Warrior and protested in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
The Green Party's Gareth Hughes, 28, will become Parliament's youngest MP when he is sworn in early next month."
"Mr Hughes has worked for Greenpeace for 10 years, most recently as its climate co-ordinator, where he ran the Sign On campaign urging Prime Minister John Key to attend the Copenhagen talks on climate change.
He has been involved in several civil disobedience protests in which he has clashed with police, including a campaign against McDonald's use of genetically modified chicken feed.
Mr Hughes has pledged to tone down his activism while an MP but said he would continue to support those involved in peaceful protests."
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