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Hūhana Lyndon

List · Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand
Pecuniary interests
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Directorships
2 declared
Recent meetings
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Research run #153 · 6 May 2026
Every claim below links to its source. Click any footnote [1] in the text, or expand the citation index after the bio, to see the verbatim quote and the page it came from.

Hūhana Lyndon is a Member of Parliament for the Green Party, entering Parliament in 2023 [24][25].

According to a single reputable secondary source, Lyndon attended Massey University, the University of Auckland, and Victoria University of Wellington [14][15][16]. She is also described, in the same source, as having a career portfolio spanning health, education, and primary industries at both operational and governance levels [8].

Before entering Parliament, Lyndon held chief executive roles in the iwi and Māori authority sector. She served as CEO of the Ngātiwai Trust Board [2][4], a position also described as chief executive officer of that board from around 2021 [7]. She also held the role of CEO of the Ngāti Hine Forestry Trust [1][3][6]. According to a single reputable secondary source, she additionally acted as an advocate for the advancement of He Whakaputanga me Te Tiriti o Waitangi with the Crown, local government, and communities on behalf of hapū and iwi [5]. A single reputable secondary source also describes her as having been a vocal critic of the Ngātiwai Trust Board at one point in her career [9].

Lyndon pursued local government roles prior to entering national politics. According to a single reputable secondary source, she stood as a candidate in the Whangārei District Council Denby Ward by-election in 2017 [11] and is reported to have stood twice in local government elections overall [12][13]. She was also a candidate for the Te Tai Tokerau electorate in 2023, according to a single reputable secondary source [10].

As a Green Party MP, Lyndon holds several spokesperson and associate spokesperson roles, according to a single reputable secondary source. These include Green Party spokesperson for Māori Development [21], Māori Education [22], Whānau Ora [23], Forestry [18], Health [19], and Media and Communications [20], as well as Associate spokesperson for Oceans and Fisheries (Māori Fisheries) [17].

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AI-generated biography. Assembled by an LLM from public sources (Wikipedia, Hansard, Beehive, Parliament register, news archives). Every claim is backed by a verbatim quote in one of the cited sources below and tagged confirmed, unverified, or disputed based on corroboration. Use as a starting reference, not a final source — cross-check anything load-bearing.
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Education

Career

Political offices

  • [17]
    Held the office of Green Party Associate spokesperson for Oceans & Fisheries (Māori Fisheries). unverified
  • [18]
    Held the office of Green Party spokesperson for Forestry. unverified
  • [19]
    Held the office of Green Party spokesperson for Health. unverified
  • [20]
    Held the office of Green Party spokesperson for Media and Communications. unverified
  • [21]
    Held the office of Green Party spokesperson for Māori Development. unverified
  • [22]
    Held the office of Green Party spokesperson for Māori Education. unverified
  • [23]
    Held the office of Green Party spokesperson for Whānau Ora. unverified
  • [24]
    Held the office of Member of Parliament (Green MP) (from 2023). unverified

Party affiliation

Civic roles & honours

  • [10]
    Civic role: candidate for Te Tai Tokerau electorate (from 2023). unverified
  • [11]
    Civic role: candidate for the Whangārei District Council in the Denby Ward byelections in 2017 (from 2017). unverified
  • [12]
    Civic role: candidate in Local Government Elections. unverified
  • [13]
    Civic role: candidate in local government elections (stood twice). unverified

Looked for, not found

  • LinkedIn profile for Hūhana Lyndon blocked (403 error) - unable to extract detailed career/education chronology from LinkedIn directly.

The researcher checked for these topics across the allowed public sources but could not find verbatim-quotable evidence. Absence here doesn't rule the fact out — it just means no journalist-accessible source covered it at the time of the run.

01 Positions

03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →

as of 2026-05-27 02:20
Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts
Lyndon Family Trust (trustee) — Lyndon Family Trust (Trustee)
Organisations and trusts seeking Government funding
Te Pouahi o Te Tai Tokerau – Māori housing — Te Pouahi o Te Tai Tokerau
Whangaroa Ngaiotonga Trust – whenua Māori — Whangaroa Ngaiotonga Trust
Payment for activities
Trustee fee – Te Pouahi o Te Tai Tokerau — Te Pouahi o Te Tai Tokerau (Trustee)
Real property
Family home – Tikipunga, Whangārei
Retirement schemes
Pathfinder KiwiSaver — Pathfinder KiwiSaver

04 Directorships Methodology →

as of 2026-05-27 02:20
None recorded.

06 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests

08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →

No meetings recorded.

09 Recent Hansard speeches

12 In the news Methodology →

17 articles

Coverage from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff that mentions this person. Click any source to expand. Article body markdown is captured separately and used for AI summarisation downstream.

RNZ 6
1News 4
Stuff 3
The Spinoff 2
Newsroom 1
  • From The Detail: Māori politics has erupted as Mariameno Kapa-Kingi launched a rival party, Te Pāti Māori fractures deepen, and the battle for the Māori vote heats up The post The fight for the Māori vote appeared first on Newsroom .
    2026-05-17
Otago Daily Times 1
  • David Seymour says he did not have "an emotion" regarding Paul Thompson's exit one way or the other. Photo: RNZ RNZ Parliamentary reporters Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour says he did not know RNZ's chief executive had plans to resign…
    2026-05-22

13 Commentary topics Methodology →

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14 Press topics Methodology →

6 topics · 12 weeks

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