Sue Grey LLB (Hons), BSc, RSHDipPHI

Sue is a self-employed lawyer, strategist, mother of three (Sabrina, Sebastian and Ysabella) and lifelong adventurer, based in Nelson. Sue has degrees in law with honours, a degree in biochemistry and a degree in Microbiology.

Sue’s passion is inspiring, educating and empowering communities to help promote community and environmental well being and a fairer, more compassionate world.

Sue stands for:

1. Democracy, where people play an active role in decision making, knowing their views are valued and heard and enabling New Zealanders the freedom from excessive government and international interference.

2. Transparent representation and informed decision making will promote a long-term vision for protecting and promoting the interests of all New Zealanders and our children and grandchildren’s future.

Sue’s ground breaking and extensive legal career encompasses:

medicinal cannabis law reform.
challenging the legality of aerial toxin operations.
representing victims of aerial 1080 operations.
impact on electro-magnetic radiation on human health.
forcing publication of previously secret “NZ Guidelines for Judicial Conduct.”
Author of Fisheries Law.
Sue has walked, run, cycled, kayaked and photographed much of New Zealand, run marathons and ultra marathons (including the 67km Kepler Challenge) and traveled extensively, as a backpacker, with her children and for business, through much of the world. She is inspired by nature and the great New Zealand Outdoors.

Sue’s passion is inspiring, educating and empowering communities to help promote community and environmental wellbeing and a fairer, more compassionate world.

PhD (Law, University of Auckland, 2022)
LLM (Master of Laws -first class honours)
LLB (Bachelor of Laws)
BCom (Bachelor of Commerce)
Barrister & solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.
Research Fellow Victoria University of Wellington

As a candidate for the Outdoors and Freedom Party, I am campaigning to bring human-centred decision-making to the governance of New Zealand. It is time to bring ordinary New Zealanders back into the forefront of decisions across every sphere of government.
Corporate influence is powerful and we need more balance in favour of people and our environment.
Why do I believe I can do this? I have worked in the corporate sector, I can speak their language, and I can readily distinguish the good from the sub-optimal. While we should never outright dismiss the many benefits that globalization and corporatism have brought to our standard of living, it is imperative at this point in time that a more skeptical lens be brought into government.

I have been working in business and academia for over 30 years, both in New Zealand and overseas. I hold degrees in commerce and law, including a PhD in law. My areas of knowledge lie in financial and legal matters, and also in the area of human rights. I have earned my stripes as a technical expert in taxation law. However, I am also a mother and a grandmother. I have lived in urban and rural environments and worked with both community organisations and international corporates. I believe my breadth of experience enhances my decision-making ability in a range of areas and also my ability to see issues from different angles and perspectives.

Ideologically, I want the people of New Zealand to enjoy healthy lives in a clean environment, with an economy that supports New Zealanders to conduct their business with each other. We can do much better than we are doing now. My aspiration is that we support each other in a thriving economy based on exchange of real goods and services, maintaining our wealth onshore and prioritising human dignity above all else.