Brendan Madley is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 politician

Politician

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 and the Waikato

Waikato

The Waikato Region is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato, Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the northern King Country, much of the Taupo District, and parts of Rotorua District...

/Bay of Plenty

Bay of Plenty

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 chairperson for Young Labour

Young Labour (New Zealand)

Young Labour is an official sector of the New Zealand Labour Party. All New Zealand Labour Party members aged 15 to 25 are members of Young Labour.-Description:...

, of the New Zealand Labour Party

New Zealand Labour Party

The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....

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Early years

Brendan Madley completed his primary education at Maeroa Intermediate

Maeroa

Maeroa is a suburb in western Hamilton in New Zealand. Originally an outlying suburb, it became part of Hamilton City in 1925 with the second boundary extension.-See also:*Suburbs of Hamilton, New Zealand...

, and his secondary education at St. John's College, Hamilton

St. John's College, Hamilton

St John's College is a state-integrated Catholic boys' secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand. The school was established by the Marist Order in 1961 from Marist School . The school crest features the eagle of St. John the Apostle, with the motto "Caritas Christi Urget Nos" strewn across the...

. Madley was selected for a Waikato Training team for the 2009 Debating Championships in New Zealand.

2010

Brendan, along with his brother Daniel, were selected along with fourteen other top students from around New Zealand as part of the New Zealand delegation to The Hague

The Hague

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 International Model United Nations

United Nations

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. Brendan, along with two other Hamilton residents debated against a skateboarding

Skateboarding

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 issue at Garden Place, Hamilton in an event held at the Waikato Institute of Technology

Waikato Institute of Technology

The Waikato Institute of Technology, marketed as Wintec, is a technological learning institute based in Hamilton, New Zealand, and the fifth largest institute of technology/polytechnic within New Zealand, with around 16,000 full-time and part-time students, 1,200 full-time and part-time staff — and...

  involving Deputy Mayor

Deputy Mayor

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 Pippa Mahood, Councillor Daphne Bell, and the Green Party of New Zealand co-ordinator Mark Servian.

External links

• Young Labour official website Retrieved November 2011