Episode 8: The Long Game - Angie Warren-Clark

Angie Warren-Clark has been a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party since 2017.

Angie experienced family violence as a child and, since the age of seven, has been fixed in her mindset to stand up against violence in the home. As a result, her studies at University were geared towards positioning herself to be able to make a difference with a focus on women’s studies and law. As a teenager, she was actively involved in bringing about change to legislation and went on to work in several roles, many in government organisations, and all of which had a focus on the reduction of family violence. Angie’s last role before heading into politics was managing the Women’s Refuge in Tauranga. The situations she was exposed to gave her the valuable insight needed to be more effective in her personal mission, by having a different perspective to someone who hadn’t worked on the ‘front line’. Combining this with her own personal story, Angie gained the experience and tools she needed, as well as having a natural empathy, to continue making a significant difference. Circumstances such as those which saw her having to remove a family and place them into a homeless situation just so they would be eligible for support was what drove Angie to step up and put herself forward to become a politician. 

Angie calls herself a feminist and political activist and, in this open and honest account of her Life’s Work story, she demonstrates how determined she is to make a real difference, whilst at the same time showing us that you can achieve great things while being a genuinely nice person, with a great sense of humour and a big heart.

I’m particularly proud of this interview with Angie, not only because it was a wonderful and free-flowing conversation with fascinating insights, but also because, despite never having met her before, it felt like we’d known each other for years and it was like reconnecting with an old friend. I felt a natural connection, and I hope you do too.

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