Sue Grey LLB(Hons) BSc RSHDipPHI
Sue is a self-employed lawyer who specialises in complex emerging issues. She is also co-leader of NZ Outdoors and Freedom Party and one
of New Zealand’s freedom heroes.
Sue has a double major in Biochemistry and Microbiology and RSHDipPHI. Her first career was as a Health Protection Officer where she worked for central government included investigating infectious
diseases and contact tracing – perfect training for her to spot the many red flags with the unorthodox Covid
response.
Sue’s potential as a lawyer emerged early in her LLB(Hons) study, with Sue winning numerous law awards, including for Auckland’s outstanding all round law student, representing New Zealand in the Jessup Moot in Washington DC and later writing the Fisheries volume of the Laws of New Zealand. Sue has worked for many different sectors in human rights and environmental issues, and deeply understands
multiple perspectives.
For decades Sue has stepped up for the underdog, including for niche family businesses who have hit bureaucratic inertia, and for community interests facing human rights challenges, discrimination and abuse of power. Some of Sue’s best known legal work was successfully challenging the apparent bias of former Supreme Court Justice William Wilson for the
Saxmere ultrafine wool growers. She assisted a Seddon farmer to challenge his engineers for his poorly constructed irrigation dam. The dam hit national headlines when it slumped and required emergency dewatering after the Seddon earthquakes, creating a near civil defence emergency. Sue has also been a leader in medicinal cannabis law reform, part of a team who successfully challenged the attempted
rezoning of protected parts of the Marlborough Sounds for salmon farming, and stopped the dumping of dredged Auckland harbour waste
in the EEZ, east of Aotea Great Barrier Island.
Sue stepped up early during the COVID response to question the narrative and related abuse of power. She led several vaccine challenges to the High Court and Employment Court, and assisted many who were
mandated out of their employment or charged with Covid related offences. She has been a popular public speaker and commentator on an array of issues relating to abuse of power.
Sue was present on the convoy from Taupō, and from Day 1 of the Freedom Village until the very end
