Member of Parliament. In 2009, he was employed by the Crown as their lead negotiator for a settlement of historical grievances with Ngāti Porou. In 2016, he became chairman of the New Zealand Fire Service; now Fire and Emergency New Zealand. In July 2019 Swain announced that he would not be standing for re-election to the Wellington Regional Council, on which he has been a councillor since 2010. References |- |- |- |- 1951 births Living people Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand New Zealand MPs for Hutt Valley electorates Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand Labour Party MPs People from Palmerston North People educated at St. Patrick's College, Wellington Victoria University of Wellington alumni Companions of the Queen's Service Order Wellington regional councillors 21st-century New Zealand politicians