website relations predecessor parliament successor birth_place constituency_mp nationality party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
-lsb- http://www.timbarnett.org.nz/ timbarnett.org.nz -rsb- december 2011 cape town lianne dalziel new zealand brendon burns rugby christchurch central united kingdom new zealand new zealand labour party labour party -lrb- uk -rrb- 04 august 1958 1996 tim barnett -lrb- politician -rrb-
 2008 tim barnett
tim barnett -lrb- politician -rrb-

timothy andrew `` tim '' barnett -lrb- born 4 august 1958 -rrb- was the member of the new zealand house of representatives for christchurch central from 1996 to 2008 , representing the labour party .
he was a british immigrant to new zealand and new zealand 's second openly gay politician .
barnett moved to south africa in 2009 to work in the field of hiv/aids .
he returned to new zealand in 2012 when he was appointed by the labour party as their general secretary .
