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October 19, 2022
Māori ward winner given Porirua deputy mayoralty
Adam Gifford
Posted On October 19, 2022
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Porirua Mayor Anita Baker has chosen the city’s first Māori ward councillor, Kylie Wihapi, as her deputy.
Porirua Mayor Anita Baker has chosen the city’s first Māori ward councillor, Kylie Wihapi, as her deputy.
Ms Wihapi, who has Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Tūwharetoa whakapapa, has represented the Eastern ward since 2016.
Mayor Baker says Ms Wihapi’s voice on issues affecting tangata whenua has always been strong, and as the inaugural Parirua ward councilor and now as deputy mayor she is taking on a key leadership role befitting her skills and experience and reflective of the importance the council places on a living Treaty partnership.
This will include respecting and building on the council’s mana whenua partnerships.
Porirua elected three other Māori – new councillors Kathleen Filo and Tracy Johnson and re-elected Geoff Hayward.
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