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Adrienne Staples

Adrienne Staples

New Zealand politician

Adrienne Staples ONZM (born 1956/1957)[1] is a New Zealand local-body politician. She was the first woman Mayor of South Wairarapa,[1] serving in the role for 12 years between 2004 and 2016.[2]

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Personal life

Staples was born in Featherston, New Zealand.[3] She runs a small manufacturing business based in Featherston and a Wellington IT consulting company.[4]

Career

Staples was a member of the Featherston community board. She was elected Mayor of South Wairarapa in 2004, becoming the district's first female mayor.[1] After retiring from the mayoralty in 2016 she ran for a position on the Greater Wellington Regional Council,[5] where she was elected deputy-chair.[6][7]

In 2013 she and other Wairarapa mayors were the subject of a parody video based on the film Downfall.[8] She and her husband threatened to sue the video's creator for defamation, and engaged lawyers to have YouTube remove the video.[9]

Honours

Foreign honours

References

  1. [1]
    Piers Fuller (25 February 2016). "South Wairarapa mayor Adrienne Staples stepping down after twelve years". Stuff. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Retiring mayor will be a hard act to follow". Wairarapa Times Age. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  3. [3]
    "South Wairarapa mayoralty race heats up". NZ Herald.
  4. [4]
    "Wellington Regional Council | The Martinborough Star".
  5. [5]
    "Staples to run for regional council seat". New Zealand Herald. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Our Honours recipients". Times Age. 31 December 2016.
  7. [7]
    "Greater Wellington Regional Council to discuss a Māori seat at its top table". Stuff. 29 July 2020.
  8. [8]
    "Hitler loses the plot with the three Wairarapa Mayors re Wellington Super City debate - YouTube". YouTube. 31 October 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013.
  9. [9]
    "Mayors not laughing at Hitler spoof". Stuff. 3 July 2013.
  10. [10]
    "Rare gong for ex-mayor". Times Age. 30 April 2017.
  11. [11]
    Austin Ryu (29 April 2017). "The Conferral of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette upon Mrs. Adrienne Staples" (PDF). Embassy of Japan. p. 3. Retrieved 28 November 2021.


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