Adrienne Staples
Adrienne Staples GNZM | |
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 Adrienne Staples in 2013 |
Adrienne Staples GNZM (born ~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]
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[]
Japan :
Order of the Rising Sun 2nd Class, Gold Star (2017)[10][11]
References[]
- ^ a b c Piers Fuller (25 February 2016). "South Wairarapa mayor Adrienne Staples stepping down after twelve years". Stuff. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Retiring mayor will be a hard act to follow". Wairarapa Times Age. July 29, 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "South Wairarapa mayoralty race heats up". NZ Herald.
- ^ "Wellington Regional Council | The Martinborough Star".
- ^ "Staples to run for regional council seat". New Zealand Herald. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Our Honours recipients". Times Age. December 31, 2016.
- ^ "Greater Wellington Regional Council to discuss a Māori seat at its top table". Stuff. July 29, 2020.
- ^ "Hitler loses the plot with the three Wairarapa Mayors re Wellington Super City debate - YouTube". YouTube. October 31, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-31.
- ^ "Mayors not laughing at Hitler spoof". Stuff. July 3, 2013.
- ^ "Rare gong for ex-mayor". Times Age. April 30, 2017.
- ^ Austin Ryu (2017-04-29). "The Conferral of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette upon Mrs. Adrienne Staples" (PDF). Embassy of Japan. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
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