Adrienne Staples | |
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Deputy Chairperson for the Greater Wellington Regional Council | |
Assumed office 2016 | |
3rd Mayor of South Wairarapa | |
In office 2004– 2016 | |
Preceded by | John Read |
Succeeded by | Viv Napier |
Personal details | |
Born | 1956 or 1957 (age 67–68) Featherston, New Zealand |
Political party | Independent |
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]
Staples was born in Featherston, New Zealand. [3] She runs a small manufacturing business based in Featherston and a Wellington IT consulting company. [4]
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]