Ria Bond

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Ria Iris Daphne Bond (born Shortland ; * 1976 in Palmerston North ) is a New Zealand politician ( NZ First ). From 2015 to 2017 she was a member of the House of Representatives .

life and career

Early life

Ria Shortland was born in Palmerston North in 1976 into a family of the Māori tribes Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi . She attended Highbury Primary School (now known as Somerset Crescent School) and Queen Elizabeth College. She has two children. She is the great niece of Sir James Henare .

Professional career

Bond was a hairdresser in Invercargill and served as chair of the New Zealand Association of Registered Hairdressers, which represented 8,000 owners and workers. She also worked as the head of the Hairdressing Industry Training Organization.

Political career

Bond joined the New Zealand First party in 2011 and was elected the party's national board member in 2012. In August 2014, she left her hair salon and ran in the 2014 general election in the Invercargill constituency . She came in at number 3 and was also the 12th candidate for NZ First, but the party list only won 11 seats. After the general election, she moved to Wainuiomata in Lower Hutt and worked in Parliament as an assistant to Representatives Richard Prosser and Mahesh Bindra .

When Winston Peters won the Northland by-election on March 28, 2015 and thus became a constituency member, Bond moved into the House of Representatives on April 28, 2015 as the next candidate for the NZ First list. On May 6, 2015, she became a member of the Special Committee on Commerce.

In the 2017 general election , NZ First did not get enough votes to confirm Ria Bond as a member of Parliament.

On April 15, 2019, Bond announced her candidacy for the mayoral election of Invercargill 2019 . However, your candidacy was rejected for technical reasons.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The name's Bond, Ria Bond. April 2, 2016, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Hannah McLeod: Bond celebrates despite defeat. In: The Southland Times . September 22, 2014, accessed March 26, 2015 .
  3. ^ Ria Bond to be the new list MP for New Zealand First. Māori Television News, April 22, 2015, accessed April 24, 2015 .
  4. ^ Nicholas Jones: Hair horror as salon visit goes bad. In: The New Zealand Herald . May 23, 2011, accessed March 25, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Article detail. In: Imagesmagazine.co.nz. Retrieved April 23, 2015 .
  6. ^ Contact - New Zealand Association of Registered Hairdressers. (No longer available online.) New Zealand Association of Registered Hairdressers, October 14, 2008, archived from the original October 14, 2008 ; accessed on April 23, 2015 .
  7. ↑ a b c Jordan Samuela: Ria Bond. May 20, 2015, accessed December 12, 2016 .
  8. ^ Hannah McLeod: Bond joins national board of NZ First. In: The Southland Times . June 22, 2012, accessed March 26, 2015 .
  9. ↑ a b c Claire Trevett: Hairdresser next in line to cut a dash in Parliament if Peters wins. In: The New Zealand Herald . March 21, 2015, accessed March 26, 2015 .
  10. ^ Louise Berwick, Nicci McDougall, Hannah McLeod: Soper won't stand again as Dowie wins city vote. In: The Southland Times . September 20, 2014, accessed March 25, 2015 .
  11. ^ Bridget Railton: Invercargill woman on NZ First list. In: The Southland Times . August 27, 2014, accessed March 26, 2015 .
  12. ^ Ria Bond sworn in at Parliament. 3 News , April 28, 2015, accessed April 28, 2015 .
  13. ^ Ria Bond to leave Parliament following election results. In: stuff.co.nz . September 24, 2017, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Ria Bond joins Invercargill mayoralty race. April 15, 2019, accessed on February 16, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Bond misses out but Shadbolt confirms nomination for Invercargill mayoralty. August 16, 2019, accessed on February 16, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Bond, Ria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bond, Ria Iris Daphne; Shortland, Ria Iris Daphne (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Palmerston North