Helen Worboys

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Helen Joyce Worboys [1] JP [2] is a New Zealand local-body politician. She is the sixth Mayor of Manawatu, and has held the position since 2016.

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Early life and career

Worboys has lived in the Feilding area since the age of 10. [3] Before entering local government she was a farmer and manager of development agency Feilding Promotion. [3] She still farms at Mount Biggs, where she currently resides.

Mayoral career

In October 2016 Worboys was elected Mayor of Manawatu, defeating incumbent Margaret Kouvelis. [4] She was re-elected in 2019. [5] [6]

In October 2022, Worboys was re-elected for a third term, winning 5,080 votes. As chair of "Communities 4 Local Democracy - He hapori mō te Manapori," she campaigned against the New Zealand Government's controversial Three Waters reform programme. [7]

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  2. "Find a JP". Royal Federation of New Zealand Justices' Associations Inc. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
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