Anita Baker | |
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| 6th Mayor of Porirua | |
| Assumed office 19 October 2019 | |
| Deputy | Izzy Ford (2019-2022) Kylie Wihapi (since 2022) |
| Preceded by | Mike Tana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Porirua |
Anita Baker is a New Zealand local-body politician. She was first elected to the Porirua City Council in 2010,and was elected to Mayor of Porirua in 2019. [1] [2] She was re-elected to a second term as mayor in 2022. [3]
Porirua,a city in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand,is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. The name 'Porirua' is a corruption of 'Pari-rua',meaning "the tide sweeping up both reaches". It almost completely surrounds Porirua Harbour at the southern end of the Kāpiti Coast. As of June 2022,Porirua had a population of 60,200.
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