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Elected to the Christchurch City Council {Link without Title} in 1975 at the age of 19, she became the city's first woman mayor fourteen years later. She began her political career as a member of the Labour Party, but stood for mayor as an independent. An active and vigorous leader she is widely credited with leading a turnaround in the perception of Christchurch as a city. Before becoming mayor she also was one of five Local Government Commissioners working from from 1984 to 1989 on a major reorganisation of local government in New Zealand. Since stepping down as Mayor she has:
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