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Joanne May Giles (29 November 1950 – 22 February 2011) was a New Zealand television presenter and former representative sportswoman. She represented the country in

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at the 1997 Oceanian Championships in

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, and the 2000

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in Sydney. She was the first Kiwi woman to ride in a totaliser race (thoroughbred racing) in New Zealand, on 15 July 1978 at Waimate, and also competed in motorsport and Rock 'n Roll competitions. Jo Giles was a candidate for

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in the 2005 general election. She formed a local body political party "Christchurch City Vision" and was a mayoral candidate in the 2007 Christchurch local body election.In memory of the victims of the Christchurch earthquake: Jo Giles
NZ Herald, 24 February 2011 With 14,454 votes, Giles came third after Bob Parker (47,033 votes) and

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(32,821 votes) in the election contested by ten candidates. Jo Giles was later a TV presenter for the regional broadcaster

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(CTV), with her programme "Shopping with Jo". On 11 March 2011 police confirmed that she was one of the victims of the February

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in the

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. She had four children; Anna, Sam, Liv and James.

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