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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
pistol shooting
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at the 1997 Oceanian Championships in
Adelaide
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, and the 2000
World Cup
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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
ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand, known simply as ACT (), is a right-wing, classical-liberal political party in New Zealand. According to former party leader Rodney Hide, ACT's values are "individual freedom, personal responsibility, doing the best for our natur ...
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](_blank)
NZ Herald, 24 February 2011 With 14,454 votes, Giles came third after
Bob Parker (47,033 votes) and
Megan Woods
Megan Cherie Woods (born 4 November 1973) is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who serves as a Cabinet Minister in the Sixth Labour Government and has served as Member of Parliament for Wigram since 2011.
Early life
Woods was born and gre ...
(32,821 votes) in the election contested by ten candidates.
Jo Giles was later a TV presenter for the regional broadcaster
Canterbury Television
Canterbury Television was an independent television station broadcasting in Canterbury, New Zealand.
The name is synonymous with regional television in New Zealand as it was the name of the first regional broadcaster to operate in New Zealand ...
(CTV), with her programme "Shopping with Jo".
On 11 March 2011 police confirmed that she was one of the victims of the February
2011 Christchurch earthquake
A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC, 21 February). The () earthquake struck the entire of the Canterbury region in the South Island, centred south-east ...
in the
CTV Building
The CTV Building was the headquarters of Canterbury Television (locally known as CTV) and other companies. Located on the corner of Cashel and Madras Streets in Christchurch Central City, New Zealand. It became one of the symbols of the Februa ...
.
She had four children; Anna, Sam, Liv and James.
See also
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List of New Zealand television personalities
This is a list of New Zealand television personalities, including presenters and journalists. It includes those who left the profession, retired, or died.
A
* Suzy Aiken – television personality and Prime News presenter
* Peter Arnett – te ...
*
New Zealand Women Jockeys
References
External links
Joanne Giles ISSF profile
Jo's pink racecar
1950 births
2011 deaths
New Zealand female sport shooters
New Zealand jockeys
New Zealand television presenters
People from Christchurch
ACT New Zealand politicians
Deaths in earthquakes
People associated with the 2011 Christchurch earthquake
21st-century New Zealand women politicians
Natural disaster deaths in New Zealand
Unsuccessful candidates in the 2005 New Zealand general election
New Zealand women television presenters
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