Pippa Coom is a New Zealand politician, who is a former councillor on the
Auckland Council
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and former chair of the
Waitematā Local Board
The Waitematā Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council, and is one of the three boards overseen by the council's Waitematā and Gulf Ward councillor.
The Waitematā board, named after the Waitematā Harbour which for ...
.
Early life
Previous to succeeding in her bid for a Local Board seat, she worked as a lawyer for
Vector
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, and campaigned unsuccessfully for a seat on the Board of the
Auckland Energy Consumer Trust.
Political career
Coom was elected in 2010 on the
City Vision
City Vision is a centre-left coalition of two political parties, the New Zealand Labour Party and the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, and community independents who contest Auckland Council (and previously Auckland City and Auckland Regi ...
ticket. She was re-elected in 2013, getting the highest number of votes of all candidates in her board area. Coom was again re-elected to the
Waitematā Local Board
The Waitematā Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council, and is one of the three boards overseen by the council's Waitematā and Gulf Ward councillor.
The Waitematā board, named after the Waitematā Harbour which for ...
at the
2016 Auckland elections, and became chair of the board.
Among her interests, she supports increased cycling for transport in Auckland, and has been involved in organizing events such as the 'Cycle Style Gala' with
Cycle Action Auckland, and was a coordinator for
Frocks on Bikes women cycling events. She is also involved in environmental groups like Grey Lynn 2030.
In March 2019, it was announced that Coom would be City Vision's governing body candidate for Councillor of the
Waitematā and Gulf ward
Waitematā and Gulf Ward is an Auckland Council ward which elects one councillor and covers the Great Barrier, Waiheke, and Waitematā Local Boards. The current councillor is Mike Lee.
Demographics
Waitematā and Gulf ward covers and had an e ...
, and she eventually unseated the incumbent
Mike Lee
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Lee began his career as a clerk for the U ...
with 6,581 votes, a majority of 324.
Coom ran again as the Waitematā and Gulf ward councillor in the
2022 Auckland local elections, however lost to Mike Lee.
Awards
For her work with Cycle Action Auckland and the Grey Lynn Farmer's Market, she won the
Sustainable Business Network "Sustainability Champion Award (2011)".
References
External links
Pippa Coom(official website)
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Politicians from Auckland
Local politicians in New Zealand
New Zealand women lawyers
21st-century New Zealand women politicians
Auckland Councillors
21st-century New Zealand lawyers
21st-century New Zealand women lawyers