Pippa Coom is a New Zealand politician, who is a former councillor on the

Auckland Council Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is ...

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

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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

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

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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

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(official website) {{DEFAULTSORT:Coom, Pippa 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