Assid Corban
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{{about||the New Zealand vigneron|Assid Abraham Corban}}
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Assid Khaleel Corban {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE|JP}}{{cite web|title=Assid Khaleel Corban |url=http://www.elections2010.co.nz/2010/candidates/assid-khaleel-corban |publisher=Elections2010|access-date=9 October 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101004003212/http://www.elections2010.co.nz/2010/candidates/assid-khaleel-corban| archive-date= 4 October 2010 | url-status= live}} (1 February 1925 – 16 September 2018){{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/107344909/giant-of-wine-making-and-local-politics-remembered-in-emotional-and-poignant-farewell|accessdate=25 September 2018|title=Giant of wine making and local politics remembered in emotional and poignant farewell|date=25 September 2018|publisher=Stuff}} was a New Zealand local-body politician and company director. He was the first Mayor of Waitakere City and previously Mayor of the Henderson Borough Council.
Biography
=Early life=
Corban was descended from Assid Abraham Corban, who emigrated in 1892 to New Zealand from Lebanon{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/9771396/We-are-the-Corbans|title=We are the Corbans|author=Greco, Shelley|publisher=Auckland Western Leader|date=28 February 2014|accessdate=12 November 2015}} and in 1902 established the first commercial vineyard in New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/106943005/political-and-winemaking-giant-assid-corban-felled-by-cancer|accessdate=17 September 2018|title=Political and wine-making giant Assid Corban felled by cancer|date=17 September 2018|publisher=Stuff}} In 1948, Assid Corban married Miriam Khouri, and the couple went on to have four children. Corban worked as an orchid grower, and as a director of Corbans Wines.{{cite book |last1=Reidy |first1=Jade |chapter=How the West Was Run |pages=248 |editor-last1=Macdonald |editor-first1=Finlay |editor-link1=Finlay Macdonald (editor) |editor-last2=Kerr |editor-first2=Ruth |title=West: The History of Waitakere |publisher=Random House |date=2009 |isbn=9781869790080}}
=Political career=
Corban was first elected as a councillor for Henderson Borough Council in 1956–1959, and again in 1965–1971. In 1971–1974, he held the position of Deputy Mayor, and he was elected Mayor of Henderson Borough Council in 1974. He held that position until the 1989 local government reforms when Henderson became part of the newly formed Waitakere City.{{cite web|title=Cr Assid Corban |url=http://waitakere.govt.nz/elemem/assidcorban.asp |publisher=Waitakere City Council |access-date=9 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525132131/http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/elemem/assidcorban.asp |archive-date=25 May 2010 }} As mayor, Corban oversaw the development of Henderson Square, a large-scale shopping centre (now known as WestCity Waitakere).
In 1989, Corban was elected as the first Mayor of Waitakere City, winning against former Waitemata City mayor Tim Shadbolt. He held the position for one term until 1992.{{cite web|title=Report of the Mayor|url=http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/AbtCnl/ct/pdf/council2010/20100929mr.pdf|publisher=Waitakere City Council|accessdate=9 October 2010|author=Bob Harvey|authorlink=Bob Harvey (mayor)|page=4|format=PDF|date=29 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719004228/http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/AbtCnl/ct/pdf/council2010/20100929mr.pdf|archive-date=19 July 2011|url-status=dead}} He was then elected as a councillor to Waitakere City 1998–2001, and from 2007 to 2010.
In the 2010 local elections, he successfully stood for both the Henderson-Massey Local Board{{cite web|title=Auckland Council – Henderson-Massey Local Board |url=http://www.elections2010.co.nz/2010/elections/auckland-council-henderson-massey-local-board |publisher=Elections2010|access-date=9 October 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101012055136/http://www.elections2010.co.nz/2010/elections/auckland-council-henderson-massey-local-board| archive-date= 12 October 2010 | url-status= live}} and the Waitakere Licensing Trust Ward 4 – Henderson.{{cite web|title=Waitakere Licensing Trust Ward 4 – Henderson |url=http://www.elections2010.co.nz/2010/elections/waitakere-licensing-trust-ward-4-henderson |publisher=Elections2010|access-date=9 October 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101004003314/http://www.elections2010.co.nz/2010/elections/waitakere-licensing-trust-ward-4-henderson| archive-date= 4 October 2010 | url-status= live}}
Community involvement
Honours and awards
In 1977, Corban was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |authorlink1=Alister Taylor |authorlink2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=106}} In the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to local government and the community.{{London Gazette |issue=51367 |date=11 June 1988 |page=34 |supp=3}} In 1990, both Assid and Miriam Corban received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. Miriam Corban also was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993, and in the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours she was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for community service.{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-1999-including-niue |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 1999 (including Niue) |date=7 June 1999 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=16 July 2019}}
Death
Corban died aged 93 of cancer on 16 September 2018 and was buried at Waikumete Cemetery in West Auckland on 25 September 2018. His wife, Miram Corban, died in 2021.{{cite news |url=https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=miriam-assid-nee-khouri-corban-qso&pid=199969551 |title=Miriam Corban death notice |date=31 August 2021 |work= The New Zealand Herald |access-date=31 August 2021}}
References
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Category:Mayors of places in the Auckland Region
Category:Deputy mayors of places in New Zealand
Category:Waitakere City Councillors
Category:New Zealand people of Lebanese descent
Category:New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:New Zealand justices of the peace