Penny Hulse
{{short description|New Zealand politician}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
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| name = Penny Hulse
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| image = Penny Hulse MNZM (cropped).jpg
| caption = Hulse in 2020
| office = Waitākere Ward Councillor
| term_start = 2010
| term_end = 2019
| alongside = Sandra Coney
Linda Cooper
| 1blankname = Mayor
| 1namedata = Len Brown
Phil Goff
| predecessor = Office Created
| successor = Shane Henderson
| majority =
| office2 = 1st Deputy Mayor of Auckland
| term_start2 = 1 November 2010
| term_end2 =8 October 2016
| 1blankname2 = Mayor
| 1namedata2 = Len Brown
| predecessor2 = Office Created
| successor2 = Bill Cashmore
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| office3 = Deputy Mayor of Waitakere City
| term_start3 = 2007
| term_end3 = 2010
| deputy3 =
| predecessor3 = Carolynne Stone
| successor3 = herself as
Deputy Mayor of Auckland
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| birth_place = South Africa
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| website = [http://pennyhulse.co.nz/ www.pennyhulse.co.nz]
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Penelope Anne Hulse {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} is a New Zealand politician, and was Deputy Mayor of Auckland from the formation of the Auckland Council Super City until 2016. She continues to represent the Waitākere Ward on the Auckland Council and is Chair of the Environment and Community Committee.
Political career
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{{Auckland Council|affiliation=Independent|ward=Waitākere|start=2010|end=2013}}
{{Auckland Council|affiliation=West at Heart|colour=lightyellow|ward=Waitākere|start=2013|end=2016}}
{{Auckland Council|affiliation=West at Heart|colour=lightyellow|ward=Waitākere|start=2016|end=2019}}
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Hulse, born in South Africa, began her career in 1992 when she was elected to the Waitakere Community Board.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10680900 |title=Michele Hewitson Interview: Penny Hulse |author=Hewitson, Michele |date=16 October 2010 |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=2 November 2011}} As a board member, Hulse worked together with Dave Harré to save the Avondale railway station building, which was planned for demolition due to its poor state. After lobbying the New Zealand Railways Corporation, the station was refurbished and relocated to Swanson.{{cite book | last1=Adam |first1=Jack | last2=Burgess |first2=Vivien | last3=Ellis | first3=Dawn |title=Rugged Determination: Historical Window on Swanson 1854-2004 |publisher=Swanson Residents and Ratepayers Association Inc. |date=2004 |isbn=0-476-00544-2 |page=63}} In 1995 she was elected to the Waitakere City Council. She was made deputy mayor in 2007 by Bob Harvey.
In the 2010 Auckland Council elections Hulse won a seat in the Waitākere Ward. She was then made deputy mayor by Len Brown.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10680238 |title=Penny Hulse appointed Super City Deputy Mayor |author=Bernard Orsman and NZ Herald staff |date=13 October 2010 |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=2 November 2011}} She was re-elected in 2013. Hulse lives in Te Atatū Peninsula and took up cycling to work in the Auckland CBD when the Nelson Street Cycleway was opened in December 2015.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Simon|title=Deputy mayor Penny Hulse finds her e-bike a breeze |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/79568402/Deputy-mayor-Penny-Hulse-finds-her-e-bike-a-breeze |accessdate=6 July 2016 |work=Auckland Now |date=5 May 2016}}
Hulse was re-elected to Council in 2016 and also the Waitakere Licensing Trust.{{Cite web |url=http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Documents/Confirmedlocalelectionresults2016.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019000339/http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Documents/Confirmedlocalelectionresults2016.pdf |title=Election results |date=19 October 2016 |archive-date=19 October 2016}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Documents/licensingtrusts2016.pdf |archive-date=19 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019015948/http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Documents/licensingtrusts2016.pdf |title=Declaration of Results of Election for the 2016 elections for the five licensing trusts in the Auckland region |date=19 October 2016 }} The new Mayor of Auckland, Phil Goff, did not reappoint her as deputy mayor and instead appointed her as the chairperson of the environment and community committee.{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11732552 |title=Auckland mayor Phil Goff announces his 'cabinet' |website=The New Zealand Herald |date=20 October 2016 |accessdate=5 March 2017}}
She retired from Auckland Council at the 2019 local government elections.{{cite news |title=Penny Hulse farewells council life |url= https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/articles/news/2019/09/councillor-penny-hulse-farewell-speech/ |newspaper=Our Auckland |date=26 September 2019 |publisher=Auckland Council |accessdate=12 October 2019}} Since then she has served on the board of Kāinga Ora and on the independent panel reviewing the future for local government.{{Cite web |title=Independent review to explore future for local government |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/independent-review-explore-future-local-government |access-date=7 July 2022 |website=The Beehive |language=en}}
In the 2020 New Year Honours, Hulse was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to local government.{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2020 | title=New Year honours list 2020 |date=31 December 2019 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=31 December 2019}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.pennyhulse.co.nz/ Office website]
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Category:Deputy mayors of places in New Zealand
Category:21st-century New Zealand women politicians
Category:21st-century New Zealand politicians
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