Ria Bond
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| birth_name = Ria Iris Daphne Shortland
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}}
| birth_place = Palmerston North, New Zealand
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| constituency_MP3 = New Zealand First party list
| term_start3 = 28 April 2015
| term_end3 = 23 September 2017
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| predecessor3 = Winston Peters
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| relations = James Hēnare (great-uncle), Tau Henare, Peeni Henare
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| office = Member of the Invercargill City Council
| term_start = 14 October 2022
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Ria Iris Daphne Bond (née Shortland, born 1976) is a New Zealand politician and former hairdresser. She was appointed to the House of Representatives as a New Zealand First list MP following Winston Peters winning the March 2015 Northland by-election. She now serves as an Invercargill City Councillor after an unsuccessful bid for the 2022 Invercargill mayoral election but a successful attempt to obtain a seat on the city council.
Early life and family
Born in Palmerston North{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz-first-party/news/article.cfm?o_id=277&objectid=11615435 |title=The name's Bond, Ria Bond |date=2 April 2016}} in 1976, Bond was born into a presumably abusive family, and was put into foster care a total of five times. She stated in her maiden speech, "Although the world was shocked by the movie Once Were Warriors, I was living it",{{Cite web |title=Bond, Ria: Maiden Statements - New Zealand Parliament |url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/document/51HansS_20150506_00001234/bond-ria-maiden-statements |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=www.parliament.nz |language=en}} indicating an abusive upbringing. Bond attended Highbury Primary School (now known as Somerset Crescent School) and Queen Elizabeth College. She has two children,{{cite news | first=Hannah | last=McLeod | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/10527355/Bond-celebrates-despite-defeat | title=Bond celebrates despite defeat | work=The Southland Times | date=22 September 2014 | accessdate=26 March 2015}} is half-Scottish and half-Māori (of Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi descent), and is the great-niece of Sir James Hēnare, the commanding officer of the Māori Battalion by the end of World War II.{{cite news | url=http://www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/ria-bond-be-new-list-mp-new-zealand-first | title=Ria Bond to be the new list MP for New Zealand First | date=22 April 2015 | work=Māori Television News | accessdate=24 April 2015}}
Hairdressing and national boards
Bond was a hairdresser in Invercargill and served as president of the New Zealand Association of Registered Hairdressers, representing 8,000 owners and operators (2006–2012).{{cite news | first=Nicholas | last=Jones | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10727413 | title=Hair horror as salon visit goes bad | work=The New Zealand Herald | date=23 May 2011 | accessdate=26 March 2015 | quote= Ria Bond, the president of the New Zealand Association of Registered Hairdressers, had recently heard of a similar chemical straightening incident at another salon.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesmagazine.co.nz/index.php/page/articledetail/pi_articleid/413/pi_sourcepage/4 |title=Article detail |publisher=Imagesmagazine.co.nz |date= |accessdate=2015-04-23}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nzhairdressing.org.nz/index.php?option=com_contact&catid=17&Itemid=11 |title=Contact – New Zealand Association of Registered Hairdressers |date=2008-10-14 |accessdate=2015-04-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014024852/http://www.nzhairdressing.org.nz/index.php?option=com_contact&catid=17&Itemid=11 |archivedate=14 October 2008 }}{{cite web|url=http://nzfirst.org.nz/ria-bond|title=Ria Bond|first=Jordan|last=Samuela|accessdate=12 December 2016|date=20 May 2015|publisher=}} She also had a dual role as a director on the Hairdressing Industry Training Organisation, which included being a New Zealand Qualifications Authority governance and advisory panel member.
Political career
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Bond joined New Zealand First in 2011 and was elected to the party's national board in 2012.{{cite news | first=Hannah | last=McLeod | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/7149815/Bond-joins-national-board-of-NZ-First | title=Bond joins national board of NZ First | work=The Southland Times | date=22 June 2012 | accessdate=26 March 2015}} She left her hairdressing salon in August 2014, just prior to the 2014 New Zealand general election, when she stood in the {{NZ electorate link|Invercargill}} electorate;{{cite news | first=Claire | last=Trevett | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11420760 | title=Hairdresser next in line to cut a dash in Parliament if Peters wins | work=The New Zealand Herald | date=21 March 2015 | accessdate=26 March 2015}} this was her first election contest.{{cite news|last1=Berwick|first1=Louise|last2=McDougall|first2=Nicci|last3=McLeod|first3=Hannah|title=Soper won't stand again as Dowie wins city vote|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/10525494/Soper-won-t-stand-again-as-Dowie-wins-city-vote|accessdate=25 March 2015|work=The Southland Times|date=20 September 2014}} She placed third in that election and was 12th on the party's list, with New Zealand First winning 11 list seats.{{cite news | first=Bridget | last=Railton | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/10429049/Invercargill-woman-on-NZ-First-list | title=Invercargill woman on NZ First list | work=The Southland Times | date=27 August 2014 | accessdate=26 March 2015}} Following the election, Bond moved to Wainuiomata, working at Parliament as an executive assistant to MPs Richard Prosser and Mahesh Bindra.
When Peters won the Northland by-election on 28 March 2015 and became an electorate MP, Bond was next in line and became a list MP for her party. Bond was sworn in on 28 April 2015.{{cite news |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/ria-bond-sworn-in-at-parliament-2015042814 |title=Ria Bond sworn in at Parliament |date=28 April 2015 |work=3 News |accessdate=28 April 2015}} On 6 May 2015, Bond became a member of the Commerce Select Committee.
She left Parliament after the 2017 New Zealand general election, as New Zealand First did not receive enough votes for her to make it back into Parliament; she then returned to Southland.{{cite news |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/97173234/ria-bond-to-leave-parliament-following-election-results |title=Ria Bond to leave Parliament following election results |work=Stuff.co.nz}}
On 15 April 2019, Bond announced her candidacy for the 2019 Invercargill mayoral election.{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/111477544/ria-bond-joins-invercargill-mayoralty-race |title=Ria Bond joins Invercargill mayoralty race |date=15 April 2019}} However her registration 15 minutes before the deadline was rejected because the correct address of one of her nominators was not on the electoral roll.{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/115069999/bond-misses-out-but-shadbolt-confirms-nomination-for-invercargill-mayoralty |title=Bond misses out but Shadbolt confirms nomination for Invercargill mayoralty |date=16 August 2019}} On 22 July 2022, she announced her candidacy for the 2022 Invercargill mayoral election.{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/129350923/ria-bond-joins-crowd-of-invercargill-mayoral-candidates |title=Ria Bond joins crowd of Invercargill mayoral candidates |date=22 July 2022 |work=Stuff |first=Evan |last=Harding}} She was unsuccessful in the mayoral election but did win a seat on the city council.{{cite web |url=https://icc.govt.nz/preliminary-results-confirm-invercargill-city-councillors/ |title=Preliminary results confirm Invercargill City Councillors |date=9 October 2022 |publisher=Invercargill City Council}}
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