Ria Bond
Ria Bond MP |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for New Zealand First party list |
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Assumed office 28 April 2015 |
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Preceded by | Winston Peters |
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Born | 1976 (age 47–48) |
Children | two |
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.
Early life and family
Bond attended Highbury Primary School (now known as Somerset Crescent School) and Queen Elizabeth College in Palmerston North. She has two children; her daughter started high school in 2015 and a son who started a degree at the University of Otago in 2015.[1] Of Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi descent, Bond is the great-niece of Sir James Henare.[2]
Hairdressing
Bond was a hairdresser in Invercargill and served as president of the New Zealand Association of Registered Hairdressers (2006–2012).[3][4][5]
Political career
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Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party |
2015–present | 51st | List | 12 | NZ First |
She joined New Zealand First in 2011 and was elected to the party's national board in 2012.[6] She left her salon in August 2014, just prior to the 2014 election, when she stood in the Invercargill electorate;[7] this was her first election contest.[8] She placed third in that election and was 12th on the party's list, with New Zealand First winning 11 list seats.[9] Following the election, Bond moved to Wainuiomata, working at Parliament as an executive assistant to Richard Prosser and Mahesh Bindra.[7] 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.[7] Bond was sworn in on 28 April 2015.[10]
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