Ria Iris Daphne Bond is a New Zealand politician and former hairdresser.
15 Facts About Ria Bond
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Ria Bond was appointed to the House of Representatives as a New Zealand First list MP following Winston Peters winning the March 2015 Northland by-election.
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Ria Bond 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.
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Ria Bond stated in her maiden speech, "Although the world was shocked by the movie Once Were Warriors, I was living it", indicating an abusive upbringing.
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Ria Bond attended Highbury Primary School and Queen Elizabeth College.
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Ria Bond has two children, is half-Scottish and half-Maori, and is the great-niece of Sir James Henare, the commanding officer of the Maori Battalion by the end of World War II.
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Ria Bond was a hairdresser in Invercargill and served as president of the New Zealand Association of Registered Hairdressers, representing 8,000 owners and operators.
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Ria Bond 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.
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Ria Bond joined New Zealand First in 2011 and was elected to the party's national board in 2012.
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Ria Bond left her hairdressing salon in August 2014, just prior to the 2014 New Zealand general election, when she stood in the Invercargill electorate; this was her first election contest.
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Ria Bond placed third in that election and was 12th on the party's list, with New Zealand First winning 11 list seats.
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When Peters won the Northland by-election on 28 March 2015 and became an electorate MP, Ria Bond was next in line and became a list MP for her party.
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On 6 May 2015, Ria Bond became a member of the Commerce Select Committee.
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Ria Bond 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.
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On 15 April 2019, Ria Bond announced her candidacy for the 2019 Invercargill mayoral election.