Kate Joblin | |
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Whanganui District Councillor | |
Assumed office 8 October 2016 | |
Chair of the Whanganui District Health Board | |
In office 3 May 2007 – 9 December 2013 | |
Preceded by | Patrick O'Connor |
Succeeded by | Dot McKinnon |
Personal details | |
Born | 1961 or 1962 |
Spouse | Ross Mills |
Children | 6 |
Kathleen Frances Joblin MNZM (born 1961 or 1962)[1] is a New Zealand local politician and chartered accountant. She has been a member of the Whanganui District Council since 2016, and was chair of the Whanganui District Health Board from 2007 to 2013.
In the 2016 local elections, Joblin won a seat in the Whanganui District Council. She was re-elected in 2019, saying that she wanted to continue previous work that the council had started. As of 2019[update] she is the Finance and Strategy Committee chairperson and she co-chairs the Positive Ageing Forum of the council,[2] which provides support to the elderly.[3] She was re-elected again 2022 for her third term, saying that her priorities were in housing and public transport.[4] The committees that she is on include the Strategy and Policy, Risk & Assurance, Chief Executive's Performance Review, and Emergency committees. In 2022, she was paid $56,724 per year as councillor.[5]
Joblin previously served on the Whanganui District Health Board for 11 years, and was chair between May 2007 and December 2013.[2][6][7]
Joblin runs accounting company Kate Joblin & Co Ltd. She is also a trustee of the Life to the Max Trust,[2] and chairs the Safer Whanganui advisory group.[5] Joblin is married to Ross Mills, and has six children.[8][9] In 2010, Joblin and Mills bought a one-hectare (2.5-acre) property at Westmere, where they established a lavender farm.[8]
In the 2013 New Year Honours, Joblin was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, services to health.[10]