Celia Wade-Brown- Greens Party candidate and ex Wellington Mayor

Join Harita Gandhi-Kashyap and guest Celia Wade-Brown.

Previously Wellington, New Zealand's Mayor, she's a candidate for Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand in the upcoming elections.

See their zoom call on: https://youtu.be/R9UGV4sXlhQ 05/09/2023

Elected as Councillor and then Mayor of te Whanganui-a-Tara, she led Wellington towards being a truly Green capital. Previously, she was a teacher, then worked in IT.

Celia led a number of important city projects, improved earthquake resilience, funded core infrastructure, introduced Environmental and Climate Change Grants, led our Council be the first in Aotearoa to pay the Living Wage, and started the construction of a full cycle network. She founded Living Streets Aotearoa, and is on the Boards of Predator-Free Wellington and Walk21.

In 2017, Celia moved to the Wairarapa and live in a solar-powered tiny house. She's an active member of WaiP2K, a biodiversity project, on the local Walking and Cycling Advisory Group and started the Wairarapa Walking Festival.

Brought to you by the Wellington Branch of National Council of Women New Zealand