Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Early life  





2 Political career  





3 References  














Susan O'Regan







Add links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Susan O'Regan
5th Mayor of Waipa

Incumbent

Assumed office
2022
Preceded byJim Mylchreest
Personal details
Born

Susan Catherine O'Regan


(1972-04-26)26 April 1972
Rukuhia, New Zealand
Political partyNational
SpouseJohn Hayward
Parent(s)Katherine O'Regan
Neil O'Regan
Alma materUniversity of Otago

Susan Catherine O'Regan (born 1972) is a New Zealand politician serving as the mayor of Waipa since 2022.

Early life[edit]

O'Regan was born and raised in Rukuhia. Her mother was Katherine O'Regan, a National MP who represented Waipa. She boarded at Waikato Diocesan School in Hamilton[1] and King's College in Auckland, and later graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts. She briefly worked for Murray McCully as a ministerial assistant in parliament before starting a legal career in Auckland,[2] being admitted to the bar in 1996.[3] After marrying a farmer, she ended her legal career in 2010 to focus on family and farming.[4] Their farm, Judge Valley Dairies, has won multiple awards at the Waikato Farm Environment Awards.[5][6]

Political career[edit]

O'Regan was asked to run for the Taranaki-King Country electorate in the 2014 election after Shane Ardern announced his retirement, but she turned it down after becoming pregnant. In 2016, she was elected to the Kakepuku ward of the Waipa District Council.[7] She was re-elected unopposed in 2019 and chaired the council's Strategic Planning and Policy Committee.[8][9]

In April 2022, O'Regan announced that despite speculation that she would run for mayor like her mother had in 1995,[10] she was retiring from politics to work for DairyNZ. She also ruled out contesting the parliamentary by-election for Tauranga, an electorate her mother had unsuccessfully run for twice after her own Waipa seat was abolished.[11] However, in June she changed her mind, staking her political career on an "all or nothing" campaign for mayor.[3] In October, she defeated the incumbent Jim Mylchreest, becoming the first female mayor of the district and the first to oust an incumbent.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Gill, Mary Anne (8 October 2022). "Susan O'Regan elected Waipā mayor". Te Awamatu News.
  • ^ "Celebrating farming excellence" (PDF). King's Courier. King's College. 2016. p. 43.
  • ^ a b Gill, Mary Anne (23 June 2022). "O'Regan challenges Mylchreest". Te Awamatu News.
  • ^ O'Regan, Susan (June 2022). "Who am I?".
  • ^ Piddock, Gerald (28 April 2015). "Sustainability 'comes from the heart'". Stuff.
  • ^ Piddock, Gerald (11 April 2016). "Agriculture the most noble of professions". Stuff.
  • ^ Gill, Mary Anne (3 June 2021). "Focus on ..... Susan O'Regan". Cambridge News.
  • ^ Miles Morunga, Aden (6 July 2022). "'Fresh' leadership and mana whenua support promised by Waipā mayoral hopeful Susan O'Regan". Waikato Times. Stuff.
  • ^ "Waipā councillor Susan O'Regan announces candidacy for mayoralty". Waikato Herald. New Zealand Herald. 23 June 2022.
  • ^ Gill, Mary Anne (13 October 2022). "O'Regan's win was ... Down to business". Te Awamatu News.
  • ^ Gill, Mary Anne (7 April 2022). "O'Regan: I Won't Stand". Te Awamatu News.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Susan_O%27Regan&oldid=1209485664"

    Categories: 
    1970s births
    Living people
    Women mayors of places in New Zealand
    Mayors of Waipa
    People educated at Waikato Diocesan School
    People educated at King's College, Auckland
    University of Otago alumni
    20th-century New Zealand farmers
    21st-century New Zealand farmers
    21st-century New Zealand women farmers
    20th-century New Zealand women farmers
    Hidden categories: 
    Articles with short description
    Short description is different from Wikidata
    Date of birth not in Wikidata
    Year of birth uncertain
     



    This page was last edited on 22 February 2024, at 03:52 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki