# Penny Hulse

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**Penelope Anne Hulse** is a New Zealand politician, and was [Deputy Mayor of Auckland](/source/Deputy_Mayor_of_Auckland) from the formation of the [Auckland Council](/source/Auckland_Council) Super City until 2016. She continued to represent the Waitākere Ward on the Auckland Council for one more term and was chair of the Environment and Community Committee.

## Political career

Hulse, born in South Africa, began her career in 1992 when she was elected to the Waitakere Community Board.[1] As a board member, Hulse worked together with Dave Harré to save the [Avondale railway station](/source/Avondale_railway_station,_Auckland) building, which was planned for demolition due to its poor state. After lobbying the [New Zealand Railways Corporation](/source/New_Zealand_Railways_Corporation), the station was refurbished and relocated to [Swanson](/source/Swanson_railway_station).[2] In 1995 she was elected to the [Waitakere City Council](/source/Waitakere_City_Council). She was made deputy mayor in 2007 by [Bob Harvey](/source/Bob_Harvey_(mayor)).

In the [2010 Auckland Council elections](/source/2010_Auckland_local_elections) Hulse won a seat in the Waitākere Ward. She was then made deputy mayor by [Len Brown](/source/Len_Brown).[3] She was re-elected in 2013. Hulse lives in [Te Atatū Peninsula](/source/Te_Atat%C5%AB_Peninsula) and took up cycling to work in the [Auckland CBD](/source/Auckland_CBD) when the [Nelson Street Cycleway](/source/Nelson_Street_Cycleway) was opened in December 2015.[4]

Hulse was re-elected to Council in [2016](/source/2016_Auckland_local_elections) and also the Waitakere Licensing Trust.[5][6] The new Mayor of Auckland, [Phil Goff](/source/Phil_Goff), did not reappoint her as deputy mayor and instead appointed her as the chairperson of the environment and community committee.[7]

She retired from Auckland Council at the [2019 local government elections](/source/2019_Auckland_local_elections).[8] Since then she has served on the board of [Kāinga Ora](/source/K%C4%81inga_Ora) and on the independent panel reviewing the future for local government.[9]

In the [2020 New Year Honours](/source/2020_New_Year_Honours_(New_Zealand)), Hulse was appointed a [Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit](/source/Member_of_the_New_Zealand_Order_of_Merit), for services to local government.[10]

## References

1. Hewitson, Michele (16 October 2010). ["Michele Hewitson Interview: Penny Hulse"](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10680900). *[The New Zealand Herald](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald)*. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

1. Adam, Jack; Burgess, Vivien; Ellis, Dawn (2004). *Rugged Determination: Historical Window on Swanson 1854-2004*. Swanson Residents and Ratepayers Association Inc. p. 63. ISBN 0-476-00544-2.

1. Bernard Orsman and NZ Herald staff (13 October 2010). ["Penny Hulse appointed Super City Deputy Mayor"](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10680238). *[The New Zealand Herald](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald)*. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

1. Smith, Simon (5 May 2016). ["Deputy mayor Penny Hulse finds her e-bike a breeze"](http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/79568402/Deputy-mayor-Penny-Hulse-finds-her-e-bike-a-breeze). *Auckland Now*. Retrieved 6 July 2016.

1. ["Election results"](http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Documents/Confirmedlocalelectionresults2016.pdf). 19 October 2016. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161019000339/http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Documents/Confirmedlocalelectionresults2016.pdf) 19 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["Declaration of Results of Election for the 2016 elections for the five licensing trusts in the Auckland region"](http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Documents/licensingtrusts2016.pdf). 19 October 2016. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161019015948/http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Documents/licensingtrusts2016.pdf) 19 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["Auckland mayor Phil Goff announces his 'cabinet'"](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11732552). *The New Zealand Herald*. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

1. ["Penny Hulse farewells council life"](https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/articles/news/2019/09/councillor-penny-hulse-farewell-speech/). *Our Auckland*. Auckland Council. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.

1. ["Independent review to explore future for local government"](https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/independent-review-explore-future-local-government). *The Beehive*. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

1. ["New Year honours list 2020"](https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2020). Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

## External links

- [Office website](http://www.pennyhulse.co.nz/)

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