Introducing new Northland Regional councillor Terry Archer
19 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Susan Botting is the Local Democracy Reporter for Northlandsusan.botting@northernadvocate.co.nz
Three decades involvement in Northland s port industry will be put to good use by New Zealand s newest regional councillor.
Terry Archer (69), former Northland Harbour Board general manager then Northland Port Corporation chief executive, this week became a Northland Regional councillor after winning the council s Whangārei urban byelection.
Successfully helming the management of now Northland Region Council (NRC)-owned former Northland port assets is a key function of NRC councillors.
As the first female chair, as well as being part MÄori, hers would be a genuinely feelgood appointment that both the country and the game globally would embrace. But while public relations are a handy advantage for any executive action, they should not be the driving reason behind it.
Rugby Australia showed that with its appointment of Raelene Castle three years ago. For all the furore over the Israel Folau saga, and the sympathy Castle gained in the aftermath, questions remain over the success of her tenure at RA. So too after her spell at NRL club Canterbury before that.