Ria Bond

Ria Bond
Member of the Invercargill City Council
Assumed office
14 October 2022
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for New Zealand First party list
In office
28 April 2015 – 23 September 2017
Preceded byWinston Peters
Personal details
BornRia Iris Daphne Shortland
1976 (age 49–50)
Palmerston North, New Zealand
RelationsJames Hēnare (great-uncle), Tau Henare, Peeni Henare
ChildrenTwo
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Ria Iris Daphne Bond (née Shortland, born 1976) is a New Zealand politician and former hairdresser. She was appointed to the House of Representatives as a New Zealand First list MP following Winston Peters winning the March 2015 Northland by-election. She now serves as an Invercargill City Councillor after an unsuccessful bid for the 2022 Invercargill mayoral election but a successful attempt to obtain a seat on the city council.