Rachel Reese
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1964 or 1965 (age 60–61)
Rachel Reese | |
|---|---|
 Reese in 2016 | |
| 29th Mayor of Nelson | |
| In office 2013–2022 | |
| Preceded by | Aldo Miccio |
| Succeeded by | Nick Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rachel Hadley Reese 1964 or 1965 (age 60–61) Mosgiel, New Zealand |
| Spouse | Richard Harden |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Otago |
Rachel Hadley Reese (born 1964 or 1965[1]) is a New Zealand former local-body politician. She was the mayor of Nelson from 2013[2] to 2022. She was Nelson's first female mayor.[3]
Reese was born in Mosgiel and grew up in Dunedin.[4] She attended St Hilda's Collegiate School, leaving at aged 16 to enter the University of Otago from where she graduated with a commerce degree at age 19. She also has Graduate Diploma in Business Studies (Dispute Resolution) from Massey University and is a qualified Mediator and Arbitrator.[4]
She has worked in Mount Isa and Melbourne in Australia, as well as in Auckland. She moved to Nelson in about 1997, her family having connections in the area, with her parents owning property on Arapaoa Island in the Marlborough Sounds.[4]
Reese is an accredited Resource Management Commissioner (Chair) and a member of the Resource Management Law Association. She ran a Resource Management Consultancy in Nelson for 15 years prior to entering politics.[5]