Peter Chin (mayor)

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Peter (Wing Ho) Chin (陳荣和, pinyin: Chén Rónghé) CNZM (born 1941) is the current Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand. He has been in office since 2004, succeeding the retiring Sukhi Turner.

Chin is a descendant of the earliest Chinese immigrants to New Zealand,[1] and his family owned a take-away establishment in Stuart Street.

In the 1950s Chin was a student at Otago Boys' High School and then the University of Otago, graduating LLB. He has worked in Dunedin as a lawyer since 1968, and is currently a consultant for the Otago law firm Webb Farry. First elected in 1995 to the Dunedin City Council, representing the Hills Ward, he served three terms before becoming mayor in 2004. He was re-elected in October 2007 with an absolute majority.[2]

Chin serves as the head of the Gambling Commission, the government-appointed panel that regulates casinos. Married to Noleen since c.1964 with 4 children,[3] he lives in Roslyn and is a prominent operatic singer.

In 2003, he was awarded Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to local body and community affairs.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Peter Chin. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand (21 September 2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  2. ^ Declaration Of Result Of Election. Dunedin City Council (13 October 2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  3. ^ Candidate profiles for Mayor and Council wards. Dunedin City Council. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  4. ^ The New Zealand New Year Honours 2003. The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.

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