Penny Bright
Penny Bright (1954 – 4 October 2018) was a New Zealand government transparency activist.
Biography
Bright worked as a sheet-metal welder.[1] She studied at Kuranui College.She oranized for Halt All Racist Tours.[2] She was a member of Water Pressure Group.[1] She was arrested at an Auckland City Council meeting.[3] She filed many Privacy Act requests about Auckland government spending.[4]
In 2010, 2013 and 2016, she was a candidate for Auckland mayor.[5] She was a candidate for the 2017 Mount Albert by-election.[6] Her best electoral showing was in a 2000 by-election for the Avondale/Roskill Ward of the Auckland City Council where she finished a close second with 31.61% of the vote, beating the City Vision candidate into third place.[7]
She died of ovarian cancer in 2018.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c Orsman, Bernard (4 October 2018). "'Hard-boiled' Auckland activist Penny Bright has died in hospital this evening". ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ Herald, Newstalk ZB, NZ. "Mourners gather to farewell Penny Bright". ZB. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Auckland will miss Penny Bright, a 'tireless and reliable advocate'". Stuff. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Penny Bright: 'I wouldn't change anything'". Radio NZ. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Auckland activist Penny Bright has died". Radio NZ. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ Noted. "Auckland activist Penny Bright dies aged 64". www.noted.co.nz. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ Bassett 2013, pp. 386.
References
- Bassett, Michael (2013). City of sails: the history of Auckland City Council, 1989–2010. ISBN 1927262003.