Kōrero with Anita Baker
Contact details
Phone (business hours): 04 237 1456
Email: [email protected]
Post: The Mayor,
Porirua City Council,
PO Box 50218, Porirua, 5240
Anita is the Mayor of Porirua City. She was elected in 2019, and re-elected in 2022 for a term of three years. Say kia ora when you spot her.
Roles and duties:
- Mayor
- Deputy Chairperson - Chief Executive's Employment Committee
- Chairperson - Dog Control Hearings Subcommittee
- Ex officio member on all committees.
The Mayor can also:
- Act as a Justice of the Peace
- Call a meeting of the Council
- Declare a civil defence emergency.
As one of the elected members, the Mayor shares the same responsibilities as other Councillors and also:
- Presides over Council meetings and makes sure they’re conducted in an orderly way
- Promotes our city and represents its interests
- Acts as the civic and ceremonial head of Porirua City, including swearing in new citizens
- Gives leadership and feedback to the councillors
Mayor's Clinics 2025
Your opportunity to speak directly with Porirua Mayor Anita Baker
Come along to the Mayor’s clinics, held across the city. These clinics are an informal way for Mayor Baker to hear your thoughts on what’s happening in our city – from the community who know it best.
| Date | Address | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 5 March, 9am–10am | Le Fale Job & Skills Hub, 8 Warspite Avenue, Cannons Creek | Cannons Creek |
| Wednesday 12 March, 9am–10am | Sushil's Musclechef Kitchen Café, 27 Aotea Drive, Aotea | Aotea |
| Wednesday 19 March, 9am–10am | Titahi Bay Library, 18a Whitehouse Road, Tītahi Bay | Titahi Bay |
| Wednesday 26 March, 10.30am–11.30am | Pātaka Art Museum, The Foyer, 17 Parumoana Street | City Centre |
| Date | Address | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 2 April, 9am–10am | Le Fale Job & Skills Hub, 8 Warspite Avenue, Cannons Creek | Cannons Creek |
| Wednesday 9 April, 9am–10am | Nish Cafe, 69a Discovery Drive, Whitby | Whitby |
| Wednesday 23 April, 9am–10am | Summerset, 15 Aotea Drive, Aotea | Aotea |
| Wednesday 30 April, 9am–10am | Pātaka Art Museum, The Foyer, 17 Parumoana Street | City Centre |
| Date | Address | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 14 May, 9am–10am | Ranui Café, 18A Mungavin Avenue, Rānui | Rānui |
| Wednesday 21 May, 9am–10am | Ruby's Café, 99 Mana Esplanade, Mana | Mana |
| Date | Address | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 4 June, 9am–10am | Le Fale Job & Skills Hub, 8 Warspite Avenue, Cannons Creek | Cannons Creek |
| Wednesday 11 June, 9am–10am | Cancelled due to other engagement | Takapūwāhia |
| Wednesday 18 June, 9am–10am | Ground Up Café, 15 Paekākāriki Hill Road, Pāuatahanui | Pāuatahanui |
| Date | Address | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 2 July, 9am–10am | Le Fale Job & Skills Hub, 8 Warspite Avenue, Cannons Creek | Cannons Creek |
| Wednesday 9 July, 9am–10am | Sushil's Musclechef Kitchen and Café, 27 Aotea Drive, Aotea | Aotea |
Note: Mayors clinic's are paused during the pre-election period (from 11 July 2025).
Do you want the Mayor to open your next event?
If your community group, sports club, school committee, arts or service group is planning an event of any sort and you would like the Mayor to say a few words then please get in touch. Mayor Anita Baker is happy to support community events so please just send her an email at [email protected]. Please outline when and where your event is happening and what time you'd like the Mayor to speak. It's a good idea to give at least four weeks' notice to confirm her attendance as Mayor Baker's diary fills up quickly.
Your Mayor
Porirua Mayor Anita Baker was born and raised in Porirua City and has a reputation for getting things done!
She was first elected to the Porirua City Council in 2010, and has been a trustee on the Hutt Mana Charitable Trust since 2016.
The journey she took from a girl growing up in Paremata, to solo mum, administrator, community worker, setting up a private college, project manager, then councillor and now Mayor, is the sort taken by many successful women in top jobs in New Zealand.
For her it was a transition that happened through hard work, aspiration and being involved in her local community. She’s aware that many in the Porirua community don’t have the resources or opportunities she’s had, and she will be a champion for everyone in the city.
Mayor Baker heads a Council with a good balance of age and cultural diversity.
Top of her priorities as Mayor will be investment in core infrastructure and key services and improving the health of the harbour. Infrastructure is the most important thing the Council can invest in to support people’s lives and livelihoods. Jobs, new houses and investment are underpinned by good infrastructure, pipes, drains, reserves, roads and footpaths.
Mayor Baker also plans to use her position as Mayor to lobby central government and advocate for the city around housing, health, employment and transport options.
