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Sportscaster and social worker Ken Laban says his career in local politics began reluctantly.
Sportscaster and social worker Ken Laban says his career in local politics began reluctantly.
Mr Laban has returned for a fourth term on the Greater Wellington Regional Council, representing the Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt district.
He says his first run for Lower Hutt Council came from community pressure.
“I didn’t think it was me. I didn’t think it was suitable. I didn’t think I had any idea what I was doing There’s still a little bit about me that thinks that’s still true but now I’ve been elected to my fourth term on the regional council and if I count my first time for Hutt City Council in 2010, is the fifth time that I have been chosen. It gives our people a voice. It gives the communities we come from a perspective on the table,” says Mr. Laban.
