Ashley Church
Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:Advert Ashley Cameron Church (born 26 February 1964) is a New Zealand business executive, commentator and former politician.
Political career
In 1987, Church stood as the National Party candidate for the parliamentary electorate of Napier, but was defeated by a margin of more than five thousand votes.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
In 1989, he became the youngest person elected to Napier City Council. During his time on the council, he attracted both strong support and strong opposition for his views. He was responsible for the ‘NapierLife’ Marketing program. He lost his Council seat in 1998 after serving three terms.[1][2]
Community activities
Church's community activity has included roles such as national council member of New Zealand Jaycees, executive councillor of the North Shore Chamber of Commerce, national board member of Towns & Cities New Zealand, creator and organiser of the Hawke's Bay Summer Festival, and organiser of the 1985 North Shore Telethon Centre. He has been a director of the Hawke's Bay Airport, Marineland of New Zealand and the National Aquarium of New Zealand.[1][3]
Work history
Church was chief executive officer of the Auckland Property Investors Association from 2005[4] to 2007. He was the national sales manager for Mercury Energy,[2] then Sales and Marketing Manager of Pulse Energy from 2009.[5] He was general manager of the Newmarket Business Association from 2010[2] to 2014, then the CEO of the Property Institute of New Zealand from 2015. He was the chairperson of the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union for five months in 2021.
He is employed by NZME as a correspondent,[6] is a commentator on energy[7] and business issues,[8] and has appeared on My House My Castle, NZ Open Home, ASB I Want to Buy a Home and TVNZ Breakfast.[3][9]
Notes
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Newmarket Business Association". Newmarket Business Association. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ex-councillor in new role". Hawke's Bay Today. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ashley Church". ashleychurch.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Landlords' CEO seeks to improve image". The New Zealand Herald. 23 November 2005. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pulse Energy Eyes Energy Market". nzx.com. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bob Jones and Ashley Church (7 July 2007). "Home Truths - Invest in knowledge". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pulse Launches 'Cut Price' Power Brand". voxy.co.nz. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kiwi Shopping Habits Defended". voxy.co.nz. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Great Coromandel Clean-up". tvnz.co.nz. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
References
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946-1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
