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Kent, Deirdre L., 1936- (Person)
SummaryDeirdre Kent, teacher, author, environmental activist and economist, Tauranga City Councillor 1977-1980.
Main BodySourcesBay of Plenty Times. (1977, August 31). Biography.Bay of Plenty Times. (1979, February 20). Regional delegate covers Taupō, Tokoroa, Kaimai and Rotorua branches.Kent, Deirdre. (n.d.). Biography Deirdre Kent. Life after overshoot: Resilient local economies.Kent, Deirdre. (n.d.). Home [LinkedIn page]. Retrieved July 25, 2025.Kent, Deirdre. (2022, October 31). It's time to give up on growth - why degrowth is the key to our future.Timescan. (1987, March 10). Fights smoking close to home.Timescan. (1993, May 6). Crusading becomes a career. p. 9.
Main BodyPolitics: Stood for the Values Party in Tauranga in 1975 as a 38-year-old. Elected as a Tauranga City Councillor for the 1977-1980 term. Co-founded the New Economics Party in 2011, which renamed in 2015 to the New Economics Movement. Involvement with Alliance and the Green Party.
Organisations: ASH (Action on Smoking and Health), Director of 1983-1992; Degrowth Aotearoa New Zealand, co-founder 2022; GALA (Group Against Liquor Advertising), founder 1992; Living Economies Educational Trust, founding trustee 2001; New Zealand Banking Reform, co-founder 1999-2001; Ōtaki Timebank, co-founder 2008; Transition Towns New Zealand.
Author:
- Herstory Diary. (1981). [Research notes for this Ms 43].
- How to give up smoking forever (1986). Consumers' Institute of New Zealand.
- The Indictor (national newsletter). Founder and editor 1994-1997.
- The joy of lobbying: Campaigning to influence government decisions and public attitudes. (1998). Gateway Lobbyskills.
- Lobbying your local council: helping you to be heard by decision makers. (2000). Gateway Publications.
- Healthy money healthy planet: developing sustainability through new money systems (2005). Craig Potton Publishing.
- The Big Shift: Rethinking money, tax, welfare and governance for the next economic system. (2017).
Family: Daughter of Reverend David Taylor.
SourcesBay of Plenty Times. (1977, August 31). Biography.Bay of Plenty Times. (1979, February 20). Regional delegate covers Taupō, Tokoroa, Kaimai and Rotorua branches.Kent, Deirdre. (n.d.). Biography Deirdre Kent. Life after overshoot: Resilient local economies.Kent, Deirdre. (n.d.). Home [LinkedIn page]. Retrieved July 25, 2025.Kent, Deirdre. (2022, October 31). It's time to give up on growth - why degrowth is the key to our future.Timescan. (1987, March 10). Fights smoking close to home.Timescan. (1993, May 6). Crusading becomes a career. p. 9.Photographs
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Type of ContributionLibrary authorityTaxonomyStories | PeopleTe Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries, Kent, Deirdre L., 1936- (Person). Pae Korokī, accessed 29/04/2026, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/118188
