Long-term Mayor of Waitakere City, Bob Harvey (QSO) was appointed to the Board in 2006, and is a man at the forefront of leadership and inspirational management.
Bob became the Mayor of Waitakere in 1992 following a winning career in advertising With a head for sound strategic and original thinking and a highly creative side, Bob founded one of the country’s most successful advertising agencies, Macharman.
President of the New Zealand Labour Party from February 1999 to November 2002, Bob was awarded Life Membership of the party by Prime Minister Helen Clark in May 2002.
A former Deputy Chairman of the New Zealand Film Commission and a board member until taking up his position with Te Papa, Bob is also Chair of Local Government New Zealand’s Metro Mayors’ Sector.