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Hon Kate Wilkinson

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Kate Wilkinson is a National list MP based in Rangiora.

Kate was raised on a Mid Canterbury mixed cropping farm at Chertsey and went to secondary school in Christchurch. After leaving St Margaret's College, Kate studied law at the University of Canterbury and graduated with an LLB. She began working as a solicitor with Harman & Co in 1979, and became a partner five years later. Kate continued as a partner until elected to Parliament in 2005. She was involved in general practice law, corporate and commercial law, and property and trust law.

For 15 years, Kate was a member of the New Zealand Junior Chamber Inc (Jaycees) and has been General Legal Counsel for several years and National President in 1997. In 2000, Kate was the Personal Assistant to World President of Junior Chamber International. She has been awarded a Senatorship of JCI for outstanding service.

Kate is currently Trustee of the Christchurch Arts Festival Trust as well as the Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Foundation Canterbury Inc.