| Kate Joblin | |
| Order: | Whanganui District Councillor |
| Term Start: | 8 October 2016 |
| Order1: | Chair of the Whanganui District Health Board |
| Term Start1: | 3 May 2007 |
| Term End1: | 9 December 2013 |
| Predecessor1: | Patrick O'Connor |
| Successor1: | Dot McKinnon |
| Spouse: | Ross Mills |
| Children: | 6 |
Kathleen Frances Joblin (born)[1] is a New Zealand local politician and chartered accountant. She has been a member of the Whanganui District Council since 2016, and was chair of the Whanganui District Health Board from 2007 to 2013.
In the 2016 local elections, Joblin won a seat in the Whanganui District Council. She was re-elected in 2019, saying that she wanted to continue previous work that the council had started. she is the Finance and Strategy Committee chairperson and she co-chairs the Positive Ageing Forum of the council,[2] which provides support to the elderly.[3] She was re-elected again 2022 for her third term, saying that her priorities were in housing and public transport.[4] The committees that she is on include the Strategy and Policy, Risk & Assurance, Chief Executive's Performance Review, and Emergency committees. In 2022, she was paid $56,724 per year as councillor.[5]
Joblin previously served on the Whanganui District Health Board for 11 years, and was chair between May 2007 and December 2013.[6] [7]
Joblin runs accounting company Kate Joblin & Co Ltd. She is also a trustee of the Life to the Max Trust, and chairs the Safer Whanganui advisory group. Joblin is married to Ross Mills, and has six children.[8] In 2010, Joblin and Mills bought a 1adj=onNaNadj=on property at Westmere, where they established a lavender farm.[9]
In the 2013 New Year Honours, Joblin was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, services to health.[10]