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role until the then government abolished publicly elected power boards in 1990. He has remained continuously in public office for 48 years and was at the time of his retirement, the longest serving person in public office in the
Wellington region. He has also served on the boards of national organisations including Sister Cities New Zealand (national president), the Electricity Supply Association (vice president), Local Government New Zealand (national councillor), The New Zealand Gas Association (board member), The Community Gaming Association (chairman) and the New Zealand Licensing Trusts Association (national president).
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Porirua city councillor in 1971 and was re-elected until 1983. He became deputy mayor in 1977 and remained in that position until he was elected mayor in 1983. In 1974 he was elected to the Hutt Valley Energy Board, becoming chairman in 1986 and continuing to serve in that
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from 1983 to 1998, he oversaw a significant transformation in
Porirua's reputation and major commercial growth of the city. Burke was also responsible for leading significant commercial development in Porirua and for bringing the communities of Pauatahanui and Whitby into the city. Much of the
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During his time as mayor, Burke was invited to address international conferences on the topics of local government in New
Zealand and on the benefits of sister city programmes in the United States of America, Japan, Israel and Australia. Also in 1991 he addressed the New Zealand Society of
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on 6 February 1946, the twelfth of his parents' fourteen children. He attended St Joseph's
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Following his retirement from the mayoralty, Burke worked in real estate from 1999 to 2019.
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Patron of the Titahi Bay Surf Life Saving Club (2011–present)
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