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Elections / 2026 / New Plymouth / Sarah Lucas
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2026 general election
Standing for New Plymouth

Sarah Lucas

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Electorate only
Source
elections-wikipedia
As of
9 Jun 2026

Background

Research run #173 · 7 May 2026
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Sarah Lucas is a New Zealand community politician affiliated with the Opportunity Party [23], known for her civic involvement in the Taranaki region.

Lucas has held a range of professional roles across her career. She has worked as a small business owner [1], and according to a single reputable secondary source, she has also operated a soap business called Be Natural Soap [5]. Further roles cited from single secondary sources include work as a social worker [6], a mental health manager [4], and a consultant at People Place Future Consulting [3]. She is also reported to have served as a Strategic Facilitator for Taranaki Catchment Communities [2].

Her civic engagement spans several areas. Lucas is a confirmed community board member [9], and according to a single reputable secondary source, she has held the position of Community Board Member for the Te Kōhanga Moa Ward from 2022 [20]. She is also reported to have stood as a candidate for the Inglewood Community Board in 2022 [15] and as a candidate for the New Plymouth District Council (Kōhanga Moa General Ward) [17]. A single secondary source indicates she has served as Deputy Chair of the Eastern Taranaki Environment Collective [21] and as a trustee of a large environment organisation [14].

According to a single reputable secondary source, Lucas has served as Chair of the Community Board Executive of Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) [7][18], and presented at the Community Boards Conference in 2024 [10]. She is also reported to have been a school board member [11] and to have volunteered as a surf lifeguard and patrol captain [12][13].

In electoral politics, Lucas has been an Opportunity Party candidate for New Plymouth [22]. A single secondary source reports she stood as a candidate for Mayor of New Plymouth in 2025 [16].

Generated 16 Jun 2026 · model claude-sonnet-4-6
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Career

Political offices

  • [15]
    Held the office of Candidate for Inglewood Community Board (from 2022). unverified
  • [16]
    Held the office of Candidate for Mayor of New Plymouth (from 2025). unverified
  • [17]
    Held the office of Candidate for the New Plymouth District Council (Kōhanga Moa General Ward). unverified
  • [18]
    Held the office of Chair of Community Board Exec LGNZ. unverified
  • [20]
    Held the office of Community Board Member (Te Kōhanga Moa Ward) (from 2022). unverified
  • [19]
    Held the office of Community Board Member. unverified
  • [21]
    Held the office of Deputy Chair of the Eastern Taranaki Environment Collective. unverified
  • [22]
    Held the office of Opportunity Party candidate for New Plymouth. unverified

Party affiliation

Civic roles & honours

Looked for, not found

  • No public record found of Sarah Lucas's specific educational qualifications or institutions attended (LinkedIn references "University of Canterbury" but LinkedIn was inaccessible, and no secondary source confirms this).

The agent checked these topics across the allowed public sources but could not find verbatim-quotable evidence. Absence doesn't rule the fact out — it just means no journalist-accessible source covered it at run time.