Terisa Ngobi is the Labour Candidate for the Ōtaki electorate.  Her mother Sia (nee Chongnee) Watters is from Apia, Samoa.  Her dad Bill Watters is of Scottish/Irish descent.  

She is married to Henry Ngobi who was born in Uganda, Africa and they have three young boys Azaria 10, Vito 8 and Tebasawa 4 years old.

Terisa was born and bred in the Otaki electorate and knows the people and issues facing the region.  She is also the first Pasifika Woman to ever stand in the  Ōtaki electorate.

Her experience is in housing, education, employment and health at a central government  level developing policies and managing multi million dollar contracts. 

Further her work in the voluntary sector supporting our elderly, children and families, means that she understands and has a grassroots understanding of the needs of the range of people living in our communities.