Helen Worboys

Helen Joyce Worboys is a New Zealand local-body politician. She is the sixth Mayor of Manawatu, and has held the position since 2016.

Early life and career
Worboys has lived in the Feilding area since the age of 10. Before entering local government she was a farmer and manager of development agency Feilding Promotion. She still farms at Mount Biggs, where she currently resides.

Mayoral career
In October 2016 Worboys was elected Mayor of Manawatu, defeating incumbent Margaret Kouvelis. She was re-elected in 2019.

In October 2022, Worboys was re-elected for a third term, winning 5,080 votes. As chair of "Communities 4 Local Democracy - He hapori mō te Manapori," she campaigned against the New Zealand Government's controversial Three Waters reform programme.