Helen Smith (New Zealand politician)

Helen Mary Smith (25 May 1927 – 26 December 2007) was a Porirua, New Zealand city councillor until 2001. First elected in a by-election in 1973 as a Values Party councillor, Smith stood as Values candidate for the Porirua electorate in the, and  elections, gaining the highest number of votes of any Values Party candidate in the country in 1978. Smith was also the runner-up in the 1977 mayoral election in Porirua.

From 1980 to 2001, when she was narrowly defeated, Smith was chairperson of the Community Development Committee, which saw her responsible for the library services in Porirua, widely considered to be excellent. She was also the main instigator for the Pataka Complex and an art gallery in Porirua.

Smith was a leader in Porirua community issues. She lived in Titahi Bay with her husband Dr Allan Smith and had four children and numerous grandchildren.