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Local elections aren't like national ones. We work together as a group of 12 individuals with 12 different perspectives. We debate, we fight, we collaborate, we compromise. I can't promise exactly what I will deliver over the next three years and you should be wary of anyone that is promising that (ESPECIALLY if they are promising to reduce rates without telling you how!) However, I have outlined a few specific policies I hope to push for if I am re-elected, to give you a sense of my goals. 

For better insight into what I've been up to on council over the past three years, have a look through my facebook posts or newsletters.

My policy platform

Tēnā koutou katoa
Ko waikanae te awa te rū nei taku ngākau
No paraparaumu te whenua tupu, engari,
Ko Ōtepoti te kāinga 
Ko Weir tōku whanau
Ko Elliot tōku ikoa
Tēnā tātou katoa

In 2022 I was an ecology student at the University of Otago, and the features editor of Critic Te Ārohi magazine. In that role, I wrote a lengthy piece about conflicts around freshwater management that had plagued the regional council for years. I had hoped that raising awareness might have sparked some change but later that year, frustrated by continued inaction as well as underinvestment in our bus network, I decided to put my hat in the ring. 

I have continued to write my masters' thesis part-time while on council, and submitted my thesis in August this year. I live in Caversham with my partner and pets, relying on our bus network and my trusty ebike to get around. 

My background

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Over the past three years, I have served as co-chair of our Community & Partnerships Committee. I have also chaired the development of our regional climate strategy and was on the hearings panel for our latest regional public transport plan. I have taking strong stances to stand up to ministers after the government intervened to halt our land and water regional plan, and when government co-funding was pulled for much-needed public transport improvements. 

There are many things I pushed for that did not get support around the council table - like increasing bus frequencies and service hours, and decreasing the use of "uniform annual general charges" in our rating system.

Nonetheless I am proud of several achievements over the past three years, such as switching our voting system to STV (in line with DCC elections), continuing strong iwi partnerships, and establishing a $2M large-scale environmental fund for community organisations – but there is still plenty of work to do. 

My work on council

There is important work on the horizon that will need responsible councillors to oversee when they arrive at the council table. This includes the coast plan, air plan, pest management plan, biodiversity strategy, a public and active transport connectivity strategy, updates to the climate strategy, and the long overdue land and water regional plan.

We'll also be figuring out what upcoming overhauls to environmental laws will mean for our plans and regulations, and in turn the health of our environment. And council will be navigating our bus network through a difficult national funding environment. Not to mention, the regional council has a big role to play in shaping the future for communities in natural-hazard-prone areas like South Dunedin.

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