There are some core policies and beliefs I would bring to the position:
- Completing the work to build fully integrated transport system linking our roads, rail, airports and shipping ports, with a significant upgrade of public transport.
- Supporting the business community through the development of high-speed broadband, better regulations, greater support for tourism and events, and a much greater focus on the export sector and business development.
- Public ownership of assets is crucial to our long-term economic growth. Maintaining our interests in the airport, port and water are crucial to developing those assets for the benefit of all of Auckland.
- Protecting and enhancing facilities such as libraries, pools and parks, and working towards, over time, extending the free entry to swimming pools and John Walker Field of Dreams policies which currently exist in Manukau across the city
- Building on the significant work led by Waitakere, and picked up by the other cities. Sustainability must be central to the new city.
I am committed to serving all the communities who make up our region. To reflect this, as mayor, I would ensure that the new council meets within all the existing council areas, because the council needs to unite the entire region.
Have a look at my thoughts on:
- Public ownership and control
- Setting values and direction
I’ll be adding lots more policy to these policy pages during the next few months. I outlined a number of my campaign themes in my candidacy announcement speech – you can read that here.
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