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Three Waters is gone – it’s time for Local Water Done...

By Simeon Brown, Member of Parliament for Pakuranga Last week, the National Government passed legislation to formally repeal Labour's disastrous Three Waters legislation, their...

National’s 100-day action plan delivers change

By Simeon Brown, Member of Parliament for Pakuranga A couple of weeks ago, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon outlined the National-led government's priorities for our...

New PM vows: ‘We will deliver for Kiwis’

By Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister and MP for Botany New Zealand officially has a new Coalition Government with National, ACT and New Zealand First. At...

ACT Party MPs: ”We need to nail inflation’

Two Opposition MPs have slammed the Labour Government's economic record and its co-governance policies at a public meeting held less than three months out...

Rebranding Three Waters won’t fix bad policy

By Simeon Brown, MP for Pakuranga Last week, the Labour Government announced they were rebranding their Three Waters reforms in an attempt to make...

Chen says Labour’s water reforms will deliver ‘big cost savings’

The Labour Government's local water reforms are affordable and necessary and they'll save ratepayers money, Botany-based Labour List MP Naisi Chen says. The Government recently...

National will scrap ‘undemocratic’ Three Waters

A National Government will scrap Labour’s undemocratic and unworkable Three Waters model and replace it with a sustainable system that ensures drinking water, stormwater...

Business outlook gloomy as Willis says Labour needs “real economic plan”

National Party deputy leader and finance spokesperson Nicola Willis is kicking the election year off with a scathing attack on the Labour Government. She says...

First-term MP relishing the role

On the day of the 2020 general election Damien Smith went from being a business banker and consultant to a newly elected Member of...

Candidate advocates for changes to local issues

Billy Davis, Howick Local Board candidate, Pakuranga subdivision I am standing for a seat on the Howick Local Board for the following reasons: To...

Stewart keen to keep serving community

Sharon Stewart says she's standing for re-election as a Howick ward councillor at this year's Auckland Council elections to continue serving the community she...

Auckland Council rejects Three Waters governance model

Auckland Council opposes the proposed Three Waters governance model which it maintains lacks accountability. Auckland Mayor Phil Goff, Deputy Mayor Bill Cashmore and Regulatory Committee...

BREAKING: Three Waters – Council ownership of confirmed

  ·       Local councils ownership of water entities confirmed and new shareholding structure put in place ·       Local community and council voice further strengthened in Regional Representative Groups...

Seymour: Labour won’t be re-elected

ACT leader David Seymour, who spoke to party faithful in Pakuranga last week, believes Labour will not be re-elected at the next general election. Seymour,...

Rein it in before it’s too late!

Christopher Luxon is National Party leader and the MP for Botany It's great to be back at Parliament for 2022 with our hard-working National...

Luxon takes the reins

Just one year after entering Parliament as the new MP for Botany, former Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon is the new leader...

Luxon named as leadership contender

East Auckland’s two National Party MPs are tight-lipped on who they believe should replace ousted former leader Judith Collins. Collins was dumped by her party’s...

Doing what we love this summer

By Naisi Chen, Labour List MP based in Botany Let's not mince words - it's been a tough couple of months for east Auckland....

Follow-through needed on Eastern Busway

By Christopher Luxon, MP for Botany News that the Government backed down on their unfathomable $785 million cycle bridge, and instead chose to reprioritise...

Petition opposes water reforms

Almost 25,000 people have signed a petition opposing the Government's "Three Waters" plan to reform the management of New Zealand's drinking water, waste water,...

Luxon: Government must park Three Waters plans

Labour must listen to the multitude of mayors pleading for the Three Waters plans to be dumped, National’s Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon says. “With...

Three Waters a big worry

I recently travelled to Blenheim for the Local Government New Zealand conference in my role as National's Local Government spokesperson. The annual conference is one...

Nat MPs: Three Waters reforms remain unconvincing

While there’s a clear case for change in New Zealand's Three Waters - drinking water, waste water and storm water - sector, the Government’s...