Mayor of Christchurch

Youth workers at bus exchange.

Regular workshops with business and community groups.

Funding for bus school holidays for Orana Park.

Be a strong voice that is focused on Christchurch's best interest, particularly by building a good relationship with government.

Work to identify where we have the power to make changes and remove roadblocks.

Continue to invest in ChristchurchNZ, the city's economic development agency, which identifies and develops economic development plans.

Engage small businesses in the city to find out why they aren't currently employing more youth, and what resources they would need to do so.

Incentivise small businesses to hire unemployed New Zealanders as opposed to relying on work visas.

Help businesses to develop the capacity and expertise to create employment opportunities for people with disabilities

Consult business owners through face-to-face public meetings to assess needs, and issues impacting business growth, and ACT OF the needs.

Free inner-city council public parking on weekends to boost inner-city business.

Introduce a 'no loitering', 'no soliciting' policy outside of businesses. We need to support business owners as well as the homeless.

Partner with iwi, business, education and other stakeholders to solve some of the big challenges and realise the opportunities we have.

Partner with businesses to bring to life a vibrant and sustainable low carbon economy.

Promote our city locally and internationally as a place to access and attract a skilled workforce to support research and innovation.