Hamilton City Council

Support Maaori representation and engagement. I support Maaori Wards and iwi consultation.

Ensure the council is representative of Hamilton and committee positions are equally shared.

Commit councillors to regular community engagement activities across Hamilton.

Ensure that community boards are established so that there will be substantial interaction between community and the public.

Engage with different migrant and ethnic communities. Honour the days of special interest to our migrants and make them feel welcome.

Bring about a paradigm shift regarding the status of our city. Strive to rebrand our city to become known as the Capital City of Waikato.

Engage actively with youth to improve turnout and participation in local democracy.

Release one-page summaries of council meetings so that decisions and discussions in council are well-understood by the public.

Stop the current Three Waters reform. I believe Three Waters can't go ahead without a mandate - through a referendum - from the whole community.

Stop the move to co-governance. One person, one vote.

I support the Living Wage for council employees.

Continue with my proposal to establish community committees for the East and West side of the city.

Continue to ask the hard questions of the next round of central government reforms.

Support staff and the organisation to look for new and better ways to engage with the public.

Provide record of each councillor's promises/stands at end of term vis a vis achievements. Get council's channels of feedback running.

Each Māori councillor should specify which area of Māori well-being is going to be tackled by that councillor.

Engage youth in more meaningful activities. Putting our resources like community centres to their best use.

Establishment of a Youth Advisory Group where young Hamiltonians can learn about governance and contribute to our city's future.

Establishment of an Ethnic Advisory Panel as part of council's governance structure, to advise on our city's Welcoming Plan.

Support co-governance arrangements with mana whenua when collaboration and partnership can create better outcomes for our city.

Organise a single day in the year that Hamilton City Council celebrates the many cultures in Hamilton to promote oneness and diversity.

Continue to integrate te reo Māori in public spaces and make it compulsory to teach Māori history in schools.

Create more meaningful ways of communicating the council's decisions and activities with the public through different media.

Reinstate citizen panels to ensure key decisions have input from local experts and people with lived experience.

Review submission notification, open period, the timing of public forums, and other barriers to direct participation.

Embed living-wage standards throughout council staffing, funding, suppliers, and procurement.

Introduce Zoom chats with council members.

Start a monthly community meeting with residents in a different suburb. Either at a local library or community centre.

Door knock on 1,000 doors in 2023 and another 1,000 doors in 2024. Talk to residents in non-election years.

Continue to be active on social media to engage with residents and ask for feedback on issues happening around the council table.

Continue to support Maangai Maaori representation on committees.

Improve representation for disabled people through the establishment of a disabled persons forum and disability strategy.

Explore 'participatory budgeting' – where communities are empowered to identify and prioritise how funds are spent in their area.