2022

Queenstown-Lakes District Council

Arrowtown-Kawarau Ward
The Queenstown-Lakes District Council provides local services and facilities, such as public transport, rubbish and recycling, libraries, parks, and recreation facilities. It also makes decisions about building and planning, local regulations, and infrastructure, such as water supply and sewerage. The council is made up of 11 councillors and the mayor. Councillors are elected to represent wards (areas in the district). Three councillors will be elected from the Arrowtown-Kawarau ward. This is a first past the post (FPP) election, so you vote by ticking the name of your preferred candidate on your ballot paper. Compare the candidates and their policies to decide who to vote for in the Queenstown-Lakes District Council election.

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Melissa White

Melissa White

Neeta Shetty

Neeta Shetty

Danijel Duvnjak

Danijel Duvnjak

Lisa Guy

Lisa Guy

Craig (Ferg) Ferguson

Craig (Ferg) Ferguson

Nell Hunter

Nell Hunter

Lisa Guy

Lisa Guy

Why I'm standing

This is a spectacular place! You're here, you're not alone. I'm standing to connect people to council. Problem finding + problem solving = better life design. Well designed life = wellbeing in well places. Our problems become our stories. We can all get stuck in our stories; Queenstown Lakes District has wicked problems. The type resistant to solutions – housing, effective transport, climate change adaptation, boosting a stretched workforce. I stand with you, make life better.

About me

Deciding which problems to work on matters. We can lose years working on wrong stuff. I bring: (1) Curiosity – I listen to learn. (2) Bias to action – I'll get stuff done. (3) Reframing – let's declutter, focus attention. (4) Awareness – current local conditions, councils remit to act. (5) Radical collaboration – great life design takes teams. One person can create a work of art, but life design needs inputs of many.

My priorities
  1. People focused: build communities, respond to local conditions, improve places we call home.
  2. Productivity: regenerate business. Boost workforce. Enable change to meet local demands.
  3. Place: target issues that matter, look after the place. Work collaboratively, respect the environment.
Before politics

Human Resource Consultant

Residence

Arrow Junction

Age

56

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Why I'm standing

This is a spectacular place! You're here, you're not alone. I'm standing to connect people to council. Problem finding + problem solving = better life design. Well designed life = wellbeing in well places. Our problems become our stories. We can all get stuck in our stories; Queenstown Lakes District has wicked problems. The type resistant to solutions – housing, effective transport, climate change adaptation, boosting a stretched workforce. I stand with you, make life better.

About me

Deciding which problems to work on matters. We can lose years working on wrong stuff. I bring: (1) Curiosity – I listen to learn. (2) Bias to action – I'll get stuff done. (3) Reframing – let's declutter, focus attention. (4) Awareness – current local conditions, councils remit to act. (5) Radical collaboration – great life design takes teams. One person can create a work of art, but life design needs inputs of many.

My priorities
  1. People focused: build communities, respond to local conditions, improve places we call home.
  2. Productivity: regenerate business. Boost workforce. Enable change to meet local demands.
  3. Place: target issues that matter, look after the place. Work collaboratively, respect the environment.
Before politics

Human Resource Consultant

Residence

Arrow Junction

Age

56

Connect via

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