Mayor of Rotorua

Position Rotorua as a resilient community in a low carbon economy, especially through carbon sequestration in forestry and wood processing.

Invest more in public core services infrastructure, less in iwi business partnerships.

Rescale council if/when Three Waters functions leave.

Help to revamp local tourism. Target: to be NZ's number one destination again.

Improve systems and processes in order for more commercial and industrial land to become available, allowing more companies to move to Rotorua.

Support digital economy initiatives.

Refresh the inner city by improving community safety, supporting local businesses, and unlocking opportunities for city apartment living.

Invest in destination marketing to support our tourism industry and importantly restore the reputation of Rotorua to attract visitors.

Support our forestry, farming, manufacturing and transport industries that are integral to our local jobs and economy.

Improve accessible parking for city centre businesses. Incentivise evening foot traffic with creative artisan markets with music and lighting.

Inspire employment by attracting new industries. Support students into mentoring placement programs with local businesses.

Act together to solve our community issues. We need to have the courage and shared desire to improve Rotorua's reputation and again feel pride.

We need a very good graduate programme to entice smart people to enter our job market. We also need to offer an attractive package.

A rates remission to multinational companies and sectors to encourage large scale development here. Approaching businesses to set up here.

We need to become the hub for logistics in the North Island, a pit stop or act as the hub for stop overs.

Let's get the heart of Rotorua beating again by working together with local businesses, chambers of commerce and the likes to set actions.

Completion of all outstanding projects throughout Rotorua, so we are able to get back to presenting world-class tourism.

Revitalise the CBD to draw more foot traffic. Innovative and sustainable developments that breathe life back into the city.

Establish a night-time economy plan with the support of business and tourism operators to rejuvenate our inner city.

Be a strong advocate for Rotorua to attract new business, events and investment.

Establish a clear plan for our inner city to encourage investment and development.