Hamilton East electorate
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Russelle Knaap
NZ First
Himanshu Parmar
ACT Party
Ryan Hamilton
National Party
Tanya Ban
New Zealand Loyal
Jacobus Gielen
Republic of New Zealand Party
Nathan Lee Couper
New World Order McCann Party
Lily Carrington
Animal Justice Party
Awatea Parker
Te Pāti Māori
Alex Corkin
The Opportunities Party (TOP)
Georgie Dansey
Labour Party
Alex Corkin
The Opportunities Party (TOP)
| Not currently in parliament
Alex Corkin
The Opportunities Party (TOP)
| Not currently in parliament
Why I'm standing
I love New Zealand. It's been a great place for me to grow up and a great place for my kids! We have some problems. We face challenges around housing, climate, health, education and more. I don't see any big political party coming up with ideas on how to solve this stuff. I see shuffling of deck chairs, window dressing and lip service. I want to change that. I want to solve the deep issues.
About me
I'll make a good representative because I don't really want to do it! I'm not a career politician. I work in software and I'm pretty good at it. I'm good at software because I'm good at thinking about how systems connect and how we can change systems to get the impact we want. A country is just a big system. I'm good at systems, I feel obligated to help make it better!
My priorities
- Make Hamilton a 15 minute city by returning GST from new builds to council.
- Introduce a tax switch that shifts the burden of tax from work to land.
- Help the rural sector regenerate marginal land for biodiversity and climate - investment and training.
Candidate list rank
12
Current role
Not currently in parliament
Before politics
Principal Architect
Residence
Hamilton East
Age
32
Year entered parliament
Not previously in parliament
2020 result
Did not stand
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Why I'm standing
I love New Zealand. It's been a great place for me to grow up and a great place for my kids! We have some problems. We face challenges around housing, climate, health, education and more. I don't see any big political party coming up with ideas on how to solve this stuff. I see shuffling of deck chairs, window dressing and lip service. I want to change that. I want to solve the deep issues.
About me
I'll make a good representative because I don't really want to do it! I'm not a career politician. I work in software and I'm pretty good at it. I'm good at software because I'm good at thinking about how systems connect and how we can change systems to get the impact we want. A country is just a big system. I'm good at systems, I feel obligated to help make it better!
My priorities
- Make Hamilton a 15 minute city by returning GST from new builds to council.
- Introduce a tax switch that shifts the burden of tax from work to land.
- Help the rural sector regenerate marginal land for biodiversity and climate - investment and training.
Candidate list rank
12
Current role
Not currently in parliament
Before politics
Principal Architect
Residence
Hamilton East
Age
32
Year entered parliament
Not previously in parliament
2020 result
Did not stand
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