Mayor of Auckland

Enhance local industries such as tourism via cultural food fairs where businesses can rent stalls to promote their fare and services.

Enhance local businesses by reducing road cones not removed that block parking and holding business promotion events to advertise products.

Mandate ethical procurement requiring living wages and environmental responsibility from all council suppliers.

Plan collaboratively with businesses and students to create sustainable industries and meaningful youth employment opportunities.

Prioritise local businesses and Māori enterprises in council contracts to strengthen values-based community economics.

Grow youth opportunities by stopping favouritism for transport types and letting people choose what works best for them.

Remove barriers, avoid favouritism, and respect property rights equally to support local businesses.

Build the economy through free people rather than council plans and ensure council's role is core infrastructure—the backbone of free exchange.

Ensure local and central government follow domestic and international law rather than using intelligence agencies to support USA policy.

Focus central government on local issues instead of spending nine billion dollars extra on defence, reallocating funds for housing, social funding and safer communities with money to live.

Solve cost of living crisis by removing GST and replacing it with a financial transaction tax as 15% GST adds a lot to prices.

Create employment pathways linking young people with local businesses and training and introduce a youth opportunity fund.

Get Auckland moving by promising reliable transport that works at a price you can afford and keep the $50 weekly cap protected.

Support smart growth and infrastructure before intensification, prioritising pipes and transport first, then houses.

Develop an Auckland Council app for easy booking of local venues for hosting or finding and joining events, workshops and markets.

Empower local boards to assist and support locally owned and operated businesses in their community.

Support local businesses with streamlined permits, grants and training to boost job creation and resilience in our communities.

Promote youth employment through apprenticeships, skill development and connections to growing local industries.

Invest in key infrastructure and sustainable local industries like tourism to drive economic growth and opportunity region-wide.

Remove excess cycle and bus lanes, ensure suburban parking outside shops and houses, and cut congestion.

Help safety by working with police against crime and Work and Income New Zealand to provide large shelters and food centres for the homeless.

Increase council assistance with local businesses and focus on council efficiency to lower rates.

Continue to champion Auckland's economy and make a strong case to Wellington which resulted in agreement to have the Technology Centre in Auckland.

Continue to lead trade missions to economic partners and support the growth in new industries such as technology.

Develop the southern link between South East Asia and South America now that government removed transit visas for Chinese business people.

Ask central government to amend the KiwiSaver Act to allow withdrawal to buy a business as homes were not needed when younger.

Ensure council services support business owners to sell and investigate why businesses really shut down and why rates are really going up.

Make use of the new international convention centre poised to open to get the city humming with conventions for every industry.