Mayor of Dunedin

Recognise that parks, libraries and similar amenities are essential to the vibrancy of the city and provide low-cost benefits for ratepayers by offering more support.

Stop increasing sport field charges that drive low-income families away from sport, ensuring children's sport is accessible to all.

Work with promoters to encourage sustainable events and make greater use of the stadium for community events and festivals.

Earn quality services rather than keep borrowing to fund them; some public facilities may require user charges.

Maintain public facilities such as the town hall, parks, pools, museums, libraries and community halls.

Reduce funding for community events such as festivals.

Act on the sports facility review to ensure excellent modern facilities for locals and to attract sporting events.

Refresh all the culture, recreation and environment strategies to get cohesive plans and action to create New Zealand's best city to live in.

Review the events budget to support locally created events to thrive and become our point of difference.

Advocate for local venue owners to ensure that music venues are secure and sustainable in order to restore the city's live music scene.

Ensure museums, libraries and galleries are receiving sufficient support and resist efforts to cut funding.

Explore the development of an indoor public playground for tamariki and their parents in the winter months.

Make Dunedin City a serious space and ban punching-down humour.

Push for an 'ACAB' for paramedics and fire fighters.

Turn George Street into an egg and spoon race facility for night entertainment.

Invest in a vibrant festival and arts programme and calendar to ensure events all year for residents and visitors to enjoy.

Safeguard our venues and continue to drive actions in the live music plan for musicians to thrive in Ōtepoti, including planning for noise.

Support the performing arts community with the vision for a purpose-built performance centre with utilities for all arts communities to use.

Encourage and support members of the music community to restore Sammy's to a music venue once more.

Support building a new professional theatre in the city and bring arts jobs back to Dunedin along with vibrancy.

Create a live music precinct in the CBD so people can visit the home of Dunedin sound and hear live music in cafes and bars.

Create a live music precinct in the CBD so people can visit the home of Dunedin Sound and hear live music in cafés and bars.

Improve amenities and safety in existing parks and recreational areas.

Maintain and upgrade sports facilities for wider community access.

Support local arts and cultural events through targeted grants.

Actively promote the stories of marginalised members of our community through social media and other channels.

Add menstrual product dispensers to public bathrooms.

Create a stronger social media presence for the DCC.

Double the $6.6 million funding for community groups because every dollar invested delivers a massive social return.

Ensure public facilities remain affordable for all families by creating new non-rates revenue streams to fund them.

Restore pride in the city by getting the basics right: cleaning, weeding and rapid maintenance of public spaces.