Mayor of Hamilton

Upgrade and maintain parks, pools, libraries and halls so everyone has access to quality public spaces.

Support festivals, art and cultural events that celebrate diversity and bring people together with no red tape.

Invest in sports fields and recreation facilities and manage liquor licensing to keep spaces safe.

Embrace garden to table programmes teaching children plant-based growing, cooking and nutrition skills.

Partner with communities and schools to convert unused land into community gardens, orchards and māra kai.

Transform libraries into community hubs with repair cafés, tool libraries and resource sharing spaces.

Embed key strategies in all areas of council such as He Pou Manawa Ora pillars of wellbeing and Te Pae Tawhiti o Kirikiriroa climate strategy.

Maintain and upgrade public facilities to an acceptable standard and invest in areas of the city where there is growth and ageing facilities.

Support and fund community, local, national, international events, cultural and creative initiatives to make Hamilton a global attraction.

Exclude police from liquor licensing decision-making and consult the community.

Impose a moratorium on closures of public facilities.

Retain Garden Place as the primary public square.

Protect allocations for public facilities to ensure fair access, community benefit and long-term sustainability for all residents.

Ensure council-owned assets are well-maintained and available for efficient and effective use by the largest cohort of the community.

Partner with neighbouring councils, community groups and organisations to support the delivery of community, sporting and other events.

Maintain and provision parks, pools, sports facilities, museums, libraries and community centres that are used for the common good.

Reduce and remove council subsidies for commercial venues and other exclusive activities, such as Claudelands Events Centre.

Transfer the management and responsibility of most arts and cultural activities to trusts, charities and other communities of interest.

Expedite and restore Celebrating Age Centre within a $3.5 million budget, cutting waste to reopen for seniors as soon as possible, serving all Kiwis equitably.

Retain festivals like Balloons Over Waikato via sponsorships, fostering unity and minimising ratepayer costs for community events.

Transform Hamilton Lake into a recreational hub with water buses and opera festivals, boosting appeal without rate hikes.

Reimagine the council as the patron of international sports, arts, music, Asia-Pacific culture, advanced engineering and medical research.

Relocate the Pan Asia and Pacific Area Commonwealth's cultural arts to Hamilton prior to the outbreak of armed conflict in the area.

Upgrade Hamilton's facilities such as parks, pools, museums, libraries and community halls to promote art, culture, sports and recreation.

Work with the Ministry of Education and Mangakotukutuku College to partner in building shared indoor court space in the south, like The Peak in Rototuna.

Investigate options to address the lack of pool space on the East, including reopening the university pool to the public.

Continue to oppose cuts to library hours, City Safe and other community facilities and services.

Allow sports therapies to help heal traumatised youth currently running amok and set up programmes to help them.

Free up public facilities to serve the people and put the soul back in Hamilton allowing artists to express their work.

Work out the effects of alcohol on society as drugs and alcohol are having a disastrous effect on cities.