Policies

Show leadership in tough times by having councillors return 20% of their pay to ratepayers and the community.

Apply the public excluded law strictly so it is not used to exclude people from hearing grant applications from groups.

Set clear rules on what falls into the remit of community boards and require them to follow normal council processes rather than work outside them.

Empower community boards to actively engage with their communities and serve them more effectively.

Focus on the impact on people when measuring the success of decisions, rather than being satisfied that a good process was followed.

Support more open dialogue around issues to ensure that people's issues and concerns are heard and considered.

Advocate for the prompt release of confidential decisions once any commercial or legal sensitivities have passed.

Build trust with transparent, two-way engagement using online tools and accessible resources to capture real-time community insights.

Honour Te Tiriti through Māori representation, supporting mana whenua as kaitiaki and strengthening capacity as custodians.