In 2020, New Zealand's population has reached 5 million and over 1 million are migrants. I believe New Zealand in an urgent need to have a party that can represent taxpayers, entrepreneurs and migrants in the parliament! This party needs to be their voice and it needs to be the party can look after this community! As a migrant that has been in NZ for over 17 years, my experiences as an entrepreneur and my expertise in business and education enable me to support my community in the parliament.

Epsom is one of the most highly educated communities and there are a lot of migrants in this community. I have been in NZ for over 17 years, I graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Commerce and Postgraduate In Translation Studies. I worked in the FMCG industry for more than 10 years and now I am the co-founder of a early childhood education brand. I believe my background as a migrant, my experience in commercial and education will be the best choice to represent the Epsom community.

I have been proud to represent my neighbours from the suburbs of Epsom, Mt Eden, Greenlane, Newmarket, Parnell, and Remuera for the past six years. Our community is aspirational, we have 30 schools in an area of only 20 square kilometres, and a large proportion of entrepreneurs. I seek to represent the values of the Epsom electorate in parliament. While constituency work is private and rarely reported, I particularly enjoy advocating for local people when they are underserved by Government.

My background is working as an electrical engineer, for private sector think-tanks as a policy analyst and, for the last six years, representing Epsom in parliament. I first moved to the electorate as a thirteen-year-old to attend school. Since then, I have barely left except for my OE in Canada. My values are commercial and aspirational. A welcoming tax and regulatory environment for doing business means we can support first world social services and be good custodians of our natural environment.

Inequality is a primary driver of our growing mental health struggles. For the last 10 years I have advocated publicly for improved access to mental health and addiction services, including initiating the 2016 "People's Mental Health Review" with Mike King and Action Station. As a Green MP I want to continue this advocacy work, to help mitigate the effects of inequality and climate change on our collective mental health.

I grew up on the North Shore, and lived my adult life in Auckland. My partner and I have two daughters aged nine and six, and I am a Trustee on the Board of the Balmoral School. I'm also a psychotherapist, with over 20 years clinical experience, and am passionate about improving access to mental health and addictions treatment. For the last five years I've written a mental health column for the NZ Herald, and co-hosted the mental health radio show "The Nutter's Club" on NewstalkZB.

Because I believe New Zealand is a great country, and our best years are ahead of us. I want to be part of the next National government, which will guide us through the real economic and health challenges we currently face, and then have a plan to get us back on track.

My wife and I have lived in the Epsom electorate for 20 years, where we are raising our four children. Prior to politics, I started my own business, as a writer, producing business histories and biographies – studying the NZ economy and our history, and keys to success for some of our most successful businesses. I've been in parliament for 9 years, serving as a minister for three years under John Key and Bill English's leadership.