I need to be able to look my daughters in the eye and say we did our best to leave them a planet and society that's worth bringing their own children into.

I am running as a candidate for the Green party asking you to party vote Green. A party vote for the Greens is a vote to go further and faster protecting our planet and supporting our communities. It's a vote to do everything in our power to stop and reverse climate change, to protect our unique wildlife and landscape, and ensure everyone has access to what they need to live a good life. Party vote Green on September 19.

I want New Zealand to be an even better place and to see Kiwis achieve their ambitions. I'm committed to helping people, businesses and community groups across Ōhāriu. Whether it's national-level issues such as jobs and incomes, health, housing, education and public safety, or local concerns such as transport, infrastructure to support a growing city and retaining community services, I'm committed to helping people across Ōhāriu live the lives they want for themselves and their families.

I grew up in Porirua in the '70s and '80s. I left Victoria University with a degree in history and psychology and then spent twenty years working in the Information and Communication Technology industry. I have enormous confidence in how technology can improve productivity and lives in New Zealand. As important as national-level policy-making is, as an MP for the past six years, I've learned how important the role of supporting individuals, families and businesses in our communities is.

Honestly, I'm not really running, at absolute most I'm taking a leisurely stroll for election. I believe that successive governments have failed us miserably and do not deserve our votes or our attention. There must be a better way to do things and once we've stopped acknowledging that hive full of people telling us what we can't do we might be able to start working together to figure out what that way is.

I will not be voting, not for myself and not for anyone else, I encourage them to do the same. I believe that non-votes should be counted, abstention is a powerful message that one would rather not be governed or that none of the current options deserve to be supported. Currently a huge chunk of enrolled voters (over 20 percent at the last election) are totally ignored because they choose not to elect anyone. I am here to represent them by doing absolutely nothing and letting them live their lives.