Because I believe passionately in helping my people to shake off the 200 years of oppression that this racist white supremacist system has imposed us through their malignant and vile racist white supremacist legal and justice laws which have been used to steal all of our lands, assets, and resources, and enslave and oppress our people.

I live according to the following whakatauki: freedom is never given by the oppressor, but must be demanded by the oppressed. In 1997 I was sentenced to 2.5 years for my act of political rebellion when I smashed the racist white supremacist America's Cup with a slegdehammer. An act I am still incredibly proud of. It sickens me to the pit of my guts that the NZ government and the Auckland Council are spending over $240 million on this atrocity while thousands of our people are homeless. I am a revolutionary and will always be one. Running for the Pakeha parliament is simply part of that kaupapa. As a beast can be destroyed from both within and without.

I am a woman who has had enough of the enormous damage inflicted on our society by cannabis prohibition. Prohibition is responsible for both the high levels of cannabis use by our young people and the harsh impact that cannabis convictions have on their career. Legalizing cannabis, regulating the industry and adding an age-limit, are the best ways to help solve these problems.

I am a mother, grandmother and a great-grandmother, who lives and works in the Hokianga. I do community work in Kohukohu at The Harald building doing haircuts (qualified hairdresser, 20 years), named provider at the Rawene Hospital and Whangarie Hospital cancer unit of the cannabis oils. I'm the treasurer for my marae 'Morehu' for the last 2 and half years in a little place called Pawarenga. I attend the local market four Saturdays of the month with my oils. Educating, giving quality of life.

Aotearoa New Zealand deserves an independent and experienced Māori voice and I can deliver that. I am unafraid and relentless when the kaupapa is designed by Māori for Māori. Whānau Māori matter greatly to me where we have the equitable opportunity to live and aspire as Māori, and the right to thrive as Tangata Whenua in Aotearoa as promised under Te Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

I belong to a strong and vibrant Māori whānau, hapu and iwi. It is the backbone to who I am. I am persistent and persuasive having worked in the Māori provider sector for 44 years as well as in the public sector. I am wired for the Māori sector and the Māori movement towards mana motuhake.