Dear Voter,

 

Thank you for your time, I hope that this brief profile can be of assistance in your voting decision.

I encourage you to contact me with any questions or issues that are important to you, or that you would like to discuss further.

 

I am fortunate to be a current Councillor and am been pleased and honoured to have served the community as a Councillor for over twenty years.

My background is in Health, Education and Business.

A few of my Personal, Professional,  Community and Council Highlights include

 

. Awarded the ONZM Medal for Community Services

. Justice of the Peace

. Registered Nurse

. Secondary School Teacher & Tutor (Health Studies C.I.T)

. President of Pinehaven Progressive Association

. Participation in the establishment of Upper Hutt Health Centre, Expressions and the Hutt River Trail

. Advisory Roles within Te Omanga Hospice, Riding for the Disabled and Plunkett

. Active and vocal in the fight for the retention of Hutt Hospital & Pinehaven Library

 

Proud to call the Hutt Valley my home I am keen to continue to work with experience and enthusiasm for our unique, environmentally and culturally diverse area.

I am grateful for residents support over the years and ask you to continue with this support.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top 5 Issues

1. I Support sensible regional co-operation and regional government where this is effective. I am concerned at the rate at which rate payers regional funds are expended without accountability.
2. I am still firmly opposed to moves to centralize Wellington Regional Health Services to the middle of one of the most earthquake threatened cities in New Zealand.
3. I am anxious to improve recreation facilities in the area under our jurisdiction where these can be provided at a reasonable cost. Youth in particular are disadvantaged by the lack of all weather facilities.
4. I believe that the environmental quality of our area is the envy of many other authorities and will seek to preserve the balance which has been achieved through residents and council
   co-operation
5. I will continue to support Reserve, Library, Sports, Arts and Leisure development by long term planning, and as funds permit. I see it as vital to involve and inform the public in key discussions with early consultation on future projects.

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