Stanley Park is a tireless volunteer on the North Shore.  He has been actively involved helping North Shore City people.  Passionately promoting North Shore as a vibrant and successful city.

Stanley has been assisted in developing business, trade and educational opportunities between North Shore and Korea, USA, and Australia.  Many students have come to study, and trade and business benefited, due to his involvement.

Stanley Park, North Shore Citywide Civic Award 2009-2010 winner, Unsung Community Hero 2008, Local Hero Medalist 2010 and Nominee, New Zealander of the Year 2010 has been served the North Shore - Auckland area incredibly in a variery of volunteering since 1995 immigrated to New Zealand.  Stanley is a leader of the Korean Garden project which would be a special gift to wider community, will be opened to everybody after completing, and its Voluntary Clean-up Working Bee tidying parks, reserves and bush area of all of ourselves, and former Director of Korean Society.

Stanley Park has assisted many people, ethnic groups, immigrants, Community Elderly groups, NZ Policing Centre - Northcote, Migrant Services North Shore, Citizens Advice Bureau and Environmental organisations in New Zealand in interpreting, translating, facilitating...etc.  Stanley still has a very proud of North Shore City as an Aucklander building robust relationship between its council and community organisations.  He is a remarkable Civilian Ambassador.

Stanley Park is now standing for Upper Harbour Local Board for its local Voice as an Independent candidate, for Listening to the People first.

Top 5 Issues

1. DON'T WASTE THE RATES - SPEND WISELY
   
   Efficient use of public money -- rates used for essential projects including needed road upgrades, integrated public transport system, well-maintained parks and reserves, and supporting community centre programmes. Keep an eye on efficiency of them. Cost saving by prevention of vandalism, crime, and anti-social behaviour, introducing latest high-tech surveillance monitoring system in cooperation with police. Cutting down your rates to the lowest as a result.
   
2. KEEP GRASS-ROOTS DEMOCRACY
   
   Strengthen the Local Board function through listening to individuals, community groups, business interests, associations and various parts of organisations empowered. Assisting to make a robust Auckland Super City council, and advising on local issues and concerns.
   
3. EFFECTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES AND ROAD DESIGN
   
   To boost wellbeing (stress-reduction) of people, through fine, efficient traffic system and smart initiatives as required. e.g. Extension of public transport, good road and transportation engineering, and bus lanes can be used by vehicles with four or more occupants, to encourage car-pooling, and looking at its additional initiatives.
   
4. VIBRANT BUSINESS, TRADE, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY
   
   To develop a progressive and cohesive Upper Harbour area, I will promote international trade for businesses in my region, and induce more educational and cultural interactions and exchanges, more international students to schools in the area, with help given to any pastoral support network issues. Facilitate enhanced community libraries with more new books and digital resources.
   
5. DEVELOPMENT WHILE KEEPING CLEAN, GREEN IMAGE
   
   Putting environmental issues as a high priority while developing our area for the long-term best. Keep encouraging voluntary groups clean-up job of parks, reserves and bush area. Plant more trees and shrubs in urban environment - roadsides and reserves.
   

Personal Profile

As a Korean-born New Zealander, I have a dream to make New Zealand much better. I put value on our country NZ's clean, green image in particular is important for a long-term goal, and it must be preserved as long as we see the lesson of industrialisation ignoring natural beauty some overseas.  It made me a passionate vounteer for our community in various parts of organisations in cooperation with City Council.

Now I am focusing on Grass-Roots Democracy with accountable common sense governance in the Super City.  Listening to the residents first in Upper Harbour Local Board area I will make my dream reality, while doing  my voluntary work continuously for our community .

* Educational background in NZ

   Graduated World Gospel Bible College - Auckland

   Community Interpreting Course - AIT

   Healthcare Interpreting Course - AIT

   Legal Interpreting Course - AIT/AUT

   English for Professional Employment - AIT

 

* Career / Experience

   Korea-New York State Economic Council, Inc. - USA

   Northwest Airlines Inc. - USA

   Accredited Translator at Migrant Services North Shore

   Advisor, Kaplan Aspect International School, Auckland

   Board of Trustee member, Sunnynook Primary School, North Shore

   Board of Trustee member, The Korean School of Auckland

   Board of Trustee & Spokesman of the Korean Garden Trust

   Board of Trustee member, ShoreSafe Community Trust

   Board of Trustee member, Northcote Mainstreet Inc.

   Community columnist of the New Zealand Times.

   -- Backgrounded Professional / Voluntary work experience