Posted: August 12, 2025
I will be attending U3A's Meet the Candidates Morning on 4 September
For the large membership of Gisborne U3A, this is a golden opportunity to meet me and hear what I'm thinking on the day at the Gisborne U3A Monthly Gathering!
Thursday 4 September, mix and mingle from 9.30am, with the formal meeting with me and other candidates from 10am-11.30am.
Other diary entries
- Thank you for believing in me!
 - Final call: Vote like you mean it!
 - Asked about the kiwifruit industry
 - On household incomes and wealth
 - Briefly on climate change, and retail
 - On council waste
 - My council candidate video
 - That not being on social media thing
 - Podcast with Jack Marshall - Now That's an Idea
 - TL;DR? Here's the 1 minute pitch
 - How to vote
 - Ways to support horticulture without a background in horticulture
 - A good overview of my, and your other fave's, policy positions
 - Bringing education, research, trusts, and industry together; and the problem with Joint Ventures
 - A bit of motivation to make a start
 - The homeless - what to do?
 - Māori Wards - a union of Te Ao Māori and a struggling western democratic capitalism
 - Insulation - a personal reflection on the Trust Tairāwhiti AGM