Posted: September 17, 2025
A centrist midfielder
If you can handle the meander, my council candidate video might give you an idea why I'm giving it a crack:
One correction: I mention that EIT is "the only" tertiary institution in the region, that's not what I meant to say.
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
- 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