My Priorities

Politics should be about outcomes not slogans, spin or ideology.

These are the three priorities that guide everything I do and every decision I would make as the MP for the Waikato.

Deliver results. Protect opportunity. Put Waikato first.

For too long, governments of all stripes have talked about cutting bureaucracy and then grown it once elected. I believe leadership is about execution.

Government should be leaner at the top and stronger at the frontline. Every dollar wasted on back-office bureaucracy is a dollar not going to schools, health services, police, infrastructure or defence.

What this means in practice:

• Fewer bureaucrats and consultants
   
• More funding directed to frontline services
   
• Clear accountability for how taxpayers’ money is spent
   
• Measuring success by results, not reports
   

Real change doesn’t come from speeches.
It comes from doing the work.

Opportunity in New Zealand should never depend on who your parents were, your ethnicity or your background. 

We are one country, made up of people from many backgrounds with the same inalienable rights and the same opportunity to succeed.

I believe in rewarding hard work, personal responsibility and contribution while maintaining a social safety net that protects people in genuine need.

What this means in practice:

• Rewarding work and effort
   
• Supporting families, workers, and small businesses
   
• A social safety net that is a floor, not a trap
   
• Policies that help people get ahead, not keep them dependent
   

Most New Zealanders just want a fair go and a system that works for them.
That should be the focus of government.

Waikato deserves an MP who answers to local people not party headquarters in Wellington.

I’m standing as an independent because I believe local representation matters. Party politics too often puts loyalty ahead of common sense and silence ahead of speaking up. As an independent MP my only priority would be the people who elected me.

What this means in practice:

• Putting Waikato first, always
   
• Supporting good ideas wherever they come from
   
• Opposing bad policy, even when it’s politically inconvenient
   
• No personal attacks — just ideas, policy, and solutions
   

The people who run against me may attack me personally.
I have not done that  and I won’t.