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Marja Lubeck
Viewpoint – Goodbye, and thank you
I am sitting down for the last time to write a column as your locally based Labour list MP. On August 15, I rose in...
Viewpoint – Looking back
This is the last column that I will write as your Labour List MP based in this area. For the last six years it has...
Viewpoint – More action to tackle climate change
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing us all and recent extreme weather events that affected us in Kaipara ki Mahurangi, as well...
Viewpoint – Working together to get through
It’s been a really tough few weeks for communities across the region. Cyclone Gabrielle is the most significant weather event New Zealand has seen this...
Viewpoint – New Year brings big ticket items
The New Year will be a busy one for Council – an upcoming budget full of challenges, the pressure of government imposed housing intensification and...
Viewpoint – Affordable childcare
For many working families childcare is one of the biggest household costs. That’s why, as part of our Government’s work to support New Zealanders with...
Viewpoint – Growing a strong economy
There is a definite spring in the air throughout Kaipara ki Mahurangi as we emerge from the pandemic and a long wet winter. I’m looking...
Viewpoint – Back to business
There’s a lot to love about our area, from our stunning beaches to our friendly communities; it’s a place I feel lucky to call home....
Viewpoint – Resisting global pressures
As part of our work to support households with the cost of living, we’re taking further action on supermarkets to make sure Kiwis are paying...
Viewpoint – Navigating out of a crisis
In the past few years, we’ve all faced the crisis of a century. New Zealand navigated Covid better than most because our response put people...