My Account
I was raised on a farm and have lived in the Warkworth area for 50 years.
I am a semi-retired builder with 50 years experience and am passionate about the structured development of the area, while preserving the country nature of the town and district. I am the father of a mature family who were Warkworth-educated, one of whom has returned from overseas to raise his family in the pleasant environment that was Warkworth, and can still be.
Why are you standing for election?
I passionately believe in good, comprehensive planning for the future, which is not apparent in the Unitary Plan, or in any past plans. Ad hoc planning wastes money.
What are the three main issues facing Warkworth/Rodney and how do they need to be addressed?
- Roading
- Parking in Warkworth
- Work opportunities for young people
These all require good planning with lots of local input (not what we have been getting from the current bureaucracy).
What do you hope to achieve over the next three years if elected?
Fix the SH1 Hill Street intersection, provide more parking, confirm a SH1/Matakana bypass and work towards fiscal responsibility and contractual accountability.
What skills can you offer that other candidates can’t?
I am more mature, wiser, more practical, pragmatic and still a visionary.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
Warkworth, Matakana, Mahurangi East, Point Wells and Omaha will become a major urban development over the next 50 years, so plan an overall one-time infrastructural plan – transport corridor, water supply, water conservancy, total sewage scheme with clean water outfall, if not total recycling being the main issues.
