Chris Penk

It is that time of year, folks – Waitangi Day and Auckland Anniversary weekend are over, and now the Warkworth A&P Lifestyle Show approaches. I’m...

I am excited and grateful to have remained as the local MP for this area, following the recent election. Thanks to everyone who took part,...

I was very pleased to attend the opening of that new Puhoi to Warkworth stretch of motorway recently. It’s a safe and efficient way for...

In the aftermath of massive flooding and storm events, I wish you a much better month of March than you probably had in February. In...

As I travel around my large electorate known as Kaipara ki Mahurangi, I’m regularly made aware of a rise in youth offending. As we’ve all...

Immigration is one of the topics that I am asked about most in my role as local MP, both in terms of constituents understanding policy...

Where would we be without our communities’ volunteers? Lost, I’d say. It’s actually hard to imagine how we’d be getting on without the ordinary-yet-extraordinary Kiwis...

It’s easy to think about democracy as something that just happens every now and then, pretty much just during elections. And as we approach a...

The issues most commonly raised with me in Warkworth and surrounding areas are road-related. I’ve written here before about the need to accelerate infrastructure investment...

I know we say it every year, but it does still seem hard to believe that once again Christmas is nearly upon us. As 2021...