YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER |AUGUST 2023 | No.251
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Whangaparaoa candidates from left: Simon Angelo, ACT; Estefania (Stef) Muller Pallares, Labour and MP Mark Mitchell, National
Whangaparaoa Candidates Speak at CRRA AGM
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t the CRRA AGM held last week, once the official committee business was done, attendees got to learn more about three of the candidates running for election in the Whangaparaoa electorate. Each candidate introduced themselves and kicked off their general election campaigns, highlighting their key areas of concern. ACT's Simon Angelo is CEO and publisher of Wealth Morning, an online investment news service that provides insights to readers about how events taking place today will impact their prosperity. His finance and business background gives him laser focus on economic issues and he spoke about NZ needing to return to being a country of opportunity with less regulation and government intervention. "Government should be the referee not the solution. New Zealand needs to be a country of green lights rather than red tape," he said before asking people to give ACT their party vote.
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Estefania Muller Pallares, a science graduate, engineer, business owner and environmental campaigner is seeking the candidate and party vote for Labour. Stef shared her background story, including her passion for getting young people to vote to ensure they have a voice in decisionmaking and identified herself as someone to watch in future by the way she handled question time. Mark Mitchell, the current MP for Whangaparaoa is well known locally and has life-long ties to Coatesville. One of Mark's key areas of concern was the current state of crime in New Zealand. He said ram raids have increased 500% in the past six years of Labour government. He believes the lack of consequences and high chance people will get away with crimes needs to be addressed by legislation like the Three Strikes Law that used to act as a deterrent. Mark also acknowledged Local Board member Louise Johnston for her work for the community.
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Following the campaign speeches, CRRA chair Mike Rowe thanked several long-serving CRRA committee members. Jacqui Cantell who has been the committee's secretary for eight years and farewelled founding member Alan Curtis who has retired from the treasurer role after 31 years. Residents living left of the pink boundary line in the map above are in the Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate and should look out for candidate events in Riverhead and Kumeu.
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