As the fastest growing city, we face big challenges. With my leadership, I’ll focus on finding the solutions. We have an exciting future ahead of us.
In 2019 I was elected to Council for the West Ward. A ward I live in and love representing the city.
It is tough economic times. I know people in our community are struggling right now. As a growing city we need to find the right balance of providing essential services people value, while addressing the rising costs of living for both young and old.
As Mayor I will lead a Council that focuses on real long term cost savings, rather than short-sighted cuts. We need to look where we can reduce costs without impacting the valuable services Council provides such as city maintenance, City Safe, libraries, parks and pools. This is why we need to “think smarter” and work collaboratively with other councils.
As a mum of two beautiful children I want to build a Hamilton they can be proud of. A city where they want to study, work and live, a city we can be proud for generations to come. A city that has the right balance of growth while caring for our residents.
“Hamilton needs a mayor who will advocate tirelessly for our city. Many of our biggest challenges require government partnership. We’re expecting another 84,000 people to be living here in Hamilton over the next 30 years. I’ll push for central government investment that matches the needs of our fast-growing city — including housing, schooling, public transport, and fire and emergency services — so Hamilton can remain a great place to live for decades to come“
I currently chair the council’s Strategic Growth and District Plan Committee, which makes decisions about how and where the city grows and the key infrastructure required to support growth.
I was born and grew up in the Waikato, and was head girl at Fairfield College before studying Law at the University of Waikato. Previously I worked as commercial lawyer before making the move into community law. This gave me an opportunity to help clients with a range of issues that spanned across employment, consumer, criminal and family law.
I choose to bring up my two young children here because Hamilton is a great place to grow up. And now, I love seeing what our city has to offer through my children’s eyes.
I would be proud to serve you as Mayor of Hamilton City.
I’m committed to making future rates more affordable while protecting what people love about Hamilton and keeping our city well-maintained. That means innovating to do more with what we’ve got — not making short-sighted cuts.
Key priorities include:
Growing shared services with other councils (already saving over $3 million a year
Benchmarking against other councils to ensure we’re getting good value for the services we pay for.
Using technology to solve problems and do things better, cheaper and faster.
Carefully managing how infrastructure for growth is funded.
Facilities like parks, pools and libraries are essential for community wellbeing. Places where people connect, stay active and enjoy our city.
Let’s:
Keep our libraries open and ensure they meet the needs of our growing city.
Partner with others to address the city’s lack of pool and indoor recreation space.
Look after natural spaces, including our parks, gullies and river walk.
Everyone deserves to live in a clean, safe and well-maintained city that they can feel proud of.
I’ll work to:
Continue to fund City Safe officers, and advocate for greater policing resource for Hamilton.
Prioritise existing transport budgets to fix roads and footpaths faster.
Better maintain our neighbourhoods and central city.
The council plays an important role in Hamilton’s economy.
As mayor, I’ll support local jobs and growth by working to:
Keep it local and ensure more of the council’s spending on services and infrastructure stays within our local economy.
We need strong partnerships with the central government and community organisations to build a safer city that cares for its people.
I’ll take action to:
Ensure funding for community centres and neighbourhood houses keeps pace with population growth
Work with government to reduce rough sleeping and secure funding for a central community hub>
Work with the hospital on park-and-ride options to ease parking pressures for staff, patients and visitors.
Hamilton needs more homes and it’s essential that the council fixes the city’s wastewater constraints which are stopping new homes from being built across large parts of the city.
As Chair of the Strategic Growth Committee, I’ve taken a lead on solving this issue and will continue to work to:
Make sure the new water company focuses on upgrades that allow housing to happen
Support developers using short-term solutions (like holding tanks that release wastewater at off peak times) so new homes can be built while public infrastructure upgrades are worked on
I need your help to make this campaign a success.
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