Waitakere Ranges Local Board By Election
I am standing in the Waitakere Ranges Local Board By-Election.
I wanted to introduce myself, and give you an opportunity to leave questions and comments below about me or issues and problems you feel are the biggest priority for you.
For the last 22 years, I’ve lived in, and been raised by, the Waitakere Ranges.
I am ready to start giving back.
The Waitakere Ranges is a unique mix of rural and urban communities on the fringes of a bustling Super City.
If we don’t stand up for ourselves, our voice, and our heritage will get lost amidst the drive for growth and expansion.
I’ve got the energy, the passion and the commitment to fight for our community, to keep battling to make sure Waitakere people get the investment and opportunities that will empower our community, our local businesses and guarantee our heritage and infrastructure is looked after.
- Reopen Waitakere Train Station and extend trail service to Huapai
- Bus routes from Piha-Waiatarua to Glen Eden, and Huia-Parau-Laingholm to Titirangi.
- Action on road safety hot spots like the Piha Rd Intersection
- Working with, not against, local business and tourism providers
These are things that matter to me, and there will be other things that matter to you: as your Representative I intend to champion both.
I am asking for your vote, so I can be an advocate and a fighter for the Waitakere Ranges.
Vote Rob Gore, Vote for a Future for Waitakere
Poll: Should the government levy industries that contribute to financial hardship?
As reported in the Post, there’s a $30 million funding gap in financial mentoring. This has led to services closing and mentors stepping in unpaid just to keep helping people in need 🪙💰🪙
One proposed solution? Small levies on industries that profit from financial hardship — like banks, casinos, and similar companies.
So we want to hear what you think:
Should the government ask these industries to contribute?
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58.9% Yes, supporting people is important!
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26.3% No, individuals should take responsibility
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14.8% ... It is complicated
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Even Australians get it - so why not Kiwis???
“Ten years ago, if a heatwave as intense as last week’s record-breaker had hit the east coast, Australia’s power supply may well have buckled. But this time, the system largely operated as we needed, despite some outages.
On Australia’s main grid last quarter, renewables and energy storage contributed more than 50% of supplied electricity for the first time, while wholesale power prices were more than 40% lower than a year earlier.
[…] shifting demand from gas and coal for power and petrol for cars is likely to deliver significantly lower energy bills for households.
Last quarter, wind generation was up almost 30%, grid solar 15% and grid-scale batteries almost tripled their output. Gas generation fell 27% to its lowest level for a quarter century, while coal fell 4.6% to its lowest quarterly level ever.
Gas has long been the most expensive way to produce power. Gas peaking plants tend to fire up only when supply struggles to meet demand and power prices soar. Less demand for gas has flowed through to lower wholesale prices.”
Full article: www.theguardian.com...
If even Australians see the benefit of solar - then why is NZ actively boycotting solar uptake? The increased line rental for electricity was done to make solar less competitive and prevent cost per kWh to rise even more than it did - and electricity costs are expected to rise even more. Especially as National favours gas - which is the most expensive form of generating electricity. Which in turn will accelerate Climate Change, as if New Zealand didn’t have enough problems with droughts, floods, slips, etc. already.
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