From Your Local MP
It has been a busy couple of months, with cultural events a big focus most weekends. Locally, we hosted a very successful ‘Upper Harbour’ stand for Diwali at Trusts Stadium in West Auckland, and we organised and held a fun Filipino Community Connect event in my electorate office.
Sitting on the Justice select committee has shown me first-hand just how much legislation our Government is pushing through in its first year. A big part of our agenda is of course law and order, and from 21 November our police will have new powers to deal with gangs, including removing their patches in public spaces.
In the first year as your MP, I’ve tried to engage with as many locals, community leaders, and businesses as possible. Thank you to the many of you who’ve taken the time to bring me up to speed on local projects and issues that concern you.
I will continue to get across the electorate as much as I can, when I’m not in Wellington. Please do not hesitate to contact my office to make an appointment or invite me to your event, organisation, or local business.
Finally, I want to acknowledge my electorate office team led by Alexia for all the work they do. They’ve overseen significant success in the past year dealing with the likes of immigration matters and helping people get the attention and answers from Auckland Council and Auckland Transport.
Sitting on the Justice select committee has shown me first-hand just how much legislation our Government is pushing through in its first year. A big part of our agenda is of course law and order, and from 21 November our police will have new powers to deal with gangs, including removing their patches in public spaces.
In the first year as your MP, I’ve tried to engage with as many locals, community leaders, and businesses as possible. Thank you to the many of you who’ve taken the time to bring me up to speed on local projects and issues that concern you.
I will continue to get across the electorate as much as I can, when I’m not in Wellington. Please do not hesitate to contact my office to make an appointment or invite me to your event, organisation, or local business.
Finally, I want to acknowledge my electorate office team led by Alexia for all the work they do. They’ve overseen significant success in the past year dealing with the likes of immigration matters and helping people get the attention and answers from Auckland Council and Auckland Transport.
Thank you for your ongoing support. We’d love you to keep in touch by following my daily diary at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CameronBrewerUpperHarbour/
Instagram: @cameronbrewermp
Cameron Brewer
MP for Upper Harbour
PS: You’re warmly invited to my Hobsonville electorate office for some Christmas cheer at 5.00pm, Friday, 13 December. We’d love to see you. Please RSVP at upperharbouroffice@parliament.govt.nz
Instagram: @cameronbrewermp
Cameron Brewer
MP for Upper Harbour
PS: You’re warmly invited to my Hobsonville electorate office for some Christmas cheer at 5.00pm, Friday, 13 December. We’d love to see you. Please RSVP at upperharbouroffice@parliament.govt.nz
Fun at Filipino Community Connect
Our Filipino Community Connect on 8 November, with special guest Paulo Garcia MP, was a huge success in the Upper Harbour electorate office. Upper Harbour is richly diverse and we will continue to actively reach out and connect.
Simeon Brown and Dana Kirkpatrick visit
Great to have ‘Minister of Many Things’, Hon Simeon Brown MP, in Upper Harbour recently to meet with local business leaders. Thanks to Albert of W Restaurant, on Hobsonville Road for hosting us. Hard-working East Coast MP and our third Whip, Dana Kirkpatrick was also a popular guest speaker at Upper Harbour's SuperBlues in Hobsonville.
Lyn Pushong acknowledged
Local resident Lyn Pushong was one of very few recognized with life membership of Hobsonville Probus. The club has celebrated five years, with wider Probus celebrating 50 years in New Zealand.
Locals give to breast cancer
Upper Harbour locals gave generously to breast cancer. Here with local volunteer Diane Duncalf outside Hobsonville Woolworths. Our Government is extending free breast screening to women aged 70 to 74, and we're now funding the drug Keytruda!
Key fire station serves us well
West Harbour Fire Station services our large North West community, and includes 38 local volunteer firefighters. Here with Chief Fire Officer Cody McEnaney and Station Officer Russell Kinzett.
"Pizza and Policy" productive
We hosted a productive Pizza & Policy night in Upper Harbour, discussing education and challenges in an online world. Big thanks to our very own Bayview public policy guru, Shelley Pilkington.
Upper Harbour busy with Diwali
The Hindu celebration of light, Diwali, drew a big crowd at Trusts Stadium, West Auckland in October. Upper Harbour took a stall, and the engagement from the public was really encouraging. Catalina Bay also hosted a very popular Hobsonville Diwali Festival down at Hobsonville Point’s waterfront.
Newsflashes!
- To be fast-tracked: The SH16 Northwest Rapid Transport Corridor (a dedicated busway) between the city centre and Brigham Creek, and the North West Alternative State Highway (Kumeu bypass).
- Our Government inherited a significant backlog of road maintenance across New Zealand. We are now delivering a 124% increase in rehabilitation work on our roads this summer compared to last year. Thanks to this, the huge potholes at Moire Road lights in Royal Heights, and multiple other locations, are finally being fixed!
- The Government’s Quarter Four Action Plan focuses on making it easier and faster to build infrastructure in New Zealand as part of our wider plan to rebuild the economy. The plan emphasises modern, reliable infrastructure by: Removing barriers to growth through comprehensive resource management reform and introducing a fresh approach to funding and financing infrastructure projects.
- Stats NZ recently reported that the inflation rate had dropped from 3.3 per cent in the year to June to 2.2 percent in the year to September – putting inflation within the Reserve Bank’s target range of 1-3 percent for the first time since March 2021. Government measures, including tax relief and FamilyBoost payments, are helping families be better off than they were a year ago.
- If your household earns up to $180,000, you can get up to 25% of your early childhood education costs back, with a potential payment of $975 into your bank account every three months. Register now at ird.govt.nz
- The number of households in emergency housing has dropped by 57% on our watch, with our goal 75% by 2030. Significantly, already 1,311 kids, who were being raised in motels, are now in houses
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