My legal, teaching, real estate and life experiences will be very useful if I become a member of parliament.
I am also a roster lawyer acting for those under the Mental Health Act in Auckland hospitals and have carried out a judicial position as a Visiting Justice in Auckland prisons for 12 years.
My observations of the mentally unwell has indicated usage generally starts off with marijuana but then proceeds onto methamphetamine. Consequently, my views about drug legislation reform are conservative. The irreparable damage to the brain is not good reading. In respect to the Visiting Justice position, I presided over internal charges brought by a prison against prisoners.
Prisons can be the breeding grounds for the advancement of gang membership, violence and some desperate prison officers being enticed to make money. It can be a place where prisoners do become rehabilitated but sadly the programmes cannot be a one size fits all.
As a former teacher, I previously contributed to the coaching of school sports teams. Having my then personal competitive interest in squash, good health was always a centre piece. Sensible eating habits and regular exercise have always been part of my regime for longevity and good health. Walking Boris (choc lab) is an extension of that in keeping fit.
The idea of standing as a candidate for New Zealand First emerged many months ago. But from an early age observing customs and values through speechmaking at Motatau Marae where I was brought up in the country was the grounding for it. Many years later I obtained a BA and MA in Politics at Auckland University as a mature student before the completion of a law degree. Women’s rights was for me at Motatau an important issue then as it still is today.
Whilst a long time Ponsonby resident and ratepayer, I have also observed the wastage of monies by Labour and the Greens. I think of the harbour bridge bicycle idea where $52 million was wasted and cyclists broke the law to ride on the Auckland Harbour Bridge. In Auckland Central some people literally are living desperately and the cost of living crisis has not helped. Every day in Ponsonby some mentally unwell people can be found walking the streets or begging for money at intersections. There is a female who sleeps on Ponsonby Road and has done so since Covid times.
Which brings me to the sitting Auckland Central MP who does not see the inappropriateness of her usage of $200k of taxpayers money via NZ on Air for a documentary about herself. This is a third documentary about Ms Swarbrick where NZ on Air has funded it. It was complained about by two political parties last year but Ms Swarbrick continued, not forgoing the monies from NZ on Air.
The problem when MPs have not run their own businesses, or have not had much real work experience, means they see taxpayer monies as a bottomless pit to be spent frivolously and thrown about on pet projects. This is a time of frugality not inappropriate spending. Word has it we are broke and all costs are skyrocketing. With all that, it is a strong reason for me to put my hand up to help our country recover from the mess Labour and the Greens have put us in.
It is here NZ First's slogan, 'Let's Take Back Our Country' is very pertinent.
We, NZ First, want to take back from:
· Those politicians who no longer represent or understand the struggles and needs of hard-working Kiwi battlers.
· Those out of touch Wellington bureaucrats who want to dictate to Kiwis how to live our lives.
· Those select few elites who want to rewrite history and create division and separatism in our democracy.
· Those global and local agenda-driven influencers who continue to threaten our independence and sovereignty.
· Those woke sociological extremists who want to change the social fabric of our society and who want to limit our freedoms.
The General Elections are to be held on 14 October 2023. We are asking for your party vote for NZ First in particular. You can vote for me too in the candidate vote. If you are on the Maori roll you can still party vote NZ First.
If you are not registered for voting, I can do that for you at our office at 41 Jervois Road. Email me: heeni.williams@nzfirst.nz
(Heeni Phillips -Williams, NZ First)
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Published: August 2023