Focus on, and offshore 06 Nov 2014 12:28 pm More Sharing ServicesShare on email with Mark Mitchell, Rodney MP Firstly a big thank you to everyone for the support and trust you placed in me to continue to provide strong representation, and the best possible service I can to our community and electorate. This week was my first week back in Wellington and I would like to acknowledge and thank the Prime Minister for entrusting me with the chairmanship of parliament’s Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee. The committee is made up of six National Party MPs, two from Labour, one from the Green party and one from NZ First. It includes two former Foreign Affairs Ministers and one former Deputy Prime Minister. I intend to chair the committee in a bi-partisan manner, recognising the experience and strengths on both sides of the house. If there is one thing that should bring us together in a unified manner it is the debate around how best to contribute towards reducing the growing global instability and conflict that we are all witnessing. With the amount of growth we are expected to absorb over the coming years it is important to have a clear understanding of what investment is required to service and support that growth. I will be reviewing all our health, education, policing and emergency services, and infrastructure requirements to make sure all the investment needed has been clearly identified. This will allow me to structure a programme around reporting and lobbying for the investment we require. Please feel free to come and see me or call me on my cell phone 021 075 9501 if you have any information or ideas you wish to share. Penlink will continue to be a primary focus for me in terms of critical roading infrastructure. Close co-ordination between myself, our local councillors and our Hibiscus and Bays Local Board is necessary in getting this important project across the line. I would like to acknowledge our Local Board, which is fighting hard for Penlink. A continued unrelenting focus and discipline around a unified message is what is required from us as the elected representatives to achieve this for our community. I love daylight savings and was really pleased when it arrived. My barbecue got its first clean since last summer and I get to go for a walk on the beach with Peggy in the evening and watch the kids do their surf lifesaving training. I hope that you are beginning to enjoy whatever our long days of summer mean to you.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 01:07:44 +0000
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