I love Northland - I grew up here, it is my home. 

In Government, Labour delivered massive, long-overdue investment that Northland has needed in health, education, employment and more. But there is more to do and I am committed to continuing to build on our progress.

I had the absolute privilege of being a Minister in the last Labour Government, and a champion for youth, women’s and rural health, conservation and arts, culture and heritage.

Local, active and involved, I will continue to work with the people of Northland to create an exciting and sustainable future for us all.

Latest news and press releases:

• Listen PM, boot camps don’t work – Refusing to listen to evidence, experts or experience the Government is stubbornly marching ahead with its boot camps.
  
  
• Govt at odds over its own boot camps – In the Government’s scramble to sell their failed boot camps, we’ve had the Police Minister contradict the Prime Minister, officials correcting and warning Ministers, and a Children’s Minister missing in action.
  
  
• We need real solutions, not more failed boot camps – There is a wealth of good evidence showing how pragmatic solutions that deal with a young person’s behaviour, as well as wider issues in the family, can work to stop offending.
  
  
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