Hi John,

Firstly, a quick reminder that Nicola Willis, our Deputy Leader and Finance Spokesperson, is in town this Wednesday. Here are the details:

Speed up Kāpiti and Horowhenua

Our petition is going really well. I sent a submission to Kāpiti Coast District Council on Friday, and now Horowhenua are starting their process. It's really important we keep building the number of signatures for both Horowhenua, and to take to Wellington. If we don't do anything Labour will force most of our streets to slow to 30km/hr; I think we should have targeted zones around places like schools at certain times of day, but not everywhere all the time. This is madness.

Planting trees with Kāpiti Schools

Crime is out of control

It was really sad to visit another local dairy who'd had suffered an aggravated robbery. This sucks! The answer cannot be putting up cages for shop owners and hoping fog cannons make it safer; the answer has to be getting tough on these offenders, coupled with a targeted approach (National's Social Investment) that tackles the causes of crime. We need to get kids back into schools, schools focused on teaching the basics brilliantly, and then transition everyone into the workforce after school.

Outside Manakau Store checking in after the robbery

What will National do?

I'm really keen to share more of our plans for a better New Zealand as we get NZ back on track after October. The media don't always put our latest ideas front and centre, so read for yourself here about our plans to:

• Fix the economy to reduce the cost-of-living,
• Restore law and order, and
• Improve our schools and healthcare.

There will be more to share as we get closer to the election.

Levin Rugby

Three simple ways you can help from home

Stick a sign on your fence in August. We're looking for a house in every street (including cul-de-sacs) where we can put a small sign up in August for two months. If you could have one at your place, no matter how quiet you think your street is, we'd love to hear from you. Please.  Email me back, or fill in this form.

Invite me to meet your friends, workmates, or neighbours. Can you host a short meeting over a cuppa where I can meet you, your friends, neighbours or your work colleagues? It can be at home, work, the farm, a cafe, or wherever you'd like to meet. This is a very low-key way to get meaningful engagement without having to go out on a limb. We ran these last election and they got a great response from people across the political divide.

Share and like my posts on social media. If you share one of my posts to your page it really does make a big difference. The more it gets shared, the more Facebook share it to other people as well.

Paraparaumu College fundraiser

I'm really grateful for your support, and I hope you can join us this Wednesday to meet Nicola Willis, and hear National's plans to get NZ back on track.

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