Hi John,

Voting starts on Monday and below are ten reasons to vote for National this year. But first, a quick request. Did you miss the chance to help out this year? If you want to deliver a few letters, send me a message. We'd love the help. 

Tackle the cost of living. National will let you keep more of what you earn, with tax relief for the average couple of $100 per pay, and up to $250 if you have young children.

End wasteful government spending. Labour are spending $61bn per year more than six years ago and this is directly contributing to inflation, driving up debt to $100bn (it was only $5.5bn four years ago), and means we have less money to spend on health, education and police.

Stop the extra taxes. National will scrap the ute tax, the expensive income insurance scheme (job tax), and we will cancel Labour's plan to add 12c per litre of extra fuel tax. We'll reduce brightline test from ten years to two and bring back interest deductability which has driven up rents (they're up $180 per week under Labour).

More doctors and nurses. National will open a third medical school and train 240 extra doctors per year, and bond nurses and midwives in NZ (we pay off student loans for them to stay in NZ). This all contributes to more doctors and nurses to look after us, be that in hospitals, local practises or aged care. Make me your local MP, and I'll keep working closely with Dr Shane Reti and our local practitioners to deliver more healthcare closer to home. The hospital might still be in Wellington, but we can do better locally too.

Achievement in education. National will get our schools back to teaching the basics brilliantly, and back into the top ten in the world by 2033. We'll make all primary schools teach an hour of reading, an hour of writing and an hour of maths every day, and we'll move all schools to structured literacy, which is proven to raise the achievement of all students.

National will build the Ō2NL expressway. Labour cancelled the expressway to Levin in 2018, it's been delayed and in doubt ever since. I have no confidence at all that Labour will ever build a four lane expressway to Levin. The Greens have ruled out four lanes already and last time they were in coalition together they cancelled it. Only National will build a four lane expressway from Ōtaki to the north of Levin, starting construction as soon as possible but definitely in our first three years. 

Restore law and order. National will back Police to tackle gangs, with special new powers and banning patches in public places. We'll bring back the value of consequence for youth offenders (including boot camps for the serious young offenders) and we'll bring tougher sentences for serious violent offenders. This includes bringing back three strikes.

No co-governance. National oppose co-governance of public assets. We'll scrap three waters, and we'll have just one public health system for all Kiwis. We'll repeal the unworkable RMA reform which adds layers of bureaucracy and co-governance by stealth, and we'll restore the value of equal citizenship for all Kiwis.

Sustaining our environment and our economy. National will double the renewable energy generation in NZ so we don't have to keep importing coal like Labour. We'll cut the red tape to get new wind farms, solar and geothermal underway, doubling our renewable electricity generation with our Electrify NZ policy. We'll allow safe GE technology so we can cut agricultural emissions using Kiwi innovation without overly punishing a huge source of income for our economy. We can improve our economy and our environment at the same time.

A local MP that will work hard on what matters to you. You've seen how I work, and you know what I offer. If you elect me as your local MP, I'll work harder than any other local candidate. I'm the only one who's consistently turning up at community groups, businesses and your front door to listen to what matters to you, and if you make me your next MP I'll keep working hard for everyone.

Check out our full plan to get our country back on track on our website. 

When voting opens tomorrow, please vote for me and for National.

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