Two great events this week
Friday, July 25th, 2008 Posted in Local Issues | No Comments »In the past week I've had the opportunity to attend two significant social events in the electorate. On Saturday night I attended the Stokes Valley Cossie Club's 20th Anniversary Dinner. It was a great meal and a great night. I ...
Upper Hutt Transition Towns meeting
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Environment, Local Issues | No Comments »On Monday afternoon I attended the Transition Towns meeting in Upper Hutt. The topic for the bi-monthly public meeting was permaculture and we watched a film about an Austrian farmer who is living off his land using natural and environmentally ...
Prayer service for Zimbabwe
Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Local Issues, Nationhood, Race Relations | No Comments »On Sunday afternoon I had the opportunity to attend a prayer service at St Joseph's Hall for the people of Zimbabwe. The service was organised by the Upper Hutt Catholic Church in solidarity with the innocent pro-democracy Zimbabweans who are ...
Community meeting in Stokes Valley
Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Law & Order, Local Issues | 1 Comment »Earlier in the year I had the opportunity to attend a community meeting in Stokes Valley organised by one of the Hutt City Councillors, Gwen MacDonald. The meeting provided residents with an opportunity to raise any issues they were concerned ...
Chris Carter visit to Upper Hutt schools
Sunday, July 6th, 2008 Posted in Education, Local Issues | No Comments »Last week I arranged for the Minister of Education, Chris Carter, to visit Upper Hutt and Heretaunga Colleges. Earlier in the year I had the opportunity to look around both schools and I share their concerns about the state of ...
Industry Training Day demonstrates great progress
Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Education, Employment, Labour's Achievements, Local Issues | No Comments »Last week I had the opportunity to visit two Hutt Valley workplaces as part of Industry Training at Work Day, an opportunity to showcase on-the-job learning. As I used to work in the industry training field, I already had a ...
Unemployment in the Hutt Valley
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Labour's Achievements, Local Issues | No Comments »I think this graph speaks for itself really! But if you want to read more, check out my media release on the issue.