Straight to the point With Sam Uffindel Tauranga City MP

It is a real privilege to be able to represent the people of Tauranga. I am extremely grateful to have the opportunity to continue to work hard and deliver for you.

My wife, Julia, and I want to thank everyone for their support during the past six weeks. This has been a challenging time for us and we want to offer our deep thanks and appreciation to everyone who sent us messages, prayed for us and continue to provide us with your support.

We face significant challenges here in Tauranga: the cost of living crisis, congestion, crime and gang activity and housing constraints to name a few. I take these issues seriously and will advocate strongly for you to ensure that under a National-led government, the people of Tauranga are looked after and these issues are addressed.

As your local Member of Parliament, I am always available to you so if you want to talk or meet with me, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

I hold weekly constituency clinics; the next one will be Friday, September 30 from 10.30am-12.30pm. If you would like to make an appointment, please call my office team on 07 577 0923 or email: Tauranga.mp@parliament.govt.nz They will make a time for me to meet with you at the earliest available time.

In the meantime, I hope you're all enjoying the start of spring, daylight saving and a return to the beach, barbecues and jandals. We have a great city here and together we will make it even better.