Talking Politics With Sam Uffindell Tauranga City MP

It has been a very busy week in Tauranga. I've been out meeting local businesses in Bethlehem, Greerton, Fraser Cove and Mount Maunganui and the support for National in the community is tremendous. I plan to get around to the rest of the businesses in our city over the rest of this year.

National will support the engine of our economy by addressing issues holding businesses back: reducing immigration constraints, eliminating red tape and easing the cost of living crisis.

As you would have seen from the recent local body elections, New Zealanders are disenchanted with the current direction our country is taking and there is a strong desire for change. National will deliver that change in 2023.

Thank you Charlie and Donna at Ngāti Ranginui for hosting me at the Kapa Haka event in Tauranga last weekend; I greatly enjoyed it! The Tauranga STEM Festival was an excellent event.

Durham Street was taken over by science, technology, engineering and maths exhibits and it was fantastic to see the community getting involved. These are the subjects we need our children to master in order to develop into a high wage, high skill economy.

I hope to see Tauranga lead the way as New Zealand's tech capital! The Hot Pink Walk also occurred last week and there was astounding community turnout in support of breast cancer support services.

We have a great city here and I'm proud to be your Member of Parliament. With your support we will make it even better.