Those advocating for the resource management act to be freed up - more expansion, more housing, more jobs – great, that will give more of what you have now.

You can expect the same traffic jams, intensive housing, narrow streets, more rubbish, pollution, less water and more water restrictions.

Of course the population will grow and so will crime until eventually we end up back at this point of time with the same advocates saying the same thing. The population will be much worse off and the wealthy would have moved to the country.

This is what you have to consider while choosing who you wish to lead us.

Granted, neither parties have a magical cure as their traditional mind set is fixed and locked in and to prove my point just look at the past . None of our problems have been solved; the same issues year-in, year-out and every election brings promises and the same issues. What I do know is you can't progress with an old mind and attitude. That makes a mockery of democracy.

One group is slightly better than the others; I just hope the greed factor doesn't affect your decision as it affects the whole planet.

R Stewart, Te Puke