National Party leader Christopher Luxon and Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell dropped by the SunLive office this afternoon to discuss issues facing the Bay of Plenty.
The pair talked road quality, crime, infrastructure and whether Tauranga residents deserve to know the full outcome of the Uffindell report.
Luxon also spoke about national issues, such as the now scrapped TVNZ/RNZ merger, and how the National Party is feeling about the Labour Party's policy reshuffle announced yesterday.
"We need to be able to deal with the cost of living crisis, and that goes for here in the bay and across New Zealand," says Luxon.
"There's a 21 per cent increase in violent crime, we have a 56 per cent growth in gangs and there's a ram raid happening in New Zealand every 15 hours.
"My message to New Zealand is we don't have to tolerate that anymore, we can do something about it."
Prime Minister Christopher Hipkins, who was also visiting Tauranga this afternoon, also says Tauranga has "a number of challenges with infrastructure" due to the region's "rapid population growth".
Stay tuned for the full video interview, which will be posted tomorrow.
5 comments
No We Don't
Posted on 09-02-2023 18:24 | By Yadick
Need to know the full outcome of Sam Uffindells report. Let the man move forward. You cannot drive forward looking in the rear view mirror. For goodness sake. We all have a closet, we all have a past, we've all bullied someone. People get verbally bullied on here all the time. There is a MUCH BIGGER job to do. Step up and do it Sam. I have full faith in you and am proud to have you as our MP.
No leaning to any party,
Posted on 09-02-2023 19:38 | By nerak
just asking, Mr Luxon, what exactly is it you are going to do about the cost of living crisis, we actually know we have to deal with it. And on crime and gangs, "we don't have to tolerate that anymore, we can do something about it." Again, exactly what are you going to do about it. Just asking.
I agree with Yadick... partially.
Posted on 10-02-2023 11:35 | By morepork
Personally, I never bullied anyone in my life. At school I stopped others being bullied on a number of occasions. But Yadick is right; we don't need to know all the details of Sam's case. He has been called to account for it and that should be enough. Let him get on with the job and SHOW that we can have faith in the ability and integrity of the person he is NOW. I can't completely endorse Yadick's comments because, when I tried to think of it, I cannot find ONE single politician in NZ today who I would "have full faith in" and be proud of... Our country has been brought to a terrible state and the best we can hope for is to "stop the rot", get rid of co-governance and He Puapua, and restore equality and a modern Democracy where the people DO have a say.
@nerak
Posted on 10-02-2023 12:15 | By Slim Shady
So Labour have created the inflation and keeping adding fuel to the fire. And you ask what Luxon is going to do. It’s almost as if you are expecting more financial support and haven’t realised that’s the problem. How about they do nothing, people suck up the mistakes of the Labour Government, and wait for the inflation fires to burn out. Then we get the economy back on track and have sustainable economic growth (i.e. not paid for by tripling debt). And get people going to school and stop expecting Government handouts.
Yaddick,
Posted on 10-02-2023 19:56 | By DaveTheCynic
Yes we do. There's some seriously dodgy s#!t going on with this report. Also the Barbara Kuriger situation needs some attention too.
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