National is back. We've turned the page on the last four years and are pushing forward under the leadership of Christopher Luxon with Nicola Willis as our deputy leader.

I'm excited for what the future holds, and I've never been more sure that come 2023, we'll be taking back the Beehive and getting this country back on track with strong National Party Leadership.

Christopher brings real-world experience, something this Labour government is sorely lacking. Our team is refreshed and ready to tackle the big issues. We have an education system that is failing to equip our young people, a health system falling apart and a Covid response that has failed the people of Auckland and New Zealand.

This has been a rollercoaster of a year for the North Shore, with extended lockdowns and continuing uncertainty. My office and I are here if you need support. My office will re-open on Monday 17 January.

Merry Christmas.

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- Simon

New responsibilities 

I'm pleased to have been appointed National's Spokesperson for Local Government and Associate Spokesperson for Finance and Infrastructure. I've enjoyed working in our Health caucus alongside Dr Shane Reti, particularly fighting for our nurses and vulnerable people who have increasingly suffered under this Government. Still, I'm looking forward to my new portfolios.

Previously held by Christopher Luxon, Local Government is a vast area with particular importance to the North Shore. This Government's reforms, particularly in Three Waters, will leave us all worse off, and I'll be holding them to account, so the people of the North Shore and New Zealand get the very best. I'll be engaging with Local Government stakeholders all over the country and working with them for solutions to the problems the sector faces.

Coming from a finance and international banking background, stepping into the Finance and Infrastructure portfolios is something I'm especially looking forward to getting stuck in on. The Government has extraordinary power over the economy and people's lives. We're learning what happens when people with no real-world experience take the helm as this Government has.

I'll keep the Government to account working with our new Finance and Infrastructure Spokesperson Simon Bridges, and bring new and constructive solutions to get our economy growing and delivering for New Zealanders.

Three Waters, no solutions

As Local Government Spokesperson for the National Party, I'll be leading the fight against Labour's state-sponsored asset-grab Three Waters policy. Since I started out running to be your MP over a year ago, clean beaches and solutions to our ongoing water problems have been a key pillar of my priorities. It's clear to me, and everyone else but Labour, that their Three Waters vision won't solve those problems and will strip assets from ratepayers.

For me, that's not good enough, and there's no way to cut it; ratepayers and local voices lose under this model and will replaced by a complex smorgasbord of unelected appointees and decision-makers.

It was great to have some of the many local Mayors and Councillors opposed to these reforms down to Wellington to speak to us about their concerns and what solutions we can work to develop together to solve the problems facing their districts. National listens to Local Government, and work on water infrastructure problems will be partnered with them, not against them. 

The next National Government will repeal the Three Waters asset grab and return seized assets to Council control.