Amy Adams was educated at Rangitoto College in Auckland, moved to Canterbury in 1988 and has been a proud Cantabrian ever since.

Amy attended Canterbury University where she studied law, graduating with first class honours in 1992. Before being elected she was a partner with Mortlock McCormack Law in Christchurch specialising in commercial and property law.

Amy is a previous member of the NZ Law Society’s Women’s Consultative Group and the Institute of Directors. She has sat on the boards of several companies in the primary, tourism and technology sectors and was the chairperson of the Board of Trustees of her local school for the four years prior to her move to politics.

Amy lives in Aylesbury, with her husband Don and their two children, on their 600 acre sheep and crop farm. She is a staunch Crusaders fan, and a keen follower of sport with particular interests in tennis and triathlons.

She was first elected in 2008 with a majority of 11,075 votes.

Top 5 Issues

1. Building a stronger economy
   • Balance the books sooner.
   • Borrow less so we can have lower interest rates for longer.
   • Keep personal taxes lower to encourage hard work.
   • Make New Zealand more competitive so our exporters can sell more overseas and create more real jobs.
   • Encourage savings and investments.
   • Use the mixed-Ownership model to fund infrastructure to help us grow faster.
   • Invest in skills training and tertiary education that gets results.
2. Building world-class infrastructure
   • Ultra-fast broadband for greater innovation.
   • More, and better, roads to ease congestion.
   • Investing in more rail and public transport.
3. Building a safer New Zealand
   • Staying strong on crime – tougher sentencing, stronger bail laws, and a focus on victims.
   • Keep working to lower the crime rate further so our families are safer.
   • Making our roads safer, so we can keep the road toll lower.
4. Rebuilding Christchurch
   • $5.5 billion recovery fund
   • Re-establishing essential infrastructure
   • More construction-related training
5. Building better public services
   • Better Schools – identifying and helping children falling behind, school reports in plain English.
   • World-class healthcare –more doctors and nurses, more operations, shorter waiting times.
   • Effective welfare- more people back into work, more incentives to work, payment cards for teens on benefits.

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