Brent was born in Porirua and grew up in Wellington and Lower Hutt. He has worked for many years for a major transport company in Wellington.  Married, with one child. Brent is passionate about New Zealand and its people. He has lived overseas, in "Sweden, United States, Holland, Australia and Chile". As well as English, he speaks Spanish and some Dutch. He has always been a strong advocate for the rights of workers, believing in a fair days pay, for a fair days work. Brent is standing for NZ First in Rongotai because he believes that this country is in danger of becoming a "them-and-us" society.  Where the rich get richer and the poor-poorer. He is sure that NZ First has the plan to put this country back on top. Polices that help families, the elderly (Gold Card), students (dollar-for-dollar loan repayments) and exporters. He believes strongly that the foreshore and seabed should be in crown ownership and that selling state assets is a bad idea. Having lived and worked overseas, he has a more rounded view of New Zealand's place in the world. The need to export, for that is the life blood of the nation. They need jobs, not hand-outs. Brent is sure that the voter, come Election Day will party vote NZ First, because of its plan to rebuild this great country.

Top 5 Issues

1. We’ll have ONE LAW FOR ALL.
   
   Which means:
   
   • We all own our foreshore and seabed
   • We fly one flag
   • We have one court system
   • We follow one set of laws
   • We have one social welfare system
   • A NZ health system
   • A NZ education system
2. We will rebuild our failing economy with
   
   • Export plans to treble returns
   • Savings plans for economic freedom
   • NZ currency for NZ not Wall ST
   • Tax breaks for real wealth creators
   • Real research and development incentives
   • Rewards for the nation’s builders
3. We stand for a fair tax system, where everyone pays a fair share.
   
   So we are going to rewrite and simplify NZ’s mangle of tax laws so that they are understandable, unavoidable, and fair.
   
   Everyone will pay their fair taxes.
   
   That means:
   • Less personal tax
   • Less company tax
   • Less GST at 12.5 not 15%
   • Removing double tax on savings
   • Removing GST on rates
   • Removing secondary tax
4. Exporters create our real wealth. We have a plan to help them.
   
   New Zealand First will keep our currency pegged to that of our main trading partners.
   
   That way the exporters will be able to expand, increase exports and create new jobs, new wealth for the Family New Zealand
   
   We will stop the sale of state owned assets, and the control of our power stations and the lakes and rivers that feed them.
   Will stop the sale of our prime farmland to foreign interests.
5. We need to support our young people to stay, live and work in New Zealand. Here are just some of our policies:
   
   1) More trade training for our young people
   
   2) We will help pay the wages for apprentices using dole money and an employer top up
   
   3) We will help students pay their loans as long as they qualify and stay here
   
   4) And we’ll throw out fictitious national standards in early education opposed by 90% of the teachers

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