Damian Light is UnitedFuture's candidate for the North Shore electorate.

Growing up on the North Shore, Damian attended Rosmini College in Takapuna. Damian has since completed business management diplomas as well as gaining management experience in a large nationwide transport company.

Damian is proud to be UnitedFuture’s candidate on the North Shore for a second time, representing the party’s visions and ideas for New Zealand.

As a firm believer in the democratic process, Damian is drawn to UnitedFuture’s belief in fairness and choice - the belief behind the fight for Income Sharing for families and flexible superannuation.

Upcoming Engagements

Windsor Park Baptist Church
Where: Windsor Park Baptist Church, 550 East Coast Road, Mairangi Bay
When: Tuesday 22nd November at 7.30-9.30pm 

Top 5 Issues

1. Income Sharing
   UnitedFuture believes the tax system should work in the interests of those raising families and it should empower family and community self-sufficiency rather than creating dependency.
   
   Income sharing recognises that the spouse or partner who has chosen to work part-time or has opted out of the paid work force in order to raise their children is making a vital contribution to our society.
   
   This has the potential to positively affect over 300,00 families in New Zealand, some up to $9,000 a year.
2. Flexible Superannuation
   New Zealanders should be able to take superannuation at reduced rates down to 60 or increasingly enhanced rates if they hold off until between 66 and 70, alongside making KiwiSaver compulsory.
3. Caring for Elderly
   UnitedFuture has two key policies to keep older New Zealanders warmer and healthier;
   - Subsidise the power bills of over-65s by $50 per month for the three coldest months of the year – June, July and August – so our seniors can afford to keep warm
   - A free ‘Warrant of Fitness’ annual health check for those over-65 to identify health problems and illness early
4. Asset Sales
   Kiwibank, Radio New Zealand and the water supply should be ruled out of any future asset sales programmes
   - Kiwibank: a national institution, whether you bank with it or not. And in a market full of Australian-owned banks, and an increasingly fraught and troubled globe, it is both a symbolic and practical statement of our economic sovereignty.
   - Radio New Zealand: every nation needs its own voice and we need to afford that voice our collective protection.
   - Water: New Zealanders would never (or should never) accept a sell-off of the supply of the water, or any of the aspects around it.
   
   UnitedFuture will insist that:
   - The New Zealand Government retains majority control (51%)
   - Shareholding by private investors be capped at 15%
5. Outdoor Recreation
   UnitedFuture believes that all New Zealanders have a birthright to enjoy our unique, diverse landscape. Our strong outdoor heritage is central to what it means to be a Kiwi.
   Our key policies to achieve this are:
   - Enshrine public access to all public resources, including game, waterways and coastline, in law.
   - Establish a robust National Environmental Standard for all freshwater waterways.
   - Curtail the application of 1080 poison and replace it with new and more environmentally friendly forms of pest-control.
   - Impose a moratorium on new hydro and irrigation schemes for rivers without existing dams and still regarded to be ‘wild’.
   - Prohibit heli-hunting, herding or hazing from helicopters except for legitimate animal management operations when numbers warrant it.
   - Make sure the Game Animal Council Bill is passed, and the Game Animal Council is established as a statutory body.
   - Work with the recreational fishing sector to establish a public consultation process regarding the future of inshore fisheries management.

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