As a lecturer at Auckland University in History of Education in New Zealand he was asked in 1993 to give time in one of his lectures to allow Winston Peters to address his lecture hall of 1000 students. Winston gave an inspired speech which convinced many students to actively support New Zealand First. It also convinced David to lend a hand to the party. He joined New Zealand first in the Mana electorate and has since been a member in Otaki for eight years.
A PhD in Education from Auckland University, an MA Hons from Massey, in the seventies, David completed the DipTESL course at Victoria University where he was seconded by the then Education Board. He taught for ten years in Porirua East and Mangere. Many of his classes were over 90%  Polynesian students from all the islands of the Pacific as well as the local whanau. Recently he has taught the police studies course at Victoria university and has been an elected councillor on the Kapiti coast.
I encourage all New Zealanders who really care about their countries future to support NZ First on and make sure we are back in parliament with an effective caucus in November.

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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