A former pharmaceutical area manager and a keen sportsman, he has two children and two grandchildren.  
Gordon has been active in politics at Electorate level for many years. Gordon believes that New Zealand First has a crucial role to play in Parliament after the Election.
Gordon considers that New Zealanders can trust New Zealand First to deliver sensible and sound policies for their regions.  New Zealand First has delivered on its policy promises in the past, has the record to show this and will do so again.    
“I am standing because the gap between rich and poor is wider than it has ever been and people are finding it an increasing struggle to meet their day to day commitments.  There appears to be a total lack of understanding and even denial of the situation by the government.  There is no plan by the government to address this very concerning disparity.  The policies they are pursuing are just adding to the problem. 
I don’t want to see New Zealand’s assets sold or infrastructural assets privatised and tolls charged for their use. 
We must put New Zealand and New Zealanders first.  New Zealand needs a strong leader to ensure that this “fire sale” does not occur and Winston Peters is that Leader”

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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