I was born, bred and educated here in Christchurch, having lived in the Christchurch Central electorate and recently earthquake ravaged suburb of Avonside for 23 years and am currently supporting students with special needs at Lincoln University, acting as Associate Chaplain also on campus and heavily involved in youth work and leadership through my local Church.
My "love they neighour" and strong community orientated attitude has motivated me to get involved, so since majoring at Canterbury University in foreign languages, extensive travel experience, time in Africa with World Vision and serving with an NGO in China for four years has opened my eyes to new ideas, ways of life and a deep appreciation for what my home country of New Zealand has got going for it.
I was first involved in politics through the Kiwi Party five years ago and then Larry Baldock's mammoth bid to secure a referendum on the 'Anti-Smacking Bill', so personally knowing the integrity of people involved and the values they stood for, when it was decided to support the Conservative Party in their election 2011 bid it was not a difficult decision for me to get behind their complimentary core values of Honesty, Safety, Prosperity and Family.
Contact Michael: 021 040 2434
michael.cooke@conservativeparty.org.nz
Top 5 Issues
- - Crown ownership of Foreshore & Seabed.
- - Repeal of the Emissions Trading Scheme.
- - Removal of the ban on light smacking.
- - Alcohol reform - including the drinking age back to 21.
- - Making referenda binding.
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Questions answered by Michael Cooke
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Michael Cooke's Reply
Dear Neville,
Thanks for your question. It is my understanding that there have already been five enquiries into the feasibility of introducing a Capital Gains Tax. Four of these enquiries said one would not be viable and the other said, yes do it, but it would have to be cover-all. In the opinion of the Conservative Party any current proposals that have been suggested have too many loop-holes and unless these could be tightened up more satisfactorily (which would be extremely difficult), no, we would have no intent of introducing such a tax.
Thanks again for the question and apologies for lateness – it seems the site didn’t save my previous answer,
Yours Sincerely,
Michael Cooke
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- 2011
Christchurch Central
Results - Progress
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| 28261 | ||
| 10493 | ||
| 1805 | ||
| 383 | ||
| 110 | ||
| 93 |
