Tracey is a 6th generation New Zealander, mother of three school age children with an extremely supportive husband.

From an administrative background with expertise in Credit Control, Tracey is an elected representative on the Rodney Local Board of the new Auckland Council, and Chair of the Board of Trustees of Mahurangi College and member of the Hibiscus Coast Branch of the National Council of Women.

‘I believe I have made some valuable contributions in the short time on the Rodney Local Board; I have been delegated by the Board to pull together the submissions and feedback around the recent Local Board Agreement, (the money for our space for the 2011/2012 year), and the Draft Local Board Plan, (the 3 to 10 year plan for Rodney)’.She has been lead chair on the two presentations to the Governing Body seeking to recognise in financial terms the communities needs and desires.

Tracey has also been responsible for presenting on the future of Rodney inside the new 30 year vision for Auckland and to the Finance and Strategy Committee.

Current roles and Portfolio’s held:
Chair of the Board of Trustees of Mahurangi College.
Mahurangi College's Liaison person to Te Whanau O Mahurangi (Maori parent support group) and the Chair of the Finance Committee.Member of the Hibiscus Coast Branch of the National Council of Women.

Elected member of the Rodney Local Board of the Auckland Council with responsibility for the following portfolios:
Economic Development, Business Improvement Districts, Alcohol, Youth, Social Community Policy, Conservation, Heritage, Iwi

Tracey’s  CCO responsibilities are:
Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development Limited, Auckland Council Investments Limited, Regional Facilities Limited

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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