Weekly column by Kāpiti's Greater Wellington Regional Council representative Penny Gaylor.
Congratulations to the two new MPs who have been elected for the Mana and Otaki electorates, Barbara Edmonds and Terisa Ngobi. Commiserations to those who stood but did not make it in to Parliament.
I'm looking forward to working with Barbara and Terisa to help get great things achieved for the Kāpiti Coast, and I hope that the work of GWRC across the whole of the region will continue to have the ear of the Labour Government.
And as expressed by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's in her acceptance speech, I too look forward to a better kind of politics. For me 'better' is when people actually listen to one another, and accept that different opinions exist and that working towards common goals makes us better politicians and certainly make for good and enduring outcomes for our communities - well that's what I believe in.
At Wellington Regional Council's Environment Committee meeting last Thursday one of the updates we received was about the resourcing impact on GWRC for the Government's new Essential Freshwater Package reform's rules and regulations.