The race to replace Phil Heatley as the National Party's Whangarei candidate in this year's general election is getting crowded with businessman Adam Isa throwing his hat into the ring.
Mr Isa, who owns Whangarei's Paper Plus store and is regional manager for Paper Plus and Visique Optometrists, said he believed he had the skills and business and economic acumen to represent the party and to do the best for the electorate. Mr Heatley is leaving politics at the next election after 15 years as Whangarei MP.
Mr Isa knows it won't be plain sailing getting the party's nomination, with National list MP Paul Foster-Bell, and Whangarei GP Shane Reti also seeking the nomination.
But Mr Isa said he was confident his education and experience would see him chosen as the man to lead the party into the election.
Raised in Auckland, he attended Auckland Grammar School. At Auckland University, he earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree, majoring in international trade and international business, and a Master's of International Business.